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NEET UG 2021 · Chemistry · Question 72

NEET 2021 Chemistry, question 72

Question 72 of the NEET 2021 paper (code O1) is a Chemistry question from Hydrogen. Its idea, Isotopes of Hydrogen, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q72 · Chemistry

Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, emits which of the following particles ?

  1. 1Gamma (γ\gamma)
  2. 2Neutron (n)
  3. 3Beta (β−\beta^{-})Official answer
  4. 4Alpha (α\alpha)

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Isotopes of Hydrogen

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

Isotopes of Hydrogen: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Hydrogen in ten years of NEET

6 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 6 of 10 papers, about 0.6 a paper. Hydrogen and Water alone had 6.

Hydrogen: questions per paper

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