Learn

Friday, 9 October

NEET UG 2022 · Chemistry · Question 70

NEET 2022 Chemistry, question 70

Question 70 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Chemistry question from Structure of Atom. Its idea, Orbital Degeneracy, was asked twice, in 2017 and 2022, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q70 · Chemistry

Identify the incorrect statement from the following

  1. 1The shapes of dxyd_{xy}, dyzd_{yz}, and dzxd_{zx} orbitals are similar to each other ; and dx2−y2d_{x^2-y^2} and dz2d_{z^2} are similar to each other.Official answer
  2. 2All the five 5d orbitals are different in size when compared to the respective 4d orbitals.
  3. 3All the five 4d orbitals have shapes similar to the respective 3d orbitals.
  4. 4In an atom, all the five 3d orbitals are equal in energy in free state.

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Orbital Degeneracy, in other papers

NEET asked this idea twice, in 2017 and 2022. The other question below.

  • 2017 Q59Which one is the wrong statement ?One-line MCQ · Medium

Orbital Degeneracy: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Structure of Atom in ten years of NEET

16 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.5 a paper. Quantum Numbers alone had 16.

Chapter analysisStudy this chapterPractise this chapter

Structure of Atom: questions per paper

0241’171’182’191’202’212’222’232’242’251’26