NEET UG 2018 · Chemistry · Question 51
NEET 2018 Chemistry, question 51
Question 51 of the NEET 2018 paper (code AA) is a Chemistry question from Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure. Its idea, Interhalogen Compound Shapes, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q51 · Chemistry
In the structure of , the number of lone pairs of electrons on central atom 'Cl' is
- 1four
- 2twoOfficial answer
- 3one
- 4three
Official answer: option 2 · CBSE official answer key
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The only question on Interhalogen Compound Shapes
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Interhalogen Compound Shapes: every question and how it was framed
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Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure in ten years of NEET
24 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.3 a paper. VSEPR Theory alone had 13.