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NEET UG 2026 · Chemistry · Question 85

NEET 2026 Chemistry, question 85

Question 85 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Chemistry question from The d- and f-Block Elements. Its idea, Preparation and Thermal Decomposition of KMnO4, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q85 · Chemistry

The green paramagnetic species formed by heating KMnO4\mathrm{KMnO_4} at 513 K is

  1. 1K2MnO4\mathrm{K_2MnO_4}Official answer
  2. 2Mn3O4\mathrm{Mn_3O_4}
  3. 3MnO
  4. 4KO2\mathrm{KO_2}

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

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The only question on Preparation and Thermal Decomposition of KMnO4

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

Preparation and Thermal Decomposition of KMnO4: every question and how it was framed

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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.

The d- and f-Block Elements: questions per paper

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