NEET UG 2026 · Chemistry · Question 61
NEET 2026 Chemistry, question 61
Question 61 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Chemistry question from The d- and f-Block Elements. Its idea, Melting Points of Transition Metals, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q61 · Chemistry
Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A : Generally, 3d transition metals have high melting points.
Reason R : Involvement of 3d-electrons in addition to 4s-electrons in the interatomic metallic bonding.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- 1Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.Official answer
- 2Both A and R are correct and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
- 3A is correct but R is not correct.
- 4A is not correct but R is correct.
Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Melting Points of Transition Metals
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Melting Points of Transition Metals: 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.