NEET UG · Biology · Biological Classification

Kingdom Fungi: NEET previous year questions

9 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: 9; about 0.9 per paper
Years asked: 6/10; last asked 2026
Chance of a question next paper: 64%; historical rate, how we compute it
Weighted estimate: 1.0; model; history: 0.9 a paper on average, typically 0–2

Key findings

01
Asked in 6 of 10 papers, 9 questions in all: #89 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 1.6 years on average.
02
100% of its questions since 2018 tested an idea never asked before; none repeated an idea from the year before.
03
No idea in this topic has been asked twice: every question tested something new.
04
NEET has asked 8 of the 77 ideas in this topic; 56 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
05
Mostly asked as one-line MCQ (67%); 56% 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: 1.6 yrs; between papers asking it
Swing: ±0.8; questions, year to year

How it is asked

Difficulty, format and skill

Across all 9 questions on Kingdom Fungi since 2017.

Difficulty

QUESTIONS

Easy5 · 56%
Medium4 · 44%
Hard0 · 0%

Format

One-line MCQ · 6 Q67%
Match the lists · 3 Q33%

Skill tested

Recall · 7 Q78%
Concept · 1 Q11%
Application · 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.

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Idea asked for the first time
Idea asked in an earlier paper

Coverage of the topic

NEET has asked 8 of the 77 ideas in this topic. 56 have never been asked yet.

81356

Asked directly8 · 10%
Touched inside another question13 · 17%
Never asked56 · 73%

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.

ideaAskedShareYears’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

1 · 11%11%1/10
- 2018 · Q132
  After karyogamy followed by meiosis, spores are produced exogenously in
  mediumOne-line MCQNew idea
1 · 11%11%1/10
1 · 11%11%1/10
1 · 11%11%1/10
1 · 11%11%1/10
1 · 11%11%1/10
1 · 11%11%1/10
1 · 11%11%1/10
1 · 11%11%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

9 different ideas were tested; none came more than once. Mycelium Morphology is the foundation for 48 other ideas in the syllabus.

Fungal Role in Lichens1×
definition recall
One-line MCQ · 6% next
Fungal Sexual Cycle Stages1×
match list on sexual reproduction terms
Match the lists · 6% next · foundation for 7
Fungal Genera Classification1×
match list on fungi and common names
Match the lists · 6% next
Mycelium Morphology1×
odd-one-out among classification criteria
One-line MCQ · 6% next · foundation for 48
Exogenous Conidia in Ascomycetes1×
identify asexual structure of an organism
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Plasmogamy and Karyogamy1×
true statement selection on biological classification
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Fungal Modes of Nutrition1×
match list on nutrition modes and associations
Match the lists · 4% next · foundation for 8
Yeast as a Unicellular Exception1×
incorrect statement selection on fungi
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 2
Basidiomycetes Club Fungi1×
identify example from a spore description
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 19

Idea	Times	Format	Chance next	Foundation for
Fungal Role in Lichensdefinition recall	1	One-line MCQRecall	6%	–
Fungal Sexual Cycle Stagesmatch list on sexual reproduction terms	1	Match the listsRecall	6%	7 ideas
Fungal Genera Classificationmatch list on fungi and common names	1	Match the listsRecall	6%	–
Mycelium Morphologyodd-one-out among classification criteria	1	One-line MCQConcept	6%	48 ideas
Exogenous Conidia in Ascomycetesidentify asexual structure of an organism	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Plasmogamy and Karyogamytrue statement selection on biological classification	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Fungal Modes of Nutritionmatch list on nutrition modes and associations	1	Match the listsRecall	4%	8 ideas
Yeast as a Unicellular Exceptionincorrect statement selection on fungi	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	2 ideas
Basidiomycetes Club Fungiidentify example from a spore description	1	One-line MCQApplication	4%	19 ideas

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

Kingdom Fungi 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

Q92
Symbiotic association between fungi and algae are called ________ .
Idea: Fungal Role in Lichens
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
Q129
Match List-I with List-II. List-I | List-II A. Fusion of protoplasms between gametes | I. Meiosis B. Fusion of two nuclei | II. Plasmogamy…
Idea: Fungal Sexual Cycle Stages
New ideaMediumMatch the lists

NEET 20242 questions

Q108
Match List I with List II List I | List II A. $Rhizopus$ | I. Mushroom B. $Ustilago$ | II. Smut fungus C. $Puccinia$ | III. Bread mould D.…
Idea: Fungal Genera Classification
New ideaEasyMatch the lists
Q120
Which one of the following is not a criterion for classification of fungi?
Idea: Mycelium Morphology
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20221 question

Q161
Identify the asexual reproductive structure associated with Penicillium :
Idea: Exogenous Conidia in Ascomycetes
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20211 question

Q145
Which of the following statements is correct ?
Idea: Plasmogamy and Karyogamy
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ

NEET 20192 questions

Q159
Which of the following statements is incorrect ?
Idea: Yeast as a Unicellular Exception
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ
Q160
Match Column - I with Column - II. Column - I | Column - II (a) Saprophyte | (i) Symbiotic association of fungi with plant roots (b)…
Idea: Fungal Modes of Nutrition
New ideaEasyMatch the lists

NEET 20181 question

Q132
After karyogamy followed by meiosis, spores are produced exogenously in
Idea: Basidiomycetes Club Fungi
New ideaMediumOne-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.