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Human Health and Disease: NEET previous year questions

33 questions in ten years of NEET, asked in 10 of 10 years. Here is what this chapter tests and how.

Practise this chapter
Asked in 10 years
33
10 of 10 papers
10-year average
3.2
a paper · 4.8 since 2024 +2.3
Typical range
2–5
questions a paper; fewest 1, most 5
Weighted estimate
3.9
model, recent papers count more · about 15 marks
  • Typical range (fact)
  • 10-year average (fact)
  • Weighted estimate (model)

Typical range: questions per paper in the middle eight of the ten papers, leaving out the single highest and lowest year (about the 10th to 90th percentile), each paper scaled to 180 questions. The ten-year average and the range are historical fact. The weighted estimate is a model: each paper's share, with recent papers counting more (half-life three years), and dropped syllabus removed. It is a guide to effort, not a forecast.

What to do

How to spend time on Human Health and Disease

Priority

Must do

Among the chapters that held the first half of all NEET questions in ten years. How bands are set

Past questions
33in 10 of 10 papers
Study plan gives it
23 hover 12 months; 17 h over 6
Study this chapter →Practise →

Ideas asked most often

  1. Diseases and Their Pathogens6×
  2. Opioids3×
  3. Colostrum and IgA3×
  4. Primary and Secondary Lymphoid Organs3×
  5. Autoimmune Disorders3×

Questions per year

0362’173’184’193’201’212’223’236’245’254’26

Kind of question

SHARE OF 10 YEARS
  • Recall67%
  • Match the lists21%
  • Two statements6%
  • Concept3%
  • Assertion–reason3%

Most common asks: match list on diseases and pathogens (5); identify source of drug (2); count correct statements on cancer (2).

Profile

This chapter in numbers

Where it ranks, how steady it is, and what it costs to study.

Rank, all NEET chapters
#6
of 80 by weighted estimate
Rank in Biology
#6
of 32 chapters
Share of the paper
1.8%
ten-year average
Busiest year
2024
6 questions
Year to year
Some swing
varies by about 1.4 questions
Long-run direction
+0.24
questions per paper, per year
Easy questions
61%
32% of ideas rated hard
With a figure
0%
graph, diagram or structure
Botany / Zoology
1 / 32
questions by section
Study time
23 h
17 h on a 6-month plan
Marks per study hour
0.66
#14 of 80 chapters
Foundation for others
50%
of its ideas are used in other chapters

Difficulty, year by year

Each question rated easy, medium or hard against NCERT.

  • 20172
  • 20183
  • 20194
  • 20203
  • 20211
  • 20222
  • 20233
  • 20246
  • 20255
  • 20264
  • Easy
  • Medium
  • Hard

What it asks you to do

SHARE OF QUESTIONS
  • Recall94%
  • Concept6%

Topics

What repeats, topic by topic

Questions per topic in each year's paper. Topics that come every year are worth learning first.

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
03+questions in that year’s paper

  • Immunity and Lymphoid Organs

    Expect a one-line factual recall item about Immunity and Lymphoid Organs. Past framings centre on: count correct statements on lymphoid organs; odd-one-out among autoimmune diseases.

  • Human Diseases, Cancer and Drug Abuse

    Expect a one-line factual recall item about Human Diseases, Cancer and Drug Abuse; a match-the-columns item (two lists, pick the correct pairing code) is the next most likely shape. Past framings centre on: match list on diseases and pathogens; identify source of drug.

Drill down

Topic, idea, question

Open a topic to see every idea NEET tested inside it, then open an idea to read the questions. Each row shows its ten papers.

  • Open17 · 52%222332

    9 ideas inside

    • Repeated3 · 18%
    • Repeated3 · 18%
    • Repeated3 · 18%
    • Repeated2 · 12%
    • Repeated2 · 12%
    • 1 · 6%
    • 1 · 6%
    • 1 · 6%
    • 1 · 6%
  • Open16 · 48%2222322

Squares are the ten papers, 2017 to 2026; darker means more questions. Share is of the level above.

Ideas

The exact ideas NEET has asked

Inside the topics, 16 different ideas were tested. These came more than once, or are new since 2024.

