NEET UG 2026 · Botany · Question 174
NEET 2026 Botany, question 174
Question 174 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Botany question from Organisms and Populations. Its idea, Competition Concept (-/-), was asked twice, in 2023 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q174 · Botany
Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Both species are harmed | I. Predation |
| B. One species is harmed and the other is benefited | II. Mutualism |
| C. Both species are benefited | III. Competition |
| D. One is benefited while the other has no effect | IV. Commensalism |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
- 2A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
- 3A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
- 4A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IVOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Competition Concept (-/-), in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2023 and 2026. The other question below.
- 2023 Q150Given below are two statements : Statement I : Gause's 'Competitive Exclusion Principle' states that two closely related species competing…Two statements · Medium
Competition Concept (-/-): every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Organisms and Populations in ten years of NEET
31 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 3.0 a paper. Population Interactions alone had 16.