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NEET UG 2021 · Botany · Question 145

NEET 2021 Botany, question 145

Question 145 of the NEET 2021 paper (code O1) is a Botany question from Biological Classification. Its idea, Plasmogamy and Karyogamy, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q145 · Botany

Which of the following statements is correct ?

  1. 1Organisms that depend on living plants are called saprophytes.
  2. 2Some of the organisms can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialized cells called sheath cells.
  3. 3Fusion of two cells is called Karyogamy.
  4. 4Fusion of protoplasms between two motile on non-motile gametes is called plasmogamy.Official answer

Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key

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