NEET UG · Biology · Class 11
Plant Kingdom: NEET previous year questions
31 questions in ten years of NEET, asked in 10 of 10 years. Here is what this chapter tests and how.
- Asked in 10 years
- 31
- 10 of 10 papers
- 10-year average
- 3.0
- a paper · 2.6 since 2024 -0.5
- Typical range
- 2–5
- questions a paper; fewest 1, most 5
- Weighted estimate
- 3.0
- model, recent papers count more · about 12 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 Plant Kingdom
Priority
Among the chapters that held the first half of all NEET questions in ten years. How bands are set
- Past questions
- 31in 10 of 10 papers
- Study plan gives it
- 20 hover 12 months; 15 h over 6
Ideas asked most often
- Algin vs Carrageen Sources2×
- Algal Food Storage2×
- Monoecious and Dioecious Plant Groups2×
- Homospory vs Heterospory2×
- Haplontic, Diplontic and Haplodiplontic Life Cycles2×
212 of the 251 ideas in Lumi’s map of this chapter have not been asked or touched in ten years. New questions often come from ideas like these, so learn the whole chapter, not just the list above.
Questions per year
Kind of question
SHARE OF 10 YEARS- Recall71%
- Concept7%
- Application7%
- Match the lists7%
- Assertion–reason7%
- Two statements3%
Most common asks: order of steps in a process (2); identify example of a plant feature (2); true statement selection on plant groups (1).
Profile
This chapter in numbers
Where it ranks, how steady it is, and what it costs to study.
- Rank, all NEET chapters
- #17
- of 80 by weighted estimate
- Rank in Biology
- #13
- of 32 chapters
- Share of the paper
- 1.7%
- ten-year average
- Busiest year
- 2021
- 5 questions
- Year to year
- Some swing
- varies by about 1.2 questions
- Long-run direction
- -0.07
- questions per paper, per year
- Easy questions
- 45%
- 70% of ideas rated hard
- With a figure
- 0%
- graph, diagram or structure
- Botany / Zoology
- 31 / 0
- questions by section
- Study time
- 20 h
- 15 h on a 6-month plan
- Marks per study hour
- 0.59
- #32 of 80 chapters
- Foundation for others
- 43%
- of its ideas are used in other chapters
Difficulty, year by year
Each question rated easy, medium or hard against NCERT.
- 20174
- 20183
- 20192
- 20203
- 20215
- 20223
- 20233
- 20241
- 20255
- 20262
- Easy
- Medium
- Hard
What it asks you to do
SHARE OF QUESTIONS- Recall77%
- Concept16%
- Application7%
Coverage
How much of the chapter NEET has used
We split the chapter into 251 ideas. In ten years NEET built a question around 19 of them. Most of the chapter has never been asked, which is why learning it whole beats memorising past questions.
- Asked as the main idea
- 19
- Touched on in a question
- 20
- Never asked
- 212
Topics
What repeats, topic by topic
Questions per topic in each year's paper. Topics that come every year are worth learning first.
- Algae Classification · Every year11312221
- Pteridophytes · Every year811111111
- Gymnosperms · Every year71111111
- Bryophytes · Due again5113
| Topic | 2017 | ’18 | 2019 | ’20 | 2021 | ’22 | 2023 | ’24 | 2025 | ’26 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algae ClassificationEvery year | 3 | 1 | · | 2 | 2 | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 11 |
| PteridophytesEvery year | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| GymnospermsEvery year | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| BryophytesDue again | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 3 | · | 5 |
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.
Ideas
The exact ideas NEET has asked
Inside the topics, 26 different ideas were tested. These came more than once, or are new since 2024.
- Algin vs Carrageen Sources2×
identify source of a product
- Algal Food Storage2×
incorrectly matched alga and product
- Monoecious and Dioecious Plant Groups2×
identify monoecious plant among examples
- Homospory vs Heterospory2×
true statement selection on plant groups
- Haplontic, Diplontic and Haplodiplontic Life Cycles2×
match organisms to life cycle type
- Retention of GametophytesNew1×
statement i/ii on gymnosperms
- Class SphenopsidaNew1×
classify example of a type
- Morphology of GemmaeNew1×
identify function of a structure
- Examples of MossesNew1×
match list on plant groups and examples
- Bryophyte Life Cycle and ReproductionNew1×
order of steps in a process
- Naked Ovules and SeedsNew1×
identify characteristic feature of a group
- Haplo-Diplontic Life CycleNew1×
order of steps in a process
- Phaeophyceae StructureNew1×
count correct statements on brown algae
Every question
Plant Kingdom questions, year by year
The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper.
NEET 20262 questions
- Q111Given below are two statements: Statement I: In gymnosperms, the male and female gametophytes remain within the sporangia. Statement II:…Two statements
- Q121Sphenopsida class belongs to __________.One-line MCQ
NEET 20255 questions
- Q111Given below are the stages in the life cycle of pteridophytes. Arrange the following stages in the correct sequence. A. Prothallus stage…Other
- Q119The correct sequence of events in the life cycle of bryophytes is A. Fusion of antherozoid with egg. B. Attachment of gametophyte to…Other
- Q159Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of gymnosperms?One-line MCQ
- Q162Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Pteridophyte | I. Salvia B. Bryophyte | II. Ginkgo C. Angiosperm | III. Polytrichum D.…Match the lists
- Q168In bryophytes, the gemmae help in which one of the following?One-line MCQ
NEET 20241 question
- Q136Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements: In the members of Phaeophyceae, A. Asexual reproduction occurs…Other
NEET 20233 questions
- Q101Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R : Assertion A : The first stage of…Assertion–reason
- Q134Identify the pair of heterosporous pteridophytes among the following :One-line MCQ
- Q138Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R : Assertion A : In gymnosperms the…Assertion–reason
NEET 20223 questions
- Q104Which of the following is incorrectly matched ?One-line MCQ
- Q133Hydrocolloid carrageen is obtained from :One-line MCQ
- Q148Match the plant with the kind of life cycle it exhibits : List - I | List - II (a) Spirogyra | (i) Dominant diploid sporophyte vascular…Match the lists
NEET 20215 questions
- Q110Which of the following algae produce Carrageen ?One-line MCQ
- Q114Gemmae are present in :One-line MCQ
- Q117Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores. Such plants are known as :One-line MCQ
- Q119Which of the following plants is monoecious ?One-line MCQ
- Q130Which of the following algae contains mannitol as reserve food material ?One-line MCQ
NEET 20203 questions
- Q50Floridean starch has structure similar to :One-line MCQ
- Q53Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae ?One-line MCQ
- Q71Strobili or cones are found in :One-line MCQ
NEET 20192 questions
- Q146From evolutionary point of view, retention of the female gametophyte with developing young embryo on the parent sporophyte for some time,…One-line MCQ
- Q153Pinus seed cannot germinate and establish without fungal association. This is because :One-line MCQ
NEET 20183 questions
- Q130Which of the following statements is correct ?One-line MCQ
- Q134Winged pollen grains are present inOne-line MCQ
- Q135Which one is wrongly matched ?One-line MCQ
NEET 20174 questions
- Q112An example of colonial alga is :One-line MCQ
- Q122Select the mismatch :One-line MCQ
- Q129Life cycle of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are :One-line MCQ
- Q135Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of :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.