Questions
12
across 8 papers
Share of subject
3%
of 398 Chemistry Qs
Weightage rank
#16
of 31 chapters
Difficulty
5 easy · 5 medium · 2 hard
The p-Block Elements (XII) contributed 12 of the 398 NEET Chemistry questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 3% of the subject and makes it the #16 chapter out of 31 by weightage — roughly 1.5 questions per paper, peaking at 2 in NEET 2020.
Of the 12 questions tagged for difficulty, 42% were easy, 41% medium and 17% hard — a fairly balanced mix of easy and moderate questions.
It has been asked less often lately: 1 question per paper across NEET 2025, NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026, against 1.7 in 2020–2022.
The single most-tested topic is Oxoacids of Sulphur — 2 questions across 2 papers.
11 topics tagged under The p-Block Elements (XII). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxoacids of Sulphur | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Chemistry of Noble Gas Compounds (Structure and Properties) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Group 15 Elements (Chemical Properties) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Group 15 Elements (Reactivity towards hydrogen) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Group 16 Elements (Atomic and Physical Properties) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Group 16 Elements (Oxidation State) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Group 16 Elements (Reactivity towards hydrogen) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Group 17 Elements (Chemical Properties) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Group 18 Elements (Occurrence) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Interhalogen Compounds (Chemical Properties) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Oxides (Classification of Oxides Based on Chemical Behaviour) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
No topic has appeared in three or more different papers.
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 12 Chemistry questions came from The p-Block Elements (XII) — 3% of the subject, or about 1.5 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #16 of 31 Chemistry chapters, so it is an above-average-weightage Chemistry chapter, with 12 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Oxoacids of Sulphur (2), Chemistry of Noble Gas Compounds (Structure and Properties) (1) and Group 15 Elements (Chemical Properties) (1). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 12 difficulty-tagged questions, 42% were easy, 41% medium and 17% hard.
Group 15 Elements (Chemical Properties) were asked in the 2026 papers.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for The p-Block Elements (XII). 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.