Table Of ContentJEE
MAIN
C O M P L E T E
CHEMISTRY
JEE
MAIN
C O M P L E T E
CHEMISTRY
K.L. Kapoor
Formerly Associate Professor,
Hindu College,
University of Delhi, Delhi
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How to Crack the JEE
To help students preparing for the JEE Main, there was need for a book which included a variety of Multiple Choice
Questions (MCQs) designed on the basis of the prescribed syllabus for this examination. This book is an attempt
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The various topics of chemistry may be classified into three branches—Physical, Inorganic and Organic. The
book covers these three branches in 29 chapters. Each chapter starts with the synopsis of theory followed by MCQs
along with answers and hints and solutions to arrive at correct answers. Wherever needed, the chapter is divided into
sections to cover the subject in easily understandable portions to help in better grasping of the subject matter. Each
section/chapter ends with MCQs from the previous years' AIEEE and JEE Main. This will help students in getting an
idea about the types and levels of questions asked in this competitive examination. The answers and solutions to these
questions are provided separately, immediately after the questions.
The analyses of these papers (provided on the next page) reveals that in most of the cases, one question is asked
from each chapter and the entire syllabus is covered in the examination paper. This book provides extensive coverage
of the theory as well as the associated MCQs. The contents of each chapter are covered in various sections. At the end
of all the sections, more extensive MCQs based on the Entire Chapter along with their solutions are also included.
It will be beneficial for the students to adopt the present book as the reference book along with their main text book.
The MCQs included in this book should be attempted along with the class-room teaching of the subject matter. A regular
and periodical review of the theory and MCQs from this book will help students in gaining enough confidence to appear
in the JEE Main and enable them to face the challenge of successfully clearing this examination.
From the analyses of previous years’ question papers, a pattern of predominant topics emerges on which students
should pay more attention while preparing for the examination. These are:
Physical Chemistry—Entire portion
Inorganic Chemistry has been thoroughly revised and updated—Chemical families—perioidic properties,
structures of compounds containing Si, N, P, S, halogens and inert gases, d-block elements and coordination chemistry
Organic Chemistry—Stereoisomerism, S 1 and S 2 Reactions, Reactions involving rearrangement, Chemistry of
N 2
typical reactions shown by phenols, aldehydes and ketones and amines, relative acidity/basicity of phenolic, Carboxylic
acids and amines, polymers, carbohydrates, stereochemistry involved in halogenation of alkenes and dehalogenation of
halogenated compounds to give alkene, reactions involving Grignard reagent and diazonium salt.
K.L. Kapoor
Trend Analysis
Physical Chemistry
Chapter 2014 2014 2015 2016 2017
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I II III IV
1. Some Basic Concepts 1 1 1 1 — 1 1 2
2. States of Matter
Gaseous State 1 2 1 — 1 1
Liquid State — — — — 1 1
Solid State 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
3. Atomic Structure 1 1 2 3 — 1 1 2
4. Chemical Bonding 1 2 3 — 2 2 1 1
5. Solutions 1 1 1 — 2 1 1
6. Chemical Thermodynamics 1 1 — 2 — 1 2 2
7. Chemical and Ionic Equilibria
Chemical Equilibria 1 1 — 1 1 1 1
Ionic Equilibria — — 2 1 1 — 2
8. Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry 1
Redox Reactions 1 — — 1 3 — 1
Electrolysis — 2 — 1 — —
Conduction 2 — — — — —
Galvanic Cells 1 — 1 — — — 1 1
9. Chemical Kinetics 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
10. Surface Chemistry — — — — — 2 1 1
Total 13 13 14 12 14 12 11 15
Inorganic Chemistry
Chapter 2014 2014 2015 2016 2017
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I II III IV
11. Chemical Families–Periodic properties — — 1 2 1 1 1 1
12. General Principles and
Processes of Isolation of Metals 1 1 — — — 1 1
13. Hydrogen — — — — — 1
14. s-Block Elements — — — — — 1 1
(Contd...)
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Chapter 2014 2014 (online) 2015 2016 2017
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15. Study of p-Block Elements 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
(Groups 13, 14 and 15)
16. Study of p-Block Elements 1 — 1 1 — 1 2 2
(Groups 16, 17 and 18)
17. d– and f– Block Elements 1 2 — 2 1 1 2
18. Coordination Chemistry
and Organometallics 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1
19. Nuclear Chemistry — — — — — —
Total 6 6 5 8 6 9 10 4
Organic Chemistry
Chapter 2014 2014 2015 2016 2017
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I II III IV
20. Purification and Characterization of
Organic Compounds 1 — — — — 1
21. Some Basic Principles — 1 2 1 1 2 1 2
22. Hydrocarbons
Alkanes — — — 1 — —
Alkenes — — 1 1 — — 1 2
Alkynes — — 1 — —
Benzene — — — — 1 1
23. Organic Compounds Containing
Halogens 2 2 1 — 1 1 1 1
24. Organic Compounds
Containing Oxygen
Alcohols — 1 — 2 — — 1
Phenols 2 — 1 — 2 —
Ethers — 1 — — 1 —
Aldehydes & Ketones 1 2 2 — — — 1
Carboxylic Acids 1 — — 2 1 — 1
25. Organic Compounds 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Containing Nitrogen
26. Synthetic & Natural Polymers 1 2 — — 1 1 1 1
27. Biomolecules & Biological
Processes 1 — — 1 1 — 1 1
28. Chemistry in Action — — 1 1 — 2 2
29. Principles Related
to Practical Chemistry — 1 1 — — — 1
Total 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 11
About JEE Main
1. Introduction and Scheme of Examination
The Joint Entrance Examination from the year 2013 for admission to the undergraduate programmes in Engineering
is being held in two parts, JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced. Only the top 1,50,000 candidates (including all categories)
based on performance in JEE Main will qualify to appear in the JEE Advanced examination. Admissions to IITs will be
based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE Advanced, subject to condition that such candidates are in the
top 20 percentile categories. Admission to NITs will be based on 40% weightage for performance in Class XII board
marks (normalized) and the remainder 60% weightage would be given to performance in JEE Main and a combined All
India Rank (AIR) would be decided accordingly.
In case any State opts to admit students in the engineering Colleges affiliated to state Universities where States
require separate merit list to be provided based on relative weightages adopted by the states, then the merit list shall be
prepared with such relative weightages as may be indicated by States.
2. Eligibility Criteria and List of Qualifying Examinations for JEE(Main) Exam
The minimum academic qualification for appearing in JEE(Main) is that the candidate must have passed in final
examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent referred to as the qualifying examination (see below).
However, admission criteria in the concerned institution/university will be followed as prescribed by concerned
university/institution and as per the guidelines & criteria prescribed by AICTE.
Qualifying Examinations
List of Qualifying Examinations
(i) The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/State Board of Secondary
Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School Certificate
Examination, New Delhi
(ii) Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/University.
(iii) Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
(iv) Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association
of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.
(v) H.S.C. Vocational Examination.
(vi) A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a
minimum of five subjects.
(vii) 3 or 4-year diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.
