NEET UG 2026 · Chemistry · Question 84
NEET 2026 Chemistry, question 84
Question 84 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Chemistry question from Amines. Its idea, Substituent Effects on Aniline Basicity, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q84 · Chemistry
Given below are two statements:
Statement-I : Oxidation of p-nitrotoluene with acidic gives an acid that is stronger than benzoic acid.
Statement-II : Reduction of p-nitrotoluene with Sn/HCl followed by neutralization gives an amine that is more basic than aniline.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- 1Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct.Official answer
- 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: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Substituent Effects on Aniline Basicity
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Substituent Effects on Aniline Basicity: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Amines in ten years of NEET
18 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.7 a paper. Amines and Diazonium Salts alone had 18.