Detailed NEET Biology Exam 2024 Analysis: Understand the Exam Trends and Performance Metrics

Understand the NEET Biology Exam 2024 better with a detailed exam analysis. Analyze your performance compared to other aspirants, review the accuracy of your answers, and get an overview of the overall difficulty level of the exam to improve your preparation strategy.

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The National Testing Agency or NTA successfully conducted theNational Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), NEET UG 2024 on 05-05- 2024 (Sunday) in pen and paper mode in 13 languages as a common. Exam was conducted from 02:00 p.m. to 05:20 p.m. (Indian Standard Time) across 499 cities throughout India as well as cities outside India.


The Question Paper of NEET UG 2024 exam consists of 200 questions from which candidates had to attempt 180 questions. Each question had four marks. The correct answer gives four marks and the wrong answer deducts one mark. These 200 questions were divided into four subject-wise sections (Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology). Each of these sections has subsections (A and B). In Section A, all the questions were compulsory and in Section B, one had to attempt any 10 questions out of 15 in each subject.

NEET UG 2024 Biology Analysis


BOTANY SECTION A and B

  • Total Number of Question- 50
  • Question Types-MCQ(Multiple choice question), SLTP(Selection type), AR(Assertion Reason),MCMT(Multiple Choice Matching Type)
  • Level of Questions- Easy to Difficult
  • Numbers of Easy Questions – 21
  • Numbers of Moderate Questions- 25
  • Numbers of Difficult Questions- 4
  • Most Covered and Important Topics- Morphology and Anatomy of flowering plants, Genetic and molecular Biology,General biology, Ecology and Environment and Photosynthesis.


ZOOLOGY SECTION A AND B

  • Total Number of Question- 50
  • Question Types- MCQ(Multiple choice question), SLTP(Selection type), AR(Assertion Reason),MCMT(Multiple Choice Matching Type)
  • Level of Questions- Easy to Moderate
  • Numbers of Easy Questions – 36
  • Numbers of Moderate Questions- 12
  • Numbers of Difficult Questions- 2
  • Most Covered and Important Topics- Genetic and molecular Biology, Biotechnology and its Application, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Biology in human welfare, Animal Kingdom.

SECTION A BOTANY

TOPIC

Qst. Type

No. of Qst. (2024)

No. of Qst.(2023)

No. of Qst.(2022)

No. of Qst.(2021)

