NEET UG 2026 · Botany · Question 122
NEET 2026 Botany, question 122
Question 122 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Botany question from Photosynthesis in Higher Plants. Its idea, Wasteful Nature of Photorespiration, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q122 · Botany
Which of the following statements regarding photorespiration are correct?
(a) Do not occur in C3 plants
(b) CO₂ is consumed and O₂ is generated
(c) Phosphoglycerate is formed
(d) No synthesis of ATP and NADPH
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1(a) and (d) only
- 2(c) and (d) onlyOfficial answer
- 3(b) and (d) only
- 4(a) and (b) only
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Wasteful Nature of Photorespiration
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Wasteful Nature of Photorespiration: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants in ten years of NEET
23 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.2 a paper. Calvin and Hatch-Slack Cycles alone had 14.