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Previous year questions with solutions · 2000 – 2026

116Questions
35Papers covered
5.94%Weightage 2026▲ 220.8% vs last year
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Year-wise statistics questions · papers · average per paper · weightage
YearQuestionsPapersAvg / paperWeightage
20266235.94% ▲ 220.8% vs last year
20251111.85% ▼ 29.6% vs last year
2024321.52.63% ▼ 13.8% vs last year
20224223.05% ▲ 83.2% vs last year
20211111.67% ▼ 16.7% vs last year
20201112.00% ▼ 64.7% vs last year
20193135.66% ▼ 37.7% vs last year
20185159.09% ▲ 72.7% vs last year
20173135.26% ▼ 24.3% vs last year
20168246.96% ▼ 15.7% vs last year
2015924.58.26% ▼ 33.9% vs last year
201471712.50% ▲ 246.9% vs last year
20134223.60% ▼ 58.8% vs last year
2012924.58.74% ▲ 319.4% vs last year
20112212.08% ▼ 73.2% vs last year
2010723.57.78% ▲ 45.2% vs last year
20093135.36% ▼ 26.3% vs last year
20084147.27% ▲ 23.6% vs last year
20073135.88% ▼ 13.2% vs last year
20064146.78% ▼ 14.6% vs last year
20055157.94% ▲ 9.1% vs last year
20044147.27% ▼ 9.8% vs last year
20035158.06% ▼ 26.3% vs last year
200271710.94% ▲ 29.1% vs last year
20015158.47% ▲ 52.5% vs last year
20003135.56%

⚠ 3 of these questions are out of the current syllabus (marked on the question).

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Ques. 31NEET 2016 (Phase 1)

One of the major components of cell wall of most fungi is

  1. cellulose
  2. hemicellulose
  3. chitin
  4. peptidoglycan.
Ques. 32NEET 2016 (Phase 1)

Chrysophytes, Euglenoids, Dinoflagellates and Slime moulds are included in the Kingdom

  1. Fungi
  2. Animalia
  3. Monera
  4. Protista.
Ques. 33NEET 2016 (Phase 2)

Which one of the following is wrong for fungi?

  1. They are eukaryotic.
  2. All fungi possess a purely cellulosic cell wall.
  3. They are heterotrophic.
  4. They are both unicellular and multicellular.
Ques. 34NEET 2016 (Phase 2)

Methanogens belong to

  1. eubacteria
  2. archaebacteria
  3. dinoflagellates
  4. slime moulds.
Ques. 35NEET 2016 (Phase 2)

Select the wrong statement.

  1. The walls of diatoms are easily destructible.
  2. 'Diatomaceous earth' is formed by the cell walls of diatoms.
  3. Diatoms are chief producers in the oceans.
  4. Diatoms are microscopic and float passively in water.
Ques. 36AIPMT 2015

Which one is a wrong statement?

  1. Haploid endosperm is typical feature of Gymnosperms.
  2. Brown algae have chlorophyll a and c and fucoxanthin.
  3. Archegonia are found in Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms.
  4. Mucor has biflagellate zoospores.
Ques. 37AIPMT 2015

Select the wrong statement.

  1. The term ' contagium vivum fluidum' was coined by M. W. Beijerinck.
  2. Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in human being are caused by viruses.
  3. The viroids were discovered by D.J. Ivanowsky.
  4. W.M. Stanley showed that viruses could be crystallised.
Ques. 38AIPMT 2015

In which group of organisms the cell walls form two thin overlapping shells which fit together?

  1. Dinoflagellates
  2. Slime moulds
  3. Chrysophytes
  4. Euglenoids
Ques. 39AIPMT 2015

Pick up the wrong statement.

  1. Some fungi are edible.
  2. Nuclear membrane is present in Monera.
  3. Cell wall is absent in Animalia.
  4. Protists have photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition.
Ques. 40AIPMT 2015

Choose the wrong statement.

