NEET UG 2020 · Botany · Question 42
NEET 2020 Botany, question 42
Question 42 of the NEET 2020 paper (code E1) is a Botany question from Photosynthesis in Higher Plants. Its idea, First Products of Photorespiration, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q42 · Botany
The oxygenation activity of RuBisCo enzyme in photorespiration leads to the formation of :
- 12 molecules of 3-C compound
- 21 molecule of 3-C compoundOfficial answer
- 31 molecule of 6-C compound
- 41 molecule of 4-C compound and 1 molecule of 2-C compound
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on First Products of Photorespiration
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
First Products of Photorespiration: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants in ten years of NEET
23 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.2 a paper. Calvin and Hatch-Slack Cycles alone had 14.