Environmental Chemistry — NEET Chemistry PYQ weightage 2020–2026

Questions

3

across 8 papers

Share of subject

0.8%

of 398 Chemistry Qs

Weightage rank

#30

of 31 chapters

Difficulty

2 easy · 1 medium · 0 hard

Environmental Chemistry contributed 3 of the 398 NEET Chemistry questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 0.8% of the subject and makes it the #30 chapter out of 31 by weightage — roughly 0.4 questions per paper, peaking at 1 in NEET 2020.

Of the 3 questions tagged for difficulty, 67% were easy, 33% medium and 0% hard — a chapter where NCERT-level preparation pays off directly.

No question came from this chapter in the last four papers (NEET 2024 onward), though earlier papers asked 3.

The single most-tested topic is Environmental Pollution (Pollutants and Contaminant) — 1 question across 1 paper.

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Questions per paper

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

Topic-wise breakdown

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

Topic2020202120222023202420252026ReTotalEMH
Environmental Pollution (Pollutants and Contaminant)––1–––––11––
Gaseous Air Pollutants (Oxides of Sulphur)–1––––––1–1–
Green House Effect1–––––––11––

What the papers tell us

Most tested topics

  • Environmental Pollution (Pollutants and Contaminant) — 1 question, 1 paper
  • Gaseous Air Pollutants (Oxides of Sulphur) — 1 question, 1 paper
  • Green House Effect — 1 question, 1 paper

Repeated in 3 or more papers

No topic has appeared in three or more different papers.

Asked in NEET 2026 / Re-NEET 2026

No question came from Environmental Chemistry in the 2026 papers.

Topics with hard questions

No question in this chapter was tagged hard.

Frequently asked questions

How many questions come from Environmental Chemistry in NEET?

In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 3 Chemistry questions came from Environmental Chemistry — 0.8% of the subject, or about 0.4 per paper.

Is Environmental Chemistry important for NEET?

By past weightage it ranks #30 of 31 Chemistry chapters, so it is a lower-weightage Chemistry chapter, with 3 questions over 2020–2026.

Which topics of Environmental Chemistry are asked most in NEET?

The most-tested topics are Environmental Pollution (Pollutants and Contaminant) (1), Gaseous Air Pollutants (Oxides of Sulphur) (1) and Green House Effect (1). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.

Is Environmental Chemistry easy or difficult in NEET?

Of the 3 difficulty-tagged questions, 67% were easy, 33% medium and 0% hard.

Which Environmental Chemistry topics were asked in NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026?

No question came from Environmental Chemistry in NEET 2026 or Re-NEET 2026.

Where can I practise Environmental Chemistry NEET PYQs?

Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for Environmental Chemistry. 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.