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Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives JEE Main PYQs PDF, 2021–2026

Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives has 32 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2026, about 4.6 per year across all shifts. The free PDF has 20 of them, each with its answer. The most asked topic is Acid Derivatives (12 questions), followed by Preparation and Acidity (12) and Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction (4).

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322020–2026, all shifts
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20with answers
Asked in 2026
4Latest paper: 2026 Apr S2
Most asked topic
Acid Derivatives12 Qs · 38% of the chapter
Difficulty mix
15% easy · 80% medium · 5% hardof the questions in the PDF

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Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives had about 0.1 questions per shift in recent JEE Main papers (2024–26). Most asked topic in 2024–26: Preparation and Acidity. About 4 questions in the 2026 papers.

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Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives questions per year

YearAskedIn PDF
202643
202533
202431
202353
202253
202197
202030

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Topic-wise weightage by year

How many Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives questions each topic had in every JEE Main year (all shifts), counting every question asked, including ones not in the PDF. Darker cells mean more questions.

TopicAskedShare2026202520242023202220212020
Acid Derivatives1238%12·3·51
Preparation and Acidity1238%2121231
Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction412%1·111··
Reactions of Carboxylic Acids412%····211
All topics32100%4335593

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Newest questions (2026)

All 3 JEE Main 2026 Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives questions in the free PDF, latest shift first. The 2026 papers asked 4 in all.

  1. JEE Main 2026 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Acid Derivatives

    Consider the following reaction.\text{ Consider the following reaction.}

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    The major product(P) formed is:\text{ The major product}({\mathrm{P}})\text{ formed is:}

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  2. JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr · Shift 2 · Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction

    Complete the following reaction sequence and give the name of major product ’P ’.\text{ Complete the following reaction sequence and give the name of major product '}{\mathrm{P}}\text{ '.}

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  3. JEE Main 2026 · 28 Jan · Shift 2 · Preparation and Acidity

    The correct order of acidic strength of the major products formed in the given reactions, is :

    A. PhNH2→ (2)CuCN2 (3)H3O+/Δ   (1)NaNO2+HCl(<5∘C)  [A]{\mathrm{PhNH}}_{2}{{}\xrightarrow[{\begin{array}{c}\text{ (2)}{\mathrm{CuCN}}^{2} \\ \text{ (3)}{\mathrm{H}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}^{{+}}/\Delta\end{array}\;}]{\text{ (1)}{\mathrm{NaNO}}_{2}+{\mathrm{HCl}}(<5^{{\circ}}{\mathrm{C}})\;}}[{\mathrm{A}}]

    B. CH3CH2CHO→Δ  [Ag(NH3)2]+,OH−  [B]{\mathrm{CH}}_{3}{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}{\mathrm{CHO}}{{}\xrightarrow[{\Delta\;}]{{[{\mathrm{Ag}}{({\mathrm{NH}}_{3})}_{2}]}^{{+}},{\mathrm{OH}}^{{-}}\;}}[{\mathrm{B}}]

    C. CH4+O2→ (ii)Na2Cr2O7/H+  (i)Mo2O3  [C]{\mathrm{CH}}_{4}+{\mathrm{O}}_{2}{{}\xrightarrow[{\text{ (ii)}{\mathrm{Na}}_{2}{\mathrm{Cr}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{7}/{\mathrm{H}}^{{+}}\;}]{\text{(i)}{\mathrm{Mo}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}\;}}[{\mathrm{C}}]

    D. PhCH2MgBr+CO2→H3O+  Dry ether  [D]{\mathrm{PhCH}}_{2}{\mathrm{MgBr}}+{\mathrm{CO}}_{2}{{}\xrightarrow[{{\mathrm{H}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}^{{+}}\;}]{\text{Dry ether}\;}}[{\mathrm{D}}]

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JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Acid Derivatives

A→ (i)H3O+  (i)NaH  B→ (ii)H2SO4,Δ   (i)EOH  C{\mathrm{A}}{{}\xrightarrow[{\text{ (i)}{\mathrm{H}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}^{{+}}\;}]{\text{(i)}{\mathrm{NaH}}\;}}{\mathrm{B}}{{}\xrightarrow[{\text{ (ii)}{\mathrm{H}}_{2}{\mathrm{SO}}_{4},\Delta\;}]{\text{ (i)}{\mathrm{EOH}}\;}}{\mathrm{C}}

' A ' shows positive Lassaign's test for N and its molar mass is 121 .

' B ' gives effervescence with aq NaHCO3{\mathrm{NaHCO}}_{3}.

'C' gives fruity smell.

Identify A,B{\mathrm{A}},{\mathrm{B}} and C from the following.

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JEE Main 2025 · 2 Apr · Shift 2 · Preparation and Acidity

Consider the following reactions. From these reactions which reaction will give carboxylic acid as a major product ?

(A) R−C≡N→ mild condition (i) H+/H2O\quad \mathrm{R}-\mathrm{C} \equiv \mathrm{N} \xrightarrow[\text { mild condition }]{\text { (i) } \stackrel{+}{\mathrm{H}} / \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}}

(B) R−MgX→ (ii) H3O+(i) CO2\quad \mathrm{R}-\mathrm{MgX} \xrightarrow[\text { (ii) } \mathrm{H}_3 \mathrm{O}^{+}]{\text {(i) } \mathrm{CO}_2}

(C) R−C≡N→ (ii) H3O+(i) SnCl2/HCl\mathrm{R}-\mathrm{C} \equiv \mathrm{N} \xrightarrow[\text { (ii) } \mathrm{H}_3 \mathrm{O}^{+}]{\text {(i) } \mathrm{SnCl}_2 / \mathrm{HCl}}

(D) R⋅CH2⋅OH→PCC\quad \mathrm{R} \cdot \mathrm{CH}_2 \cdot \mathrm{OH} \xrightarrow{\mathrm{PCC}}

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  2. (B)A and D only
  3. (C)B, C and E only
  4. (D)B and E only
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JEE Main 2023 · 11 Apr · Shift 2 · Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion A : A solution of the product obtained by heating a mole of glycine with a mole of chlorine in presence of red phosphorous generates chiral carbon atom.

Reason R : A molecule with 2 chiral carbons is always optically active.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. (A)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. (B)Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
  3. (C)A is true but R is false
  4. (D)A is false but R is true
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JEE Main 2022 · 29 Jun · Shift 1 · Reactions of Carboxylic Acids

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : The esterification of carboxylic acid with an alcohol is a nucleophilic acyl substitution.

Statement II : Electron withdrawing groups in the carboxylic acid will increase the rate of esterification reaction.

Choose the most appropriate option :

  1. (A)Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
  2. (B)Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
  3. (C)Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
  4. (D)Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
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32 questions from 2020 to 2026, about 4.6 per year. In 2026 it had 4. The free PDF has 20 of them.

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