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Coordination Compounds PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Coordination Compounds (Chemistry) had 28 questions across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 19 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Isomerism, Magnetic Properties, Crystal Field Theory.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isomerism | 5 | 5 | 2026, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2019 |
| Magnetic Properties | 4 | 4 | 2024, 2020, 2018, 2016 |
| Crystal Field Theory | 3 | 3 | 2025, 2023, 2022 |
| Geometrical Isomerism | 2 | 2 | 2026, 2016 |
| Geometry of Complexes | 2 | 2 | 2021, 2016 |
| Magnetic Moment | 2 | 2 | 2025, 2021 |
| Metal Carbonyls | 2 | 2 | 2024, 2018 |
| Complex Formation | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown Ring Test | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cobalt Complexes | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Hybridisation | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Iron Cyanide Complexes | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Isomerism and Magnetism | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Isomerism in Complexes | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
How to practise Coordination Compounds PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Coordination Compounds 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
JEE Advanced2024
- Q.4 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Isomerism: Complex sets showing geometrical and ionisation isomerism (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.11 (Paper 1) · Integer · Metal Carbonyls: Number of species isoelectronic with Ni(CO)4 (official answer: 3) PDF
- Q.13 (Paper 1) · Integer · Magnetic Properties: Number of diamagnetic complexes among six (official answer: 1) PDF
- Q.16 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Complex Formation: Moles of KI to form complex P from potassium ferricyanide (official answer: 2) PDF
- Q.17 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Complex Formation: Zinc ions in the sparingly soluble complex formed with ZnCl2 (official answer: 2 or 3) PDF
JEE Advanced2023
JEE Advanced2022
- Q.17 (Paper 1) · Matching · Crystal Field Theory: Match complex ions with d-electron count, spin and magnetic moment (official answer: A) PDF
JEE Advanced2021
- Q.4 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Magnetic Moment: Spin-only magnetic moments of Cr and Cu complexes PDF
- Q.19 (Paper 1) · Integer · Isomerism: Total isomers of [Pt(NH3)4Cl2]Br2 PDF
- Q.5 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Geometry of Complexes: Pairs of complexes that are both tetrahedral PDF
- Q.15 (Paper 2) · MCQ · Iron Cyanide Complexes: Identity of white precipitate from K4[Fe(CN)6] and FeSO4 PDF
- Q.16 (Paper 2) · MCQ · Brown Ring Test: Complex responsible for the brown ring in the nitrate test PDF
JEE Advanced2020
JEE Advanced2019
- Q.10 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Isomerism: Number of cis N-Mn-Cl bond angles in cis-[Mn(en)2Cl2] (official answer: 6) PDF
JEE Advanced2018
- Q.2 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Metal Carbonyls: Statements on binary iron and nickel carbonyls PDF
- Q.7 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Magnetic Properties: Count diamagnetic species in a mixed list PDF
- Q.1 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Isomerism in Complexes: Isomers, magnetism and absorption of a cobalt-en-ammine complex PDF
- Q.15 (Paper 2) · Matching · Hybridisation: Match hybrid orbitals with complexes PDF
JEE Advanced2017
- Q.23 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Cobalt Complexes: Identify complexes formed from a pink MCl2.6H2O solution (official answer: B, C, D) PDF
JEE Advanced2016
- Q.22 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Magnetic Properties: Count paramagnetic compounds in a list (official answer: B) PDF
- Q.35 (Paper 1) · Integer · Geometrical Isomerism: Number of geometric isomers of a cobalt complex (official answer: 5) PDF
- Q.22 (Paper 2) · MCQ · Geometry of Complexes: Geometries of ammine complexes of Ni2+, Pt2+ and Zn2+ (official answer: A) PDF
Coordination Compounds in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Main (18 questions), NEET (2 questions).
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FAQ
How many Coordination Compounds questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 2 in 2026, 2 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 5 in 2021, 2 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 4 in 2018, 1 in 2017 and 3 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 28 questions in all, about 7% of Chemistry.
Which Coordination Compounds topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Isomerism, Magnetic Properties, Crystal Field Theory. 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.