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NEET UG 2022 · Chemistry · Question 63

NEET 2022 Chemistry, question 63

Question 63 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Chemistry question from Amines. Its idea, Reaction with Nitrous Acid, was asked twice, both in 2022, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q63 · Chemistry

Given below are two statements :

Statement I :

Primary aliphatic amines react with HNO2\mathrm{HNO_2} to give unstable diazonium salts.

Statement II :

Primary aromatic amines react with HNO2\mathrm{HNO_2} to form diazonium salts which are stable even above 300 K.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

  1. 1Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
  2. 2Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
  3. 3Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
  4. 4Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.Official answer

Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Reaction with Nitrous Acid, in other papers

NEET asked this idea twice, both in 2022. The other question below.

  • 2022 Q95The product formed from the following reaction sequence is [structure: benzonitrile, C6H5CN\mathrm{C_6H_5CN}]…One-line MCQ · Medium

Reaction with Nitrous Acid: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Amines in ten years of NEET

18 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.7 a paper. Amines and Diazonium Salts alone had 18.

Amines: questions per paper

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