Amines — NEET Chemistry PYQ weightage 2020–2026

Questions

18

across 8 papers

Share of subject

4.5%

of 398 Chemistry Qs

Weightage rank

#9

of 31 chapters

Difficulty

2 easy · 13 medium · 3 hard

Amines contributed 18 of the 398 NEET Chemistry questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 4.5% of the subject and makes it the #9 chapter out of 31 by weightage — roughly 2.3 questions per paper, peaking at 3 in NEET 2021.

Of the 18 questions tagged for difficulty, 11% were easy, 72% medium and 17% hard — mostly medium-level questions that reward practice beyond one-line facts.

It has been asked more often lately: 2.7 questions per paper across NEET 2025, NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026, against 2 in 2020–2022.

The single most-tested topic is Aniline (Chemical Properties) — 2 questions across 2 papers.

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Questions per paper

Amines: questions in each NEET paper, 2020–2026 (R = Re-NEET 2026)

Topic-wise breakdown

12 topics tagged under Amines. Numbers show how many questions each topic had in each paper; E / M / H are the easy, medium and hard counts.

Topic2020202120222023202420252026ReTotalEMH
Aniline (Chemical Properties)––1–1–––211–
Chemical Reactions–––1–––12–2–
Chemical Reactions (Basic Character of Amines)–1–––1––2––2
Chemical Reactions (Carbylamine Reaction (Isocyanide Test))1–––––1–2–2–
Diazonium Salts (Chemical Reactions)–1–––1––2–2–
Preparation of Amines (Hofmann Bromamide Degradation Reaction)––––1––12–2–
Chemical Reactions (Reaction with Aryl Sulphonyl Chloride)–1––––––1–1–
Chemical Reactions (Reaction with Grignard Reagent)–––1––––1––1
Chemical Reactions (Reaction with Nitrous Acid)––1–––––1–1–
Preparation of Amines––––––1–1–1–
Preparation of Amines (Reduction of Nitriles)––––––1–11––
Preparation of Amines (Reduction of Nitro Compounds)–––––––11–1–

What the papers tell us

Most tested topics

  • Aniline (Chemical Properties) — 2 questions, 2 papers
  • Chemical Reactions — 2 questions, 2 papers
  • Chemical Reactions (Basic Character of Amines) — 2 questions, 2 papers
  • Chemical Reactions (Carbylamine Reaction (Isocyanide Test)) — 2 questions, 2 papers
  • Diazonium Salts (Chemical Reactions) — 2 questions, 2 papers

Repeated in 3 or more papers

No topic has appeared in three or more different papers.

Asked in NEET 2026 / Re-NEET 2026

  • Chemical Reactions — 2 questions, 2 papers
  • Chemical Reactions (Carbylamine Reaction (Isocyanide Test)) — 2 questions, 2 papers
  • Preparation of Amines (Hofmann Bromamide Degradation Reaction) — 2 questions, 2 papers
  • Preparation of Amines — 1 question, 1 paper
  • Preparation of Amines (Reduction of Nitriles) — 1 question, 1 paper
  • Preparation of Amines (Reduction of Nitro Compounds) — 1 question, 1 paper

Topics with hard questions

  • Chemical Reactions (Basic Character of Amines) — 2 questions, 2 papers
  • Chemical Reactions (Reaction with Grignard Reagent) — 1 question, 1 paper

Frequently asked questions

How many questions come from Amines in NEET?

In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 18 Chemistry questions came from Amines — 4.5% of the subject, or about 2.3 per paper.

Is Amines important for NEET?

By past weightage it ranks #9 of 31 Chemistry chapters, so it is an above-average-weightage Chemistry chapter, with 18 questions over 2020–2026.

Which topics of Amines are asked most in NEET?

The most-tested topics are Aniline (Chemical Properties) (2), Chemical Reactions (2) and Chemical Reactions (Basic Character of Amines) (2). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.

Is Amines easy or difficult in NEET?

Of the 18 difficulty-tagged questions, 11% were easy, 72% medium and 17% hard.

Which Amines topics were asked in NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026?

Chemical Reactions, Chemical Reactions (Carbylamine Reaction (Isocyanide Test)), Preparation of Amines (Hofmann Bromamide Degradation Reaction) and Preparation of Amines and more were asked in the 2026 papers.

Where can I practise Amines NEET PYQs?

Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for Amines. Use the practice button on this page to open the set, attempt questions and check your answers.

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Counts come from Edurack's tagged set of NEET papers 2020–2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), mapped to NCERT chapters and topics. Use them as a trend guide — past frequency doesn't guarantee what a future paper will ask.