Given below are two statements : Statement I : Dimethyl ether is completely soluble in water. However, diethyl ether is soluble in water to a very small extent. Statement II : Sodium metal can be used to dry diethyl ether and not ethyl alcohol. In the light of given statements. choose the correct answer from the options given below

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Both Statement I and Statement II are False

Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols increase with increase in the number of C -atoms. Statement (II) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols are higher in comparison to other classes of compounds such as ethers, haloalkanes. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R: Assertion A: Alcohols react both as nucleophiles and electrophiles. Reason R: Alcohols react with active metals such as sodium, potassium and aluminum to yield corresponding alkoxides and liberate hydrogen. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Both $$A$$ and $$R$$ are true but $$R$$ is NOT the correct explanation of $$A$$.

$$A$$ is false but $$R$$ is true.

Both $$A$$ and $$R$$ are true and $$R$$ is the correct explanation of $$A$$.

$$A$$ is true but $$R$$ is false.

Match List - I with List - II . table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; } th, td { border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px; text-align: left; } th { background-color: #0000FF; color: white; } List I (Reactants) List II (Product) (A) Phenol, Zn/Δ (I) Salicylaldehyde (B) Phenol, CHCl3, NaOH, HCl (II) Salicylic acid (C) Phenol, CO2, NaOH, HCl (III) Benzene (D) Phenol, Conc HNO3 (IV) Picric acid Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Alcohols Phenols And Ethers — JEE Main Previous Year Questions

164 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Chemistry

Solved PYQs: 164
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~15
Subject: Chemistry

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Alcohols Phenols And Ethers has contributed 164 questions to Joint Entrance Examination (Main) papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 15 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 55,289 JEE Main questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 164 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Alcohols Phenols And Ethers within Chemistry, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

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Question 1 · JEE Main 2025
Given below are two statements : Statement I : Dimethyl ether is completely soluble in water. However, diethyl ether is soluble in water to a very small extent. Statement II : Sodium metal can be used to dry diethyl ether and not ethyl alcohol. In the light of given statements. choose the correct answer from the options given below
1. (A) $Statement I is false but Statement II is true$
2. (B) $Statement I is true but Statement II is false$
3. (C) $Both Statement I and Statement II are true$
4. (D) $Both Statement I and Statement II are False$
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$Answer: (C) Both Statement I and Statement II are true$
Question 2 · JEE Main 2025
Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols increase with increase in the number of C -atoms. Statement (II) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols are higher in comparison to other classes of compounds such as ethers, haloalkanes. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. (A) $Statement I is false but Statement II is true$
2. (B) $Both Statement I and Statement II are true$
3. (C) $Statement I is true but Statement II is false$
4. (D) $Both Statement I and Statement II are false$
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$Answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are true$
Question 3 · JEE Main 2024
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R: Assertion A: Alcohols react both as nucleophiles and electrophiles. Reason R: Alcohols react with active metals such as sodium, potassium and aluminum to yield corresponding alkoxides and liberate hydrogen. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (A) $A is false but R is true.$
2. (B) $Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A .$
3. (C) $Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A .$
4. (D) $A is true but R is false.$
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$Answer: (B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A .$
Question 4 · JEE Main 2024
Match List - I with List - II . th, List I (Reactants) List II (Product) (A) Phenol, Zn/Δ (I) Salicylaldehyde (B) Phenol, CHCl3, NaOH, HCl (II) Salicylic acid (C) Phenol, CO2, NaOH, HCl (III) Benzene (D) Phenol, Conc HNO3 (IV) Picric acid Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. (A) $(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)$
2. (B) $(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)$
3. (C) $(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)$
4. (D) $(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (B) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)$
Question 5 · JEE Main 2023
The water gas on reacting with cobalt as a catalyst forms
1. (A) $Methanoic acid$
2. (B) $Methanol$
3. (C) $Methanal$
4. (D) $Ethanol$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (B) Methanol$

Alcohols Phenols And Ethers questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	14
2025	7
2024	22
2023	32
2022	26
2021	24
2020	13
2019	15
2018	5
2017	2
2016	4

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