NEET UG 2026 · Botany · Question 175
NEET 2026 Botany, question 175
Question 175 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Botany question from Principles of Inheritance and Variation. Its idea, Mendel's Seven Contrasting Traits, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q175 · Botany
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: In an experiment, Mendel observed that the F1 progeny plants are all tall and none are dwarf.
Reason R: Stem height is a contrasting trait, with tall being dominant and dwarf being recessive.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- 1Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of AOfficial answer
- 2Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
- 3A is correct but R is not correct
- 4A is not correct but R is correct
Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Mendel's Seven Contrasting Traits
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Mendel's Seven Contrasting Traits: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
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. Mendelian Inheritance alone had 20.