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Directional Selection Curve Dynamics

NEET asked Directional Selection Curve Dynamics twice, in 2017 and 2022: 2 of the 1,875 questions in the 10 papers from 2017–2026. It belongs to Natural Selection, in Evolution (Biology). The longest wait between two papers asking it was 5 years.

Updated 2026-10-08

Times asked: 2; in 2017–2026
Papers: 2; of 10
First asked: 2017; last in 2022
Chance next paper: 6%; calibrated historical rate

Questions on this idea, by paper

2017–2026. 2017 and 2022.

How NEET framed it

One-line MCQ is the usual form. Skill tested: application.

Identify type of natural selection
Identify type of selection in example

Chance asked next paper 6%

Every question

All 2 questions

From the official NEET UG papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

2022 Q 173 Natural selection where more individuals acquire specific character value other than the mean character value, leads to : One-line MCQ \cdot Easy 2017 Q 161 Artificial selection to obtain cows yielding higher milk output represents One-line MCQ \cdot Easy

Papers: NEET 2017, NEET 2022.

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Other ideas in Natural Selection

Natural Selection has 9 ideas NEET has asked; 2 of them came up in more than one question.

Hardy-Weinberg Equation2× · 2026
Types of Selection Curvesonce · 2026
Factors Disturbing Hardy-Weinberg Equilibriumonce · 2024
Adaptive Radiationonce · 2021
Founder Effect in Adaptive Radiationonce · 2021
Examples of Stabilizing Selectiononce · 2019
Hugo de Vries' Mutation Theoryonce · 2019
Definition of Saltationonce · 2018

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