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JEE Main · Chemistry · Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Stability of Chloral Hydrate

JEE Main asked Stability of Chloral Hydrate once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1. It belongs to Nucleophilic Addition, in Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (Chemistry).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2023
the only year
Pattern
Occasional
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2023. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

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Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 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
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20220 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

Diagram based is the usual form. Skill tested: conceptual.

  • Predict product of hydration

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 0

The question was multiple choice.

Every question

The question

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

  1. 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q72[figure: ninhydrin (benzene ring fused to a five-membered ring bearing three C=O groups) →H2O\xrightarrow{\mathrm{H_2O}} 'A' major product]…MediumDiagram basedHas a figure

Shift: 15 Apr 2023, Shift 1.

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