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JEE Main · Chemistry · Chemistry in Everyday Life

Therapeutic Drug Classes

JEE Main asked Therapeutic Drug Classes 5 times in 5 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2020, 2021 and 2022. It belongs to Chemistry in Everyday Life (Chemistry). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year. In 2020 and 2021 it came in more than one shift of the same year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
5
in 5 shifts
Years
3 of 8
First asked
2020
last in 2022
Pattern
Comes in cycles
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Chemistry questions.

00.10.20’170.17’200.07’210.03’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 2 in 12 shifts · 2021: 2 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 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
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20212 of 24
  • 20202 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: recall.

  • Match list on drug classes and examples
  • Identify structure of antacid drug tegamet

Difficulty

Easy 5Medium 0Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 5 questions

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

  1. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2 · Q80The drug tegamet is :EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  2. 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1 · Q48Match List - I with List - II : List - I (Class of Drug) (a) Antacid (b) Artificial Sweetener (c) Antifertility (d) Tranquilizers List -…EasyMatch the list
  3. 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2 · Q48[structure drawn, labelled Chlordiazepoxide] The class of drug to which chlordiazepoxide with above structure belongs is :EasyDiagram basedHas a figure
  4. 5 Sep 2020, Shift 1 · Q32If a person is suffering from the deficiency of nor-adrenaline, what kind of drug can be suggested ?EasySingle correct
  5. 3 Sep 2020, Shift 2 · Q43Match the following drugs with their therapeutic actions : (i) Ranitidine (a) Antidepressant (ii) Nardil (Phenelzine) (b) Antibiotic (iii)…EasyMatch the list

Shifts: 3 Sep 2020, Shift 2, 5 Sep 2020, Shift 1, 18 Mar 2021, Shift 1, 26 Aug 2021, Shift 2, 28 Jun 2022, Shift 2.

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