Chemistry in Everyday Life CBSE Class 12 PYQ Chapter Wise

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Chemistry in Everyday Life PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 12: Chemistry in Everyday Life (Chemistry) had 6 questions across the 50 official CBSE Class 12 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 5 of them. Asked in 5 of 10 years; last in 2020. The concepts asked in the most papers: Drugs, Detergents and Drugs, Detergents.

Year-wise question count

Asked in 5 of 10 years.

Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

How to practise Chemistry in Everyday Life PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year’s Chemistry in Everyday Life 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 122020

• Q.10 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Very short answer · Detergents: Structural feature making a detergent non-biodegradable PDF
• Q.21 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Short answer · Drugs: Define tranquilizers and antiseptics PDF

CBSE Class 122019

• Q.20 (Chemistry (56/1/1)) · Short answer · Detergents and Drugs: Sleeping-pill drug class, detergents in toothpaste, alitame concern PDF

CBSE Class 122018

• Q.20 (Chemistry (56/1)) · Short answer · Drugs and Additives: Bithional in soap, tincture of iodine, pick the food preservative PDF

CBSE Class 122017

• Q.20 (Chemistry (56/1)) · Short answer · Detergents and Drugs: Define anionic detergents, limited spectrum antibiotics, antiseptics PDF

CBSE Class 122016

• Q.23 (Chemistry (56/1/N)) · Value based · Drugs: Values in passage on sleeping pills; define tranquilizers with examples PDF

Other Chemistry chapters

• The Solid State PYQs
• Solutions PYQs
• Electrochemistry PYQs
• Chemical Kinetics PYQs
• Surface Chemistry PYQs
• General Principles of Isolation of Elements PYQs
• The p-Block Elements PYQs
• The d- and f-Block Elements PYQs
• Coordination Compounds PYQs
• Haloalkanes and Haloarenes PYQs
• Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers PYQs
• Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids PYQs
• Amines PYQs
• Biomolecules PYQs
• Polymers PYQs

FAQ

How many Chemistry in Everyday Life questions come in CBSE Class 12?

In the official papers we tagged: 2 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 1 in 2018, 1 in 2017 and 1 in 2016. Not asked in the other 5 years. That is 6 questions in all, about 2% of Chemistry.

Which Chemistry in Everyday Life topics repeat in CBSE Class 12?

Asked in the most papers: Drugs, Detergents and Drugs, Detergents. 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.