NEET UG 2025 · Botany · Question 177
NEET 2025 Botany, question 177
Question 177 of the NEET 2025 paper (code 45) is a Botany question from Microbes in Human Welfare. Its idea, Microbe-Product Matching, was asked 5 times, in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024 and 2025, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q177 · Botany
Which of the following microbes is NOT involved in the preparation of household products?
A. Aspergillus niger
B. Lactobacillus
C. Trichoderma polysporum
D. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
E. Propionibacterium sharmanii
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1A and B only
- 2A and C onlyOfficial answer
- 3C and D only
- 4C and E only
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Microbe-Product Matching, in other papers
NEET asked this idea 5 times, in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024 and 2025. The other 4 questions below.
- 2024 Q128Match List I with List II List I | List II A. | I. Ethanol B. | II. Streptokinase…Match the lists · Medium
- 2020 Q48Match the following columns and select the correct option. Column - I | Column - II (a) Clostridium butylicum | (i) Cyclosporin-A (b)…Match the lists · Medium
- 2019 Q125Match the following organisms with the products they produce : (a) Lactobacillus | (i) Cheese (b) Saccharomyces cerevisiae | (ii) Curd (c)…Match the lists · Easy
- 2017 Q136Which of the following is correctly matched for the product produced by them ?One-line MCQ · Medium
Microbe-Product Matching: 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.