General Principles of Metallurgy in NSEC: previous year question analysis
General Principles of Metallurgy has appeared 10 times in NSEC between 2010 and 2024, making it the 26th most-asked of 29 chapters and about 0.8% of the bank. Over the last 5 years it has averaged 1 questions per year.
Total PYQs
10
Years covered
2010–2024
Weightage rank
#26 of 29
Share of bank
0.8%
How many General Principles of Metallurgy questions appeared each year
| Year | Questions | Relative volume |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Which General Principles of Metallurgy sub-topics are asked most
Every question in this chapter is tagged to a sub-topic, so you can see exactly where the marks sit before you revise.
- Roasting and calcination1 questions
- Refining (Van Arkel process)1 questions
- Cyanide (Mac-Arthur) process for silver1 questions
- Reduction methods in metallurgy1 questions
- Extraction of Al and Cu1 questions
- Cyanide process for gold extraction1 questions
- Concentration / separation of ores1 questions
- Extraction of titanium1 questions
- Ellingham diagram interpretation1 questions
- Ellingham diagram / reduction of FeO by C and CO1 questions
Question formats used in General Principles of Metallurgy
- Single-correct MCQ10
How General Principles of Metallurgy compares with nearby chapters
- #24The s-Block Elements12
- #25Nuclear & Radiochemistry11
- #26General Principles of Metallurgy10
- #27Polymers10
- #28Hydrogen6
Counts are computed from AcadXL’s own NSEC question bank, tagged chapter- and sub-topic-wise and checked against official answer keys. Sign in to attempt the 10 General Principles of Metallurgy questions with solutions.