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NEET UG 2018 · Chemistry · Question 60

NEET 2018 Chemistry, question 60

Question 60 of the NEET 2018 paper (code AA) is a Chemistry question from Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers. Its idea, Reaction with Active Metals, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q60 · Chemistry

The compound A on treatment with Na gives B, and with PCl5\mathrm{PCl_5} gives C. B and C react together to give diethyl ether. A, B and C are in the order

  1. 1C2H5Cl\mathrm{C_2H_5Cl}, C2H6\mathrm{C_2H_6}, C2H5OH\mathrm{C_2H_5OH}
  2. 2C2H5OH\mathrm{C_2H_5OH}, C2H5Cl\mathrm{C_2H_5Cl}, C2H5ONa\mathrm{C_2H_5ONa}
  3. 3C2H5OH\mathrm{C_2H_5OH}, C2H6\mathrm{C_2H_6}, C2H5Cl\mathrm{C_2H_5Cl}
  4. 4C2H5OH\mathrm{C_2H_5OH}, C2H5ONa\mathrm{C_2H_5ONa}, C2H5Cl\mathrm{C_2H_5Cl}Official answer

Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key

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The only question on Reaction with Active Metals

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

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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.

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