NEET UG · Biology · Structural Organisation in Animals
Cockroach Anatomy: 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 0.8 per paper
- Years asked
- 7/10
- last asked 2024
- Weighted estimate
- 0.8
- model; history: 0.8 a paper on average, typically 0–2
Key findings
- 01
Asked in 7 of 10 papers, 9 questions in all: #95 of 204 topics by ten-year total. Last asked in 2024.
- 02
78% 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 Digestive Tract Anatomy, asked 2 times (2019, 2024), usually as “order of steps in a process”.
- 04
NEET has asked 7 of the 72 ideas in this topic; 57 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
- 05
Mostly asked as one-line MCQ (78%); 78% easy, 0% hard, and down from 0.9 to 0.6 questions a paper since 2024.
Questions per year
- Up to 2023
- 0.9
- per paper
- Since 2024
- 0.6
- -0.3
- Usual gap
- 1.0 yrs
- between papers asking it
- Swing
- ±0.6
- questions, year to year
How it is asked
Difficulty, format and skill
Across all 9 questions on Cockroach Anatomy since 2017.
Difficulty
QUESTIONS- Easy7 · 78%
- Medium2 · 22%
- Hard0 · 0%
Format
SHARE- One-line MCQ · 7 Q78%
- Match the lists · 1 Q11%
- Other · 1 Q11%
Skill tested
SHARE- Recall · 8 Q89%
- Concept · 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 72 ideas in this topic. 57 have never been asked yet.
- Asked directly7 · 10%
- Touched inside another question8 · 11%
- Never asked57 · 79%
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%
- 2024 · Q192Match List I with List II related to digestive system of cockroach. List-I | List-II A. The structures used for storing of food. | I.…
mediumMatch the lists
- 2019 · Q101Select the correct sequence of organs in the alimentary canal of cockroach starting from mouth :
easyOne-line MCQNew idea
- 2024 · Q192
- Repeated2 · 22%
- 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
7 different ideas were tested; 2 came more than once. Digestive Tract Anatomy is the foundation for 11 other ideas in the syllabus.
- Digestive Tract Anatomy2×
order of steps in a process
Match the lists · 6% next · foundation for 11 - Sexual Dimorphism: Anal Styles vs. Cerci2×
distinguish sexes by feature
One-line MCQ · 6% next · foundation for 2 - Anal Cerci Segment Origin1×
identify structure position in organism
One-line MCQ · 6% next - Accessory Excretory Organs1×
count correct structures for a function
Other · 4% next - Tegmina vs. Hindwings1×
identify body segment bearing a structure
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 1 - Hepatic Caecae Location and Function1×
identify incorrect statement on cockroach anatomy
One-line MCQ · 4% next - Nervous System Distribution and Survival1×
reason for observed phenomenon in animal
One-line MCQ · 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
Cockroach Anatomy 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
- Q153In both sexes of cockroach, a pair of filamentous structures called anal cerci are on:
Idea: Anal Cerci Segment Origin
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ - Q192Match List I with List II related to digestive system of cockroach. List-I | List-II A. The structures used for storing of food. | I.…
Idea: Digestive Tract Anatomy
MediumMatch the lists
NEET 20232 questions
- Q190Which of the following is characteristic feature of cockroach regarding sexual dimorphism ?
Idea: Sexual Dimorphism: Anal Styles vs. Cerci
EasyOne-line MCQ - Q198In cockroach, excretion is brought about by- A. Phallic gland B. Urecose gland C. Nephrocytes D. Fat body E. Collaterial glands Choose the…
Idea: Accessory Excretory Organs
New ideaEasyOther
NEET 20221 question
- Q176Tegmina in cockroach, arises from :
Idea: Tegmina vs. Hindwings
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20211 question
- Q181Which of the following characteristics is incorrect with respect to cockroach ?
Idea: Hepatic Caecae Location and Function
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ
NEET 20201 question
- Q25If the head of cockroach is removed, it may live for few days because :
Idea: Nervous System Distribution and Survival
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20191 question
- Q101Select the correct sequence of organs in the alimentary canal of cockroach starting from mouth :
Idea: Digestive Tract Anatomy
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20181 question
- Q149Which of the following features is used to identify a male cockroach from a female cockroach ?
Idea: Sexual Dimorphism: Anal Styles vs. Cerci
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.