DU CHEMISTRY QUESTION PAPER ANALYSIS
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
| UNITS | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOC | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Aromaticity | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Stereochemistry | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Reaction Mechanism | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Named Reaction | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Reagents | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Pericyclic | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Natural Product | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Heterocyclic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Spectroscopy (organic) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
| UNITS | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Group | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Coordination | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Organometallic | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Radioactivity | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemical Bonding | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Periodicity | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Inner transition metal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Metallurgy | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Bioinorganic | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Analytical Chemistry | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Acid Base | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
| UNITS | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic Structure | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 |
| Thermodynamics | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Electrochemistry | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Kinetics | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Surface chemistry | - | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Molecular spectra | - | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Kinetic theory of gases | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Solution & Mole concepts | - | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 3 | 1 |
| Equilibria | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Solid State | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 |