Ionic Equilibrium has 99 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2026, about 14 per year across all shifts. The free PDF has 96 of them, each with its answer. The most asked topic is Solubility Product (29 questions), followed by pH and pKa (24) and Buffer Solutions (21).
3 of this chapter's questions came back in a later paper (2021–2026). See the most repeated.
How often it's asked in JEE Main
Ionic Equilibrium had about 0.6 questions per shift in recent JEE Main papers (2024–26). Most asked topic in 2024–26: Buffer Solutions. About 14 questions in the 2026 papers.
It came up in most 2024–26 shifts in our bank (about 30 shifts). Question types in 2020–2026: about 55 MCQs and about 44 numerical.
How many questions from Ionic Equilibrium in JEE Main, year by year
Year
Questions
Per shift
MCQ
Numerical
2026
14
0.7
10
4
2025
13
0.7
9
4
2024
8
0.4
5
3
2023
16
0.7
4
12
2022
16
0.7
11
5
2021
18
0.7
6
12
2020
14
0.9
10
4
2020–2026
99
0.7
55
44
Most asked Ionic Equilibrium topics, 2020–2026
Topic
Questions
Solubility Product
29
pH and pKa
24
Buffer Solutions
21
Acid-Base Concepts
14
Common Ion Effect
6
Every topic, year by year, is in the topic-wise table further down.
Counted from PrepWiser's question bank of JEE Main papers, 2020–2026. Per shift = questions that year ÷ shifts in our bank. Updated .
in the free PDF asked, not in the PDFThe PDF only has questions we can print in full with a checked answer, so it holds 96 of the 99 asked.
Topic-wise weightage by year
How many Ionic Equilibrium 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.
Topic
Asked
Share
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Solubility Product
29
30%
·
5
3
5
4
7
5
pH and pKa
24
24%
·
6
·
6
5
3
4
Buffer Solutions
21
21%
7
1
2
3
4
2
2
Acid-Base Concepts
14
14%
4
1
·
1
3
3
2
Common Ion Effect
6
6%
3
·
1
·
·
2
·
Salt Hydrolysis
5
5%
·
·
2
1
·
1
1
All topics
99
100%
14
13
8
16
16
18
14
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Newest questions (2026)
The 12 newest of the 14 JEE Main 2026 Ionic Equilibrium questions in the free PDF, latest shift first.
Given is a concentrated solution of a weak electrolyte AxBy of concentration ' c ' and dissociation constant ' K '. The degree of dissociation is given by :
JEE Main 2026 · 5 Apr · Shift 1 · Common Ion Effect
M3A2 is a sparingly soluble salt of molar mass ygmol−1 and solubility xgL−1. The ratio of the molar concentration of the anion (A3−) to the solubility product of the salt is
The pH of a solution obtained by mixing 5 mL of 0.1MNH4OH solution with 250 mL of 0.1MNH4Cl solution is ____×10−2.(Nearest integer) Given: pKb(NH4OH)=4.74
20 mL of a solution of acetic acid required 28.4 mL of 0.1 M NaOH for its neutralization. A solution (X) was prepared by mixing 20 mL of the above acetic acid and 14.2 mL of 0.1 M NaOH solution. What is the pH of the solution (X) ? (pKa value of acetic acid is 4.75).
The first and second ionization constants of a weak dibasic acid H2A are 8.1×10−8 and 1.0×10−13 respectively. 0.1 mol of H2A was dissolved in 1 L of 0.1 M HCl solution. The concentration of HA- in the resultant solution is:
At 25°C, 20.0 mL of 0.2 M weak monoprotic acid HX is titrated against 0.2 M NaOH. The pH of the solution (a) at the start of the titration (when NaOH has not been added) and (b) when 10 mL of NaOH is added respectively, are :
JEE Main 2026 · 28 Jan · Shift 1 · Buffer Solutions
Consider a weak base ' B ' of pKb=5.699. ' x ' mL of 0.02 M HCl and ' y ' mL of 0.02 M weak base ' B ' are mixed to make 100 mL of a buffer of pH 9 at 25∘C. The values of ' x ' and ' y ' respectively are :
JEE Main 2026 · 24 Jan · Shift 1 · Common Ion Effect
Consider two Group IV metal ions X2+ and Y2+.
A solution containing 0.01MX2+ and 0.01MY2+ is saturated with H2S. The pH at which the metal sulphide YS will form as a precipitate is ____ . (Nearest integer)
(Given: Ksp(XS)=1×10−22 at 25∘C,Ksp(YS)=4×10−16 at 25∘C, [H2S]=0.1M in solution, Ka1×Ka2(H2S)=1.0×10−21,log2=0.30, log3=0.48,log5=0.70)
If equal volumes of AB2 and XY (both are salts) aqueous solutions are mixed, which of the following combination will give a precipitate of AY2 at 300 K ?
(Given Ksp( at 300 K ) for AY2=5.2×10−7 )
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