NEET UG 2022 · Botany · Question 120
NEET 2022 Botany, question 120
Question 120 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Botany question from Ecosystem. Its idea, Factors Affecting Decomposition, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q120 · Botany
Given below are two statements :
Statement I :
Decomposition is a process in which the detritus is degraded into simpler substances by microbes.
Statement II :
Decomposition is faster if the detritus is rich in lignin and chitin
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- 1Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
- 2Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- 4Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrectOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Factors Affecting Decomposition
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Factors Affecting Decomposition: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Ecosystem in ten years of NEET
20 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.9 a paper. Ecosystem Structure, Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling alone had 4.