NEET UG · Biology · Human Reproduction

Menstrual Cycle: NEET previous year questions

7 questions in ten years of NEET, in 5 of 10 papers. Pattern: Every year. Here is how it is asked and which ideas come back.

Asked in 10 years: 7; about 0.7 per paper
Years asked: 5/10; last asked 2026
Chance of a question next paper: 64%; historical rate, how we compute it
Weighted estimate: 0.9; model; history: 0.7 a paper on average, typically 0–2

Key findings

01
Asked in 5 of 10 papers, 7 questions in all: #116 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 2.0 years on average.
02
86% 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 Role of hCG in Pregnancy, asked 2 times (2018, 2026), usually as “identify hormones from a gland”.
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NEET has asked 6 of the 86 ideas in this topic; 71 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
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Mostly asked as one-line MCQ (57%); 57% easy, 0% hard, and up from 0.6 to 1.0 questions a paper since 2024.

Questions per year

Up to 2023: 0.6; per paper
Since 2024: 1.0; +0.4
Usual gap: 2.0 yrs; between papers asking it
Swing: ±0.8; questions, year to year

How it is asked

Difficulty, format and skill

Across all 7 questions on Menstrual Cycle since 2017.

Difficulty

QUESTIONS

Easy4 · 57%
Medium3 · 43%
Hard0 · 0%

Format

One-line MCQ · 4 Q57%
Two statements · 1 Q14%
Other · 1 Q14%
Match the lists · 1 Q14%

Skill tested

Recall · 5 Q71%
Concept · 2 Q29%

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.

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

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

Coverage of the topic

NEET has asked 6 of the 86 ideas in this topic. 71 have never been asked yet.

971

Asked directly6 · 7%
Touched inside another question9 · 10%
Never asked71 · 83%

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

Repeated2 · 29%29%2/10
- 2026 · Q166
  Which of the following hormone is not secreted by human placenta ?
  easyOne-line MCQ
- 2018 · Q144
  Hormones secreted by the placenta to maintain pregnancy are
  mediumOne-line MCQNew idea
1 · 14%14%1/10
1 · 14%14%1/10
1 · 14%14%1/10
1 · 14%14%1/10
1 · 14%14%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; 1 came more than once. Ovulatory LH Surge is the foundation for 47 other ideas in the syllabus.

Role of hCG in Pregnancy2×
identify hormones from a gland
One-line MCQ · 6% next · foundation for 2
Ovulatory LH Surge1×
statement i/ii on ovulation and corpus luteum
Two statements · 6% next · foundation for 47
Menarche Definition and Onset1×
definition recall
One-line MCQ · 6% next
Estrous vs. Menstrual Cycle1×
count correct statements on female reproductive cycle
Other · 4% next
Estrogen Positive Feedback1×
identify hormone level causing ovulation
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 2
Ovarian vs. Uterine Cycle Terminology1×
match list on menstrual phases
Match the lists · 4% next

Idea	Times	Format	Chance next	Foundation for
Role of hCG in Pregnancyidentify hormones from a gland	2	One-line MCQRecall	6%	2 ideas
Ovulatory LH Surgestatement i/ii on ovulation and corpus luteum	1	Two statementsConcept	6%	47 ideas
Menarche Definition and Onsetdefinition recall	1	One-line MCQRecall	6%	–
Estrous vs. Menstrual Cyclecount correct statements on female reproductive cycle	1	OtherRecall	4%	–
Estrogen Positive Feedbackidentify hormone level causing ovulation	1	One-line MCQConcept	4%	2 ideas
Ovarian vs. Uterine Cycle Terminologymatch list on menstrual phases	1	Match the listsRecall	4%	–

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

Menstrual Cycle 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

Q145
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Ovulation is caused by LH surge leading to rupture of Graafian follicles. Statement II:…
Idea: Ovulatory LH Surge
New ideaMediumTwo statements
Q166
Which of the following hormone is not secreted by human placenta ?
Idea: Role of hCG in Pregnancy
EasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20251 question

Q147
The first menstruation is called :
Idea: Menarche Definition and Onset
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20231 question

Q165
Which of the following statements are correct regarding female reproductive cycle? A. In non-primate mammals cyclical changes during…
Idea: Estrous vs. Menstrual Cycle
New ideaEasyOther

NEET 20201 question

Q54
Which of the following hormone levels will cause release of ovum (ovulation) from the graffian follicle ?
Idea: Estrogen Positive Feedback
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ

NEET 20182 questions

Q144
Hormones secreted by the placenta to maintain pregnancy are
Idea: Role of hCG in Pregnancy
New ideaMediumOne-line MCQ
Q162
Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below : Column I | Column II a.…
Idea: Ovarian vs. Uterine Cycle Terminology
New ideaEasyMatch the lists

Questions from the official NEET UG papers published by NTA (CBSE before 2019). Topic and idea tags, counts and notes are Lumi’s.