  • Diseases and Their Pathogens6×

    match list on diseases and pathogens

  • Opioids3×

    identify source of drug

  • Colostrum and IgA3×

    identify component giving immunity

  • Primary and Secondary Lymphoid OrgansNew3×

    count correct statements on lymphoid organs

  • Autoimmune Disorders3×

    odd-one-out among autoimmune diseases

  • Plasmodium Life Cycle2×

    identify stage of parasite life cycle

  • Innate versus Acquired Immunity2×

    select incorrect statement on acquired immunity

  • Drugs: Sources and Effects2×

    match list on drugs and effects

  • Cell-mediated Immunity and Graft Rejection2×

    identify immune response for event

  • Cancer Detection and TreatmentNew1×

    count correct statements on cancer

  • Neoplastic CellsNew1×

    count correct statements on cancer

  • Antibody StructureNew1×

    identify wrong statement on antibody structure

Every question

Human Health and Disease questions, year by year

The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper.

NEET 20264 questions

  • Q165Which of the following are secondary lymphoid organs ? (a) Bone marrow (b) Tonsils (c) Spleen (d) Thymus Choose the correct answer from…Other
  • Q171Colostrum, secreted by mother during initial days of lactation, is abundant inOne-line MCQ
  • Q177Which of the following is used as an effective sedative and painkiller for treating post-surgery patients ?One-line MCQ
  • Q179Which of the following statements is correct about Plasmodium ?One-line MCQ

NEET 20255 questions

  • Q120Which are correct: A. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging detect cancers of internal organs. B. Chemotherapeutics drugs are…Other
  • Q135Neoplastic characteristics of cells refer to : A. A mass of proliferating cell B. Rapid growth of cells C. Invasion and damage to the…Other
  • Q143Identify the statement that is NOT correct.One-line MCQ
  • Q156After maturation, in primary lymphoid organs, the lymphocytes migrate for interaction with antigens to secondary lymphoid organ(s) /…Other
  • Q167Which of the following type of immunity is present at the time of birth and is a non-specific type of defence in the human body?One-line MCQ

NEET 20246 questions

  • Q152Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Typhoid | I. Fungus B. Leishmaniasis | II. Nematode C. Ringworm | III. Protozoa D.…Match the lists
  • Q156Which of the following are Autoimmune disorders? A. Myasthenia gravis B. Rheumatoid arthritis C. Gout D. Muscular dystrophy E. Systemic…Other
  • Q172Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Common cold | I. Plasmodium B. Haemozoin | II. Typhoid C. Widal test | III. Rhinoviruses D.…Match the lists
  • Q173Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R: Assertion A: Breast-feeding during…Assertion–reason
  • Q181Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Cocaine | I. Effective sedative in surgery B. Heroin | II. Cannabis sativa C. Morphine |…Match the lists
  • Q200Given below are two statements: Statement I: Bone marrow is the main lymphoid organ where all blood cells including lymphocytes are…Two statements

NEET 20233 questions

  • Q170In which blood corpuscles, the HIV undergoes replication and produces progeny viruses?One-line MCQ
  • Q175Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Heroin | I. Effect on cardiovascular system B. Marijuana | II. Slow down body function C.…Match the lists
  • Q176Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Ringworm | I. Haemophilus influenzae B. Filariasis | II. Trichophyton C. Malaria | III.…Match the lists

NEET 20222 questions

  • Q157Given below are two statements : Statement I : Autoimmune disorder is a condition where body defense mechanism recognizes its own cells as…Two statements
  • Q188Select the incorrect statement with respect to acquired immunity.One-line MCQ

NEET 20211 question

  • Q193Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (a) Filariasis | (i) Haemophilus influenzae (b) Amoebiasis | (ii) Trichophyton (c)…Match the lists

NEET 20203 questions

  • Q4Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option. Column - I | Column - II (a) Typhoid | (i)…Match the lists
  • Q10The infectious stage of Plasmodium that enters the human body is :One-line MCQ
  • Q45Identify the wrong statement with reference to immunity.One-line MCQ

NEET 20194 questions

  • Q92Colostrum, the yellowish fluid, secreted by mother during the initial days of lactation is very essential to impart immunity to the…One-line MCQ
  • Q149Drug called 'Heroin' is synthesized by :One-line MCQ
  • Q162Which of the following immune responses is responsible for rejection of kidney graft ?One-line MCQ
  • Q175Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.One-line MCQ

NEET 20183 questions

  • Q157Which part of poppy plant is used to obtain the drug “Smack” ?One-line MCQ
  • Q175In which disease does mosquito transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels ?One-line MCQ
  • Q176Which of the following is not an autoimmune disease ?One-line MCQ

NEET 20172 questions

  • Q110Transplantation of tissues/organs fails often due to non-acceptance by the patient's body. Which type of immune-response is responsible…One-line MCQ
  • Q167MALT constitutes about ________ percent of the lymphoid tissue in human body.One-line MCQ

Questions from the official NEET UG papers published by NTA (CBSE before 2019). Topic and idea tags, counts and notes are Lumi’s.

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