NEET UG · Biology · Body Fluids and Circulation
Cardiac Cycle: NEET previous year questions
9 questions in ten years of NEET, in 7 of 10 papers. Pattern: Every year. Here is how it is asked and which ideas come back.
- Asked in 10 years
- 9
- about 0.9 per paper
- Years asked
- 7/10
- last asked 2026
- Weighted estimate
- 1.0
- model; history: 0.9 a paper on average, typically 0–2
Key findings
- 01
Asked in 7 of 10 papers, 9 questions in all: #90 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 1.5 years on average.
- 02
86% of its questions since 2018 tested an idea never asked before; none repeated an idea from the year before.
- 03
The most repeated idea is AV Valve Locations, asked 2 times (2018, 2026), usually as “match list on heart valves”.
- 04
NEET has asked 7 of the 77 ideas in this topic; 62 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
- 05
Mostly asked as one-line MCQ (33%); 67% easy, 0% hard, and up from 0.7 to 1.3 questions a paper since 2024.
Questions per year
- Up to 2023
- 0.7
- per paper
- Since 2024
- 1.3
- +0.6
- Usual gap
- 1.5 yrs
- between papers asking it
- Swing
- ±0.7
- questions, year to year
How it is asked
Difficulty, format and skill
Across all 9 questions on Cardiac Cycle since 2017.
Difficulty
QUESTIONS- Easy6 · 67%
- Medium3 · 33%
- Hard0 · 0%
Format
SHARE- One-line MCQ · 3 Q33%
- Other · 3 Q33%
- Numerical · 2 Q22%
- Match the lists · 1 Q11%
Skill tested
SHARE- Recall · 5 Q56%
- Concept · 3 Q33%
- Calculation · 1 Q11%
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.
- Idea asked for the first time
- Idea asked in an earlier paper
Coverage of the topic
NEET has asked 7 of the 77 ideas in this topic. 62 have never been asked yet.
- Asked directly7 · 9%
- Touched inside another question8 · 10%
- Never asked62 · 81%
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.
- Repeated2 · 22%
- 2026 · Q149The opening between the right atrium and the right ventricle is guarded by
easyOne-line MCQ
- 2018 · Q137Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below : Column I | Column II a. Tricuspid…
easyMatch the listsNew idea
- 2026 · Q149
- 1 · 11%
- 1 · 11%
- 1 · 11%
- 1 · 11%
- 1 · 11%
- 1 · 11%
- 1 · 11%
Squares are the ten papers, 2017 to 2026; darker means more questions. Share is of the level above.
Ideas
Every idea inside this topic
8 different ideas were tested; 1 came more than once. Joint Diastole Phase is the foundation for 54 other ideas in the syllabus.
- AV Valve Locations2×
match list on heart valves
Match the lists · 6% next - SA Node Intrinsic Firing Rate1×
numerical recall of physiological rate
Numerical · 6% next · foundation for 1 - Medulla Oblongata Cardiac Control1×
count correct statements on cardiac regulation
Other · 6% next - Bundle of His Electrical Isolation1×
order of steps in a process
Other · 6% next · foundation for 1 - Joint Diastole Phase1×
true statement selection on cardiac cycle
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 54 - Cardiac Output Calculation1×
numerical
Numerical · 4% next · foundation for 15 - Double Circulation and Hepatic Portal System1×
definition recall
One-line MCQ · 4% next - Myogenic Heart Nature1×
count correct statements on heart nature
Other · 4% next
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
Cardiac Cycle questions, year by year
The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper, with the idea it tested.
NEET 20262 questions
- Q115The number of action potentials generated by sino-arterial node (SAN) in a healthy human is ________ per minute.
Idea: SA Node Intrinsic Firing Rate
New ideaEasyNumerical - Q149The opening between the right atrium and the right ventricle is guarded by
Idea: AV Valve Locations
EasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20251 question
- Q112Cardiac activities of the heart are regulated by : A. Nodal tissue B. A special neural centre in the medulla oblongata C. Adrenal…
Idea: Medulla Oblongata Cardiac Control
New ideaMediumOther
NEET 20241 question
- Q179Following are the stages of pathway for conduction of an action potential through the heart: A. AV bundle B. Purkinje fibres C. AV node D.…
Idea: Bundle of His Electrical Isolation
New ideaEasyOther
NEET 20221 question
- Q196Which one of the following statements is correct ?
Idea: Joint Diastole Phase
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ
NEET 20191 question
- Q130What would be the heart rate of a person if the cardiac output is 5 L, blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole is 100 mL and…
Idea: Cardiac Output Calculation
New ideaEasyNumerical
NEET 20181 question
- Q137Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below : Column I | Column II a. Tricuspid…
Idea: AV Valve Locations
New ideaEasyMatch the lists
NEET 20172 questions
- Q99The hepatic portal vein drains blood to liver from
Idea: Double Circulation and Hepatic Portal System
EasyOne-line MCQ - Q137Frog's heart when taken out of the body continues to beat for sometime. Select the best option from the following statements. (a) Frog is…
Idea: Myogenic Heart Nature
MediumOther
Questions from the official NEET UG papers published by NTA (CBSE before 2019). Topic and idea tags, counts and notes are Lumi’s.