NEET UG 2026 · Chemistry · Question 46
NEET 2026 Chemistry, question 46
Question 46 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Chemistry question from Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids. Its idea, Haloform Reaction, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q46 · Chemistry
For the following reaction sequence, choose the correct option
Benzene P + Q
The figure, described in words
Reaction scheme: benzene treated with (i) CH3COCl, AlCl3 (ii) NaOCl gives P + Q.
- 1If P is the sodium salt of a carboxylic acid, Q is a primary alcohol.
- 2P and Q are aromatic compounds.
- 3If P gives a carboxylic acid on acidification, Q gives a poisonous gas on exposure to air and light.Official answer
- 4Both P and Q are carbonyl compounds.
Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Haloform Reaction
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
The chapter
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids in ten years of NEET
27 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.6 a paper. Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids alone had 22.