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Principles Related to Practical Chemistry PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Principles Related to Practical Chemistry (Chemistry) had 7 questions across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 7 of them. Asked in 6 of 11 years; last in 2025. The concepts asked in the most papers: Salt Analysis, Test for Sulphide, Borax Bead Test.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 6 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| JEE Advanced 2026 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2025 | 2 |
| JEE Advanced 2024 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2023 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2022 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2021 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2020 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2019 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2018 | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Analysis | 5 | 5 | 2025, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2016 |
| Borax Bead Test | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Test for Sulphide | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
How to practise Principles Related to Practical Chemistry PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Principles Related to Practical Chemistry 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
JEE Advanced2021
- Q.16 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Salt Analysis: Identify a two-salt mixture from precipitation tests PDF
JEE Advanced2020
- Q.3 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Salt Analysis: Identify two metal nitrates from precipitation tests PDF
JEE Advanced2019
- Q.1 (Paper 1) · MCQ · Borax Bead Test: Compound giving green colour in borax bead test of chromium salt (official answer: A) PDF
JEE Advanced2018
- Q.2 (Paper 2) · MSQ · Salt Analysis: Tests to distinguish Mn2+ and Cu2+ nitrates PDF
JEE Advanced2016
- Q.28 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Salt Analysis: Reagents that selectively precipitate sulphide over sulphate (official answer: A or A, C) PDF
Principles Related to Practical Chemistry in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Main (9 questions).
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FAQ
How many Principles Related to Practical Chemistry questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 2 in 2025, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020, 1 in 2019, 1 in 2018 and 1 in 2016 (2 papers each year). Not asked in the other 5 years. That is 7 questions in all, about 2% of Chemistry.
Which Principles Related to Practical Chemistry topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Salt Analysis, Test for Sulphide, Borax Bead Test. 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.