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Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Main: Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen (Chemistry) had 18 questions across the 11 official JEE Main papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 10 of them. Asked in 3 of 3 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Acidity of Phenols and Acids, Aldol Condensation, Cannizzaro Reaction.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 3 of 3 years.
| Year | Papers | Questions | Per paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEE Main 2026 | 9 | 15 | 1.7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acidity of Phenols and Acids | 2 | 2 | 2026 |
| Aldol Condensation | 2 | 2 | 2026 |
| Cannizzaro Reaction | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Carbonyl Compounds | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Carboxylic Acids | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Dehydration of Alcohols | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| DIBAL-H Reduction | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Ethers | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Everyday Chemistry | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Grignard and Tollens | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Hydrolysis of Ethers | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Nitration of Phenol | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Phenolphthalein | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Reactions of Alcohols | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Reactions of Phenol | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Reduction and Hydrolysis | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
How to practise Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen 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.66 (2 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Cannizzaro Reaction: Product of a C2H2O2 compound with 50% KOH followed by acidification (official answer: option 3) PDF
- Q.67 (2 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Hydrolysis of Ethers: Statements about products from acid hydrolysis of a vinyl ether (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.66 (4 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Acidity of Phenols and Acids: Count compounds soluble in aqueous NaOH among given structures (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.70 (4 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Phenolphthalein: Colour of phenolphthalein species formed in excess NaOH (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.66 (4 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Acidity of Phenols and Acids: Descending acidity order of substituted phenols and benzoic acids (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.67 (5 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Dehydration of Alcohols: Reagent for alcohol dehydration and product from a diol (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.73 (5 April, shift 1) · Numerical · Nitration of Phenol: Increase in oxygen percentage of steam-volatile nitrophenol over phenol (official answer: 175) PDF
- Q.65 (5 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Carboxylic Acids: Product of nitrile hydrolysis followed by HVZ reaction (official answer: option 1) PDF
- Q.66 (5 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Carbonyl Compounds: Statements on semicarbazone formation and hemiacetal hydrolysis (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.67 (6 April, shift 1) · MCQ · Reactions of Alcohols: Product of tert-butanol with hot Cu then PhCOOH/H+ (official answer: option 2) PDF
- Q.73 (6 April, shift 1) · Numerical · Reactions of Phenol: Moles of product from heating phenol with zinc at 60% yield (official answer: 3) PDF
- Q.64 (6 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Aldol Condensation: IUPAC name of product from acetone via aldol condensation (official answer: option 2) PDF
- Q.66 (6 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Ethers: Statements on cleavage of benzyl phenyl ether with HI (official answer: option 4) PDF
- Q.67 (8 April, shift 2) · MCQ · Reduction and Hydrolysis: Product of NaBH4 reduction then base hydrolysis of a lactam aldehyde (official answer: option 3) PDF
- Q.72 (8 April, shift 2) · Numerical · Aldol Condensation: Pi electrons in product of benzaldehyde and acetophenone condensation (official answer: 16) PDF
JEE Main2017
JEE Main2016
- Q.59 · MCQ · Everyday Chemistry: Identify the anionic detergent PDF
Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Advanced (50 questions), NEET (4 questions).
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FAQ
How many Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen questions come in JEE Main?
In the official papers we tagged: 15 in 2026 (9 papers), 2 in 2017 (1 paper) and 1 in 2016 (1 paper). That is 18 questions in all, about 6% of Chemistry.
Which Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen topics repeat in JEE Main?
Asked in the most papers: Acidity of Phenols and Acids, Aldol Condensation, Cannizzaro Reaction. 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.