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Environmental Chemistry JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2023

Environmental Chemistry has 12 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2023, about 3 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Water Pollution (8 questions), followed by Air Pollution (3) and Soil Pollution (1).

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12Total PYQs
4Years covered
3Topics
2023 Apr S1Latest paper

Environmental Chemistry questions per year

YearQuestions
20234
20223
20213
20202

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Water Pollution867%2023
Air Pollution325%2023
Soil Pollution18%2023

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2023 · 13 Apr · Shift 1 · Water Pollution

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : Permutit process is more efficient compared to the synthetic resin method for the softening of water.

Statement II : Synthetic resin method results in the formation of soluble sodium salts.

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

  1. (A)Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
  2. (B)Both the Statements I and II are correct
  3. (C)Both the Statements I and II are incorrect
  4. (D)Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2023 · 6 Apr · Shift 2 · Soil Pollution

The group of chemicals used as pesticide is :

  1. (A)Dieldrin, Sodium arsinite, Tetrachloroethene
  2. (B)Aldrin, Sodium chlorate, Sodium arsinite
  3. (C)DDT, Aldrin
  4. (D)Sodium chlorate, DDT, PAN

Answer: (C)

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JEE Main 2023 · 31 Jan · Shift 2 · Air Pollution

The normal rain water is slightly acidic and its pH\mathrm{pH} value is 5.65.6 because of which one of the following?
  1. (A)N2O5+H2O→2HNO3\mathrm{N}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{5}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \rightarrow 2 \mathrm{HNO}_{3}
  2. (B)2SO2+O2+2H2O→2H2SO42 \mathrm{SO}_{2}+\mathrm{O}_{2}+2 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \rightarrow 2 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}
  3. (C)4NO2+O2+2H2O→4HNO34 \mathrm{NO}_{2}+\mathrm{O}_{2}+2 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \rightarrow 4 \mathrm{HNO}_{3}
  4. (D)CO2+H2O→H2CO3\mathrm{CO}_{2}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \rightarrow \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{CO}_{3}

Answer: (D)

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All 12 questions are in the free PDF above, grouped by topic.

Frequently asked

How many questions come from Environmental Chemistry in JEE Main?

12 questions from 2020 to 2023, about 3 per year. In 2023 it had 4.

Which Environmental Chemistry topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Water Pollution (67%), Air Pollution (25%) and Soil Pollution (8%) of all Environmental Chemistry questions.

Is the Environmental Chemistry PYQ PDF free?

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