Questions
23
across 8 papers
Share of subject
5.8%
of 398 Chemistry Qs
Weightage rank
#3
of 31 chapters
Difficulty
5 easy · 16 medium · 2 hard
The d and f-Block Elements contributed 23 of the 398 NEET Chemistry questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 5.8% of the subject and makes it the #3 chapter out of 31 by weightage — roughly 2.9 questions per paper, peaking at 5 in NEET 2020.
Of the 23 questions tagged for difficulty, 22% were easy, 69% medium and 9% hard — mostly medium-level questions that reward practice beyond one-line facts.
Its weight has stayed fairly steady: 2.3 questions per paper across NEET 2025, NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026, against 3 in 2020–2022.
The single most-tested topic is Chemical Properties — 6 questions across 4 papers.
13 topics tagged under The d and f-Block Elements. Numbers show how many questions each topic had in each paper; E / M / H are the easy, medium and hard counts.
| Topic | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Re | Total | E | M | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Properties | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | 3 | – |
| General Properties of Transition Elements (D-Block) (Magnetic Properties) | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Some Applications of and f-Block Elements | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Some Important Compounds of Transition Elements (Potassium Permanganate (KMnO₄)) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| The Inner Transition Elements | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| The Lanthanides (Electronic Configuration and Classification) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
| General Characteristics and Comparison with Lanthanides (General Characteristics and Comparison with Lanthan…) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| General Properties of Transition Elements (D-Block) (Alloy Formation) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| General Properties of Transition Elements (D-Block) (Catalytic Properties) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| General Properties of Transition Elements (D-Block) (Formation of r– Complex Compounds) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| General Properties of Transition Elements (D-Block) (Melting and Boiling Points) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| General Properties of Transition Elements (D-Block) (Trends in the M3+/M2+ standard electrode potentials) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| The Lanthanides (Oxidation State) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 23 Chemistry questions came from The d and f-Block Elements — 5.8% of the subject, or about 2.9 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #3 of 31 Chemistry chapters, so it is one of the five highest-weightage Chemistry chapters, with 23 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Chemical Properties (6), General Properties of Transition Elements (D-Block) (Magnetic Properties) (2) and Some Applications of and f-Block Elements (2). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 23 difficulty-tagged questions, 22% were easy, 69% medium and 9% hard.
Chemical Properties, The Lanthanides (Electronic Configuration and Classification), Some Important Compounds of Transition Elements (Potassium Permanganate (KMnO₄)) and General Properties of Transition Elements (D-Block) (Melting and Boiling Points) and more were asked in the 2026 papers.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for The d and f-Block Elements. Use the practice button on this page to open the set, attempt questions and check your answers.
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.