Questions
10
across 8 papers
Share of subject
2.5%
of 398 Chemistry Qs
Weightage rank
#21
of 31 chapters
Difficulty
4 easy · 4 medium · 2 hard
The s-Block Elements contributed 10 of the 398 NEET Chemistry questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 2.5% of the subject and makes it the #21 chapter out of 31 by weightage — roughly 1.3 questions per paper, peaking at 4 in NEET 2020.
Of the 10 questions tagged for difficulty, 40% were easy, 40% medium and 20% hard — a fairly balanced mix of easy and moderate questions.
No question came from this chapter in the last four papers (NEET 2024 onward), though earlier papers asked 10.
The single most-tested topic is Group - 2 Elements: Alkaline Earth Metals (Chemical Properties) — 3 questions across 2 papers.
7 topics tagged under The s-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group - 2 Elements: Alkaline Earth Metals (Chemical Properties) | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Alkali Metal (Chemical Properties) | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Alkali Metal (Atomic Properties) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Biological Importance of Magnesium and Calcium | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| General Characteristics of the Compounds of the Alkali Metals (Oxides and Hydroxides) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Group - 2 Elements: Alkaline Earth Metals (Anomalous Behaviour of Beryllium) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Group - 2 Elements: Alkaline Earth Metals (Uses of Alkaline Earth Metals) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
No topic has appeared in three or more different papers.
No question came from The s-Block Elements in the 2026 papers.
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 10 Chemistry questions came from The s-Block Elements — 2.5% of the subject, or about 1.3 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #21 of 31 Chemistry chapters, so it is a lower-weightage Chemistry chapter, with 10 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Group - 2 Elements: Alkaline Earth Metals (Chemical Properties) (3), Alkali Metal (Chemical Properties) (2) and Alkali Metal (Atomic Properties) (1). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 10 difficulty-tagged questions, 40% were easy, 40% medium and 20% hard.
No question came from The s-Block Elements in NEET 2026 or Re-NEET 2026.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for The s-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.