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JEE Main · Chemistry · Environmental Chemistry

Role of Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs)

JEE Main asked Role of Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, all in 2022. It belongs to Environmental Chemistry (Chemistry). In 2022 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2022
the only year
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210.07’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20222 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: recall.

  • Reagent identification in ozone depletion reactions
  • Role of polar stratospheric clouds

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 1Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 2 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q71On the surface of polar stratospheric clouds, hydrolysis of chlorine nitrate gives A and B while its reaction with HCl produces B and C.…MediumSingle correct
  2. 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q72Polar stratospheric clouds facilitate the formation of :EasySingle correct

Shifts: 26 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 27 Jun 2022, Shift 2.

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