NEET UG 2022 · Botany · Question 139
NEET 2022 Botany, question 139
Question 139 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Botany question from Cell: The Unit of Life. Its idea, Chromosome Types by Centromere, was asked twice, in 2021 and 2022, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q139 · Botany
Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II |
|---|---|
| (a) Metacentric chromosome | (i) Centromere situated close to the end forming one extremely short and one very long arms |
| (b) Acrocentric chromosome | (ii) Centromere at the terminal end |
| (c) Sub-metacentric | (iii) Centromere in the middle forming two equal arms of chromosomes |
| (d) Telocentric chromosome | (iv) Centromere slightly away from the middle forming one shorter arm and one longer arm |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- 1(a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
- 2(a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)Official answer
- 3(a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
- 4(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Chromosome Types by Centromere, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2021 and 2022. The other question below.
- 2021 Q115When the centromere is situated in the middle of two equal arms of chromosomes, the chromosome is referred as :One-line MCQ · Easy
Chromosome Types by Centromere: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Cell: The Unit of Life in ten years of NEET
36 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.5 a paper. Nuclear Organization alone had 8.