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JEE Main · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Steric Number 5 Derivative Shapes

JEE Main asked Steric Number 5 Derivative Shapes 7 times in 7 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2022 and 2024. It belongs to VSEPR Theory, in Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years. In 2022 and 2024 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
7
in 7 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2024
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2022 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.10.20’170.08’200’210.07’220’230.19’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 2 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 4 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
  • 20244 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20222 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20201 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Match the list is the usual form. Skill tested: recall.

  • Match list on molecular shapes
  • Count species with lone pairs on central atom

Difficulty

Easy 5Medium 2Hard 0

1 of the 7 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 7 questions

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

  1. 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q62Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Molecule) List - II (Shape) (A) BrF5\mathrm{BrF_5} (I) T-shape (B) H2O\mathrm{H_2O} (II) See saw (C)…EasyMatch the list
  2. 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1 · Q83Number of compounds with one lone pair of electrons on central atom amongst following is ________…MediumNumerical value
  3. 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q68Match List I with List II LIST I (Compound/Species) A. SF4\mathrm{SF_4} B. BrF3\mathrm{BrF_3} C. BrO3−\mathrm{BrO_3^-} D. NH4+\mathrm{NH_4^+} LIST…EasyMatch the list
  4. 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q67Match List - I with List - II. List - I List - II (A) ICl (I) T - shape (B) ICl3\mathrm{ICl_3} (II) Square pyramidal (C) ClF5\mathrm{ClF_5}…MediumMatch the list
  5. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q63In the structure of SF4\mathrm{SF_4}, the lone pair of electrons on S is in.EasySingle correct
  6. 26 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q61Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Compound) (A) BrF5\mathrm{BrF_5} (B) [CrF6]3−[\mathrm{CrF_6}]^{3-} (C) O3\mathrm{O_3} (D)…EasyMatch the list
  7. 2 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q29The molecular geometry of SF6\mathrm{SF_6} is octahedral. What is the geometry of SF4\mathrm{SF_4} (including lone pair(s) of electrons, if…EasySingle correct

Shifts: 2 Sep 2020, Shift 2, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2, 26 Jul 2022, Shift 1, 29 Jan 2024, Shift 1, 30 Jan 2024, Shift 1, 5 Apr 2024, Shift 2, 6 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

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