NEET UG 2026 · Botany · Question 138
NEET 2026 Botany, question 138
Question 138 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Botany question from Principles of Inheritance and Variation. Its idea, Down, Klinefelter and Turner Syndromes, was asked 4 times, in 2019, 2023 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q138 · Botany
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Down's syndrome is caused by the absence of one of the X-chromosomes.
Statement II: Turner's syndrome is caused by the presence of an additional copy of the chromosomes.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- 2Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrectOfficial answer
- 3Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- 4Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Down, Klinefelter and Turner Syndromes, in other papers
NEET asked this idea 4 times, in 2019, 2023 and 2026. The other 3 questions below.
- 2023 Q143Which of the following statements are correct about Klinefelter's Syndrome? A. This disorder was first described by Langdon Down (1866).…Other · Medium
- 2023 Q180Broad palm with single palm crease is visible in a person suffering from-One-line MCQ · Easy
- 2019 Q176What is the genetic disorder in which an individual has an overall masculine development, gynaecomastia, and is sterile ?One-line MCQ · Easy
Down, Klinefelter and Turner Syndromes: every question and how it was framed
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Principles of Inheritance and Variation in ten years of NEET
43 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 4.1 a paper. Sex Determination and Genetic Disorders alone had 15.