NEET UG · Biology · Cell: The Unit of Life
Ribosomes and Cytoskeleton: NEET previous year questions
5 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
- 5
- about 0.5 per paper
- Years asked
- 5/10
- last asked 2026
- Weighted estimate
- 0.7
- model; history: 0.5 a paper on average, typically 0–1
Key findings
- 01
Asked in 5 of 10 papers, 5 questions in all: #145 of 204 topics by ten-year total. It comes back every 1.5 years on average.
- 02
80% 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 Ribosomal Subunits (70S/80S), asked 2 times (2025, 2026), usually as “count correct statements on prokaryotic cell features”.
- 04
NEET has asked 3 of the 79 ideas in this topic; 73 have never been asked, directly or indirectly.
- 05
Mostly asked as other (40%); 80% easy, 0% hard, and up from 0.3 to 1.0 questions a paper since 2024.
Questions per year
- Up to 2023
- 0.3
- per paper
- Since 2024
- 1.0
- +0.7
- Usual gap
- 1.5 yrs
- between papers asking it
- Swing
- ±0.5
- questions, year to year
How it is asked
Difficulty, format and skill
Across all 5 questions on Ribosomes and Cytoskeleton since 2017.
Difficulty
QUESTIONS- Easy4 · 80%
- Medium1 · 20%
- Hard0 · 0%
Format
SHARE- Other · 2 Q40%
- One-line MCQ · 2 Q40%
- Match the lists · 1 Q20%
Skill tested
SHARE- Recall · 4 Q80%
- Concept · 1 Q20%
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 3 of the 79 ideas in this topic. 73 have never been asked yet.
- Asked directly3 · 4%
- Touched inside another question3 · 4%
- Never asked73 · 92%
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.
- Repeated2 · 40%
- 2026 · Q94Which of the following are characteristics of prokaryotic cells ? (a) Ribosomes are made of 50S and 30S subunits (b) They can have…
mediumOtherAsked the year before
- 2025 · Q98From the statements given below choose the correct option : A. The eukaryotic ribosomes are 80S and prokaryotic ribosomes are 70S. B. Each…
easyOtherNew idea
- 2026 · Q94
- 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
4 different ideas were tested; 1 came more than once. Ribosomal Subunits (70S/80S) is the foundation for 23 other ideas in the syllabus.
- Ribosomal Subunits (70S/80S)2×
count correct statements on prokaryotic cell features
Other · 11% next · foundation for 23 - Cilia and Flagella Structure1×
match list on cell structures and organelles
Match the lists · 6% next · foundation for 13 - Functions of the Cytoskeleton1×
identify function of a cell structure
One-line MCQ · 4% next · foundation for 1 - Prokaryotic Inclusion Bodies1×
identify incorrect statement on inclusion bodies
One-line MCQ · 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
Ribosomes and Cytoskeleton 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
- Q94Which of the following are characteristics of prokaryotic cells ? (a) Ribosomes are made of 50S and 30S subunits (b) They can have…
Idea: Ribosomal Subunits (70S/80S)
Asked last yearMediumOther
NEET 20251 question
- Q98From the statements given below choose the correct option : A. The eukaryotic ribosomes are 80S and prokaryotic ribosomes are 70S. B. Each…
Idea: Ribosomal Subunits (70S/80S)
New ideaEasyOther
NEET 20241 question
- Q178Match List I with List II List-I | List-II A. Axoneme | I. Centriole B. Cartwheel pattern | II. Cilia and flagella C. Crista | III.…
Idea: Cilia and Flagella Structure
New ideaEasyMatch the lists
NEET 20231 question
- Q179Which of the following functions is carried out by cytoskeleton in a cell?
Idea: Functions of the Cytoskeleton
New ideaEasyOne-line MCQ
NEET 20201 question
- Q16Which of the following statements about inclusion bodies is incorrect ?
Idea: Prokaryotic Inclusion Bodies
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.