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NEET UG 2017 · Botany · Question 164

NEET 2017 Botany, question 164

Question 164 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Botany question from Photosynthesis in Higher Plants. Its idea, Primary CO2 Acceptors Comparison, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q164 · Botany

Phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) is the primary CO2\mathrm{CO_2} acceptor in

  1. 1C3\mathrm{C_3} plants
  2. 2C4\mathrm{C_4} plantsOfficial answer
  3. 3C2\mathrm{C_2} plants
  4. 4C3\mathrm{C_3} and C4\mathrm{C_4} plants

Official answer: option 2 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

The only question on Primary CO2 Acceptors Comparison

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

Primary CO2 Acceptors Comparison: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants in ten years of NEET

23 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.2 a paper. Calvin and Hatch-Slack Cycles alone had 14.

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants: questions per paper

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