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NEET UG 2020 · Chemistry · Question 124

NEET 2020 Chemistry, question 124

Question 124 of the NEET 2020 paper (code E1) is a Chemistry question from Structure of Atom. Its idea, Atomic Number, Mass Number and Particle Counts, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q124 · Chemistry

The number of protons, neutrons and electrons in 71175Lu^{175}_{71}\mathrm{Lu}, respectively, are :

  1. 171, 104 and 71Official answer
  2. 2104, 71 and 71
  3. 371, 71 and 104
  4. 4175, 104 and 71

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

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