Botany Topic-wise Weightage - NEET 5 Years

(2019 - 2023) PYQ Summary

NEET 5 Years (2019 - 2023) PYQs Analysis - Botany

Total no of
Chapter Wise
Chapter Name Topic Name Qs in
Weightage
Chapter
Overview of Cells 1
Prokaryotic Cells 1
Ribosomes and Inclusion Bodies 1
Cell - The Unit of Life Endomembrane System 4 4.89%
Mitochondria 2
Cytoskeletons 1
Chromosomes 3
Cell Cycle & Interphase 6
Cell Division: Mitosis (Karyokinesis) 4
Cell Cycle and Cell Division Cell Division: Mitosis (Cytokinesis) 1 6.39%
Cell Cycle: Meiosis I 4
Cell Cycle: Meiosis II 2
 What is Living? Characteristics of Living Beings 1
Taxonomy, Systematics, Taxon, Category and
The Living World 1 1.13%
Rank
Nomenclature 1
Different Classification Systems 1
Eubacteria 2
Biological Classification Ascomycetes 1 2.63%
Mycorrhiza and Lichens 1
Virus, Viroids, Prions 2
Algae - Introduction 3
Chlorophyceae: Green Algae 3
Pheophycae: Brown Algae 2
Bryophytes (Liveworts) 1
Plant kingdom 6.39%
Bryophytes (Moses) 1
Pteridophytes 4
Gymnosperms 2
Life Cycle Patterns in Plants 1
Morphology of Root 1
Modification of Stems 1
Morphology of Leaf 1
Morphology of Flowering Plants The Flowers - Types 2 4.89%
Parts of Flower: Androecium and Gynoecium 3
The Fruit 1
Families of Flowering Plant 4
Meristematic Tissue: Classification 1
Complex Permanent Tissue 2
Vascular Tissue System 2
Anatomy of Dicot and Monocot Roots 1
Anatomy of Flowering Plants Anatomy of Dicot and Monocot Stems 1 5.64%
Anatomy of Dicot and Monocot Leaves 1
Secondary Growth in Dicot Stem 1
Activity of Vascular Cambium 1
Annual Rings, Woods, Bark, and Lenticels 5
 Means of Transport - Diffusion and Fasculitated
1
Diffusion
Water Potential, Solute Potential and Pressure
1
Potential
Osmosis, Plasmolysis and Imbibition 1
Transport in Plants Long Distance Transport of Water 1 3.38%

Absorbtion of Water by Root 1

Transpiration & Guttation 2
Phloem Translocation: Source to Sink 1
Mass Flow Hypothesis, Girdling Effect 1
Essential Mineral Elements 1
Roles of Macro and Micro-Nutrients 3
Mineral Nutrition 2.63%
Nitrogen Metabolisms 1
Biological Nitrogen Fixation 2
Light Reaction, Electron Transport 3
Cyclic and Non-Cyclic Photophosphorylation 1
Chemiosmotic Theory 2
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants 4.14%
Dark Reaction: Calvin Cycle 1
C4 Cycle (Hatch & Slack Pathway) 3
Photorespiration 1
Glycolysis - EMP Pathway 4
Fermentation 1
Respiration in Plants Kreb's Cycle 2 3.38%
Respiratory Balance Sheet 1
Respiratory Quotient 1
Growth Rates - Geometric and Arithmetic 1
Development, Plasticity 2
Auxin 2
Plant Growth and Developmen Gibberellin 4 4.89%
Ethylene 2
Photoperiodism 1
Seed germination and Seed Dormancy 1
Reproduction in Organisms Asexual Reproduction 1 0.38%
 Stamen: Microsporangium and Pollen Grains 1
Pistil: Megasporangium and Embryosac 1
Pollination 6
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Double Fertilization 1 6.02%
Post Fertilisation Events 5
Embryo 1
Apomixis & Polyembryony 1
Mendel Work Done on Pea 2
Incomplete Dominance, Co-dominance 2
Inheritance of Two Genes 1
Law of Independent Assortment 1
Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance 1
Linkage & Recombination 4
Principle of Inheritance and Variation 9.40%
Polygenic Inheritance, Pleiotropism 1
Sex Determination 2
Mutation 3
Pedigree Analysis 1
Mendelian Disorders 5
Chromosomal Disorders 2
The DNA 1
Packaging of DNA 2
DNA is the Genetic Material 5
DNA vs RNA as Genetic Material 1
RNA World 1
Semiconservative Mode of DNA Replication 1
DNA Replication 2
Molecular Basis of Inheritance 11.65%
Transcriptional Units 2
Transcription 4
Genetic Codes 1
Translation 2
Regulation of Gene Expression 1
Lac Operon 3
 Human Genome Project 2
DNA FIngerprinting 3
Plant Breeding - Introduction and Steps 2

Strategies for Enhancement in Food Breeding for Disease Resistance 1

1.88%
Production Biofortication 1
Plant Tissue Culture 1
Microbes in Household Products 1
Fermented Beverages, Antibiotics 2
Microbes in Human Welfare 2.26%
Chemicals, Enzymes & Other Bioactive Molecules 2
Microbes in Sewage Treatment 1
Population Attributes 3
Growth Models - Exponential and Logistic 1
Population Interactions: Competition 2
Organisms and Population 4.51%
Population Interactions: Predation 3
Population Interactions: Amensalism 2
Population Interactions: Mutualism 1
Ecosystem Structure and Function 4
Decomposition 2
Ecosystem Energy Flow 2 4.89%
Ecological Pyramids 2
Nutrient Cycle 3
Types of Biodiversity 1
Patterns of Biodiversity 1
Biodiversity and Conversation 3.76%
Loss of Biodiversity 3
Biodiversity Conservation 5
Air Pollution and Its Control 5
Eutrophication, Biomagnification 1
Case Study of Remedy for Plastic Waste 1
Environmental Issues 4.89%
Agrochemical & Radioactive Waste 1
Greenhouse Effect & Global Warming 2
Ozone Layer Depletion 3