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170 previous year questions from Chemistry in Everyday Life (JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry) with answers and solutions. Numbered list, year tags, and one-tap solutions — built for serious JEE / NEET practice.

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Chemistry in Everyday Life has 170 previous year questions in the Quantrex Academy JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry bank. The 170 questions in this list come from JEE Main (95), NTA Abhyas JEE Main (44), Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (20) and 2 other sources, spanning 2002 to 2025. Each question opens on its own page with the options, the correct answer and the worked solution where available.

JEE Chemistry in Everyday Life PYQs with Solutions

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Thyroxine, the hormone has given below structure The percentage of iodine in thyroxine is ____ \% . (nearest integer) (Given molar mass in g mol^ -1 C: 12. H: 1, O: 16 , N: 14, I

Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, is a dipeptide aspartyl phenylalanine methyl ester. The structure of aspartame is

The reaction used for preparation of soap from fat is :

Match List I with List II : List I List II A. Saccharin I. High potency sweetener B. Aspartame II. First artificial sweetening agent C Alitame III. Stable at cooking temperature

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Morphine is a narcotic analgesic. It helps in relieving pain without producing sleep. Statement II: Morphine and its derivatives are

Among the following, the number of tranquilizer/s is/are A. Chloroliazepoxide B. Veronal C. Valium D. Salvarsan

Match List I with List II List II List II (A) Tranquilizers (I) Anti blood clotting (B) Aspirin (II) Salvarsan (C) Antibiotic (III) Antidepressant drugs (D) Antiseptic (IV)

Which of the following compounds are not used as disinfectants? A. Chloroxylenol B. Bithional C. Veronal D. Prontosil E. Terpineol Choose the correct answer from the options given

Which of the following artificial sweeteners has the highest sweetness value in comparison to cane sugar?

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. Assertion A : Antihistamines do not affect the secretion of acid in stomach.

Amongst the following compounds, which one is an antacid?

A doctor prescribed the drug Equanil to a patient. The patient was likely to have symptoms of which disease?

Match List I with List II List I List II Antimicrobials Names (A) Narrow Spectrum Antibiotic (I) Furacin (B) Antiseptic (II) Sulphur dioxide (C) Disinfectants (III) Penicillin-G

A. Ammonium salts produce haze in atmosphere. B. Ozone gets produced when atmospheric oxygen reacts with chlorine radicals. C. Polychlorinated biphenyls act as cleansing solvents.

Which of the following statements is incorrect for antibiotics?

The variation of the rate of an enzyme catalyzed reaction with substrate concentration is correctly represented by graph (a) (b) (c) (d)

Correct statement is :

Match List I with List II LIST I Type LIST II Name A Antifertility drug I Norethindrone B Tranquilizer II Meprobomate C Antihistamine III Seldane D Antibiotic IV Ampicillin Choose

Given below are two statements : Statement I : Noradrenaline is a neurotransmitter. Statement II : Low level of noradrenaline is not the cause of depression in human. In the light

The number of chlorine atoms in bithionol is

Which of the following compounds is an example of hypnotic drug?

Two statements in respect of drug-enzyme interaction are given below Statement I : Action of an enzyme can be blocked only when an inhibitor blocks the active site of the enzyme.

Statements about Enzyme Inhibitor Drugs are given below : (A) There are Competitive and Non-competitive inhibitor drugs. (B) These can bind at the active sites and allosteric

Which of the following enhances the lathering property of soap?

Match List-I with List-II List-I List-II A I Anti-depressant B ​​​​​​​ II 550 times sweeter than cane sugar C III Narcotic analgesic D IV Antiseptic Choose the correct answer from

How many of the following drugs is/are example(s) of broad spectrum antibiotic? Ofloxacin, Penicillin G , Terpineol, Salvarsan

Stearic acid and polyethylene glycol react to form which one of the following soap/s detergents?

Some drugs bind to a site other than, the active site of an enzyme. This site is known as

Drugs used to bind to receptors, inhibiting its natural function and blocking a message are called

The mixture of chloroxylenol and terpineol is an example of :

Which of the following compound does not contain sulphur atom?

The structure of Tagamet (Cimetidine) is:

Match List-I with List-II List-I List-II (A) Antipyretic (I) Reduces pain (B) Analgesic (II) Reduces stress (C) Tranquilizer (III) Reduces fever (D) Antacid (IV) Reduces

Match List - I with List - II. List-I List-II A I Dishwashing powder B II Toothpaste C C _ 17 H _ 35 COO ^ - Na ^ + + Na _ 2 CO _ 3 + Rosinate III Laundry soap D CH _ 3 ( CH _ 2 )

Match List I with List II. List-I Enzyme List-II Conversion of A. Invertase I. Starch into maltose B. Zymase II. Maltose into glucose C. Diastase III. Glucose into ethanol D.

