NEET UG 2019 · Botany · Question 172
NEET 2019 Botany, question 172
Question 172 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Botany question from Molecular Basis of Inheritance. Its idea, Frameshift Mutations and the Reading Frame, was asked twice, in 2017 and 2019, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q172 · Botany
Under which of the following conditions will there be no change in the reading frame of following mRNA ?
5′ AACAGCGGUGCUAUU 3′
- 1Insertion of G at 5th position
- 2Deletion of G from 5th position
- 3Insertion of A and G at 4th and 5th positions respectively
- 4Deletion of GGU from 7th, 8th and 9th positionsOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Frameshift Mutations and the Reading Frame, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2017 and 2019. The other question below.
- 2017 Q130If there are 999 bases in an RNA that codes for a protein with 333 amino acids, and the base at position 901 is deleted such that the…Numerical · Medium
Frameshift Mutations and the Reading Frame: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Molecular Basis of Inheritance in ten years of NEET
61 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 5.8 a paper. Genetic Code and Translation alone had 12.