The d- and f-Block Elements

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  • 76 questions
  • 36 papers
  • 4.32% of Chemistry

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Topics

55 topics · 76 questions
  1. 1Electronic Configuration and Magnetic Properties1.3%1 questionPractise Electronic Configuration and Magnetic Properties
  2. 2Catalytic Properties of Transition Metals1.3%1 questionPractise Catalytic Properties of Transition Metals
  3. 3Standard Electrode Potentials of d-block Ions1.3%1 questionPractise Standard Electrode Potentials of d-block Ions
  4. 4Spin-only Magnetic Moment of Transition Metal Ions1.3%1 questionPractise Spin-only Magnetic Moment of Transition Metal Ions
  5. 5Preparation of Mohr's Salt1.3%1 questionPractise Preparation of Mohr's Salt
  6. 6Electronic Configuration and Magnetism of Lanthanoid Ions1.3%1 questionPractise Electronic Configuration and Magnetism of Lanthanoid Ions
  7. 7Oxidation States and Stability of Ions in Aqueous Solution1.3%1 questionPractise Oxidation States and Stability of Ions in Aqueous Solution
  8. 8Oxides and Oxoanions of Transition Metals1.3%1 questionPractise Oxides and Oxoanions of Transition Metals
  9. 9Electronic Configuration and Ionisation Enthalpy of f-block Elements1.3%1 questionPractise Electronic Configuration and Ionisation Enthalpy of f-block Elements
  10. 10Potassium Permanganate – Oxidising Action1.3%1 questionPractise Potassium Permanganate – Oxidising Action
  11. 11Lanthanoids – Lanthanoid Contraction1.3%1 questionPractise Lanthanoids – Lanthanoid Contraction
  12. 12Lanthanoids and Actinoids – Properties1.3%1 questionPractise Lanthanoids and Actinoids – Properties
  13. 13Properties of the Transition Elements – Magnetic Properties1.3%1 questionPractise Properties of the Transition Elements – Magnetic Properties
  14. 14Properties of the Transition Elements1.3%1 questionPractise Properties of the Transition Elements
  15. 15Potassium Permanganate – Structure of Manganate and Permanganate Ions1.3%1 questionPractise Potassium Permanganate – Structure of Manganate and Permanganate Ions
  16. 16Catalytic role of transition metals and their compounds1.3%1 questionPractise Catalytic role of transition metals and their compounds
  17. 17Oxidation states of lanthanoids (cerium)1.3%1 questionPractise Oxidation states of lanthanoids (cerium)
  18. 18Lanthanoid contraction and oxidation states1.3%1 questionPractise Lanthanoid contraction and oxidation states
  19. 19Properties of transition metals1.3%1 questionPractise Properties of transition metals
  20. 20Ionisation enthalpy trend across a transition series1.3%1 questionPractise Ionisation enthalpy trend across a transition series
  21. 21Comparison of ionisation enthalpies of actinoids and lanthanoids1.3%1 questionPractise Comparison of ionisation enthalpies of actinoids and lanthanoids
  22. 22Actinoid contraction1.3%1 questionPractise Actinoid contraction
  23. 23Oxidising/reducing nature and magnetic properties of transition metal ions1.3%1 questionPractise Oxidising/reducing nature and magnetic properties of transition metal ions
  24. 24Catalysts in industrial processes1.3%1 questionPractise Catalysts in industrial processes
  25. 25Oxidising action of potassium permanganate1.3%1 questionPractise Oxidising action of potassium permanganate
  26. 26Melting points of transition metals1.3%1 questionPractise Melting points of transition metals
  27. 27Electronic configuration of lanthanoid ions1.3%1 questionPractise Electronic configuration of lanthanoid ions
  28. 28Potassium permanganate - thermal decomposition1.3%1 questionPractise Potassium permanganate - thermal decomposition
  29. 29Magnetic moment of transition metal ions1.3%1 questionPractise Magnetic moment of transition metal ions
  30. 30Oxoanions of transition metals – colour and magnetism1.3%1 questionPractise Oxoanions of transition metals – colour and magnetism
  31. 31Actinoids – oxidation states3.9%3 questionsPractise Actinoids – oxidation states
  32. 32Lanthanoids – electronic configuration1.3%1 questionPractise Lanthanoids – electronic configuration
  33. 33Lanthanoids – properties1.3%1 questionPractise Lanthanoids – properties
  34. 34Lanthanoid contraction7.9%6 questionsPractise Lanthanoid contraction
  35. 35Magnetic moment2.6%2 questionsPractise Magnetic moment
  36. 36Electronic configuration of lanthanoids2.6%2 questionsPractise Electronic configuration of lanthanoids
  37. 37Potassium permanganate2.6%2 questionsPractise Potassium permanganate
  38. 38Interstitial compounds1.3%1 questionPractise Interstitial compounds
  39. 39Lanthanoids2.6%2 questionsPractise Lanthanoids
  40. 40Thermal decomposition1.3%1 questionPractise Thermal decomposition
  41. 41Potassium dichromate2.6%2 questionsPractise Potassium dichromate
  42. 42Standard electrode potentials of transition metals1.3%1 questionPractise Standard electrode potentials of transition metals
  43. 43Actinoids1.3%1 questionPractise Actinoids
  44. 44General properties of transition elements2.6%2 questionsPractise General properties of transition elements
  45. 45Oxidation states of transition elements6.6%5 questionsPractise Oxidation states of transition elements
  46. 46Electronic configuration of transition metal ions1.3%1 questionPractise Electronic configuration of transition metal ions
  47. 47Colour of transition metal ions5.3%4 questionsPractise Colour of transition metal ions
  48. 48Colour of transition metal compounds1.3%1 questionPractise Colour of transition metal compounds
  49. 49Ionisation Enthalpies of Transition Elements2.6%2 questionsPractise Ionisation Enthalpies of Transition Elements
  50. 50Compounds of Copper1.3%1 questionPractise Compounds of Copper
  51. 51The Lanthanoids1.3%1 questionPractise The Lanthanoids
  52. 52Variable Oxidation States of Transition Elements1.3%1 questionPractise Variable Oxidation States of Transition Elements
  53. 53Electronic Configurations of Transition Metal Ions1.3%1 questionPractise Electronic Configurations of Transition Metal Ions
  54. 54Catalytic Properties of Transition Elements1.3%1 questionPractise Catalytic Properties of Transition Elements
  55. 55Oxides of Transition Metals1.3%1 questionPractise Oxides of Transition Metals

