NEET UG 2017 · Chemistry · Question 55
NEET 2017 Chemistry, question 55
Question 55 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Chemistry question from Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers. Its idea, Acidity of Picric Acid, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q55 · Chemistry
Which one is the most acidic compound ?
The figure, described in words
Options drawn as benzene-ring structures: phenol with p-CH3; phenol; phenol with p-NO2; phenol with NO2 at 2,4,6.
- 1[structure: p-cresol (4-methylphenol)]
- 2[structure: phenol]
- 3[structure: p-nitrophenol (4-nitrophenol)]
- 4[structure: 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (picric acid)]Official answer
Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key
Same idea
The only question on Acidity of Picric Acid
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Acidity of Picric Acid: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers in ten years of NEET
15 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 7 of 10 papers, about 1.4 a paper. Alcohols and Phenols alone had 15.