NEET The Living World PYQ practice sheet

3 previous-year NEET Botany questions from The Living World, newest papers first. The Living World carries 5 of the Botany questions in NEET 2020 to 2026, so this is a good place to test yourself after revising the chapter. Marking: +4 correct, −1 wrong.

1. 1.

   RE-NEET 2026

   Match List-I with List-II. List-I: A. Family B. Genus C. Class D. Phylum E. Order List-II: I. Sapindales II. Dicotyledonae III. Anacardiaceae IV. Angiospermae V. Mangifera Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

   • (A)
     A-III, B-V, C-II, D-IV, E-I
   • (B)
     A-II, B-III, C-V, D-I, E-IV
   • (C)
     A-I, B-V, C-II, D-IV, E-III
   • (D)
     A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV, E-V
2. 2.

   RE-NEET 2026

   Arrange the following taxonomic categories in ascending order. (a) Genus (b) Class (c) Order (d) Phylum (e) Family (f) Kingdom (g) Species Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

   • (A)
     (f), (c), (b), (g), (d), (e), (a)
   • (B)
     (g), (c), (d), (b), (e), (a), (f)
   • (C)
     (a), (c), (d), (g), (f), (b), (e)
   • (D)
     (g), (a), (e), (c), (b), (d), (f)
3. 3.

   NEET 2026

   Which one of the following statements is not true about the universal rules of binomial nomenclature?

   • (A)
     Biological names are generally in Latin
   • (B)
     Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined or printed in italics
   • (C)
     The first word in the biological name represents the specific epithet, while the second component denotes the genus
   • (D)
     The specific epithet in the biological name starts with a small letter