NEET UG · Biology · Evolution
Origin of Life and Human Evolution: NEET previous year questions
5 questions in ten years of NEET, in 4 of 10 papers. Pattern: Most years. Here is how it is asked and which ideas come back.
- Asked in 10 years
- 5
- about 0.5 per paper
- Years asked
- 4/10
- last asked 2026
- Weighted estimate
- 0.6
- model; history: 0.5 a paper on average, typically 0–1
Key findings
- 01
Asked in 4 of 10 papers, 5 questions in all: #146 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 2.3 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 0 of the 6 ideas in this topic; 0 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
- 05
Mostly asked as match the lists (40%); 40% easy, 0% hard, and up from 0.3 to 0.9 questions a paper since 2024.
Questions per year
- Up to 2023
- 0.3
- per paper
- Since 2024
- 0.9
- +0.6
- Usual gap
- 2.3 yrs
- between papers asking it
- Swing
- ±0.6
- questions, year to year
How it is asked
Difficulty, format and skill
Across all 5 questions on Origin of Life and Human Evolution since 2017.
Difficulty
QUESTIONS- Easy2 · 40%
- Medium3 · 60%
- Hard0 · 0%
Format
SHARE- Match the lists · 2 Q40%
- Two statements · 1 Q20%
- Other · 1 Q20%
- One-line MCQ · 1 Q20%
Skill tested
SHARE- Recall · 5 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 6 ideas in this topic. 0 have never been asked yet.
- Asked directly0 · 0%
- Touched inside another question6 · 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.
- 1 · 20%
- 2019 · Q117Match the hominids with their correct brain size : (a) Homo habilis | (i) 900 cc (b) Homo neanderthalensis | (ii) 1350 cc (c) Homo erectus…
mediumMatch the listsNew idea
- 2019 · Q117
- 1 · 20%
- 1 · 20%
- 1 · 20%
- 1 · 20%
Squares are the ten papers, 2017 to 2026; darker means more questions. Share is of the level above.
Ideas
Every idea inside this topic
5 different ideas were tested; none came more than once.
- Origin and Spread of Homo sapiens1×
statement i/ii on human evolution
Two statements · 6% next - Geological Eras and Life Forms1×
match list on geological eras
Match the lists · 6% next - Sequence of Human Evolution1×
order of steps in a process
Other · 6% next - Miller's Experiment1×
identify experiment conditions
One-line MCQ · 4% next - Brain Capacity of Hominids1×
match list on hominids and brain size
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
Origin of Life and Human Evolution questions, year by year
The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper, with the idea it tested.
NEET 20261 question
- Q160Given below are two statements: Statement I: Modern Homo sapiens arose in Australia and moved across continents. Statement II: Homo…
Idea: Origin and Spread of Homo sapiens
New ideaMediumTwo statements
NEET 20242 questions
- Q158Given below are some stages of human evolution. Arrange them in correct sequence. (Past to Recent) A. Homo habilis B. Homo sapiens C. Homo…
Idea: Sequence of Human Evolution
New ideaEasyOther - Q198Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Mesozoic Era | I. Lower invertebrates B. Proterozoic Era | II. Fish & Amphibia C. Cenozoic…
Idea: Geological Eras and Life Forms
New ideaMediumMatch the lists
NEET 20201 question
- Q38From his experiments, S.L. Miller produced amino acids by mixing the following in a closed flask :
Idea: Miller's Experiment
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20191 question
- Q117Match the hominids with their correct brain size : (a) Homo habilis | (i) 900 cc (b) Homo neanderthalensis | (ii) 1350 cc (c) Homo erectus…
Idea: Brain Capacity of Hominids
New ideaMediumMatch 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.