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NEET UG 2018 · Botany · Question 133

NEET 2018 Botany, question 133

Question 133 of the NEET 2018 paper (code AA) is a Botany question from The Living World. Its idea, Taxonomical Aids, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q133 · Botany

Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below :

Column IColumn II
a. Herbariumi. It is a place having a collection of preserved plants and animals.
b. Keyii. A list that enumerates methodically all the species found in an area with brief description aiding identification.
c. Museumiii. Is a place where dried and pressed plant specimens mounted on sheets are kept.
d. Catalogueiv. A booklet containing a list of characters and their alternates which are helpful in identification of various taxa.
  1. 1a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
  2. 2a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv
  3. 3a-i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii
  4. 4a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-iiOfficial answer

Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

The only question on Taxonomical Aids

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

Taxonomical Aids: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

The Living World in ten years of NEET

9 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 7 of 10 papers, about 0.9 a paper. Taxonomic Hierarchy alone had 8.

The Living World: questions per paper

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