Questions
20
across 8 papers
Share of subject
4.9%
of 405 Botany Qs
Weightage rank
#11
of 21 chapters
Difficulty
13 easy · 4 medium · 3 hard
Biodiversity and Conservation contributed 20 of the 405 NEET Botany questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 4.9% of the subject and makes it the #11 chapter out of 21 by weightage — roughly 2.5 questions per paper, peaking at 5 in NEET 2024.
Of the 20 questions tagged for difficulty, 65% were easy, 20% medium and 15% hard — a chapter where NCERT-level preparation pays off directly.
It has been asked more often lately: 2.7 questions per paper across NEET 2025, NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026, against 1.7 in 2020–2022.
The single most-tested topic is Loss of Biodiversity (IUCN Red List, the Evil Quartet, etc.) — 7 questions across 4 papers.
10 topics tagged under Biodiversity and Conservation. Numbers show how many questions each topic had in each paper; E / M / H are the easy, medium and hard counts.
| Topic | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Re | Total | E | M | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss of Biodiversity (IUCN Red List, the Evil Quartet, etc.) | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Ex-Situ Conservation (Botanical Gardens, Zoological Parks, etc.) | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | – |
| In-situ Conservation (Hot Spots, Major Hotspots in India, etc.) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Biodiversity (Introduction) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Biodiversity (Patterns of Biodiversity) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Biodiversity Conservation (Narrowly Utilitarian) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Biological Diversity Act 2002 (Earth Summit, CBD, etc.) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Importance of Species Diversity to the Ecosystem (Productivity Stability Hypothesis, Rivet Popper Hyp…) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Latitudinal Gradients (Species-Area Relationships) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Pattern of Biodiversity (Latitudinal Gradients) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 20 Botany questions came from Biodiversity and Conservation — 4.9% of the subject, or about 2.5 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #11 of 21 Botany chapters, so it is an above-average-weightage Botany chapter, with 20 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Loss of Biodiversity (IUCN Red List, the Evil Quartet, etc.) (7), Ex-Situ Conservation (Botanical Gardens, Zoological Parks, etc.) (4) and In-situ Conservation (Hot Spots, Major Hotspots in India, etc.) (2). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 20 difficulty-tagged questions, 65% were easy, 20% medium and 15% hard.
Loss of Biodiversity (IUCN Red List, the Evil Quartet, etc.), In-situ Conservation (Hot Spots, Major Hotspots in India, etc.), Biodiversity Conservation (Narrowly Utilitarian) and Latitudinal Gradients (Species-Area Relationships) were asked in the 2026 papers.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for Biodiversity and Conservation. Use the practice button on this page to open the set, attempt questions and check your answers.
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.