Questions
27
across 8 papers
Share of subject
7%
of 388 Zoology Qs
Weightage rank
#6
of 16 chapters
Difficulty
9 easy · 17 medium · 1 hard
Biotechnology and its Applications contributed 27 of the 388 NEET Zoology questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 7% of the subject and makes it the #6 chapter out of 16 by weightage — roughly 3.4 questions per paper, peaking at 7 in NEET 2021.
Of the 27 questions tagged for difficulty, 33% were easy, 63% medium and 4% hard — mostly medium-level questions that reward practice beyond one-line facts.
It has been asked less often lately: 3 questions per paper across NEET 2025, NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026, against 4.3 in 2020–2022.
The single most-tested topic is Biotechnological Applications in Medicine (Recombinant Insulin - Humulin) — 5 questions across 4 papers.
9 topics tagged under Biotechnology and its Applications. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biotechnological Applications in Medicine (Recombinant Insulin - Humulin) | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | – |
| Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture (Bt Cotton) | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture (Introduction) | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture (RNA Interference) | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Biotechnological Applications in Medicine (Gene Therapy) | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Biotechnological Applications in Medicine (Molecular Diagnosis) | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 1 |
| Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture (Green Revolution) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Biotechnological Applications in Medicine (Treatment of Cancer) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Transgenic Animals (Benefits of Transgenic Animals) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 27 Zoology questions came from Biotechnology and its Applications — 7% of the subject, or about 3.4 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #6 of 16 Zoology chapters, so it is an above-average-weightage Zoology chapter, with 27 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Biotechnological Applications in Medicine (Recombinant Insulin - Humulin) (5), Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture (Bt Cotton) (4) and Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture (Introduction) (4). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 27 difficulty-tagged questions, 33% were easy, 63% medium and 4% hard.
Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture (Bt Cotton), Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture (Introduction) and Transgenic Animals (Benefits of Transgenic Animals) were asked in the 2026 papers.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for Biotechnology and its Applications. 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.