Biotechnology and its Applications NEET PYQs (1995–2026)

Solved Biotechnology and its Applications PYQs

3 recent questions with answers. The full set of 71 is free to practise.

1. NEET 2026MediumTransgenic animals and their uses
   Q1

   The human protein named α-1-antitrypsin, obtained from transgenic animals, is used for the treatment of

   • AEmphysema
   • BAlzheimer's disease
   • CRheumatoid arthritis
   • DCystic fibrosis

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   Correct answer: (A)

   α-1-antitrypsin is used for emphysema.
2. NEET 2026MediumBiotechnology in agriculture (GM crops, Bt cotton)
   Q2

   The toxin proteins isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis, coded by which of the following genes would control cotton bollworms and corn borer, respectively?

   • AcrylAc and crylAb
   • BcrylAc and crylAb
   • CcrylAb and crylAc
   • DcrylAc and crylAb

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   Correct answer: (A)

   cryIAc controls cotton bollworm, cryIAb controls corn borer.
3. NEET 2025MediumBiotechnology in medicine (insulin, vaccines, gene therapy)
   Q3

   Which of the following genetically engineered organisms was used by Eli Lilly to prepare human insulin? NEET 2025

   • AVirus
   • BPhage
   • CBacterium
   • DYeast

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   Correct answer: (C)

   The correct answer is bacterium. In 1983, Eli Lilly, an American company, prepared two DNA sequences corresponding to 'A' and 'B' chains of human insulin and introduced them in plasmids of E.coli (a gram negative bacterium) to produce insulin chains

Topic-wise question count

Where NEET has asked from Biotechnology and its Applications, most frequent first.

• Biotechnology in agriculture (GM crops, Bt cotton)33
• Biotechnology in medicine (insulin, vaccines, gene therapy)32
• Transgenic animals and their uses5
• Biosafety and biopiracy concerns1

Year-wise Biotechnology and its Applications questions in NEET

Number of questions from this chapter in each year's paper(s).