# Hydrocarbons JEE Advanced PYQ Chapter Wise (2016–2026)

> Hydrocarbons JEE Advanced PYQs: all 25 questions from 22 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 9 of 11 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/jee-advanced/chapters/hydrocarbons/

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## Answer first

Hydrocarbons PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Hydrocarbons (Chemistry) had **25 questions** across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 14 of them. Asked in 9 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Alkynes, Alkyne Reactions, Reaction Sequences.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Hydrocarbons PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Hydrocarbons 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.

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## Hydrocarbons in other exams

The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: [JEE Main](/jee-main/chapters/hydrocarbons/) (19 questions), [NEET](/neet/chapters/#hydrocarbons) (3 questions).

## Other Chemistry chapters

- [Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/basic-concepts-chemistry/)
- [Atomic Structure PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/atomic-structure/)
- [Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/chemical-bonding/)
- [Chemical Thermodynamics PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/chemical-thermodynamics/)
- [Solutions PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/solutions/)
- [Equilibrium PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/equilibrium/)
- [Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/redox-electrochemistry/)
- [Chemical Kinetics PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/chemical-kinetics/)
- [Classification of Elements and Periodicity PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/periodicity/)
- [p-Block Elements PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/p-block/)
- [d- and f-Block Elements PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/d-f-block/)
- [Coordination Compounds PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/coordination-compounds/)
- [Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/purification-characterisation-organic/)
- [Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/basic-principles-organic/)
- [Organic Compounds Containing Halogens PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/organic-halogens/)
- [Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/organic-oxygen/)
- [Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/organic-nitrogen/)
- [Biomolecules PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/biomolecules/)
- [Principles Related to Practical Chemistry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/practical-chemistry/)

## FAQ

### How many Hydrocarbons questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 1 in 2024, 3 in 2022, 7 in 2021, 3 in 2020, 3 in 2019, 1 in 2018, 4 in 2017 and 2 in 2016 (2 papers each year). Not asked in the other 2 years. That is 25 questions in all, about 6% of Chemistry.

### Which Hydrocarbons topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Alkynes, Alkyne Reactions, Reaction Sequences. 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.