# d- and f-Block Elements JEE Advanced PYQ Chapter Wise
> d- and f-Block Elements JEE Advanced PYQs: 11 questions from 22 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers.
Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/jee-advanced/chapters/d-f-block/
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## Answer first
d- and f-Block Elements PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: d- and f-Block Elements (Chemistry) had **11 questions** across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 8 of them. Asked in 7 of 11 years; last in 2025. The concepts asked in the most papers: Metallurgy, Manganese Compounds, Lanthanides.
## Year-wise question count
## Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
## How to practise d- and f-Block Elements PYQs
1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's d- and f-Block Elements 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 and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
## d- and f-Block Elements in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: [JEE Main](/jee-main/chapters/d-f-block/) (15 questions), [NEET](/neet/chapters/#d-f-block) (3 questions).
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## FAQ
### How many d- and f-Block Elements questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2025, 2 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020, 4 in 2019 and 1 in 2016 (2 papers each year). Not asked in the other 4 years. That is 11 questions in all, about 3% of Chemistry.
### Which d- and f-Block Elements topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Metallurgy, Manganese Compounds, Lanthanides. 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.