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NEET UG 2026 · Chemistry · Question 48

NEET 2026 Chemistry, question 48

Question 48 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Chemistry question from Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques. Its idea, Orbital Overlap in Hyperconjugation, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q48 · Chemistry

The following carbocation is stabilized by the interaction of the empty p orbital with

[Structure: C6H5−C+H−CH3\mathrm{C_6H_5-\overset{+}{C}H-CH_3}]

The figure, described in words

Structure: benzene ring bearing a CH(+)-CH3 group (1-phenylethyl carbocation).

  1. 1filled σ\sigma and filled π\pi orbitalsOfficial answer
  2. 2empty σ\sigma and empty π∗\pi^* orbitals
  3. 3empty σ∗\sigma^* and filled π\pi orbitals
  4. 4empty σ∗\sigma^* and empty π∗\pi^* orbitals

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Orbital Overlap in Hyperconjugation

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

Orbital Overlap in Hyperconjugation: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques in ten years of NEET

22 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.1 a paper. Electronic Effects alone had 4.

Chapter analysisStudy this chapter

Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques: questions per paper

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