  1. Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms.
  2. Yeast is unicellular and useful in fermentation.
  3. Penicillium is multicellular and produces antibiotics.
  4. Neurospora is used in the study of bio-chemical genetics.
Ques. 41AIPMT 2015

Cell wall is absent in

  1. Mycoplasma
  2. Nostoc
  3. Aspergillus
  4. Funaria.
Ques. 42AIPMT 2015

The imperfect fungi which are decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling belong to

  1. Ascomycetes
  2. Phycomycetes
  3. Basidiomycetes
  4. Deuteromycetes
Ques. 43AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)

True nucleus is absent in

  1. Vaucheria
  2. Volvox
  3. Anabaena
  4. Mucor.
Ques. 44AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)

Which one of the following matches is correct?

  1. Mucor – Reproduction by conjugation – Ascomycetes
  2. Agaricus – Parasitic fungus – Basidiomycetes
  3. Phytophthora – Aseptate mycelium – Basidiomycetes
  4. Alternaria – Sexual reproduction absent – Deuteromycetes
Ques. 45AIPMT 2014

Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on

  1. presence or absence of a well defined nucleus
  2. mode of reproduction
  3. mode of nutrition
  4. complexity of body organisation.
Ques. 46AIPMT 2014

Which of the following shows coiled RNA strand and capsomeres?

  1. Polio virus
  2. Tobacco mosaic virus
  3. Measles virus
  4. Retrovirus
Ques. 47AIPMT 2014

Viruses have

  1. DNA enclosed in a protein coat
  2. prokaryotic nucleus
  3. single chromosome
  4. both DNA and RNA.
Ques. 48AIPMT 2014

Archaebacteria differ from eubacteria in

  1. cell membrane structure
  2. mode of nutrition
  3. cell shape
  4. mode of reproduction.
Ques. 49AIPMT 2014

Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of

  1. Rhodospirillum
  2. Spirogyra
  3. Chlamydomonas
  4. Ulva.
Ques. 50AIPMT 2014

Which one of the following fungi contains hallucinogens?

  1. Morchella esculenta
  2. Neurospora sp.
  3. Amanita muscaria
  4. Ustilago sp.
Ques. 51AIPMT 2014

A location with luxuriant growth of lichens on the trees indicates that the :

  1. trees are very healthy
  2. trees are heavily infested
  3. location is highly polluted
  4. location is not polluted
Out of syllabus
Ques. 52NEET 2013

Which of the following are likely to be present in deep sea water?

  1. Blue-green algae
  2. Saprophytic fungi
  3. Archaebacteria
  4. Eubacteria
Ques. 53NEET 2013 (Karnataka)

Which one of the following is true for fungi?

  1. They lack a rigid cell wall.
  2. They are heterotrophs.
  3. They lack nuclear membrane.
  4. They are phagotrophs.
Ques. 54NEET 2013 (Karnataka)

Satellite RNA are present in some :

  1. Prions
  2. Bacteriophages
  3. Plant viruses
  4. Viroids
Ques. 55NEET 2013 (Karnataka)

Specialized cells for fixing atmospheric nitrogen in Nostoc are

  1. heterocysts
  2. hormogonia
  3. nodules
  4. akinetes
Out of syllabus
Ques. 56AIPMT 2012 (Mains)

In the five kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in

  1. protista
  2. algae
  3. plantae
  4. monera.
Ques. 57AIPMT 2012 (Mains)

How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs? Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolffia

  1. Four
  2. Five
  3. Six
  4. Three
Ques. 58AIPMT 2012 (Mains)

Which one of the following sets of items in the option A – D are correctly categorized with one exception in it ?

  1. array|l|l|l| ITEMS & CATEGORY & EXCEPTION \ Kangaroo, Koala, Wombat & Australian marsupials & Wombat \ array
  2. array|l|l|l| ITEMS & CATEGORY & EXCEPTION \ Typhoid, Pneumonia, Diphtheria & Bacterial diseases & Diphtheria \ array
  3. array|l|l|l| ITEMS & CATEGORY & EXCEPTION \ UAA, UAG, UGA & Stop codons & UAG \ array
  4. array|l|l|l| ITEMS & CATEGORY & EXCEPTION \ Plasmodium, Cuscuta, Trypanosoma & Protozoan parasites & Cuscuta \ array
Ques. 59AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)

Which statement is wrong for viruses?

  1. All are parasites.
  2. All of them have helical symmetry.
  3. They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins.
  4. Antibiotics have no effect on them.
Ques. 60AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)

Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group

  1. fungi
  2. animalia
  3. monera
  4. plantae