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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
Asked in 7 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| JEE Advanced 2026 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2025 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2024 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2023 | 2 |
| JEE Advanced 2022 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2021 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2020 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2019 | 4 |
| JEE Advanced 2018 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2017 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2016 | 1 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metallurgy | 4 | 4 | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019 |
| Manganese Compounds | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2019 |
| Chromium Compounds | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lanthanides | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Metallurgy of Copper | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Ores and Minerals | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Zinc Compounds | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
How to practise d- and f-Block Elements PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s d- and f-Block Elements 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 Advanced2025
- Q.6 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Lanthanides: Identify pairs of diamagnetic lanthanide ions (official answer: A, B) PDF
JEE Advanced2023
JEE Advanced2022
- Q.12 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Metallurgy: Statements on extraction of iron in a blast furnace (official answer: A, B, C) PDF
JEE Advanced2021
- Q.15 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Metallurgy: Statements on extraction of Pb, Cu, Ag and Au PDF
JEE Advanced2020
- Q.4 (Paper 2) · Integer · Chromium Compounds: Oxygen atoms bonded to Cr in the blue peroxide species PDF
JEE Advanced2019
- Q.2 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Ores and Minerals: Formulae of calamine, malachite, magnetite and cryolite (official answer: C) PDF
- Q.6 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Manganese Compounds: Properties of manganate and permanganate ions (official answer: A, B, D) PDF
- Q.1 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Metallurgy: Reagents and species in cyanide process for gold extraction (official answer: A, B, C) PDF
- Q.3 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Zinc Compounds: Products of zinc with hot conc. H2SO4 and conc. NaOH (official answer: A, C, D) PDF
JEE Advanced2016
- Q.28 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Metallurgy of Copper: Steps in extraction of copper from copper pyrite (official answer: A, B, C) PDF
d- and f-Block Elements in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Main (15 questions), NEET (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.