UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist
Chemist
- 3 descriptive papers
- 200 marks each
- 3 h per paper
Mains Paper II covers physical chemistry.
Mains Paper II, physical chemistry
Questions by topic
Every part of the 2016 to 2025 papers filed under its syllabus unit: 404 parts and 2670 marks in all. Open a unit to see all its questions, newest first, each on its own page.
- 1 Kinetic theory and the gaseous state43 parts289 marks
- 2 Solids29 parts190 marks
- 3 Chemical thermodynamics and chemical equilibrium69 parts532 marks
- 4 Chemical kinetics and catalysis56 parts386 marks
- 5 Electrochemistry46 parts293 marks
- 6 Quantum chemistry40 parts271 marks
- 7 Basic principles and applications of spectroscopy70 parts406 marks
- 8 Photochemistry40 parts237 marks
- – Outside the listed units11 parts66 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.