UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist
Chemist
- 3 descriptive papers
- 200 marks each
- 3 h per paper
Mains Paper I covers inorganic chemistry.
Mains Paper I, inorganic chemistry
Questions by topic
Every part of the 2016 to 2025 papers filed under its syllabus unit: 394 parts and 3500 marks in all. Open a unit to see all its questions, newest first, each on its own page.
- 1 Inorganic solids33 parts265 marks
- 2 Chemistry of coordination compounds75 parts670 marks
- 3 Acid-base titrations22 parts210 marks
- 4 Gravimetric analysis24 parts210 marks
- 5 Redox titrations35 parts320 marks
- 6 Complexometric titrations27 parts265 marks
- 7 Organometallic compounds38 parts340 marks
- 8 Nuclear chemistry39 parts355 marks
- 9 Chemistry of d- and f-block elements35 parts290 marks
- – Outside the listed units66 parts575 marks
Each part is filed under the one unit it mainly tests. Where a part touches two units, the section it was set in and the wording of the syllabus decide.