The p-Block Elements (Group 15 to 18)

9 topics, ranked by how often each is asked.

  • 11 questions
  • 5 papers
  • 0.63% of Chemistry

Topics

The squares are the last ten exam years: filled means it was asked that year.

Questions per paper

Asked in 5 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

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

Concepts tested

  • acid strength of hydrogen halides
  • boiling point trend of group 16 hydrides
  • industrial processes and their products
  • periodic trends in acidity and oxidising power
  • peroxo linkage in peroxodisulphuric acid
  • properties of noble gases
  • reactivity of interhalogens
  • structure of Br3O8
  • structures of sulphur oxoacids
  • structures of xenon compounds
  • thermal stability of group 16 hydrides