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NEET UG 2020 · Botany · Question 57

NEET 2020 Botany, question 57

Question 57 of the NEET 2020 paper (code E1) 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 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q57 · Botany

Which of the following is correct about viroids ?

  1. 1They have RNA with protein coat.
  2. 2They have free RNA without protein coat.Official answer
  3. 3They have DNA with protein coat.
  4. 4They have free DNA without protein coat.

Official answer: option 2 · 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.

  • 2019 Q156Which of the following statements is incorrect ?One-line MCQ · Medium
  • 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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