NEET UG 2021 · Chemistry · Question 60
NEET 2021 Chemistry, question 60
Question 60 of the NEET 2021 paper (code O1) is a Chemistry question from The s-Block Elements. Its idea, Anomalous Behavior of Beryllium, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q60 · Chemistry
Among the following alkaline earth metal halides, one which is covalent and soluble in organic solvents is :
- 1Magnesium chloride
- 2Beryllium chlorideOfficial answer
- 3Calcium chloride
- 4Strontium chloride
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Anomalous Behavior of Beryllium
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Anomalous Behavior of Beryllium: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
The s-Block Elements in ten years of NEET
12 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 7 of 10 papers, about 1.1 a paper. Alkaline Earth Metals alone had 6.