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NEET UG 2019 · Chemistry · Question 76

NEET 2019 Chemistry, question 76

Question 76 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Chemistry question from The p-Block Elements (Class 12). Its idea, Phosphorus Halides, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q76 · Chemistry

Identify the incorrect statement related to PCl5PCl_5 from the following :

  1. 1Three equatorial P–Cl bonds make an angle of 120° with each other
  2. 2Two axial P–Cl bonds make an angle of 180° with each other
  3. 3Axial P–Cl bonds are longer than equatorial P–Cl bonds
  4. 4PCl5PCl_5 molecule is non-reactiveOfficial answer

Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Phosphorus Halides

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

Phosphorus Halides: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

The p-Block Elements (Class 12) in ten years of NEET

23 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.2 a paper. p-Block Elements (Groups 15-18) alone had 23.

The p-Block Elements (Class 12): questions per paper

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