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The Living World - Botany - Biology Previous Year Questions

Practice The Living World - Botany - Biology previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

16Papers
12Years
21Questions
1Topics

The Living World question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for The Living World. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Not classified 20 95.2%
Easy 1 4.8%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

Multiple Choices 21 100%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Biology
21 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Botany
21 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

The Living World
21 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

RE-NEET 2026
3 Qs
NEET 2026
1 Qs
NEET 2022 Phase 1
1 Qs
NEET 2021
1 Qs
NEET 2018
1 Qs
NEET 2016 PHASE 2
2 Qs
NEET 2016 PHASE 1
1 Qs
NEET 2013
1 Qs
NEET 2013 KARNATAKA
1 Qs
AIPMT 2012 MAINS
1 Qs
AIPMT 2011 MAINS
1 Qs
AIPMT 2011 PRELIMS
1 Qs
AIPMT 2007
2 Qs
AIPMT 2005
1 Qs
AIPMT 2003
2 Qs
AIPMT 2001
1 Qs

Included previous year papers

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PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
NEET 202620261View paper
RE-NEET 202620263View paper
NEET 2022 Phase 120221View paper
NEET 202120211View paper
NEET 201820181View paper
NEET 2016 PHASE 120161View paper
NEET 2016 PHASE 220162View paper
NEET 201320131View paper
NEET 2013 KARNATAKA20131View paper
AIPMT 2012 MAINS20121View paper
AIPMT 2011 MAINS20111View paper
AIPMT 2011 PRELIMS20111View paper
AIPMT 200720072View paper
AIPMT 200520051View paper
AIPMT 200320032View paper
AIPMT 200120011View paper

All The Living World previous year questions

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1
2001 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2001
Which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus?
A
Species
B
Division
C
Class
D
Family
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2003 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2003
Biosystematics aims at
A
the classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters
B
delmiting various raxa of organisms and establishing their relationships
C
the classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totally of various parameters from all fields of studies
D
identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of their cytological characteristics.
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3
2003 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2003
Species are considered as
A
real basic units of classification
B
the lowest units of classification
C
artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
D
real units of classification devised by taxonomists.
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4
2005 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2005
One of the most important functions of botanical gardens is that
A
they provide a beautiful area for recreation
B
one can observe tropical plants there
C
they allow ex situ conservation of germplasm
D
they provide the natural habitat for wild life.
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5
2007 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2007
ICBN stands for
A
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
B
International Congress of Biological Names
C
Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
D
Indian Congress of Biological Names.
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6
2007 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2007
The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for
A
interaction with the environment and progressive evoluation
B
reproduction
C
growth and movement
D
responsiveness to touch.
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7
2011 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2011 MAINS
Which one of the following aspects is in exclusive characteristics of living things?
A
Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro
B
Increase in mass from inside only
C
Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory.
D
Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally.
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8
2011 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2011 PRELIMS
Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular taxonomic category?
A
Tiger - Tigris, species
B
Cuttlefish - mollusca, class
C
Humans - primata, family
D
Housefly - Musca, order
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9
2012 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
AIPMT 2012 MAINS
Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the international Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described?
A
Musca domestica - the common house lizard, a reptile
B
Plasmodium falciparum - a protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria.
C
Felis tigris - the Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests.
D
E.coli - full name Entamoeba coil, a commonly occuring bacterium in human intestine.
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10
2013 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
NEET 2013
Which one of the following is not a correct statement?
A
A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals.
B
Key is taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.
C
Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.
D
Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.
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11
2013 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
NEET 2013 KARNATAKA
The common characteristics between tomato and potato will be maximum at the level of their
A
family
B
order
C
division
D
genus.
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12
2016 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
NEET 2016 PHASE 1
Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is countrary to the rules of nomenclature?
A
The names are written in Latin and are italicised.
B
When written by hand the names are to be underlined.
C
Biological names can be written in any language.
D
The first word in a biological name represents the genus name and the second is a specific epithet.
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13
2016 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
NEET 2016 PHASE 2
Study the four statements (A-D) given below and select the two correct ones out of them.
A.  Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr.
B.  Photoperiod does not affect reproduction in plants.
C.  Binomial nomenclature system was given by R.H. Whittaker.
D.  In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth.

The two correct statements are
A
B and C
B
C and D
C
A and D
D
A and B
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14
2016 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
NEET 2016 PHASE 2
The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on
A
date of collection
B
name of collector
C
locals names
D
height of the plant.
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15
2018 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
NEET 2018
Match the items given in column I with those in column II and select the correct option given below.
Column I Column II
A. Herbarium (i) It is a place having a collection of preserved plants and animals.
B. Key (ii) A list that enumerates methodically all the species found in an area with brief description aiding identification.
C. Museum (iii) Is a place where dried and pressed plant specimens mounted on sheets are kept.
D. Catalogue (iv) A booklet containing a list of characters and their alternates which are helpful in identification of various taxa.
A
A \(\to\) (ii), B \(\to\) (iv), C \(\to\) (iii), D \(\to\) (i)
B
A \(\to\) (iii), B \(\to\) (ii), C \(\to\) (i), D \(\to\) (iv)
C
A \(\to\) (iii), B \(\to\) (iv), C \(\to\) (i), D \(\to\) (ii)
D
A \(\to\) (i), B \(\to\) (iv), C \(\to\) (iii), D \(\to\) (ii)
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16
2021 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
NEET 2021
Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?
A
House fly
B
Fire fly
C
Grasshopper
D
Cockroach
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17
2022 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
NEET 2022 Phase 1

In the taxonomic categories which hierarchical arrangement in ascending order is correct in case of animals?

A
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
B
Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Family, Order, Genus, Species
C
Kingdom, Order, Class, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species
D
Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species
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18
2026 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
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 specific epithet in the biologial name starts with a small letter

D

The first word in the biological name represents the specific epithet, while the second component denotes the genus

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2026 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
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), (a), (e), (c), (b), (d), (f)

C

(a), (c), (d), (g), (f), (b), (e)

D

(g), (c), (d), (b), (e), (a), (f)

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2026 · Biology · Botany · The Living World
RE-NEET 2026

Genus represents $\_\_\_\_$ .

A

a group of closely related families

B

an individual plant or animal

C

a population of plants and animals

D

a group of closely related species

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