Previous year questions with solutions · 2000 – 2026
| Year | Questions | Papers | Avg / paper | Weightage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 6.93% ▲ 24.8% vs last year |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5.56% ▼ 20.8% vs last year |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7.02% ▲ 47.4% vs last year |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4.76% ▲ 4% vs last year |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4.58% ▲ 37.4% vs last year |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.33% ▼ 44.4% vs last year |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6.00% ▲ 218% vs last year |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.89% ▼ 48.1% vs last year |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.64% ▼ 30.9% vs last year |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5.26% ▼ 32.7% vs last year |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 | 7.83% ▲ 6.6% vs last year |
| 2015 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7.34% ▼ 17.8% vs last year |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8.93% ▲ 41.6% vs last year |
| 2013 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 6.31% ▼ 27.8% vs last year |
| 2012 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 | 8.74% ▼ 6.8% vs last year |
| 2011 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 | 9.38% ▼ 6.2% vs last year |
| 2010 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 | 10.00% ▼ 6.7% vs last year |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10.71% ▲ 17.9% vs last year |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9.09% ▲ 78.8% vs last year |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5.08% ▲ 60.2% vs last year |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.17% ▼ 12.7% vs last year |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.64% ▲ 12.7% vs last year |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.23% ▼ 31.2% vs last year |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4.69% ▼ 53.9% vs last year |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10.17% ▲ 174.6% vs last year |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.70% |
⚠ 2 of these questions are out of the current syllabus (marked on the question).
Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, Withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip how many plants have hypogynous flower?
In China rose the flowers are
Among flowers of Calotropis, tulip, Sesbania, Asparagus, Colchicum, sweet pea, Petunia, Indigofera, mustard, soybean, tobacco and groundnut, how many plants have corolla with valvate aestivation?
In a cymose inflorescence the main axis
How many plants among China rose, Ocimum, sunflower, mustard, Alstonia, guava, Calotropis and Nerium (oleander) have opposite phyllotaxy?
Which one of the following organisms is correctly matched with its three characteristics?
How many plants in the list given below have marginal placentation? Mustard, Gram, Tulip, Asparagus, Arhar, Sun hemp, Chilli, Colchicum, Onion, Moong, Pea, Tobacco, Lupin
The gynoecium consists of many free pistils in flowers of
How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence? Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.
The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to
Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of the family
Whorled, simple leaves with reticulate venation are present in
Which one of the following figures represents the placentation in Dianthus?
Which one of the following statements is correct?
The correct floral formula of chilli is
The "eyes" of the potato tuber are
Which one of the following is a xerophytic plant in which the stem is modified into the flat green and succulent structure?
The correct floral formula of soyabean is
Consider the following four statements (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) and select the right option for two correct statements. Statements : (i) In vexillary aestivation, the large posterior petal is called standard, two lateral ones are wings and two small anterior petals are termed keel. (ii) The floral formula for Liliaceae is [figure] (iii) In pea flower the stamens are monadelphous. (iv) The floral formula for Solanaceae is [figure] The correct statements are
Aestivation of petals in the flower of cotton is correctly shown in