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NEET UG 2022 · Zoology · Question 153

NEET 2022 Zoology, question 153

Question 153 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Zoology question from Microbes in Human Welfare. Its idea, Bioactive Molecules, was asked 4 times, in 2019, 2022, 2025 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q153 · Zoology

Identify the microorganism which is responsible for the production of an immunosuppressive molecule cyclosporin A :

  1. 1Streptococcus cerevisiae
  2. 2Trichoderma polysporumOfficial answer
  3. 3Clostridium butylicum
  4. 4Aspergillus niger

Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Bioactive Molecules, in other papers

NEET asked this idea 4 times, in 2019, 2022, 2025 and 2026. The other 3 questions below.

  • 2026 Q136Which of the following is used as a clot buster?One-line MCQ · Easy
  • 2025 Q105Streptokinase produced by bacterium *Streptococcus* is used forOne-line MCQ · Easy
  • 2019 Q96Which of the following is a commercial blood cholesterol lowering agent ?One-line MCQ · Medium

Bioactive Molecules: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Microbes in Human Welfare in ten years of NEET

16 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.6 a paper. Microbes in Human Welfare alone had 16.

Microbes in Human Welfare: questions per paper

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