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NEET UG 2018 · Chemistry · Question 90

NEET 2018 Chemistry, question 90

Question 90 of the NEET 2018 paper (code AA) is a Chemistry question from Structure of Atom. Its idea, Electronic Filling Rules, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q90 · Chemistry

Which one is a wrong statement ?

The figure, described in words

Option 1 shows orbital box diagram for N: 1s ↑↓, 2s ↑↓, 2p boxes ↑ ↑ ↓.

  1. 1The electronic configuration of N atom is 1s21s^2 [↑↓] 2s22s^2 [↑↓] 2px1 2py1 2pz12p_x^1\,2p_y^1\,2p_z^1 [↑][↑][↓]Official answer
  2. 2An orbital is designated by three quantum numbers while an electron in an atom is designated by four quantum numbers.
  3. 3Total orbital angular momentum of electron in 's' orbital is equal to zero.
  4. 4The value of m for dz2d_{z^2} is zero.

Official answer: option 1 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

The only question on Electronic Filling Rules

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

Electronic Filling Rules: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Structure of Atom in ten years of NEET

16 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.5 a paper. Quantum Numbers alone had 16.

Structure of Atom: questions per paper

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