NEET UG 2019 · Chemistry · Question 78
NEET 2019 Chemistry, question 78
Question 78 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Chemistry question from Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids. Its idea, Carboxylic Acid Derivatives, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q78 · Chemistry
The major product of the following reaction is :
Phthalic acid (benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid) +
The figure, described in words
Reactant and option products drawn as benzene-ring structures with ortho substituents.
- 1[structure: 2-carbamoylbenzoic acid, C₆H₄(COOH)(CONH₂), ortho]
- 2[structure: phthalimide, C₆H₄(CO)₂NH]Official answer
- 3[structure: anthranilic acid, C₆H₄(COOH)(NH₂), ortho]
- 4[structure: benzene-1,2-diamine, C₆H₄(NH₂)₂]
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids in ten years of NEET
27 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.6 a paper. Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids alone had 22.