Questions
10
across 8 papers
Share of subject
2.6%
of 388 Zoology Qs
Weightage rank
#15
of 16 chapters
Difficulty
6 easy · 4 medium · 0 hard
Digestion and Absorption contributed 10 of the 388 NEET Zoology questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 2.6% of the subject and makes it the #15 chapter out of 16 by weightage — roughly 1.3 questions per paper, peaking at 4 in NEET 2023.
Of the 10 questions tagged for difficulty, 60% were easy, 40% medium and 0% hard — a chapter where NCERT-level preparation pays off directly.
No question came from this chapter in the last four papers (NEET 2024 onward), though earlier papers asked 10.
The single most-tested topic is Digestion of Food — 2 questions across 2 papers.
7 topics tagged under Digestion and Absorption. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digestion of Food | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Digestive Gland (Gastric Glands and Intestinal Glands) | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Digestive System (Introduction, Food and its Component, etc.) | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Alimentary Canal (Structure and Functions of Alimentary Canal, Histol…) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Digestion of Food (Role of Pancreatic Juice, Succus Entericus, etc.) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Digestive Gland (Pancreas) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Digestive Gland (Salivary Gland) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
No topic has appeared in three or more different papers.
No question came from Digestion and Absorption in the 2026 papers.
No question in this chapter was tagged hard.
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 10 Zoology questions came from Digestion and Absorption — 2.6% of the subject, or about 1.3 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #15 of 16 Zoology chapters, so it is a lower-weightage Zoology chapter, with 10 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Digestion of Food (2), Digestive System (Introduction, Food and its Component, etc.) (2) and Digestive Gland (Gastric Glands and Intestinal Glands) (2). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 10 difficulty-tagged questions, 60% were easy, 40% medium and 0% hard.
No question came from Digestion and Absorption in NEET 2026 or Re-NEET 2026.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for Digestion and Absorption. 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.