NEET UG 2019 · Botany · Question 125
NEET 2019 Botany, question 125
Question 125 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Botany question from Microbes in Human Welfare. Its idea, Microbe-Product Matching, was asked 5 times, in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024 and 2025, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q125 · Botany
Match the following organisms with the products they produce :
| (a) Lactobacillus | (i) Cheese |
| (b) Saccharomyces cerevisiae | (ii) Curd |
| (c) Aspergillus niger | (iii) Citric Acid |
| (d) Acetobacter aceti | (iv) Bread |
| (v) Acetic Acid |
Select the correct option.
- 1(a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(v), (d)-(iii)
- 2(a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(v)Official answer
- 3(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(v), (d)-(i)
- 4(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(v)
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Microbe-Product Matching, in other papers
NEET asked this idea 5 times, in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024 and 2025. The other 4 questions below.
- 2025 Q177Which of the following microbes is NOT involved in the preparation of household products? A. Aspergillus niger B. Lactobacillus C.…Other · Medium
- 2024 Q128Match List I with List II List I | List II A. | I. Ethanol B. | II. Streptokinase…Match the lists · Medium
- 2020 Q48Match the following columns and select the correct option. Column - I | Column - II (a) Clostridium butylicum | (i) Cyclosporin-A (b)…Match the lists · Medium
- 2017 Q136Which of the following is correctly matched for the product produced by them ?One-line MCQ · Medium
Microbe-Product Matching: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Microbes in Human Welfare in ten years of NEET
16 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.6 a paper. Microbes in Human Welfare alone had 16.