NEET UG · Biology · Human Health and Disease
Human Diseases, Cancer and Drug Abuse: NEET previous year questions
16 questions in ten years of NEET, in 8 of 10 papers. Pattern: Every year. Here is how it is asked and which ideas come back.
- Asked in 10 years
- 16
- about 1.5 per paper
- Years asked
- 8/10
- last asked 2026
- Weighted estimate
- 1.8
- model; history: 1.5 a paper on average, typically 0–2
Key findings
- 01
Asked in 8 of 10 papers, 16 questions in all: #23 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 1.1 years on average.
- 02
44% of its questions since 2018 tested an idea never asked before; 6 repeated an idea from the year before.
- 03
The most repeated idea is Diseases and Their Pathogens, asked 6 times (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024), usually as “match list on diseases and pathogens”.
- 04
NEET has asked 0 of the 7 ideas in this topic; 0 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
- 05
Mostly asked as one-line MCQ (44%); 63% easy, 0% hard, and up from 1.2 to 2.2 questions a paper since 2024.
Questions per year
- Up to 2023
- 1.2
- per paper
- Since 2024
- 2.2
- +1.0
- Usual gap
- 1.1 yrs
- between papers asking it
- Swing
- ±0.9
- questions, year to year
Recent framings
- identify source of drug
- true statement selection on Plasmodium life cycle
- count correct statements on cancer
Revise first
Diseases and Their Pathogens (2019 2020 2021 2023 2024); Opioids (2018 2019 2026); Plasmodium Life Cycle (2020 2026)
How it is asked
Difficulty, format and skill
Across all 16 questions on Human Diseases, Cancer and Drug Abuse since 2017.
Difficulty
QUESTIONS- Easy10 · 63%
- Medium6 · 38%
- Hard0 · 0%
Format
SHARE- One-line MCQ · 7 Q44%
- Match the lists · 7 Q44%
- Other · 2 Q13%
Skill tested
SHARE- Recall · 16 Q100%
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 0 of the 7 ideas in this topic. 0 have never been asked yet.
- Asked directly0 · 0%
- Touched inside another question7 · 100%
- Never asked0 · 0%
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.
- Repeated6 · 38%2
- 2024 · Q152Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Typhoid | I. Fungus B. Leishmaniasis | II. Nematode C. Ringworm | III. Protozoa D.…
easyMatch the listsAsked the year before
- 2024 · Q172Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Common cold | I. Plasmodium B. Haemozoin | II. Typhoid C. Widal test | III. Rhinoviruses D.…
mediumMatch the listsAsked the year before
- 2023 · Q176Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Ringworm | I. Haemophilus influenzae B. Filariasis | II. Trichophyton C. Malaria | III.…
easyMatch the lists
- 2021 · Q193Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (a) Filariasis | (i) Haemophilus influenzae (b) Amoebiasis | (ii) Trichophyton (c)…
easyMatch the listsAsked the year before
- 2020 · Q4Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option. Column - I | Column - II (a) Typhoid | (i)…
easyMatch the listsAsked the year before
- 2019 · Q175Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.
easyOne-line MCQNew idea
- 2024 · Q152
- Repeated3 · 19%
- Repeated2 · 13%
- Repeated2 · 13%
- 1 · 6%
- 1 · 6%
- 1 · 6%
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; 4 came more than once.
- Diseases and Their Pathogens6×
match list on diseases and pathogens
Match the lists · 11% next - Opioids3×
identify source of drug
One-line MCQ · 6% next - Plasmodium Life Cycle2×
identify stage of parasite life cycle
One-line MCQ · 6% next - Drugs: Sources and Effects2×
match list on drugs and effects
Match the lists · 6% next - Cancer Detection and Treatment1×
count correct statements on cancer
Other · 6% next - Neoplastic Cells1×
count correct statements on cancer
Other · 6% next - Helminth Diseases1×
identify disease from description
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
Human Diseases, Cancer and Drug Abuse 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
- Q177Which of the following is used as an effective sedative and painkiller for treating post-surgery patients ?
Idea: Opioids
EasyOne-line MCQ - Q179Which of the following statements is correct about Plasmodium ?
Idea: Plasmodium Life Cycle
MediumOne-line MCQ
NEET 20252 questions
- Q120Which are correct: A. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging detect cancers of internal organs. B. Chemotherapeutics drugs are…
Idea: Cancer Detection and Treatment
New ideaMediumOther - Q135Neoplastic characteristics of cells refer to : A. A mass of proliferating cell B. Rapid growth of cells C. Invasion and damage to the…
Idea: Neoplastic Cells
New ideaEasyOther
NEET 20243 questions
- Q152Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Typhoid | I. Fungus B. Leishmaniasis | II. Nematode C. Ringworm | III. Protozoa D.…
Idea: Diseases and Their Pathogens
Asked last yearEasyMatch the lists - Q172Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Common cold | I. Plasmodium B. Haemozoin | II. Typhoid C. Widal test | III. Rhinoviruses D.…
Idea: Diseases and Their Pathogens
Asked last yearMediumMatch the lists - Q181Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Cocaine | I. Effective sedative in surgery B. Heroin | II. Cannabis sativa C. Morphine |…
Idea: Drugs: Sources and Effects
Asked last yearMediumMatch the lists
NEET 20232 questions
- Q175Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Heroin | I. Effect on cardiovascular system B. Marijuana | II. Slow down body function C.…
Idea: Drugs: Sources and Effects
New ideaMediumMatch the lists - Q176Match List I with List II. List I | List II A. Ringworm | I. Haemophilus influenzae B. Filariasis | II. Trichophyton C. Malaria | III.…
Idea: Diseases and Their Pathogens
EasyMatch the lists
NEET 20211 question
- Q193Match List - I with List - II. List - I | List - II (a) Filariasis | (i) Haemophilus influenzae (b) Amoebiasis | (ii) Trichophyton (c)…
Idea: Diseases and Their Pathogens
Asked last yearEasyMatch the lists
NEET 20202 questions
- Q4Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option. Column - I | Column - II (a) Typhoid | (i)…
Idea: Diseases and Their Pathogens
Asked last yearEasyMatch the lists - Q10The infectious stage of Plasmodium that enters the human body is :
Idea: Plasmodium Life Cycle
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20192 questions
- Q149Drug called 'Heroin' is synthesized by :
Idea: Opioids
Asked last yearMediumOne-line MCQ - Q175Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.
Idea: Diseases and Their Pathogens
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20182 questions
- Q157Which part of poppy plant is used to obtain the drug “Smack” ?
Idea: Opioids
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ - Q175In which disease does mosquito transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels ?
Idea: Helminth Diseases
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.