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NEET UG 2017 · Botany · Question 138

NEET 2017 Botany, question 138

Question 138 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Botany question from Respiration in Plants. Its idea, GTP/ATP Synthesis, was asked twice, in 2017 and 2024, across NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q138 · Botany

Which statement is wrong for Krebs' cycle ?

  1. 1There are three points in the cycle where NAD+\mathrm{NAD^+} is reduced to NADH+H+\mathrm{NADH + H^+}
  2. 2There is one point in the cycle where FAD+\mathrm{FAD^+} is reduced to FADH2\mathrm{FADH_2}
  3. 3During conversion of succinyl CoA to succinic acid, a molecule of GTP is synthesised
  4. 4The cycle starts with condensation of acetyl group (acetyl CoA) with pyruvic acid to yield citric acidOfficial answer

Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

GTP/ATP Synthesis, in other papers

NEET asked this idea twice, in 2017 and 2024. The other question below.

  • 2024 Q141Identify the step in tricarboxylic acid cycle, which does not involve oxidation of substrate.One-line MCQ · Medium

GTP/ATP Synthesis: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Respiration in Plants in ten years of NEET

15 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.4 a paper. TCA Cycle alone had 8.

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Respiration in Plants: questions per paper

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