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JEE Main · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

See-Saw Geometry (SN=5, 1 LP)

JEE Main asked See-Saw Geometry (SN=5, 1 LP) 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2021 and 2025. It belongs to VSEPR Theory, in Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 4 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2021
last in 2025
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2021 and 2025. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.10.20’170’200.03’210’220’230’240.13’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 1 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 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
  • 20251 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20220 of 24
  • 20211 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: application.

  • Identify molecule from hybridization and geometry clues
  • Unequal bond lengths in sf4

Difficulty

Easy 2Medium 0Hard 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. 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q57Which among the following molecules is (a) involved in sp3dsp^3d hybridization, (b) has different bond lengths and (c) has lone pair of…EasySingle correct
  2. 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2 · Q31Which among the following species has unequal bond lengths ?EasySingle correct

Shifts: 25 Feb 2021, Shift 2, 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2.

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VSEPR Theory has 25 ideas JEE Main has asked; 13 of them came up in more than one question. The 12 most asked are below.

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