NEET UG 2020 · Zoology · Question 4

NEET 2020 Zoology, question 4

Question 4 of the NEET 2020 paper (code E1) is a Zoology question from Human Health and Disease. Its idea, Diseases and Their Pathogens, was asked 6 times, in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q4 · Zoology

Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option. Column - I Column - II (a) Typhoid (i) Wuchereria (b) Pneumonia (ii) Plasmodium (c) Filariasis (iii) Salmonella (d) Malaria (iv) Haemophilus

Column - I	Column - II
(a) Typhoid	(i) Wuchereria
(b) Pneumonia	(ii) Plasmodium
(c) Filariasis	(iii) Salmonella
(d) Malaria	(iv) Haemophilus

1 (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv) 2 (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) Official answer 3 (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) 4 (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Diseases and Their Pathogens, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 6 times, in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024. The other 5 questions below.

2024 Q 152 Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Typhoid | I. Fungus B. Leishmaniasis | II. Nematode C. Ringworm | III. Protozoa D.\dots Match the lists \cdot Easy 2024 Q 172 Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Common cold | I. Plasmodium B. Haemozoin | II. Typhoid C. Widal test | III. Rhinoviruses D.\dots Match the lists \cdot Medium 2023 Q 176 Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Ringworm | I. Haemophilus influenzae B. Filariasis | II. Trichophyton C. Malaria | III.\dots Match the lists \cdot Easy 2021 Q 193 Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (a) Filariasis | (i) Haemophilus influenzae (b) Amoebiasis | (ii) Trichophyton (c)\dots Match the lists \cdot Easy 2019 Q 175 Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid. One-line MCQ \cdot Easy

Diseases and Their Pathogens: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Human Health and Disease in ten years of NEET

33 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.2 a paper. Human Diseases, Cancer and Drug Abuse alone had 16.

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Diseases and Their Pathogens, in other papers

Human Health and Disease in ten years of NEET

Human Health and Disease: questions per paper