NEET UG 2019 · Chemistry · Question 55
NEET 2019 Chemistry, question 55
Question 55 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Chemistry question from Hydrocarbons. Its idea, Controlled Hydrogenation (Cis/Trans), was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q55 · Chemistry
The most suitable reagent for the following conversion, is :
cis-2-butene
The figure, described in words
Product drawn as cis-2-butene (both CH3 on same side of C=C).
- 1Na / liquid
- 2, Pd/C, quinolineOfficial answer
- 3Zn / HCl
- 4,
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Controlled Hydrogenation (Cis/Trans)
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Controlled Hydrogenation (Cis/Trans): every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Hydrocarbons in ten years of NEET
25 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.4 a paper. Hydrocarbons (Alkynes) alone had 4.