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JEE Main · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Steric Number 3 Shapes

JEE Main asked Steric Number 3 Shapes once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2. It belongs to VSEPR Theory, in Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (Chemistry).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2021
the only year
Pattern
Gone quiet
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

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

00.050.10’170’200.03’210’220’230’240’250’26

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: 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
  • 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

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: application.

  • Count species with given shape

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 0Hard 0

1 of the 1 question had a numerical answer.

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. 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q54The number of species having non-pyramidal shape among the following is __________. (A) SO3\mathrm{SO_3} (B) NO3−\mathrm{NO_3^{-}} (C)…EasyNumerical value

Shift: 27 Aug 2021, Shift 2.

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