Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers CBSE Class 12 PYQ Chapter Wise

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Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 12: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers (Chemistry) had 23 questions across the 50 official CBSE Class 12 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 9 of them. Asked in 9 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Properties of Alcohols, Phenol Reactions, Named Reactions.

Year-wise question count

Asked in 9 of 10 years.

Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

How to practise Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year’s Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.

CBSE Class 122026

• Q.6 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · MCQ · Phenol Reactions: Compound whose acetylation gives aspirin PDF
• Q.8 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · MCQ · Phenol Reactions: Products of phenol with dilute HNO3 at low temperature PDF
• Q.14 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Assertion-Reason · Phenol Reactions: Directing influence of OH group in phenols PDF
• Q.27 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Short answer · Named Reactions: Reimer-Tiemann, Kolbe and Friedel-Crafts acylation of anisole PDF

CBSE Class 122025

• Q.8 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · MCQ · Acidity of Alcohols: Order of acid strength of phenol, water and alcohol PDF
• Q.15 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Assertion-Reason · Properties of Alcohols: Ethanol vs methoxymethane boiling point and hydrogen bonding PDF
• Q.30 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Case-based · Phenol Reactions: Passage on phenol: bromination, nitration, protonation, acidity PDF

CBSE Class 122024

• Q.2 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · MCQ · Oxidation of Alcohols: Which alcohol gives a ketone on oxidation with CrO3 PDF
• Q.10 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · MCQ · Preparation of Ethers: Name of alkyl halide plus sodium alkoxide ether synthesis PDF
• Q.11 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · MCQ · Dehydration of Alcohols: Order of ease of acid dehydration of three alcohols PDF
• Q.26 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Short answer · Preparation of Alcohols: Ethanol dehydration mechanism; hydroboration and other products PDF

CBSE Class 122023

• Q.10 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · MCQ · Reactivity of Alcohols: Order of alcohol reactivity with HCl/ZnCl2 PDF
• Q.23 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Very short answer · Properties of Alcohols: Phenol vs alcohol acidity; effect of branching on b.p. PDF
• Q.28 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Short answer · Alcohol Conversions: Conversions: phenol to picric acid, propanone to t-alcohol, others PDF

CBSE Class 122020

• Q.5 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Case-based · Ether Cleavage: Products of anisole with HI PDF
• Q.37 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Long answer · Alcohols and Phenols: Dehydration rate of butanols; three conversions involving phenol and ethers PDF

CBSE Class 122019

• Q.26 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Long answer · Alcohols and Phenols: Conversions, dehydration mechanism, phenol electrophilic substitution PDF

CBSE Class 122018

• Q.5 (Chemistry (56/1)) · Very short answer · Alcohol Nomenclature: IUPAC name of a given alcohol PDF
• Q.19 (Chemistry (56/1)) · Short answer · Preparation of Alcohols: Main products of NaBH4 reduction, alkene hydration, ether cleavage by HI PDF

CBSE Class 122017

• Q.2 (Chemistry (56/1)) · Very short answer · Alcohol Nomenclature: IUPAC name of a bromo-substituted unsaturated alcohol PDF
• Q.6 (Chemistry (56/1)) · Short answer · Acidity of Phenols: Order phenols by acid strength; mechanism of ethene hydration PDF

CBSE Class 122016

• Q.10 (Chemistry (56/1/N)) · Short answer · Named Reactions: Equations for Kolbe reaction and Friedel-Crafts acetylation of anisole PDF
• Q.18 (Chemistry (56/1/N)) · Short answer · Properties of Alcohols: Reasons on phenol protonation, ethanol b.p., anisole cleavage by HI PDF

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FAQ

How many Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers questions come in CBSE Class 12?

In the official papers we tagged: 4 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 2 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 2 in 2018, 2 in 2017 and 2 in 2016. Not asked in the other year. That is 23 questions in all, about 8% of Chemistry.

Which Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers topics repeat in CBSE Class 12?

Asked in the most papers: Properties of Alcohols, Phenol Reactions, Named Reactions. The concept table lists every one with its count.

Are these official CBSE Class 12 questions?

Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 12 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.