NEET UG 2026 · Chemistry · Question 76
NEET 2026 Chemistry, question 76
Question 76 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Chemistry question from Hydrocarbons. Its idea, Halogen Addition Stereochemistry, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q76 · Chemistry
Given below are two statements:
Statement I :
trans-But-2-ene upon treatment with in gives the following product
[Newman projection: Br (top), H (upper left), Me (upper right), H (lower left), Me (lower right), Br (bottom)]
Statement II :
cis-But-2-ene upon treatment with alkaline gives the following product
[Newman projection: OH (top), H (upper left), OH (upper right), H (lower left), Me (lower right), Me (bottom)]
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
The figure, described in words
Two Newman projections. Statement I product: Br on top, H upper-left, Me upper-right, H lower-left, Me lower-right, Br bottom. Statement II product: OH on top, H upper-left, OH upper-right, H lower-left, Me lower-right, Me bottom.
- 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 correctOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Halogen Addition Stereochemistry
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Halogen Addition Stereochemistry: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Hydrocarbons in ten years of NEET
25 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.4 a paper. Hydrocarbons (Alkenes) alone had 12.