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NEET UG 2022 · Botany · Question 145

NEET 2022 Botany, question 145

Question 145 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Botany question from Anatomy of Flowering Plants. Its idea, Spring Wood, Autumn Wood and Annual Rings, was asked 3 times, in 2019, 2022 and 2023, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q145 · Botany

The anatomy of springwood shows some peculiar features. Identify the correct set of statements about springwood.

(a) It is also called as the earlywood

(b) In spring season cambium produces xylem elements with narrow vessels

(c) It is lighter in colour

(d) The springwood along with autumnwood shows alternate concentric rings forming annual rings

(e) It has lower density

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. 1(c), (d) and (e) Only
  2. 2(a), (b), (d) and (e) Only
  3. 3(a), (c), (d) and (e) OnlyOfficial answer
  4. 4(a), (b) and (d) Only

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Spring Wood, Autumn Wood and Annual Rings, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 3 times, in 2019, 2022 and 2023. The other 2 questions below.

  • 2023 Q135Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R : Assertion A : Late wood has fewer…Assertion–reason · Medium
  • 2019 Q136Which of the statements given below is not true about formation of Annual Rings in trees ?One-line MCQ · Medium

Spring Wood, Autumn Wood and Annual Rings: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Anatomy of Flowering Plants in ten years of NEET

25 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.4 a paper. Plant Tissues and Anatomy alone had 25.

Anatomy of Flowering Plants: questions per paper

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