Hydrocarbons — NEET/JEE Questions, Notes & Weightage
Class 11 Organic Chemistry Foundations NEET weightage: High 1,064 questions
Covers alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and aromatic hydrocarbons — their preparation, reactions (free-radical halogenation, addition reactions, electrophilic aromatic substitution), and Markovnikov's rule. Reaction-mechanism and product-prediction questions are this chapter's dominant, high-value format.
Practice all 1,064 Hydrocarbons questions →Frequently asked questions
Is Markovnikov's rule (and its exception) tested often?
Yes — predicting the major product of HX addition to an unsymmetrical alkene via Markovnikov's rule, and the anti-Markovnikov exception (peroxide effect), is asked almost every year.
What aromatic-chemistry concept is most important?
Electrophilic aromatic substitution — including how substituents direct incoming groups (ortho/para vs meta directors) — is the highest-value concept from the aromatic portion.