Which of the following is NOT an example of synthetic detergent?

A chemical which stimulates the secretion of pepsin is

Match the following correctly (i) Zymase (a) Stomach (ii) Urease (b) Yeast (iii) Diastase (c) Malt (iv) Pepsin (d)Soyabean

An antiseptic dettol is a mixture of two compounds &#39; A &#39; and &#39; B &#39; where A has 6π electrons and B has 2π electrons. What is B ?

Using very little soap while washing clothes, does not serve the purpose of cleaning of clothes, because

Which one of the following is an example of artificial sweetner?

The structure shown below is of which well-known drug molecule?

Which of the following is not a broad spectrum antibiotic?

Which one of the following chemicals is responsible for the production of HCl in the stomach leading to irritation and pain?

A B C D The correct statement about (A), (B), (C) and (D) is:

A metal surface is exposed to 500nm radiation. The threshold frequency of the metal for photoelectric current is 4 . 3 × 10 ^ 14 Hz . The velocity of ejected electron is ___ × 10

Given below are two statements : Statement I : Penicillin is a bacteriostatic type antibiotic. Statement II : The general structure of Penicillin is: Choose the correct option :

List - I (Drug) List - II (Class of Drug) (a) Furacin (i) Antibiotic (b) Arsphenamine (ii) Tranquilizers (c) Dimetone (iii) Antiseptic (d) Valium (iv) Synthetic antihistamines

Sodium stearate CH _ 3 ( CH _ 2 ) _ 16 COO ^ - Na ^ + is an anionic surfactant which forms micelles in oil. Choose the correct statement for it from the following :

Which one of the following statements is not true about enzymes?

Match List - I with List - II : List-I (Class of Chemicals) List-II (Example) (a) Antifertility drug (i) Meprobamate (b) Antibiotic (ii) Alitame (c) Tranquilizer (iii)

Match the list - I with list - II List - I (Class of Drug) List - II (Example) (a) Antacid (i) Novestrol (b) Artificial sweetener (ii) Cimetidine (c) Antifertility (iii) Valium

Match List-I with List-II : List-I Chemical Compound List-II Used as a Sucralose i Synthetic detergent b Glyceryl ester of stearic acid ii Artificial sweetener c Sodium benzoate

With respect to drug-enzyme interaction, identify the wrong statement:

The functions of antihistamine are :

Match List - I with List - II. List-I List-II (a) Valium (i) Antifertility drug (b) Morphine (ii) Pernicious anaemia (c) Norethindrone (iii) Analgesic (d) Vitamin B _ 12 (iv)

The following molecule acts as an :

If a person is suffering from the deficiency of nor-adrenaline, what kind of drug can be suggested?

The mechanism of action of &quot;Terfenadine&quot; (Seldane) is :

An ionic micelle is formed on the addition of:

Match the following drugs with their therapeutic actions: (i) Ranitidine (a) Antidepressant (ii) Nardil (Phenelzine) (b) Antibiotic (iii) Chloramphenicol (c) Antihistamine (iv)

The antifertility drug &quot;Novestrol&quot; can react with :

If you spill a chemical toilet cleaning liquid on your hand, your first aid would be:

A chemist has 4 samples of artificial sweetener A, B, C and D . To identify these samples, he performed certain experiments and noted the following observations: (i) A and D both

The mass percentage of nitrogen in histamine is ________

The number of chiral centres in penicillin is _________.

The number of s p ^ 2 hybridised carbons present in &ldquo;Aspartame&rdquo; is

The number of chiral carbons in chloramphenicol is ____________.

How many - Cl atoms are present per molecule of sucralose?

The compound which acts as antioxidant in packed food is

Narcotics are chemical substances which produce sleep and unconsciousness. Morphine diacetate is most widely used analgesic. How many double bond equivalents are present in

The antiseptic action of Dettol is due to

The antibiotic used for curing tuberculosis is:

Yellow dye can be prepared by a coupling reaction of benzene diazonium chloride in acid medium with X . Identify X from the following

Which of the following chemicals can be added for sweetening of food items at cooking temperature and does not provide calories?

Structurally biodegradable detergent should contain

Match List-I with List-II List-I List-II A I Anti-depressant B II 550 times sweeter than cane sugar C III Narcotic analgesic D IV Antiseptic Choose the correct answer from

An antiseptic dettol is a mixture of two compounds ' A ' and ' B ' where A has 6π electrons and B has 2π electrons. What is B ?

The mechanism of action of "Terfenadine" (Seldane) is :

The antifertility drug "Novestrol" can react with :

The number of s p ^ 2 hybridised carbons present in “Aspartame” is

The correct match between items of List-I and List-II is: List –I List - II (A) Phenelzine (P) Pyrimidine (B) Chloroxylenol (Q) Furan (C) Uracil (R) Hydrazine (D) Ranitidine

The reason for "drug induced poisoning" is: