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NEET UG 2026 · Botany · Question 137

NEET 2026 Botany, question 137

Question 137 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Botany question from Biotechnology and its Applications. Its idea, Alkaline pH Activation, was asked twice, in 2019 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q137 · Botany

The inactive form of Bt toxin is converted to the active form in the insect gut __________.

  1. 1due to alkaline pHOfficial answer
  2. 2due to acidic pH
  3. 3by proteases
  4. 4by nucleases

Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

Alkaline pH Activation, in other papers

NEET asked this idea twice, in 2019 and 2026. The other question below.

  • 2019 Q174What triggers activation of protoxin to active Bt toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis in boll worm ?One-line MCQ · Easy

Alkaline pH Activation: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Biotechnology and its Applications in ten years of NEET

24 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.3 a paper. Transgenic Plants alone had 12.

Biotechnology and its Applications: questions per paper

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