Hydrocarbons — Aromatic (Arenes) — JEE Main PYQs & Practice Questions

Hydrocarbons — Aromatic (Arenes) is a Chemistry chapter in the JEE Main syllabus. This page brings together 54 previous-year and practice questions on Hydrocarbons — Aromatic (Arenes), organised into 4 topics: Aromaticity and Huckel's Rule, Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution, Directive Effects and Reactions of Side Chain. Most questions come with a step-by-step solution you can work through free in PrepWiser.

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Aromaticity and Huckel's Rule

• Which of the following compounds is not aromatic?
• Correct statements for the given reaction are : A. Compound 'B' is aromatic B. The…
• Designate whether each of the following compounds is aromatic or not aromatic.
• Vanillin compound obtained from vanilla beans, has total sum of oxygen atoms and π…
• Correct order of stability of carbanion is :
• Which one of the following compounds is not aromatic?
• The compound with molecular formula C₆ H₆, which gives only one monobromo derivative and…
• Which of the following structure are aromatic in nature?
• Total number of aromatic compounds among the following compounds is ______.
• Among the following, the aromatic compounds are : Choose the correct answer from the…
• Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and, the other is…
• Which of the following is an aromatic compound?
• Among the following compounds, the one which shows highest dipole moment is
• The correct stability order of the following species/molecules is :
• Which one of the following compounds is non-aromatic?
• Which of the following molecule/species is most stable?
• Benzene has delocalised pi electrons making it more stable than predicted by Kekulé…
• Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled…

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

• Nitration of benzene is carried out using:
• The stable carbocation formed in the above reaction is
• Consider the following compounds Arrange these compounds in the increasing order of…
• In the following sequence of reactions the maximum number of atoms present in molecule…
• Arrange the following in increasing order of reactivity towards nitration A. p-xylene B…
• The major aromatic product C in the following reaction sequence will be :
• Number of compounds from the following which cannot undergo Friedel-Crafts reactions is…
• For the following Friedel Craft's alkylation reaction, which of the statements are…
• In the presence of sunlight, benzene reacts with Cl₂ to give product, X. The number of…
• Benzene on nitration gives nitrobenzene in presence of HNO₃ and H₂SO₄ mixture, where :
• Decreasing order of reactivity towards electrophilic substitution for the following…
• Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of rate of aromatic electrophilic…
• Given below are two statements : Statement I : Nitration of benzene involves the…
• Which of these will produce the highest yield in Friedel Crafts reaction?
• The structures A and B formed in the following reaction are : [Ph = -C₆H₅]

Directive Effects

• Given below are two statements : Statement I : Benzene is nitrated to give nitrobenzene…
• Total number of deactivating groups in aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction…
• The major product Z obtained in the following reaction scheme is :
• The correct arrangement for decreasing order of electrophilic substitution for above…
• Halogenation of which one of the following will yield m-substituted product with respect…
• Identify the correct statements : The presence of –NO₂ group in benzene ring A…
• Among the following, total number of meta directing functional groups is (Integer based)…
• The set of meta directing functional groups from the following sets is :
• The major product formed in the Friedel-Craft acylation of chlorobenzene is
• For the given molecule, "x", the preferred site for the attack of the electrophile is :
• the arenium ion which is not involved in the bromination of Aniline is __________.
• The directive influence of -OH group in phenol is:
• Identify correct A, B and C in the reaction sequence given below :
• The major product 'P' formed in the given reaction is:
• Isomeric hydrocarbons → negative Baeyer’s test (Molecular formula C₉H₁₂) The total…
• Identify correct statement/s : (A) -OCH₃ and -NHCOCH₃ are activating group. (B) -CN and…
• The correct order of reactivity in electrophilic substitution reaction of the following…
• [P] on treatment with Br₂/FeBr₃ in CCl₄ produced a single isomer C₈H₇O₂Br while heating…
• The correct sequence of reagents used in the preparation of 4-bromo-2-nitroethyl benzene…
• Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : On nitration of m-xylene with…

Reactions of Side Chain

• The total number of compounds from below when treated with hot KMnO₄, giving benzoic…

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PrepWiser has 54 Hydrocarbons — Aromatic (Arenes) questions for JEE Main, grouped into 4 topics such as Aromaticity and Huckel's Rule, Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution and Directive Effects.

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