NEET UG 2019 · Botany · Question 160
NEET 2019 Botany, question 160
Question 160 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Botany question from Biological Classification. Its idea, Fungal Modes of Nutrition, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q160 · Botany
Match Column - I with Column - II.
| Column - I | Column - II |
|---|---|
| (a) Saprophyte | (i) Symbiotic association of fungi with plant roots |
| (b) Parasite | (ii) Decomposition of dead organic materials |
| (c) Lichens | (iii) Living on living plants or animals |
| (d) Mycorrhiza | (iv) Symbiotic association of algae and fungi |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- 1(a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
- 2(a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)
- 3(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
- 4(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)Official answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Fungal Modes of Nutrition
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Fungal Modes of Nutrition: 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. Kingdom Fungi alone had 9.