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NEET UG 2022 · Chemistry · Question 96

NEET 2022 Chemistry, question 96

Question 96 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Chemistry question from The d- and f-Block Elements. Its idea, KMnO4 in Different Media, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q96 · Chemistry

In the neutral or faintly alkaline medium, KMnO4\mathrm{KMnO_4} oxidises iodide into iodate. The change in oxidation state of manganese in this reaction is from

  1. 1+6 to +5
  2. 2+7 to +4Official answer
  3. 3+6 to +4
  4. 4+7 to +3

Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on KMnO4 in Different Media

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

KMnO4 in Different Media: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

The d- and f-Block Elements in ten years of NEET

21 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.0 a paper. d- and f-Block Elements alone had 21.

The d- and f-Block Elements: questions per paper

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