Questions
12
across 8 papers
Share of subject
3%
of 405 Botany Qs
Weightage rank
#15
of 21 chapters
Difficulty
6 easy · 4 medium · 2 hard
Microbes in Human Welfare contributed 12 of the 405 NEET Botany questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 3% of the subject and makes it the #15 chapter out of 21 by weightage — roughly 1.5 questions per paper, peaking at 4 in NEET 2025.
Of the 12 questions tagged for difficulty, 50% were easy, 33% medium and 17% hard — a chapter where NCERT-level preparation pays off directly.
It has been asked more often lately: 2.3 questions per paper across NEET 2025, NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026, against 1.3 in 2020–2022.
The single most-tested topic is Microbes in Industrial Products (Bioactive Molecules) — 4 questions across 4 papers.
7 topics tagged under Microbes in Human Welfare. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microbes in Industrial Products (Bioactive Molecules) | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Microbes in Household Products | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Microbes in Industrial Products (Enzymes) | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Microbes as Biofertilizers | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Microbes in Industrial Products (Chemicals) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Microbes in Industrial Products (Fermented Beverages) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Microbes in Sewage Treatment (Primary Treatment) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 12 Botany questions came from Microbes in Human Welfare — 3% of the subject, or about 1.5 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #15 of 21 Botany chapters, so it is a lower-weightage Botany chapter, with 12 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Microbes in Industrial Products (Bioactive Molecules) (4), Microbes in Household Products (2) and Microbes in Industrial Products (Enzymes) (2). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 12 difficulty-tagged questions, 50% were easy, 33% medium and 17% hard.
Microbes in Industrial Products (Bioactive Molecules) and Microbes in Household Products were asked in the 2026 papers.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for Microbes in Human Welfare. 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.