NEET UG · Biology · Locomotion and Movement
Human Skeleton and Musculoskeletal Disorders: NEET previous year questions
10 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
- 10
- about 1.0 per paper
- Years asked
- 6/10
- last asked 2026
- Weighted estimate
- 1.1
- model; history: 1.0 a paper on average, typically 0–2
Key findings
- 01
Asked in 6 of 10 papers, 10 questions in all: #75 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 1.8 years on average.
- 02
67% 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 Muscular Disorders, asked 3 times (2019, 2021, 2022), usually as “identify correct disease and symptom match”.
- 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 (80%); 80% easy, 0% hard.
Questions per year
- Up to 2023
- 1.0
- per paper
- Since 2024
- 1.0
- 0.1
- Usual gap
- 1.8 yrs
- between papers asking it
- Swing
- ±1.0
- questions, year to year
Revise first
Vertebral Column (2026); Bones of the Limbs (2026); Muscular Disorders (2019 2021 2022)
How it is asked
Difficulty, format and skill
Across all 10 questions on Human Skeleton and Musculoskeletal Disorders since 2017.
Difficulty
QUESTIONS- Easy8 · 80%
- Medium2 · 20%
- Hard0 · 0%
Format
SHARE- One-line MCQ · 8 Q80%
- Assertion–reason · 1 Q10%
- Match the lists · 1 Q10%
Skill tested
SHARE- Recall · 9 Q90%
- Concept · 1 Q10%
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.
- Repeated3 · 30%
- 2022 · Q164Which of the following is a correct match for disease and its symptoms ?
easyOne-line MCQAsked the year before
- 2021 · Q161Chronic auto immune disorder affecting neuro muscular junction leading to fatigue, weakening and paralysis of skeletal muscle is called as :
easyOne-line MCQ
- 2019 · Q103Which of the following muscular disorders is inherited ?
easyOne-line MCQNew idea
- 2022 · Q164
- Repeated2 · 20%
- 2 · 20%2
- 1 · 10%
- 1 · 10%
- 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
6 different ideas were tested; 3 came more than once.
- Muscular Disorders3×
identify correct disease and symptom match
One-line MCQ · 6% next - Vertebral Column2×
recall count of skeletal elements
One-line MCQ · 11% next - Ribs and Sternum2×
true statement selection on rib cage
One-line MCQ · 4% next - Bones of the Limbs1×
order of bones in a limb
One-line MCQ · 6% next - Osteoporosis and Gout1×
assertion-reason on bone disorder
Assertion–reason · 4% next - Pectoral and Pelvic Girdles1×
match list on skeletal structures
Match the lists · 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 Skeleton and Musculoskeletal Disorders questions, year by year
The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper, with the idea it tested.
NEET 20263 questions
- Q91The number of vertebrae in a human is ________ .
Idea: Vertebral Column
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ - Q104Which of the following represents the correct sequence of arrangement of bones in the lower limb of humans?
Idea: Bones of the Limbs
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ - Q158Which of the following is the correct order of arrangement of vertebrate column from the head to toe ?
Idea: Vertebral Column
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20222 questions
- Q164Which of the following is a correct match for disease and its symptoms ?
Idea: Muscular Disorders
Asked last yearEasyOne-line MCQ - Q167Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Osteoporosis is…
Idea: Osteoporosis and Gout
New ideaEasyAssertion–reason
NEET 20211 question
- Q161Chronic auto immune disorder affecting neuro muscular junction leading to fatigue, weakening and paralysis of skeletal muscle is called as :
Idea: Muscular Disorders
EasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20201 question
- Q84Match the following columns and select the correct option. Column - I | Column - II (a) Floating Ribs | (i) Located between second and…
Idea: Pectoral and Pelvic Girdles
New ideaMediumMatch the lists
NEET 20192 questions
- Q103Which of the following muscular disorders is inherited ?
Idea: Muscular Disorders
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ - Q180Select the correct option.
Idea: Ribs and Sternum
MediumOne-line MCQ
NEET 20171 question
- Q144Out of 'X' pairs of ribs in humans only 'Y' pairs are true ribs. Select the option that correctly represents values of X and Y and…
Idea: Ribs and Sternum
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.