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NEET UG 2026 · Physics · Question 7

NEET 2026 Physics, question 7

Question 7 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Physics question from Nuclei. Its idea, Decay Q-Value Calculation, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q7 · Physics

Consider the following nuclear reaction :

238U→234Th+4He^{238}\mathrm{U}\to{}^{234}\mathrm{Th}+{}^4\mathrm{He}

Take masses of 238^{238}U, 234^{234}Th and 4^4He as 238.050 u, 234.043 u and 4.003 u, respectively. The Q value for the reaction, in keV, is :

[Given : 1 u = 931.5 MeV c−2^{-2}]

  1. 13726Official answer
  2. 23730
  3. 33736
  4. 43740

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Decay Q-Value Calculation

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

Decay Q-Value Calculation: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Nuclei in ten years of NEET

13 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.2 a paper. Radioactive Decay alone had 9.

Nuclei: questions per paper

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