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NEET UG 2019 · Botany · Question 156

NEET 2019 Botany, question 156

Question 156 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Botany question from Biological Classification. Its idea, Viroids, was asked 3 times, in 2017, 2019 and 2020, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q156 · Botany

Which of the following statements is incorrect ?

  1. 1Viroids lack a protein coat.
  2. 2Viruses are obligate parasites.
  3. 3Infective constituent in viruses is the protein coat.Official answer
  4. 4Prions consist of abnormally folded proteins.

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Viroids, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 3 times, in 2017, 2019 and 2020. The other 2 questions below.

  • 2020 Q57Which of the following is correct about viroids ?One-line MCQ · Easy
  • 2017 Q117Viroids differ from viruses in having :One-line MCQ · Easy

Viroids: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Biological Classification in ten years of NEET

26 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.5 a paper. Viruses, Viroids, Prions and Lichens alone had 4.

Biological Classification: questions per paper

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