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NEET UG 2021 · Botany · Question 134

NEET 2021 Botany, question 134

Question 134 of the NEET 2021 paper (code O1) is a Botany question from Molecular Basis of Inheritance. Its idea, Central Dogma, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q134 · Botany

Complete the flow chart on central dogma.

(a) [circular arrow on] DNA →(b)\xrightarrow{(b)} mRNA →(c)\xrightarrow{(c)} (d)

The figure, described in words

Stem: small flow chart of central dogma 'DNA -(b)-> mRNA -(c)-> (d)' with a circular arrow on DNA and labelled blanks (a)-(d).

  1. 1(a)-Replication; (b)-Transcription; (c)-Translation; (d)-ProteinOfficial answer
  2. 2(a)-Transduction; (b)-Translation; (c)-Replication; (d)-Protein
  3. 3(a)-Replication; (b)-Transcription; (c)-Transduction; (d)-Protein
  4. 4(a)-Translation; (b)-Replication; (c)-Transcription; (d)-Transduction

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Central Dogma

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

Central Dogma: 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. DNA Double Helix alone had 16.

Molecular Basis of Inheritance: questions per paper

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