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Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Main: Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen (Chemistry) had 16 questions across the 11 official JEE Main papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 11 of them. Asked in 3 of 3 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Diazonium Salts, Amines, Diazo Coupling.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 3 of 3 years.
| Year | Papers | Questions | Per paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEE Main 2026 | 9 | 13 | 1.4 |
| JEE Main 2017 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| JEE Main 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diazonium Salts | 3 | 3 | 2026 |
| Amines | 2 | 2 | 2026 |
| Basicity of Amines | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Boiling Points | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Diazo Coupling | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Electrophilic Substitution | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Hofmann and Gabriel | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Hofmann Bromamide | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Hofmann Bromamide Degradation | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Hofmann Degradation | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Isocyanides | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Polymers | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Reactions of Anilines | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
How to practise Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen 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 Main2026
- Q.68 (2 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Diazo Coupling: Reactivity order of N,N-dimethylanilines with benzenediazonium chloride (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.68 (2 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Diazonium Salts: Identify intermediates in bromination, reduction, diazotisation and oxidation (official answer: option 2) PDF
- Q.75 (2 April, shift 2) · Numerical · Reactions of Anilines: Product of nitro-toluene reduction, acetylation, bromination; AgBr in Carius (official answer: 1) PDF
- Q.67 (4 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Diazonium Salts: Product of bromination, diazotisation and Balz-Schiemann type steps on aniline (official answer: option 2) PDF
- Q.67 (4 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Basicity of Amines: Substituted aniline giving the strongest conjugate acid (official answer: option 3) PDF
- Q.66 (5 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Isocyanides: Reactions that give benzyl isocyanide (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.68 (5 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Amines: Incorrect statements on basicity, Gabriel synthesis, Hofmann and diazotisation (official answer: option 3) PDF
- Q.67 (5 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Amines: Statements on Hofmann bromamide reaction and nitration of aniline (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.68 (6 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Boiling Points: Order boiling points of butanol, butylamine, butane, diethylamine (official answer: option 3) PDF
- Q.72 (6 April, shift 1) · Numerical · Diazonium Salts: Nitrogen percentage in yellow product from diazoaminobenzene rearrangement (official answer: 21) PDF
- Q.67 (6 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Hofmann Degradation: Final product of amide formation, Hofmann, diazotisation, coupling (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.68 (6 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Hofmann and Gabriel: Count amides giving amines also obtainable by Gabriel synthesis (official answer: option 3) PDF
- Q.68 (8 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Hofmann Bromamide Degradation: Identify true statements about Hofmann bromamide degradation (official answer: option 3) PDF
JEE Main2017
JEE Main2016
- Q.56 · MCQ · Hofmann Bromamide: Moles of NaOH and Br2 per mole amine in Hofmann degradation PDF
Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Advanced (20 questions), NEET (2 questions).
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FAQ
How many Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen questions come in JEE Main?
In the official papers we tagged: 13 in 2026 (9 papers), 2 in 2017 (1 paper) and 1 in 2016 (1 paper). That is 16 questions in all, about 6% of Chemistry.
Which Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen topics repeat in JEE Main?
Asked in the most papers: Diazonium Salts, Amines, Diazo Coupling. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official JEE Main questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Main paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.