Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : 1,2,3-Trihydroxypropane can be separated from water by simple distillation. Statement (II) : An azeotropic mixture cannot be separated by fractional distillation. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

The technique used for purification of steam-volatile water-immiscible substances is :

Fractional distillation under reduced pressure

Practical Organic Chemistry — JEE Main Previous Year Questions

107 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Chemistry

Solved PYQs: 107
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~10
Subject: Chemistry

How many JEE Main questions come from Practical Organic Chemistry?

Practical Organic Chemistry has contributed 107 questions to Joint Entrance Examination (Main) papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 10 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 107 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Practical Organic Chemistry 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.

Sample Practical Organic Chemistry questions from real JEE Main papers

These are 5 real questions from the bank — exactly as asked, with the answer one tap away. All 107 Practical Organic Chemistry questions (with full written solutions) are available in practice.

Question 1 · JEE Main 2026
In Carius's method 0.2425 g of an organic compound gave 0.5253 g silver chloride. The percentage of chlorine in the organic compound is
1. (A) $87.65%$
2. (B) $53.58%$
3. (C) $37.57%$
4. (D) $34.79%$
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$Answer: (B) 53.58%$
Question 2 · JEE Main 2026
A student has been given 0.314 g of an organic compound and asked to estimate Sulphur. During the experiment, the student has obtained 0.4813 g of barium sulphate. The percentage of sulphur present in the compound is _________. (Given Molar mass in g mol −1 S: 32, BaSO 4 : 233)
1. (A) $63.15%$
2. (B) $21.05%$
3. (C) $48.24%$
4. (D) $42.10%$
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$Answer: (B) 21.05%$
Question 3 · JEE Main 2026
Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : 1,2,3-Trihydroxypropane can be separated from water by simple distillation. Statement (II) : An azeotropic mixture cannot be separated by fractional distillation. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. (A) $Both Statement I and Statement II are true$
2. (B) $Both Statement I and Statement II are false$
3. (C) $Statement I is true but Statement II is false$
4. (D) $Statement I is false but Statement II is true$
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$Answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true$
Question 4 · JEE Main 2026
Match List - I with List - II. List - I Mixture of Compounds List - II Reagent used to distinguish A Diethyl amine + Ethyl amine I Bromine water B Acetaldehyde + Acetone II CHCl₃ + KOH, Δ C Ethanol + Phenol III Neutral FeCl₃ D Benzoic acid + Cinnamic acid IV Ammoniacal silver nitrate Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (A) $A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III$
2. (B) $A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I$
3. (C) $A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III$
4. (D) $A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I$
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$Answer: (D) A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I$
Question 5 · JEE Main 2024
The technique used for purification of steam-volatile water-immiscible substances is :
1. (A) $Fractional distillation$
2. (B) $Distillation$
3. (C) $Fractional distillation under reduced pressure$
4. (D) $Steam distillation$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (D) Steam distillation$

Practical Organic Chemistry questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	20
2025	11
2024	16
2023	10
2022	14
2021	20
2020	4
2019	7
2018	3
2017	1
2016	1

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How many JEE Main questions have been asked from Practical Organic Chemistry?

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107 questions over 11 papers make Practical Organic Chemistry a moderate-weightage chapter in JEE Main Chemistry. The year-wise table above shows exactly how often it appears.

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