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Chemistry - s Block Elements

Practise 10 VITEEE previous year questions on s Block Elements, compiled from papers spanning 2006 to 2015. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty VITEEE tests.

s Block Elements has been asked in 7 of the 18 years of VITEEE papers analysed (2006–2024), with 10 questions in all. 40% of them were easy, 50% moderate and 10% tough. Most of its questions came from 2015, with 2 questions that year.

The chapter's 4 topics are not weighted equally: Compounds of Alkali Metals (5 questions, 50%), Compounds of Alkaline Earth Metals (2 questions, 20%), and General Characteristics of Alkali Metals (2 questions, 20%) have been asked the most. Compounds of Alkali Metals has produced the most tough questions (1).

  1. 1A compound on heating gives a colourless gas. The residue is dissolved in water to obtain . Excess is passed through aqueous solution of whe2015Compounds of Alkaline Earth Metals
  2. 2Which of the following does not exist?2015General Characteristics of Alkali Metals
  3. 3Which sequence of reactions shows correct chemical relation between sodium and its compounds?2014Compounds of Alkali Metals
  4. 4Match List-I with List-II for the compositions of substances and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. Codes:2012Compounds of Alkaline Earth Metals
  5. 5is an important component of which biomolecule occurring extensively in living world?2010Properties of S-block elements
  6. 6Aluminium reacts with and forms compound ' '. If the coordination number of aluminium in ' ' is 6 , the correct formula of is2009Compounds of Alkali Metals
  7. 7Assertion (A) : . Rb and Cs form superoxides. Reason The stability of the superoxides increases from ' ' to ' ' due to decrease in lattice e2009General Characteristics of Alkali Metals
  8. 8Dipping iron article into a strongly alkaline solution of sodium phosphate2008Compounds of Alkali Metals
  9. 9The gas evolved on heating alkali formate with soda-lime is2008Compounds of Alkali Metals
  10. 10Excess of NaOH reacts with to form2006Compounds of Alkali Metals

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for s Block Elements?

This chapter includes 10 questions compiled from VITEEE papers spanning 2006 to 2015.

2.Are these questions only from VITEEE, or from other exams too?

These are VITEEE questions specifically for the s Block Elements chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is s Block Elements an important chapter for VITEEE Chemistry?

s Block Elements has appeared in 7 of the 18 years of VITEEE papers covered here, with 10 questions across 7 papers - about one per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of s Block Elements questions in VITEEE?

Of the 10 questions analysed for this chapter, 40% are easy, 50% moderate and 10% tough. 2015 had the most, with 2 questions.

5.Which topics in s Block Elements should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in s Block Elements:

  • Compounds of Alkali Metals - 5 questions (50%)
  • Compounds of Alkaline Earth Metals - 2 questions (20%)
  • General Characteristics of Alkali Metals - 2 questions (20%)
  • Compounds of Alkali Metals has produced the most tough questions (1).