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NEET UG · 204 topics · 2017–2026

NEET topics: what comes, and how often

Every topic NEET asked in ten years, from 1,875 topic-tagged questions. See which topics come every paper, which come in waves, and which have gone quiet.

Topics asked
204
across 94 chapters
In all ten papers
19
46 in nine or more
Top 25 topics
27%
of topic-tagged questions
Ideas inside them
1,406
See which ones repeat

Key findings

  1. 01

    Half of all topic-tagged questions come from just 56 of 204 topics; the top 25 carry 27%.

  2. 02

    19 topics were asked in all ten papers and 46 in at least nine. “Every year” topics hold 88% of the questions.

  3. 03

    The fastest riser is Frog Morphology: 0.1 questions a paper up to 2023, 2.0 since 2024.

  4. 04

    10 topics come in waves and are due again; 12 have gone quiet for five papers or more.

  5. 05

    Inside these topics NEET has never asked 83% of the ideas in the syllabus. The topic repeats; the idea usually does not.

Repeat patterns

Six ways a topic comes back

We sorted each topic by its rhythm across the ten papers. The chance shown is the historical rate for topics with that rhythm.

  • Every year

    In most papers. The backbone of the exam.

    Topics
    138
    Questions
    88%
    Chance next
    65%

  • Most years

    Asked in several papers, with gaps between.

    Topics
    25
    Questions
    6%
    Chance next
    46%

  • Due again

    Comes in waves and has been away for a while.

    Topics
    14
    Questions
    4%
    Chance next
    36%

  • New since 2024

    First asked in 2024 or later.

    Topics
    6
    Questions
    0%
    Chance next
    37%

  • Now and then

    Asked once or twice, no clear rhythm.

    Topics
    9
    Questions
    1%
    Chance next
    20%

  • Gone quiet

    Not asked for five papers or more.

    Topics
    12
    Questions
    1%
    Chance next
    17%

Topic-wise weightage

Every topic, every year

Filter by subject, unit or pattern. Each strip is the ten papers from 2017 to 2026; darker means more questions.

183 topics · 1733 questions asked since 2017

Right: weighted estimate of questions a paper (model), and the historical chance of at least one.

Every year

The topics in nearly every paper

125 topics in the syllabus come in most papers. These are the twelve with the highest weighted estimate.

Due again 10

Topics that come in waves and have been away for a while.

Gone quiet 12

Not asked for five papers or more.

New since 2024 6

Asked for the first time in the last three papers.

Rising fastest 6

Most extra questions a paper since 2024, against 2017–2023.

Method

How to read this

What is a topic?
A topic is a named part of a chapter, such as a law, a process or a class of compounds. 1,875 of the 1,875 questions in ten years map cleanly to one; the rest are counted at chapter level only.
What does “chance asked next” mean?
The share of past papers in which topics with the same track record had at least one question. It is calibrated on the ten years of papers. It is a historical rate, not a promise about the next paper.
What is the “weighted estimate”?
A model, not a fact: a weighted average of the topic’s questions in past papers, with recent years counting more, scaled to a 180-question paper. In our backtest it beat a plain ten-year count by only about one question a paper, so read it as a guide to effort, not a forecast.
What is the strip of squares?
One square per paper from 2017 to 2026. Darker squares mean more questions; a dashed square means none that year.