Coordination Compounds is a Class 12 Chemistry chapter that carries about 4.5% of the Chemistry questions in NEET. Practise it with 48 questions covering 2 topics, each with an explanation.
Sets of 15 questions that adapt to your level, with an explanation for every answer.
Across the 13 previous year papers, Coordination Compounds had 32 questions, about 2.5 a year. The most in one paper was 4, in NEET 2017.
| Paper | Questions from this chapter |
|---|---|
| NEET 2026 | 3 |
| NEET 2025 | 4 |
| NEET 2024 | 3 |
| NEET 2023 | 1 |
| NEET 2022 | 2 |
| NEET 2021 | 2 |
| NEET 2020 | 2 |
| NEET 2019 | 1 |
| NEET 2018 | 3 |
| NEET 2017 | 4 |
| NEET 2016 | 2 |
| Re-AIPMT 2015 | 3 |
| AIPMT 2014 | 2 |
8 questions from the practice bank, spread across the chapter's topics. The full set is in the app.
The complex [Zn(NH₃)₄]²⁺ is colourless because:
Answer: A. Zn²⁺ has a d¹⁰ configuration, so no d–d transition is possible
Why: A complete d subshell has no vacancy for an excited electron.
The coordination number of the central metal atom in a complex is the number of:
Answer: B. ligand donor atoms directly bonded to the central atom
Why: Coordination number equals the number of ligand donor atoms directly bonded to the central metal ion, as defined in Werner's theory.
The correct order of the strengths of ligands in the spectrochemical series is:
Answer: C. I⁻ < Cl⁻ < F⁻ < H₂O < NH₃ < CN⁻ < CO
Why: Strong-field ligands cause a large splitting of the d orbitals.
[Co(NH₃)₅NO₂]²⁺ and [Co(NH₃)₅ONO]²⁺ are:
Answer: D. linkage isomers
Why: The nitrite ion is bonded through N in one and through O in the other.
The coordination number of cobalt in [Co(en)₃]³⁺ is:
Answer: C. 6
Why: Each ethylenediamine is bidentate, giving 3 × 2 = 6 donor atoms.
The tetrahedral complexes of the type [MA₂B₂] do not show:
Answer: D. geometrical isomerism
Why: All the positions in a tetrahedron are equivalent.
The crystal field stabilisation energy of a low-spin d⁶ octahedral complex is:
Answer: C. −2.4Δo
Why: Six electrons in t₂g: 6 × (−0.4Δo).
The number of ions produced when [Co(NH₃)₆]Cl₃ dissolves in water is:
Answer: C. 4
Why: It gives one complex ion [Co(NH₃)₆]³⁺ and three Cl⁻ ions.
Coordination Compounds carries about 4.5% of the Chemistry questions in NEET. Across the 13 previous year papers on NeetVictory it appeared 32 times, about 2.5 questions a year.
Coordination Compounds is a Class 12 Chemistry chapter in the NCERT syllabus.
NeetVictory has 48 practice questions on Coordination Compounds, each with an explanation, in sets of 15 that adapt to your level. This page shows a free sample.
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