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NEET UG 2024 · Chemistry · Question 60

NEET 2024 Chemistry, question 60

Question 60 of the NEET 2024 paper (code T2) is a Chemistry question from Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure. Its idea, Molecular Shape Prediction, was asked 3 times, in 2021, 2024 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q60 · Chemistry

Match List I with List II.

List I (Compound)List II (Shape/geometry)
A. NH3_3I. Trigonal Pyramidal
B. BrF5_5II. Square Planar
C. XeF4_4III. Octahedral
D. SF6_6IV. Square Pyramidal

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. 1A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
  2. 2A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
  3. 3A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-IIIOfficial answer
  4. 4A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Molecular Shape Prediction, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 3 times, in 2021, 2024 and 2026. The other 2 questions below.

  • 2026 Q75Match the species in List I with their geometry in List II List I | List II A. PCl5\mathrm{PCl_5} | I. Tetrahedral B. BrF5\mathrm{BrF_5} | II.…Match the lists · Medium
  • 2021 Q67Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (a) PCl5\mathrm{PCl_5} | (i) Square pyramidal (b) SF6\mathrm{SF_6} | (ii) Trigonal planar…Match the lists · Easy

Molecular Shape Prediction: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure in ten years of NEET

24 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.3 a paper. VSEPR Theory alone had 13.

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure: questions per paper

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