NEET UG 2017 · Botany · Question 179
NEET 2017 Botany, question 179
Question 179 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Botany question from Principles of Inheritance and Variation. Its idea, Thalassaemia versus Sickle-cell Anaemia, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q179 · Botany
Thalassemia and sickle cell anemia are caused due to a problem in globin molecule synthesis. Select the correct statement.
- 1Both are due to a qualitative defect in globin chain synthesis.
- 2Both are due to a quantitative defect in globin chain synthesis.
- 3Thalassemia is due to less synthesis of globin molecules.Official answer
- 4Sickle cell anemia is due to a quantitative problem of globin molecules.
Official answer: option 3 · CBSE official answer key
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Principles of Inheritance and Variation in ten years of NEET
43 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 4.1 a paper. Sex Determination and Genetic Disorders alone had 15.