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NEET Botany — Chapter-wise Weightage
1996 questions from 36 papers (2000–2026): how many questions each chapter gave every year, its share of all questions, its share in the latest 5 years, and questions per paper. Tap a column heading to sort.
| Chapter | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Earlier | Total | Share | Last 5 yrs | Per paper | 2026 trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 11 | 54 | 20 | 53 | 25 | 53 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 862 | 43% | 44% | 23.9 | ||
| The Living World | 4 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | 1 | 20 | 27 | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.8 | 3.96% |
| Biological Classification | 6 | 1 | 3 | · | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 116 | 5.8% | 3.0% | 3.2 | 5.94% ↑220.8% |
| Plant Kingdom | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 106 | 5.3% | 4.1% | 2.9 | 2.97% ↓67.9% |
| Morphology of Flowering Plants | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 125 | 6.3% | 5.8% | 3.5 | 6.93% ↑24.8% |
| Anatomy of Flowering Plants | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 82 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 2.3 | 1.98% ↑6.9% |
| Cell: The Unit of Life | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 88 | 130 | 6.5% | 6.7% | 3.6 | 10.89% ↑47% |
| Cell Cycle and Cell Division | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 74 | 3.7% | 5.8% | 2.1 | 3.96% ↑113.9% |
| Photosynthesis in Higher Plants | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | · | 50 | 78 | 3.9% | 5.2% | 2.2 | 7.92% ↑113.9% |
| Respiration in Plants | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 42 | 2.1% | 3.2% | 1.2 | 2.97% ↑60.4% |
| Plant Growth and Development | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 82 | 4.1% | 5.0% | 2.3 | 5.94% ↑60.4% |
| Class 12 | 43 | 29 | 47 | 24 | 54 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 793 | 40% | 43% | 22.0 | ||
| Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 122 | 6.1% | 5.8% | 3.4 | 6.93% ↓25.1% |
| Principles of Inheritance and Variation | 9 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 116 | 168 | 8.4% | 8.9% | 4.7 | 8.91% ↑60.4% |
| Molecular Basis of Inheritance | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 104 | 168 | 8.4% | 9.9% | 4.7 | 5.94% ↓59.9% |
| Microbes in Human Welfare | 3 | 4 | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 78 | 3.9% | 2.2% | 2.2 | 2.97% ↓59.9% |
| Organisms and Populations | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | · | 59 | 91 | 4.6% | 5.4% | 2.5 | 6.93% ↓6.4% |
| Ecosystem | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 79 | 4.0% | 4.5% | 2.2 | 4.95% ↓10.9% |
| Biodiversity and Conservation | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | · | 2 | 3 | 55 | 87 | 4.4% | 5.8% | 2.4 | 5.94% ↑60.4% |
| Other chapters | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 95 | 5% | 7% | 2.6 | ||
| Biomolecules (Biology) | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 95 | 4.8% | 6.9% | 2.6 | 3.96% ↓57.2% |
| Out of syllabus (current exam) | · | · | 2 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 246 | 12% | 6% | 6.8 | ||
| Transport in Plants | · | · | · | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 35 | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.0 | 0% |
| Mineral Nutrition | · | · | · | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 54 | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1.5 | 0% |
| Reproduction in Organisms | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 14 | 17 | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.5 | 0% |
| Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production | · | · | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 56 | 2.8% | 1.3% | 1.6 | 0% |
| Environmental Issues | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 84 | 4.2% | 1.7% | 2.3 | 0% |
Papers per year: 2026: 2, 2025: 1, 2024: 2, 2023: 1, 2022: 2, 2021: 1, 2020: 1, 2019: 1. Red = 2 or more questions per paper that year. Share = this chapter's questions ÷ all Botany questions in the bank. Based on past papers; it updates as more papers are added.
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How to use this
- Start with chapters that have a high Last 5 yrs share — the syllabus and paper style change, so recent years matter most.
- A chapter with 1+ question per paper is a must-do: it comes in every shift.
- Then practise the most asked topics above — each link opens exactly those PYQs.