NEET UG 2026 · Chemistry · Question 65
NEET 2026 Chemistry, question 65
Question 65 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Chemistry question from The p-Block Elements (Class 12). Its idea, Preparation of Halogens, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q65 · Chemistry
Given below are two statements:
Statement-I : Heating NaCl with concentrated and results in oxidation of Mn.
Statement-II : Heating NaI with concentrated and results in reduction of Mn.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- 1Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct.
- 2Both Statement-I and Statement-II are incorrect.
- 3Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect.
- 4Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct.Official answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Preparation of Halogens
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Preparation of Halogens: 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.