Match List - I with List - II List-I; List-II A. XeO3; I. sp^3d; linear B. XeF2; II. sp^3; pyramidal C. XeOF4; III. sp^3d^3; distorted octahedral D. XeF6; IV. sp^3d^2; square pyramidal Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

NEET UG 2025 · Chemistry · Question 64

NEET 2025 Chemistry, question 64

Question 64 of the NEET 2025 paper (code 45) is a Chemistry question from The p-Block Elements (Class 12). Its idea, Xenon Fluorides and Oxides, was asked twice, in 2019 and 2025, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q64 · Chemistry

XeO_3

List-I	List-II
A. $XeO_3$	I. $sp^3d$ ; linear
B. $XeF_2$	II. $sp^3$ ; pyramidal
C. $XeOF_4$	III. $sp^3d^3$ ; distorted octahedral
D. $XeF_6$	IV. $sp^3d^2$ ; square pyramidal

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

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Xenon Fluorides and Oxides, in other papers

NEET asked this idea twice, in 2019 and 2025. The other question below.

2019 Q 79 Match the Xenon compounds in Column - I with its structure in Column - II and assign the correct code : Column - I | Column - II (a)\dots Match the lists \cdot Medium

Xenon Fluorides and Oxides: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

The p-Block Elements (Class 12) in ten years of NEET

23 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.2 a paper. p-Block Elements (Groups 15-18) alone had 23.

Chapter analysis

Xenon Fluorides and Oxides, in other papers

The p-Block Elements (Class 12) in ten years of NEET

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