NEET UG 2017 · Chemistry · Question 64
NEET 2017 Chemistry, question 64
Question 64 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Chemistry question from Amines. Its idea, Substituent Effects on Aniline Basicity, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q64 · Chemistry
The correct increasing order of basic strength for the following compounds is :
(I) aniline () (II) p-nitroaniline (III) p-toluidine (p-methylaniline)
The figure, described in words
Three benzene-ring structures: (I) NH2; (II) NH2 with para NO2; (III) NH2 with para CH3.
- 1II < III < I
- 2III < I < II
- 3III < II < I
- 4II < I < IIIOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key
Same idea
The only question on Substituent Effects on Aniline Basicity
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Substituent Effects on Aniline Basicity: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Amines in ten years of NEET
18 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.7 a paper. Amines and Diazonium Salts alone had 18.