NEET UG · Biology · Reproductive Health
Contraceptive Methods: NEET previous year questions
11 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
- 11
- about 1.0 per paper
- Years asked
- 7/10
- last asked 2024
- Weighted estimate
- 0.8
- model; history: 1.0 a paper on average, typically 0–2
Key findings
- 01
Asked in 7 of 10 papers, 11 questions in all: #68 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 1.2 years on average. Last asked in 2024.
- 02
70% of its questions since 2018 tested an idea never asked before; 2 repeated an idea from the year before.
- 03
The most repeated idea is IUD Classifications, asked 3 times (2021, 2022, 2024), usually as “identify type of contraceptive device”.
- 04
NEET has asked 8 of the 75 ideas in this topic; 59 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
- 05
Mostly asked as one-line MCQ (64%); 82% 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
- 1.2 yrs
- between papers asking it
- Swing
- ±0.8
- questions, year to year
How it is asked
Difficulty, format and skill
Across all 11 questions on Contraceptive Methods since 2017.
Difficulty
QUESTIONS- Easy9 · 82%
- Medium2 · 18%
- Hard0 · 0%
Format
SHARE- One-line MCQ · 7 Q64%
- Match the lists · 4 Q36%
Skill tested
SHARE- Recall · 10 Q91%
- Application · 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.
- Idea asked for the first time
- Idea asked in an earlier paper
Coverage of the topic
NEET has asked 8 of the 75 ideas in this topic. 59 have never been asked yet.
- Asked directly8 · 11%
- Touched inside another question8 · 11%
- Never asked59 · 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.
- Repeated3 · 27%
- 2024 · Q174Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Non-medicated IUD | I. Multiload 375 B. Copper releasing IUD | II. Progestogens C. Hormone…
easyMatch the lists
- 2022 · Q174Lippe's loop is a type of contraceptive used as :
easyOne-line MCQAsked the year before
- 2021 · Q167Which one of the following is an example of Hormone releasing IUD ?
easyOne-line MCQNew idea
- 2024 · Q174
- Repeated2 · 18%
- 1 · 9%
- 1 · 9%
- 1 · 9%
- 1 · 9%
- 1 · 9%
- 1 · 9%
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; 2 came more than once. IUD Classifications is the foundation for 21 other ideas in the syllabus.
- IUD Classifications3×
identify type of contraceptive device
One-line MCQ · 6% next · foundation for 21 - Barrier Contraceptives2×
match list on contraceptive methods and actions
Match the lists · 6% next · foundation for 9 - Natural Contraceptive Methods1×
odd-one-out among contraceptive methods
One-line MCQ · 6% next · foundation for 10 - Surgical Sterilization1×
match list on contraceptive methods
Match the lists · 4% next · foundation for 8 - Lactational Amenorrhea Mechanism and Limits1×
identify methods involving hormones
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 2 - Progestasert Hormonal IUD1×
identify examples of hormone-releasing iuds
One-line MCQ · 4% next - Saheli Estrogen Receptor Modulation1×
true statement selection on contraceptive
One-line MCQ · 4% next - Copper IUD Mechanism1×
identify mechanism of contraceptive
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
Contraceptive Methods 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
- Q168Which of the following is not a natural/traditional contraceptive method?
Idea: Natural Contraceptive Methods
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ - Q174Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Non-medicated IUD | I. Multiload 375 B. Copper releasing IUD | II. Progestogens C. Hormone…
Idea: IUD Classifications
EasyMatch the lists
NEET 20231 question
- Q168Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Vasectomy | I. Oral method B. Coitus interruptus | II. Barrier method C. Cervical caps |…
Idea: Surgical Sterilization
New ideaEasyMatch the lists
NEET 20222 questions
- Q174Lippe's loop is a type of contraceptive used as :
Idea: IUD Classifications
Asked last yearEasyOne-line MCQ - Q186Match List - I with List - II with respect to methods of Contraception and their respective actions. List - I | List - II (a) Diaphragms |…
Idea: Barrier Contraceptives
Asked last yearMediumMatch the lists
NEET 20212 questions
- Q156Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (a) Vaults | (i) Entry of sperm through Cervix is blocked (b) IUDs | (ii) Removal of…
Idea: Barrier Contraceptives
New ideaEasyMatch the lists - Q167Which one of the following is an example of Hormone releasing IUD ?
Idea: IUD Classifications
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20192 questions
- Q140Which of the following contraceptive methods do involve a role of hormone ?
Idea: Lactational Amenorrhea Mechanism and Limits
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ - Q150Select the hormone-releasing Intra-Uterine Devices.
Idea: Progestasert Hormonal IUD
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20181 question
- Q146The contraceptive 'SAHELI'
Idea: Saheli Estrogen Receptor Modulation
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ
NEET 20171 question
- Q175The function of copper ions in copper releasing IUD's is :
Idea: Copper IUD Mechanism
EasyOne-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.