NEET UG · Biology · Structural Organisation in Animals

Animal Tissues: NEET previous year questions

11 questions in ten years of NEET, in 6 of 10 papers. Pattern: Every year. Here is how it is asked and which ideas come back.

Asked in 10 years: 11; about 1.0 per paper
Years asked: 6/10; last asked 2024
Chance of a question next paper: 64%; historical rate, how we compute it
Weighted estimate: 0.9; model; history: 1.0 a paper on average, typically 0–2

Key findings

01
Asked in 6 of 10 papers, 11 questions in all: #66 of 204 topics by ten-year total. Last asked in 2024.
02
82% of its questions since 2018 tested an idea never asked before; 1 repeated an idea from the year before.
03
The most repeated idea is Ciliated Epithelium Location and Function, asked 3 times (2019, 2022, 2023), usually as “match list on tissue types and locations”.
04
NEET has asked 9 of the 77 ideas in this topic; 51 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
05
Mostly asked as one-line MCQ (55%); 91% easy, 0% hard, and down from 1.2 to 0.6 questions a paper since 2024.

Questions per year

Up to 2023: 1.2; per paper
Since 2024: 0.6; -0.6
Usual gap: 1.0 yrs; between papers asking it
Swing: ±0.9; questions, year to year

How it is asked

Difficulty, format and skill

Across all 11 questions on Animal Tissues since 2017.

Difficulty

QUESTIONS

101

Easy10 · 91%
Medium1 · 9%
Hard0 · 0%

Format

One-line MCQ · 6 Q55%
Match the lists · 3 Q27%
Figure-based · 1 Q9%
Two statements · 1 Q9%

Skill tested

Recall · 8 Q73%
Concept · 2 Q18%
Figure reading · 1 Q9%

Repeats

New idea, or one asked before?

Each column is a paper. Blue questions tested an idea NEET had not asked before; navy ones went back to an idea from an earlier paper. 2017 is the first paper, so everything in it counts as new.

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Idea asked for the first time
Idea asked in an earlier paper

Coverage of the topic

NEET has asked 9 of the 77 ideas in this topic. 51 have never been asked yet.

91751

Asked directly9 · 12%
Touched inside another question17 · 22%
Never asked51 · 66%

Ideas come from Lumi’s syllabus map of NCERT. A never-asked idea is not a safe skip: most new questions come from exactly these.

Drill down

Idea, year, question

Every idea NEET tested in this topic, with its ten papers. Open one to read the questions.

ideaAskedShareYears’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Repeated3 · 27%27%3/10
- 2023 · Q199
  Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Mast cells | I. Ciliated epithelium B. Inner surface of bronchiole | II. Areolar connective…
  easyMatch the listsAsked the year before
- 2022 · Q197
  Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (a) Bronchioles | (i) Dense Regular Connective Tissue (b) Goblet cell | (ii) Loose…
  easyMatch the lists
- 2019 · Q104
  The ciliated epithelial cells are required to move particles or mucus in a specific direction. In humans, these cells are mainly present…
  easyOne-line MCQNew idea
1 · 9%9%1/10
1 · 9%9%1/10
1 · 9%9%1/10
1 · 9%9%1/10
1 · 9%9%1/10
1 · 9%9%1/10
1 · 9%9%1/10
1 · 9%9%1/10

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

Ideas

Every idea inside this topic

9 different ideas were tested; 1 came more than once. Muscle Tissue Classification is the foundation for 11 other ideas in the syllabus.

Ciliated Epithelium Location and Function3×
match list on tissue types and locations
Match the lists · 6% next
Muscle Tissue Classification1×
identify tissue type from micrograph
Figure-based · 6% next · foundation for 11
Unicellular vs. Multicellular Glands1×
match list on epithelium types and examples
Match the lists · 6% next · foundation for 2
Dense Connective Tissue1×
statement i/ii on connective tissue
Two statements · 4% next · foundation for 4
Neuroglia Proportion and Function1×
odd-one-out among tissue types
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Cell Junction Functions1×
identify cell junction by function
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 7
Smooth Muscle Morphology1×
identify wrong statement on muscle type
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 3
Brush Border Epithelium1×
identify location of epithelium type
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Goblet Cell Cellular Origin1×
identify cell origin
One-line MCQ · 4% next

Idea	Times	Format	Chance next	Foundation for
Ciliated Epithelium Location and Functionmatch list on tissue types and locations	3	Match the listsRecall	6%	–
Muscle Tissue Classificationidentify tissue type from micrograph	1	Figure-basedFigure reading	6%	11 ideas
Unicellular vs. Multicellular Glandsmatch list on epithelium types and examples	1	Match the listsRecall	6%	2 ideas
Dense Connective Tissuestatement i/ii on connective tissue	1	Two statementsRecall	4%	4 ideas
Neuroglia Proportion and Functionodd-one-out among tissue types	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Cell Junction Functionsidentify cell junction by function	1	One-line MCQConcept	4%	7 ideas
Smooth Muscle Morphologyidentify wrong statement on muscle type	1	One-line MCQConcept	4%	3 ideas
Brush Border Epitheliumidentify location of epithelium type	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Goblet Cell Cellular Originidentify cell origin	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–

Chance next is the historical rate at which an idea with this record came back in the following paper. It is low for every idea, which is why learning the topic beats memorising past questions. All repeated ideas

Every question

Animal Tissues questions, year by year

The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper, with the idea it tested.

NEET 20242 questions

Q166
Three types of muscles are given as a, b and c. Identify the correct matching pair along with their location in human body: Name of…
Idea: Muscle Tissue Classification
New ideaEasyFigure-based · figure
Q196
Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Unicellular glandular epithelium | I. Salivary glands B. Compound epithelium | II. Pancreas…
Idea: Unicellular vs. Multicellular Glands
New ideaMediumMatch the lists

NEET 20232 questions

Q152
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Ligaments are dense irregular tissue. Statement II: Cartilage is dense regular tissue. In the…
Idea: Dense Connective Tissue
New ideaEasyTwo statements
Q199
Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Mast cells | I. Ciliated epithelium B. Inner surface of bronchiole | II. Areolar connective…
Idea: Ciliated Epithelium Location and Function
Asked last yearEasyMatch the lists

NEET 20222 questions

Q175
Which of the following is not a connective tissue ?
Idea: Neuroglia Proportion and Function
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
Q197
Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (a) Bronchioles | (i) Dense Regular Connective Tissue (b) Goblet cell | (ii) Loose…
Idea: Ciliated Epithelium Location and Function
EasyMatch the lists

NEET 20212 questions

Q153
Which of the following statements wrongly represents the nature of smooth muscle ?
Idea: Smooth Muscle Morphology
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
Q191
Identify the types of cell junctions that help to stop the leakage of the substances across a tissue and facilitation of communication…
Idea: Cell Junction Functions
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20202 questions

Q15
Cuboidal epithelium with brush border of microvilli is found in :
Idea: Brush Border Epithelium
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
Q89
Goblet cells of alimentary canal are modified from :
Idea: Goblet Cell Cellular Origin
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20191 question

Q104
The ciliated epithelial cells are required to move particles or mucus in a specific direction. In humans, these cells are mainly present…
Idea: Ciliated Epithelium Location and Function
New ideaEasyOne-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.