NEET UG · Chemistry · Polymers

Polymers: NEET previous year questions

This topic’s chapter, Polymers, is not in the NEET UG 2026 syllabus. It had 6 questions from 2017 to 2023; they are kept here for reference.

Asked in 10 years: 6; about 0.6 per paper
Years asked: 6/10; last asked 2023
Syllabus: Dropped; not in NEET UG 2026
Last asked: 2023; 3 papers ago

Key findings

01
Asked in 6 of 10 papers, 6 questions in all: #136 of 204 topics by ten-year total. Last asked in 2023.
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 one-line MCQ (100%); 100% easy, 0% hard, and down from 0.8 to 0.0 questions a paper since 2024.

Questions per year

Up to 2023: 0.8; per paper
Since 2024: 0.0; -0.8
Usual gap: 1.0 yrs; between papers asking it
Swing: ±0.5; questions, year to year

How it is asked

Difficulty, format and skill

Across all 6 questions on Polymers since 2017.

Difficulty

QUESTIONS

Easy6 · 100%
Medium0 · 0%
Hard0 · 0%

Format

One-line MCQ · 6 Q100%

Skill tested

Recall · 5 Q83%
Concept · 1 Q17%

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 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.

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

1 · 17%17%1/10
- 2021 · Q65
  Which one of the following polymers is prepared by addition polymerisation ?
  easyOne-line MCQNew idea
1 · 17%17%1/10
1 · 17%17%1/10
1 · 17%17%1/10
1 · 17%17%1/10
1 · 17%17%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; none came more than once.

Neoprene and Buna Rubbers1×
identify monomer of a polymer
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Classification by Intermolecular Forces1×
identify incorrect statement on polymers
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Addition versus Condensation Polymers1×
identify polymer by polymerisation type
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Natural and Synthetic Rubber1×
identify example of natural polymer
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Biodegradable Polymers1×
identify example of a type
One-line MCQ · 4% next
Cross-Linked Network Polymers1×
incorrect statement on polymers
One-line MCQ · 4% next

Idea	Times	Format	Chance next	Foundation for
Neoprene and Buna Rubbersidentify monomer of a polymer	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Classification by Intermolecular Forcesidentify incorrect statement on polymers	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Addition versus Condensation Polymersidentify polymer by polymerisation type	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Natural and Synthetic Rubberidentify example of natural polymer	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Biodegradable Polymersidentify example of a type	1	One-line MCQRecall	4%	–
Cross-Linked Network Polymersincorrect statement on polymers	1	One-line MCQConcept	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

Polymers questions, year by year

The opening words of each question as it appeared in the official paper, with the idea it tested.

NEET 20231 question

Q81
Which amongst the following molecules on polymerization produces neoprene?
Idea: Neoprene and Buna Rubbers
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ · figure

NEET 20221 question

Q61
Which statement regarding polymers is not correct ?
Idea: Classification by Intermolecular Forces
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20211 question

Q65
Which one of the following polymers is prepared by addition polymerisation ?
Idea: Addition versus Condensation Polymers
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20201 question

Q119
Which of the following is a natural polymer ?
Idea: Natural and Synthetic Rubber
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20191 question

Q61
The biodegradable polymer is :
Idea: Biodegradable Polymers
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ

NEET 20181 question

Q54
Regarding cross-linked or network polymers, which of the following statements is incorrect ?
Idea: Cross-Linked Network Polymers
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.