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Chemical Kinetics PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Chemical Kinetics (Chemistry) had 15 questions across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 14 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Arrhenius Equation, First Order Reaction, Rate Law.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 11 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrhenius Equation | 3 | 3 | 2023, 2018, 2016 |
| First Order Reaction | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2019 |
| Rate Law | 2 | 2 | 2021, 2019 |
| Collision Theory | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| First Order Kinetics | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Pseudo First Order | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Radioactive Decay | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rate Law Plots | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rate Laws | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reaction Mechanism | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reversible Reactions | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
How to practise Chemical Kinetics PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Chemical Kinetics questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- 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 and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
JEE Advanced2026
JEE Advanced2025
- Q.12 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Pseudo First Order: Percent error in rate from a pseudo first order assumption at 40% completion (official answer: 4–4.25) PDF
JEE Advanced2024
JEE Advanced2023
- Q.10 (Paper 1) · Integer · Arrhenius Equation: Backward rate constant from Arrhenius plot and equilibrium constant (official answer: 5) PDF
JEE Advanced2022
- Q.15 (Paper 1) · Matching · Rate Laws: Match rate expressions with concentration and rate profiles (official answer: A) PDF
JEE Advanced2021
- Q.3 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Rate Law: Rate constant and half-life for a first-order reaction 2X + Y PDF
JEE Advanced2020
- Q.8 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Rate Law Plots: Correct concentration and rate plots for a given reaction PDF
JEE Advanced2019
JEE Advanced2018
JEE Advanced2017
- Q.28 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Collision Theory: Implications of a steric factor of 4.5 for a bimolecular reaction (official answer: A, B) PDF
JEE Advanced2016
- Q.24 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Arrhenius Equation: Statements based on the Arrhenius equation (official answer: B, C, D) PDF
Chemical Kinetics in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Main (15 questions), NEET (2 questions).
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- Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry PYQs
- Classification of Elements and Periodicity PYQs
- p-Block Elements PYQs
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- Coordination Compounds PYQs
- Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds PYQs
- Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry PYQs
- Hydrocarbons PYQs
- Organic Compounds Containing Halogens PYQs
- Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen PYQs
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- Biomolecules PYQs
- Principles Related to Practical Chemistry PYQs
FAQ
How many Chemical Kinetics questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 2 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020, 2 in 2019, 2 in 2018, 1 in 2017 and 1 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 15 questions in all, about 4% of Chemistry.
Which Chemical Kinetics topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Arrhenius Equation, First Order Reaction, Rate Law. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official JEE Advanced questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Advanced paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.