NEET UG 2023 · Botany · Question 141
NEET 2023 Botany, question 141
Question 141 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Botany question from Biotechnology: Principles and Processes. Its idea, Formation of Chimeric DNA, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives options 2 and 4 (the key accepted both).
Updated 2026-10-08
Q141 · Botany
Main steps in the formation of Recombinant DNA are given below. Arrange these steps in a correct sequence.
A. Insertion of recombinant DNA into the host cell.
B. Cutting of DNA at specific location by restriction enzyme.
C. Isolation of desired DNA fragment.
D. Amplification of gene of interest using PCR.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- 1B, D, A, C
- 2B, C, D, AOfficial answer
- 3C, A, B, D
- 4C, B, D, AOfficial answer
Official answer: options 2 and 4 · NTA final answer keyThe key accepted more than one option for this question.
Same idea
The only question on Formation of Chimeric DNA
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Formation of Chimeric DNA: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Biotechnology: Principles and Processes in ten years of NEET
46 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 4.4 a paper. Restriction Enzymes alone had 22.