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Students who prepare for NEET 2026 must prepare Molecular Basis of Inheritance NEET PYQ as a good number of questions are asked form it. Students should practice previous year questions on Molecular Basis of Inheritance to score well in exam. NEET 2026 exam is expected to be held on May 3 in pen and paper mode.

Students who prepare for NEET 2026 must prepare Molecular Basis of Inheritance NEET PYQ as a good number of questions are asked form it. Students should practice previous year questions on Molecular Basis of Inheritance to score well in exam. NEET 2026 exam is expected to be held on May 3 in pen and paper mode.

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Molecular inheritance NEET PYQ

NEET aspirants should prepare Molecular basis of inheritance PYQ in order to score good rank in NEET 2026 exam. As molecular basis of inheritance is considered one of the high weightage topics, students should prepare it thoroughly. Molecular basis of inheritance previous year questions NEET gives students an idea what type of questions are asked in NET 2026 exam.  This comes under chapter genetics in NEET 2026 syllabus. As per previous years’ trends, around 5 to 7 questions are asked from this topics. Considering this fact, students must not leave any stone unturned to prepare this topic so that they may not leave any question in NEET 2026 exam, which will be held tentatively on May 3, 2026.

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  • Molecular Basis of Inheritance NEET PYQ Syllabus
  • Molecular Basis of Inheritance NEET PYQ: Weightage in Exam
  • Molecular Basis of Inheritance NEET PYQ

Molecular Basis of Inheritance NEET PYQ Syllabus

Students must prepare previous year questions from molecular basis of inheritance to score all questions asked in exam. As per experts and toppers, quite a god number of questions are asked from different topics of molecular basis of inheritance given below:

  • Search for genetic material and DNA as genetic material
  • Structure of DNA and RNA
  • DNA packaging
  • DNA replication
  • Central dogma
  • Transcription
  • Genetic code,
  • Translation
  • Gene expression and regulation- Lac Operon
  • Genome and human genome project
  • DNA finger printing
  • Protein biosynthesis

Molecular Basis of Inheritance NEET PYQ: Weightage in Exam

Molecular basis of inheritance comes under chapter named genetics and evolution. Students should know total 10 to 15 questions are asked in NEET 2026 exam if we include molecular basis of inheritance along with Biotechnology, principles of inheritance and variations etc. Students should refer weightage of Molecular Basis of Inheritance in NEET 2026 exam.

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Average number of questions

Weightage

Genetics -1 (Mutation, monohybrid cross etc)

2

4%

Genetics -2 (DNA replication, transcription etc)

2

4%

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Molecular Basis of Inheritance NEET PYQ

Students are advised to practice NEET PYQ of molecular basis of inheritance so that they are in position to answers all questions easily in NEET 2026 exam. Some of the questions asked in previous NEET exams from molecular basis of inheritance have been listed here:

DNA fragments are

  1. Negatively charged
  2. Positively charged
  3. Neutral
  4. Depends on the size

Correct answer: 1

Commonly used vectors for human genome sequencing are

  1. T/A cloning vectors
  2. Expression vectors
  3. T-DNA
  4. BAC and YAC

Correct answer: 4

The final proof for DNA as the genetic material comes from the experiments of ______

  1. Macleod and Avery
  2. Griffith
  3. Harvey Mcbride
  4. Hershey and Chase

Correct answer: 4

Spliceosomes are not found in the cells of

  1. Bacteria
  2. Animals
  3. Plants
  4. Fungi

Correct answer: 1

If there are 999 bases in an RNA that codes for a protein with 33 amino acids and the base at position 901 is deleted such that the length of the RNA becomes 998 bases, how many codons will be altered

      1. 22

       2. 11

      3. 44

      4. 33

Correct answer: 4

Which of the following rRNA act as structural RNA as well as ribozymes in bacteria?

  1. 23 srRNA
  2. 13 srRNA
  3. 33 srRNA
  4. 73 srRNA

Correct answer: 1

Synthesis of nucleic acids always takes place in

  1. 3'- 5' direction
  2. 5'- 3' direction
  3. Both ways
  4. in any direction

Correct answer: 2

The equivalent of a structural gene is_______

  1. Operon
  2. Muton
  3. Cistron
  4. None of the above

Correct answer: 3

Taylor conducted the experiments to prove semi-conservative mode of chromosome replication on

  1. Vicia faba
  2. Vinca rosea
  3. E.coli
  4. Drosophila

Correct answer: 1

The given mRNA sequence codes for a polypeptide. This polypeptide will contain how many different amino acids?

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6

Correct answer: 2

Which of the following RNAs is the most abundant in animal cells?

  1. tRNA
  2. rRNA
  3. mRNA
  4. None of the above

Correct answer: 2

The association of histone H1 with a nucleosome indicates ___

  1. DNA is condensed into chromatin fibers
  2. Transcription is in progress
  3. DNA replication is in progress
  4. DNA double helix is exposed

Correct answer: 1

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