Questions per paper

Asked in 15 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

  1. 2026: 2 questions
  2. 2026 Re-NEET: 3 questions
  3. 2025: 2 questions
  4. 2024: 4 questions
  5. 2024 Re-NEET: not asked
  6. 2023: 2 questions
  7. 2023 Manipur: 2 questions
  8. 2022: 2 questions
  9. 2022 Phase 2: 2 questions
  10. 2021: 2 questions
  11. 2020: 2 questions
  12. 2020 Phase-2: 2 questions
  13. 2019: 1 question
  14. 2019 Odisha: 2 questions
  15. 2018: 2 questions
  16. 2017: 1 question

Concepts tested

  • Comparable energies of 5f, 6d and 7s 2
  • d0 ions are colourless 2
  • Spin-only formula 2
  • acidic/basic character of metal oxides
  • Actinoid contraction
  • actinoid-oxidation-states
  • Basicity of lanthanoid hydroxides
  • Basicity of oxides across 3d series
  • Calculating unpaired electrons and spin-only magnetic moment
  • Catalysts in industrial processes
  • Catalytic activity
  • catalytic activity, interstitial compounds and oxidation states
  • colour and properties of f-block ions
  • Comparison of ionisation enthalpies of actinoids and lanthanoids
  • Configuration of ions
  • Consequences of lanthanoid contraction
  • d electron count of ions
  • d-d transition