BOTANY

PLANT KINGDOM

MC

1

ALGAE

MC

2

2

FUNGI

MCMT

2

PTERIDOPYTES

MC

1

BRYOPHYTES

MC

1

1

PLANT MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY

ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

SLTP

1

MC

3

AR

1

PERMANENT TISSUE

MC

1

AR

1

SECONDARY GROWTH IN PLANTS

MCMT

1

MC

1

PLANT TISSUE

MCMT

1

SPRINGWOOD

AR

1

VASCULAR BUNDLES

SLTP

1

MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

SLTP

1

PARTS OF FLOWERS

MC

1

FLOWER

MC

2

AESTIVATION

MC

1

DESCRIPTION OF SOME IMPORTANT FAMILY

SLTP

1

MC

1

PLACENTATION

MC

1

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

MINERAL NUTERITION AND NITROGEN METABOLISM

ESSENTIAL MINERAL ELEMENTS

MCMT

1

NODULE FORMATION

MC

1

PLANT GROWTH AND MOVEMENT

MC

1

PHOTOPERIODISM

MC

1

DEVELOPMENT

MC

1

1

PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR

MC

1

2

2

1

TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

PHLOEM TRANSPORT

MC

1

TRANSLOCATION

MCMT

1

MC

1

AR

1

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

MC

1

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

MC

2

CALVIN CYCLE

MC

1

1

1

STRUCTURE OF CHLOROPLAST

MCMT

1

C4 PATHWAY

AR

1

CHEMIOSMOTIC HYPOTHESIS

MC

1

DARK REACTION

SLTP

1

RESPIRATION IN PLANTS

GLYCOLYSIS

MC

1

AR

1

LACTIC ACID FERMENTATION

MC

1

PLANT REPRODUCTION

GAMETOGENESIS

MC

1

EMBRYO SAC FORMATION

MC

1

1

KINDS OF POLLINATION

MC

2

1

1

AR

1

POLLINATION

SLTP

1

GENERAL BIOLOGY

BIOMOLECULES

PRIMARY AND SECECONDRY METABOLITES

MC

1

POLYSACCHARIDES

MC

1

1

ENZYMES

MC

2

LIPIDS

MC

1

ECOLOGY AND ENVIONMENT

ORGANISM AND POPULATION

SLTP

1

POPULATION INTERACTIONS

MC

1

1

POPULATION GROWTH

MC

1

ECOSYSTEM

ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION

MC

1

PRODUCTIVITY OF BIOMASS AND ORGANIC MATTER

MC

1

1

ECOLOGICAL PYRAMINDS

MC

1

DECOMPOSITION

AR

1

SLTP

1

ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE

MECHANISM OF EVOLUTION

HARDY-WEINBERG PRINCIPAL

MC

1

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION

MC

1

NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR CONSERVATION

MC

1

BIODIVERSITY

MC

2

2

1

SLTP

1

POLLUTION AND GLOBAL ENVIORNMENTAL CHANGE

MC

1

ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR

MC

1

BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE

STRATERGIES FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTION

PLANT BREEDING FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE

MC

1

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE

MCMT

1

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

MCMT

1

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

MC

1

TOOLS OF RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY

MC

1

2

2

GEL ELECTROPHORESIS

MC

1

1

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

MC

1

MCMT

1

AR

1

CELL BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURE

MCMT

1

STRUCTURE OF CHROMOSOMES

MC

1

CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION

MC

1

MEIOSIS

AR

1

MEIOSIS II

MC

1

MEIOSIS I

MC

2

1

MITOSIS

MC

1

1

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

HEREDITY AND VARIATION

AR

1

MC

1

SLTP

1

INHERITANCE

MC

2

1

MCMT

1

SEX DETERMINATION

MC

1

GENE NATURE,EXPRESSION AND REGULATION

SLTP

1

MC

1

NUCLEIC ACID

MC

1

TRANSCRIPTION

MC

1

1

HUMAN GENOME PROJECT(HGP)

