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Botany - The Living World

Practise 34 NEET previous year questions on The Living World, compiled from papers spanning 2003 to 2026. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty NEET tests.

The Living World has been asked in 15 of the 39 years of NEET papers analysed (1988–2026), with 34 questions in all. 65% of them were easy, 35% moderate and 0% tough. Most of its questions came from 2026, with 4 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 5 questions across 13 papers, about 0.4 per paper.

The chapter's 8 topics are not weighted equally: Diversity in the Living World (9 questions, 26%), Taxonomic Categories (7 questions, 21%), and Taxonomical Aids (7 questions, 21%) have been asked the most. Over the last five years the most frequent topics have been Taxonomic Categories and Hierarchy (3), Taxonomic Categories (2), and Diversity in the Living World (2).

  1. 1Which one of the following statements is not true about the universal rules of binomial nomenclature ?2026 (Cancelled)Diversity in the Living World
  2. 2Genus represents __________.2026 (Re-NEET)Taxonomic Categories and Hierarchy
  3. 3Arrange the following taxonomic categories in ascending order. (a) Genus (b) Class (c) Order (d) Phylum (e) Family (f) Kingdom (g) Species C2026 (Re-NEET)Taxonomic Categories and Hierarchy
  4. 4Match List-I with List-II . List-I List-II A. Family I. Sapindales B. Genus II. Dicotyledonae C. Class III. Anacardiaceae D. Phylum IV. Angi2026 (Re-NEET)Taxonomic Categories and Hierarchy
  5. 5Which one of the following statements refers to Reductionist Biology?2025Taxonomy
  6. 6' ' and ' ' are the components of Binomial nomenclature. This naming system was proposed by ' ' :2023 (Manipur)Diversity in the Living World
  7. 7House fly belongs to family.2023 (Manipur)Taxonomic Categories
  8. 8In the taxonomic categories which hierarchial arrangement in ascending order is correct in case of animals?2022 (Phase 1)Taxonomic Categories
  9. 9Which of the following are true about the taxonomical aid 'key' ? (a) Keys are based on the similarities and dissimilarities. (b) Key is ana2022 (Phase 2)Taxonomical Aids
  10. 10Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?2021Taxonomic Categories
  11. 11Select the correctly written scientific name of Mango which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus:2019 (All India)Diversity in the Living World
  12. 12The contrasting characteristics generally in a pair used for identification of animals in taxonomic key are referred to as2019 (Odisha)Taxonomical Aids
  13. 13Which of the following is against the rules of ICBN?2019 (Odisha)Diversity in the Living World
  14. 14Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below: Column I Column II (a) Herbarium (i) It2018Taxonomical Aids
  15. 15Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?2016 (Phase 1)Diversity in the Living World
  16. 16The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on:2016 (Phase 2)Taxonomical Aids
  17. 17Match Column-I with Column-II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below: Column I Column II a. F2016 (Phase 2)Diversity in the Living World
  18. 18Study the four statements (A-D) given below and select the two correct ones out of them: A. Definition of biological species was given by Er2016 (Phase 2)Diversity vs Classification
  19. 19Which one of the following is not a correct statement?2013 (All India)Taxonomical Aids
  20. 20Which of the following are correctly matched with respect to their taxonomic classification?2013 (All India)Diversity in the Living World
  21. 21Which group of animals belong to the same phylum?2013 (All India)Taxonomic Categories
  22. 22The common characteristics between tomato and potato will be maximum at the level of their:2013 (Karnataka)Taxonomic Categories
  23. 23Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclatu2012 (Mains)Taxonomy
  24. 24Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?2011 (Mains)What is Living
  25. 25A collection of plants and seeds having diverse alleles of all the genes of a crop is called2011 (Screening)Taxonomical Aids
  26. 26Which one of the following animals is corectly mathed with its particular named taxonomic category?2011 (Screening)Taxonomic Categories
  27. 27Phylogenetic system of classification is based on2009 (Screening)Diversity in the Living World
  28. 28ICBN stands for:2007Taxonomy
  29. 29The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for:2007What is Living
  30. 30Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they:2007Diversity in the Living World
  31. 31One of the most important functions of botanical gardens is that:2005Taxonomical Aids
  32. 32Cellular totipotency is demonstrated by:2003Introduction
  33. 33Species are considered as:2003Taxonomic Categories
  34. 34Biosystematics aims at:2003Diversity vs Classification

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for The Living World?

This chapter includes 34 questions compiled from NEET papers spanning 2003 to 2026.

2.Are these questions only from NEET, or from other exams too?

These are NEET questions specifically for the The Living World chapter. Questions from other exams like AIIMS or JIPMER are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is The Living World an important chapter for NEET Botany?

The Living World has appeared in 15 of the 25 years of NEET papers covered here, with 34 questions across 21 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of The Living World questions in NEET?

Of the 34 questions analysed for this chapter, 65% are easy, 35% moderate and 0% tough. 2026 had the most, with 4 questions.

5.Which topics in The Living World should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in The Living World:

  • Diversity in the Living World - 9 questions (26%)
  • Taxonomic Categories - 7 questions (21%)
  • Taxonomical Aids - 7 questions (21%)
6.Is The Living World's weightage in NEET going up or down?

Across all 21 papers analysed, The Living World has averaged about 1.6 questions per paper. In the last three years (2024–2026), that average has fallen, at about 0.4 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.