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NEET UG 2017 · Chemistry · Question 46

NEET 2017 Chemistry, question 46

Question 46 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Chemistry question from Hydrocarbons. Its idea, Conformational Analysis, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q46 · Chemistry

With respect to the conformers of ethane, which of the following statements is true ?

  1. 1Bond angle remains same but bond length changes
  2. 2Bond angle changes but bond length remains same
  3. 3Both bond angle and bond length change
  4. 4Both bond angles and bond length remains sameOfficial answer

Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

The only question on Conformational Analysis

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

Conformational Analysis: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Hydrocarbons in ten years of NEET

25 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.4 a paper. Hydrocarbons (Alkanes) alone had 9.

Hydrocarbons: questions per paper

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