MC

1

CENTRAL DOGMA OF DNA

MC

1

DNA FINGERPRINTING

MC

1

TRANSLATION

MC

1

CHROMOSOMAL BASIS OF INHERITANCE

RECOMBINATION

MC

1

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION

SLTP

1

GENE THERAPY

MC

1

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM

AR

1

SECTION B BOTANY

BOTANY

PLANT KINGDOM

MCMT

1

ALGAE

SLTP

1

GYMNOSPERMS

AR

1

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

SLTP

1

CYCLIC AND NON CYCLIC PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION

MC

1

C4 PATHWAY

MC

1

CHEMIOSMOTIC HYPOTHESIS

MC

1

MINERAL NUTERITION AND NITROGEN METABOLISM

ESSENTIAL MINERAL ELEMENTS

MCMT

1

NITROGEN CYCLES

MCMT

1

RESPIRATION IN PLANTS

MC

1

MCMT

1

1

CITRIC ACID CYCLE

MC

1

1

TRANSPORTIN PLANTS

MC

1

TRANSPIRATION

MCMT

1

PLANT GROWTH AND MOVEMENT

PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

MC

1

PLANT REPRODUCTION

REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS

MC

1

1

POLLINATION

MC

1

PLANT MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY

MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

MC

1

FLOWER

MCMT

2

DESCRIPTION OF SOME IMPORTANT FAMILY

MCMT

1

ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

SLTP

1

TISSUE SYSTEM IN PLANTS

MCMT

1

SPRINGWOOD

SLTP

1

GENERAL BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MCMT

1

HEREDITY AND VARIATION

AR

1

GENE NATURE,EXPRESSION AND REGULATION

MC

1

TYPES OF RNA AND ITS FUNCTIONS

MC

1

TRANSCRIPTION

MC

1

MUTATION AND DETECTION

MC

1

REPLICATION

MC

1

CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS

MC

1

SLTP

1

CELL BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURE

TYPES OF CHROMOSOMES

MCMT

1

CHLOROPLAST

MC

1

CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION

MITOSIS

MCMT

1

PHASES OF MEIOSIS

MCMT

1

ECOLOGY AND ENVIONMENT

ORGANISM AND POPULATION

MCMT

1

GROWTH MODELS

MC

1

POPULATION INTERACTION

MC

1

MCMT

1

AR

1

ECOSYSTEM

PHOSPHORUS CYCLE

MC

1

PRODUCTIVITY

MC

1

POLLUTION AND GLOBAL ENVIORNMENTAL CHANGE

MC

1

EUTROPHICATION

MC

1

BIOMOLECULES

SLTP

1

MCMT

1

PROPERTIES OF BIOMOLECULES

MCMT

1

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FUNGI

MC

1

CHARACTERISTIC OF CYANOBACTERIA

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

MC

1

CLONING VECTORS

MC

1

TOOLS OF RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY

MC

1

1

DNA FINGERPRINTING

MC

1

1

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION

MC

1

SECTION A ZOOLOGY

TOPIC

Qst. Type

NO. OF QST (2023)

NO. OF QST (2022)

NO. OF QST (2021)

