This page ranks all 21 NEET Botany chapters by how many questions they produced across NEET 2020–2026 and Re-NEET 2026 — 405 questions in total. The five highest-weightage chapters (Molecular Basis of Inheritance, Principles of Inheritance and Variation, Cell: The Unit of Life, Cell Cycle and Cell Division and Morphology of Flowering Plants) account for 164 of them, 40% of the subject.
By difficulty, 45% of the tagged Botany questions were easy, 36% medium and 19% hard. Open any chapter for its topic-wise breakdown, the papers each topic appeared in, and the topics that have been asked most recently.
| # | Chapter | Qs | Share | Difficulty (E · M · H) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molecular Basis of Inheritance | 47 | 11.6% | 22 · 19 · 6 |
| 2 | Principles of Inheritance and Variation | 36 | 8.9% | 12 · 18 · 6 |
| 3 | Cell: The Unit of Life | 27 | 6.7% | 14 · 4 · 9 |
| 4 | Cell Cycle and Cell Division | 27 | 6.7% | 12 · 12 · 3 |
| 5 | Morphology of Flowering Plants | 27 | 6.7% | 11 · 10 · 6 |
| 6 | Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants | 25 | 6.2% | 11 · 9 · 5 |
| 7 | Plant Growth and Development | 24 | 5.9% | 17 · 4 · 3 |
| 8 | Plant Kingdom | 23 | 5.7% | 12 · 4 · 6 |
| 9 | Organisms and Populations | 22 | 5.4% | 9 · 8 · 5 |
| 10 | Photosynthesis in Higher Plants | 22 | 5.4% | 9 · 9 · 4 |
| 11 | Biodiversity and Conservation | 20 | 4.9% | 13 · 4 · 3 |
| 12 | Anatomy of Flowering Plants | 19 | 4.7% | 3 · 13 · 3 |
| 13 | Ecosystem | 19 | 4.7% | 5 · 10 · 4 |
| 14 | Biological Classification | 13 | 3.2% | 6 · 6 · 1 |
| 15 | Microbes in Human Welfare | 12 | 3% | 6 · 4 · 2 |
| 16 | Respiration in Plants | 12 | 3% | 4 · 6 · 2 |
| 17 | Environmental Issues | 8 | 2% | 5 · 3 · 0 |
| 18 | Transport in Plants | 8 | 2% | 3 · 2 · 2 |
| 19 | Mineral Nutrition | 7 | 1.7% | 3 · 0 · 4 |
| 20 | The Living World | 5 | 1.2% | 2 · 1 · 2 |
| 21 | Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production | 2 | 0.5% | 1 · 1 · 0 |
By past weightage, Molecular Basis of Inheritance leads with 47 questions (11.6%). The top five are Molecular Basis of Inheritance (47), Principles of Inheritance and Variation (36), Cell: The Unit of Life (27), Cell Cycle and Cell Division (27) and Morphology of Flowering Plants (27).
NEET 2020: 44; NEET 2021: 52; NEET 2022: 57; NEET 2023: 56; NEET 2024: 50; NEET 2025: 49; NEET 2026: 49; Re-NEET 2026: 48. These are the questions Edurack has tagged to NCERT chapters, so they can differ slightly from the printed paper.
Among chapters with at least 8 questions, the highest share of easy questions was in Plant Growth and Development (71% easy), Biodiversity and Conservation (65% easy) and Environmental Issues (63% easy).
Among chapters with at least 8 questions, the highest share of hard questions was in Cell: The Unit of Life (33% hard), Transport in Plants (29% hard) and Plant Kingdom (27% hard).
Counts come from Edurack's tagged set of NEET papers 2020–2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), mapped to NCERT chapters and topics. Use them as a trend guide — past frequency doesn't guarantee what a future paper will ask.
Counts come from Edurack's tagged set of NEET papers 2020–2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), mapped to NCERT chapters and topics. Use them as a trend guide — past frequency doesn't guarantee what a future paper will ask.