Metallurgy JEE Main PYQs PDF, 2020–2024

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Metallurgy has 84 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2024, about 17 per year across all shifts. All 84 are in the free PDF, with an answer key. The most asked topic is Extraction of Fe, Cu, Zn, Al (22 questions), followed by Reduction Methods (17) and Refining Methods (17).

Asked in JEE Main: 842020–2024, all shifts
In this free PDF: 84all of them, with answers
Asked in 2024: 1Latest paper: 2024 Jan S1
Most asked topic: Extraction of Fe, Cu, Zn, Al22 Qs · 26% of the chapter
Difficulty mix: 87% easy · 13% mediumof the questions in the PDF

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How often it's asked in JEE Main

Metallurgy was removed from the JEE Main syllabus in 2024. It had about 0.9 questions per shift in 2020–22 and almost none since.

It came up in about one of the 2024–26 shifts in our bank. Question types in 2020–2026: about 80 MCQs and about 4 numerical.

How many questions from Metallurgy in JEE Main, year by year

Year	Questions	Per shift	MCQ	Numerical
2026	0	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0	0
2024	1	<0.1	1	0
2023	22	0.9	21	1
2022	22	1.0	20	2
2021	30	1.2	29	1
2020	9	0.6	9	0
2020–2026	84	0.6	80	4

Most asked Metallurgy topics, 2020–2026

Topic	Questions
Extraction of Fe, Cu, Zn, Al	22
Reduction Methods	17
Refining Methods	17
Concentration of Ores	14
Minerals and Ores	14

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Metallurgy questions per year

Year	Asked	In PDF
2024	1	1
2023	22	22
2022	22	22
2021	30	30
2020	9	9

Topic-wise weightage by year

How many Metallurgy 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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Extraction of Fe, Cu, Zn, Al	22	26%	·	8	6	6	2
Reduction Methods	17	20%	·	6	2	6	3
Refining Methods	17	20%	·	3	4	6	4
Concentration of Ores	14	17%	·	4	5	5	·
Minerals and Ores	14	17%	1	1	5	7	·
All topics	84	100%	1	22	22	30	9

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Newest questions (2024)

The only JEE Main 2024 Metallurgy question in the free PDF.

JEE Main 2024 · 29 Jan · Shift 1 · Minerals and Ores

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JEE Main 2023 · 15 Apr · Shift 1 · Concentration of Ores

Which one of the following is not an example of calcination?

(A) $\mathrm{CaCO}_{3} \cdot \mathrm{MgCO}_{3} \stackrel{\Delta}{\longrightarrow} \mathrm{CaO}+\mathrm{MgO}+2 \mathrm{CO}_{2}$
(B) $2 \mathrm{PbS}+3 \mathrm{O}_{2} \stackrel{\Delta}{\longrightarrow} 2 \mathrm{PbO}+2 \mathrm{SO}_{2}$
(C) $\mathrm{CaCO}_{3} \stackrel{\Delta}{\longrightarrow} \mathrm{CaO}+\mathrm{CO}_{2}$
(D) $\mathrm{Fe}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{3} \cdot \mathrm{xH}_{2} \mathrm{O} \stackrel{\Delta}{\longrightarrow} \mathrm{Fe}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{3}+\mathrm{xH}_{2} \mathrm{O}$

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JEE Main 2023 · 13 Apr · Shift 2 · Reduction Methods

Given below are two statements related to Ellingham diagram:

Statement I : Ellingham diagrams can be constructed for formation of oxides, sulfides and halides of metals.

Statement II : It consists of plots of $\Delta_{\mathrm{f}} \mathrm{H}^{0}$ vs $\mathrm{T}$ for formation of oxides of elements.

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

(A)Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(B)Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(C)Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(D)Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

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JEE Main 2023 · 13 Apr · Shift 1 · Refining Methods

Which one of the following is most likely a mismatch ?

(A)Titanium - van Arkel Method
(B)Zinc - Liquation
(C)Nickel - Mond process
(D)Copper - Electrolysis

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Answer: (B)

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JEE Main 2023 · 11 Apr · Shift 1 · Extraction of Fe, Cu, Zn, Al

In the extraction process of copper, the product obtained after carrying out the reactions

(i) $2 \mathrm{Cu}_{2} \mathrm{~S}+3 \mathrm{O}_{2} \rightarrow 2 \mathrm{Cu}_{2} \mathrm{O}+2 \mathrm{SO}_{2}$

(ii) $2 \mathrm{Cu}_{2} \mathrm{O}+\mathrm{Cu}_{2} \mathrm{~S} \rightarrow 6 \mathrm{Cu}+\mathrm{SO}_{2}$ is called

(A)Copper matte
(B)Blister copper
(C)Reduced copper
(D)Copper scrap

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JEE Main 2023 · 29 Jan · Shift 2 · Minerals and Ores

The major component of which of the following ore is sulphide based mineral?

(A)Sphalerite
(B)Siderite
(C)Malachite
(D)Calamine

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Answer: (A)

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