NEET UG 2026 · Botany · Question 178
NEET 2026 Botany, question 178
Question 178 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Botany question from Ecosystem. Its idea, Upright Pyramid of Energy, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q178 · Botany
Which of the following statements are correct ?
(a) Energy flow from producers to consumers is unidirectional
(b) Energy pyramid can never be inverted
(c) Transfer of energy follows the 1% law
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1(a), (b) and (c)
- 2(a) and (b) onlyOfficial answer
- 3(a) and (c) only
- 4(b) and (c) only
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Upright Pyramid of Energy
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Upright Pyramid of Energy: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Ecosystem in ten years of NEET
20 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.9 a paper. Energy Flow in Ecosystem alone had 15.