NEET UG 2018 · Botany · Question 159

NEET 2018 Botany, question 159

Question 159 of the NEET 2018 paper (code AA) is a Botany question from Principles of Inheritance and Variation. Its idea, X-linked Recessive Inheritance, was asked twice, in 2018 and 2022, across NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q159 · Botany

A woman has an X-linked condition on one of her X chromosomes. This chromosome can be inherited by

1 Only grandchildren 2 Only sons 3 Only daughters 4 Both sons and daughters Official answer

Official answer: option 4 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

X-linked Recessive Inheritance, in other papers

NEET asked this idea twice, in 2018 and 2022. The other question below.

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X-linked Recessive Inheritance: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

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.

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X-linked Recessive Inheritance, in other papers

Principles of Inheritance and Variation in ten years of NEET

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