NEET UG 2023 · Botany · Question 130
NEET 2023 Botany, question 130
Question 130 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Botany question from Ecosystem. Its idea, Detritivores vs. Decomposers, was asked twice, in 2022 and 2023, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q130 · Botany
Identify the correct statements :
A. Detrivores perform fragmentation.
B. The humus is further degraded by some microbes during mineralization.
C. Water soluble inorganic nutrients go down into the soil and get precipitated by a process called leaching.
D. The detritus food chain begins with living organisms.
E. Earthworms break down detritus into smaller particles by a process called catabolism.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- 1D, E, A only
- 2A, B, C onlyOfficial answer
- 3B, C, D only
- 4C, D, E only
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Detritivores vs. Decomposers, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2022 and 2023. The other question below.
- 2022 Q163Detritivores breakdown detritus into smaller particles. This process is called :One-line MCQ · Easy
Detritivores vs. Decomposers: 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. Energy Flow in Ecosystem alone had 15.