ZOOLOGY

REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN ANIMALS

MC

1

1

ANIMAL KINGDOM

MC

1

1

AR

1

MCMT

2

CHARACTERISTICS OF NON -CHORDATES

MCMT

1

1

MC

1

1

EXAMPLES OF NON CHORDATES

MCMT

1

CHARACTERISTIC OF CHORDATES

MC

1

STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION IN ANIMALS

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

MC

2

1

AR

1

ANATOMY OF COCKROACH

MC

1

MORPHOLOGY OF COCKROACH

MC

1

GENERAL BIOLOGY

THE LIVING WORLD

TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES

MC

1

1

CELL STRUCTURE

MCMT

1

CELL ORGANELLES

MC

1

1

1

SLTP

1

CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION

MC

1

MEIOSIS

MC

1

2

MCMT

1

MITOSIS

MC

1

1

ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE

MC

1

EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION

MC

1

THEORIES OF EVOLUTION

MC

1

ADAPTIVE RADIATION

MC

1

NATURAL SELECTION

MC

1

BIOMOLECULES

MC

1

SECONDARY METABOLITES

MC

1

ENZYMES

AR

1

STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS

AR

1

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

MYCOPLASMA

AR

1

BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE

STRATERGIES FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTION

BIOFORTIFICATION IN CROPS

MC

1

MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE

MC

1

1

IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HUMAN HEALTH

SLTP

1

COMMON DISEASES IN HUMANS

MCMT

2

1

AIDS AND CANCER

MC

1

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ABUSE

MCMT

1

1

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

MC

1

CLONING VACTOR

MC

1

PCR

MC

1

TOOLS OF RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY

MC

1

AR

1

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS

MC

3

MCMT

1

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INSULIN

MC

1

MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS

MC

1

GENE THERAPY

MC

1

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

HEREDITY AND VARIATION

MCMT

1

MENDALIAN DISORDER

1

CHROMOSOMAL THEORY OF INHERITANCE

MC

1

HUMAN GENETICS

PEDIGREE STUDIES

MC

1

GENE NATURE,EXPRESSION AND REGULATION

MC

1

DNA

MC

1

1

AR

1

PROPERTIES OF DNA AND RNA

MC

1

TRANSCRIPTION

MC

1

1

PROCESS OF TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION

1

LAC OPERON

MC

1

MCMT

1

ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

ECOSYSTEM

MC

1

ORGANISM AND ENVIORNMENT

MCMT

1

BIODIVERSITY

IN-SITU CONSERVATION

MC

1

POLLUTION AND GLOBAL ENVIORNMENTAL CHANGE

MC

1

LAYERS OF STRATOSPHERE

MC

1

BIOMAGNIFICATION

MC

1

AIR POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL

AR

1

HUMAN BIOLOGY

HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND NUTRITION IN HUMANS

AR

1

MC

1

1

2

MCMT

1

1

REPIRATORY SYSTEM IN HUMANS

MC

1

MCMT

1

PARTIAL PRESSURE OF O2 AND CO2

MC

1

1

TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN

MC

1

RESPIRATORY VOLUME AND CAPACITIES

MC

1

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN HUMANS

MC

1

CARDIAC CYCLE

MCMT

1

COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF BLOOD

MC

1

AR

1

COGULATION OF BLOOD

MC

1

ABO BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM

MC

1

INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION IN HUMANS

HUMAN SENSES

MCMT

1

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IN HUMANS

MC

1

MCMT

1

URINARY SYSTEM AND EXCREATION IN HUMANS

MC

1

AR

1

1

SUPPORT MOVEMENT AND LOCOMOTION IN HUMANS

AR

1

MC

1

2

DISORDER OF MUSCULAR AND SKELETON SYSTEM

MC

1

TYPES OF JOINTS

MCMT

1

1

INTEGRATION AND COORDINATIONS IN HUMANS

NERVOUS SYSTEM IN HUMANS

MCMT

1

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND DEVELOPMENT IN HUMANS

MC

1

AR

2

REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE OF MALE AND FEMALE

AR

1

1

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

MC

1

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE

SLTP

1

DEVELOPMENT IN HUMANS

FERTILISATION IN HUMANS

AR

1

STRUCTURE OF OVUM AND ITS FERTILISATIONS

MC

1

SPERMATOGENESIS AND OOGENESIS

SLTP

1

OOGENESIS

MC

1

SPERMATOGENESIS

AR

1

HUMAN POPULATIONS AND HEALTH

MC

1

AMNIOCENTESIS

AR

1

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

MC

1

METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL

MC

1

1

1

MCMT

1

1

PREVENTION OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

MC

1

SECTION B ZOOLOGY

ZOOLOGY

ANIMAL KINGDOM

CHARACTERISTIC OF NON-CHORDATES

SLTP

1

CHARACTERISTIC OF CHORDATES

MC

1

SLTP

1

STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION IN ANIMALS

MCMT

1

ANIMAL TISSUES

MCMT

1

TYPES OF JUNCTION IN ANIMAL TISSUES

MC

1

GENERAL MORPHOLOGY OF EARTHWORM

MC

1

CONTROLLED BREEDING EXPERIMENT IN ANIMAL BREEDING

MC

1

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

MCMT

1

MORPHOLOGY OF COCKROACH

MCMT

1

1

SLTP

1

GENERAL BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURE

AR

1

CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION

SLTP

1

MITOSIS

AR

1

HEREDITY AND VARIATION

COLOUR BLINDNESS

MC

1

RECOMBINATION

MC

1

GENE NATURE,EXPRESSION AND REGULATION

MCMT

1

TRANSCRIPTION

MC

1

GENETIC CODE

AR

1

PACKAGING OF DNA

MC

1

MESELSON AND STAHLS EXPERIMENT

MC

1

ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

ORGANISM AND ENVIORNMENT

GROWTH MODELS

MCMT

1

ADAPTATION IN ORGANISMS

MCMT

1

AR

1

POLLUTION AND GLOBAL ENVIORNMENTAL CHANGE

AR

1

ECOSYSTEM

AR

1

ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION

MC

1

MCMT

1

THEORIES OF EVOLUTION

MCMT

1

BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE

STRATERGIES FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTION

MC

1

IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HUMAN HEALTH

MC

1

MCMT

1

1

SLTP

1

AR

1

BIOMOLECULES

LIPID

MC

1

ENZYMES

MC

1

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

MC

1

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

GENE THERAPY

MC

1

CLONNING VACTOR

MC

1

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INSULIN

SLTP

1

HUMAN BIOLOGY

HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

REPIRATORY SYSTEM IN HUMANS

MC

1

COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF BLOOD

MCMT

1

SLTP

1

INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION IN HUMANS

BRAIN I HUMAN

MC

1

AR

1

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IN HUMANS

SLTP

1

1

URINARY SYSTEM AND EXCREATION IN HUMANS

SLTP

1

MC

1

SUPPORT MOVEMENT AND LOCOMOTION IN HUMANS

MC

1

SLTP

1

CONTRACTION OF MUSCLE

MC

1

BONES OF SKELETON SYSTEM

MCMT

1

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IN HUMANS

MCMT

1

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND DEVELOPMENT IN HUMANS

MC

1

PARTURITION

MC

1

MENSTURATION CYCLE

MC

1

HUMAN POPULATIONS AND HEALTH

METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL

MCMT

1

TOTAL

100

100

100

100