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NEET 2019 against NEET 2020

What one sitting asked that the other did not — as a share of each paper, because NEET 2019 carries 158 questions and NEET 2020 carries 158. Comparing raw counts across papers of different sizes invents a trend in every row.

Asked more in NEET 2019

  • The p-Block Elements+2.5 pp

    3.2% (5) in NEET 2019 · 0.6% (1) in NEET 2020

  • Work, Energy and Power+1.9 pp

    1.9% (3) in NEET 2019 · 0.0% (0) in NEET 2020

Asked more in NEET 2020

  • Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter-1.9 pp

    0.6% (1) in NEET 2019 · 2.5% (4) in NEET 2020

  • Biotechnology: Principles and Processes-1.9 pp

    1.9% (3) in NEET 2019 · 3.8% (6) in NEET 2020

  • Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance-1.9 pp

    0.0% (0) in NEET 2019 · 1.9% (3) in NEET 2020

  • Biomolecules-1.9 pp

    2.5% (4) in NEET 2019 · 4.4% (7) in NEET 2020

Present on one paper and absent from the other

Absent from one sitting is not absent from the syllabus. A chapter carrying one question one year and none the next has told you almost nothing.

Only in NEET 2019

  • Motion in a Plane · 2
  • Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties · 1
  • Work, Energy and Power · 3
  • Electromagnetic Induction · 1
  • Neural Control and Coordination · 1
  • The Living World · 1

Only in NEET 2020

  • Photosynthesis in Higher Plants · 2
  • Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance · 3
  • Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds · 1
  • Organisms and Populations · 1
  • Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers · 1
  • Waves · 1
  • Haloalkanes and Haloarenes · 1
  • Alternating Current · 2

Every chapter, both papers

ChapterNEET 2019NEET 2020Change
BiomoleculesZoology2.5% (4)4.4% (7)-1.9 pp
Principles of Inheritance and VariationBotany3.8% (6)2.5% (4)+1.3 pp
Biotechnology: Principles and ProcessesZoology1.9% (3)3.8% (6)-1.9 pp
Molecular Basis of InheritanceBotany3.2% (5)2.5% (4)+0.6 pp
EvolutionZoology2.5% (4)2.5% (4)0.0 pp
ThermodynamicsChemistry1.9% (3)2.5% (4)-0.6 pp
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsBotany2.5% (4)1.9% (3)+0.6 pp
HydrocarbonsChemistry2.5% (4)1.9% (3)+0.6 pp
Cell Cycle and Cell DivisionBotany1.3% (2)2.5% (4)-1.3 pp
Microbes in Human WelfareBotany2.5% (4)1.3% (2)+1.3 pp
Semiconductor ElectronicsPhysics1.3% (2)2.5% (4)-1.3 pp
Animal KingdomZoology1.3% (2)2.5% (4)-1.3 pp
Current ElectricityPhysics1.3% (2)2.5% (4)-1.3 pp
Cell: The Unit of LifeBotany2.5% (4)1.3% (2)+1.3 pp
Plant KingdomBotany1.9% (3)1.9% (3)0.0 pp
Chemical Coordination and IntegrationZoology1.9% (3)1.9% (3)0.0 pp
Human Health and DiseaseZoology1.9% (3)1.9% (3)0.0 pp
The p-Block ElementsChemistry3.2% (5)0.6% (1)+2.5 pp
Human ReproductionZoology1.9% (3)1.9% (3)0.0 pp
Biodiversity and ConservationBotany1.9% (3)1.3% (2)+0.6 pp
Plant Growth and DevelopmentBotany1.3% (2)1.9% (3)-0.6 pp
Reproductive HealthZoology1.9% (3)1.3% (2)+0.6 pp
Ray Optics and Optical InstrumentsPhysics1.9% (3)1.3% (2)+0.6 pp
Biotechnology and its ApplicationsZoology1.3% (2)1.9% (3)-0.6 pp
Structural Organisation in AnimalsZoology1.9% (3)1.3% (2)+0.6 pp
Dual Nature of Radiation and MatterPhysics0.6% (1)2.5% (4)-1.9 pp
EcosystemBotany1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
System of Particles and Rotational MotionPhysics1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
OscillationsPhysics1.9% (3)0.6% (1)+1.3 pp
ElectrochemistryChemistry1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
Chemical KineticsChemistry1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
Anatomy of Flowering PlantsBotany1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
Body Fluids and CirculationZoology1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
Kinetic TheoryPhysics0.6% (1)1.9% (3)-1.3 pp
EquilibriumChemistry1.9% (3)0.6% (1)+1.3 pp
Electric Charges and FieldsPhysics1.9% (3)0.6% (1)+1.3 pp
Morphology of Flowering PlantsBotany0.6% (1)1.9% (3)-1.3 pp
Biological ClassificationBotany1.9% (3)0.6% (1)+1.3 pp
Breathing and Exchange of GasesZoology1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
SolutionsChemistry1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
Chemical Bonding and Molecular StructureChemistry1.3% (2)1.3% (2)0.0 pp
Excretory Products and their EliminationZoology1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Respiration in PlantsBotany1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Thermal Properties of MatterPhysics1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
The d- and f-Block ElementsChemistry0.6% (1)1.3% (2)-0.6 pp
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsChemistry0.6% (1)1.3% (2)-0.6 pp
Units and MeasurementsPhysics0.6% (1)1.3% (2)-0.6 pp
Moving Charges and MagnetismPhysics1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
GravitationPhysics1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
NucleiPhysics0.6% (1)1.3% (2)-0.6 pp
Structure of AtomChemistry1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Coordination CompoundsChemistry0.6% (1)1.3% (2)-0.6 pp
Wave OpticsPhysics0.6% (1)1.3% (2)-0.6 pp
Mechanical Properties of SolidsPhysics0.6% (1)1.3% (2)-0.6 pp
Electromagnetic WavesPhysics1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Locomotion and MovementZoology1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Some Basic Concepts of ChemistryChemistry0.6% (1)1.3% (2)-0.6 pp
Laws of MotionPhysics1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Mechanical Properties of FluidsPhysics1.3% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Electrostatic Potential and CapacitancePhysics0.0% (0)1.9% (3)-1.9 pp
Work, Energy and PowerPhysics1.9% (3)0.0% (0)+1.9 pp
AminesChemistry0.6% (1)0.6% (1)0.0 pp
Motion in a PlanePhysics1.3% (2)0.0% (0)+1.3 pp
Magnetism and MatterPhysics0.6% (1)0.6% (1)0.0 pp
AtomsPhysics0.6% (1)0.6% (1)0.0 pp
Motion in a Straight LinePhysics0.6% (1)0.6% (1)0.0 pp
Photosynthesis in Higher PlantsBotany0.0% (0)1.3% (2)-1.3 pp
Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and TechniquesChemistry0.6% (1)0.6% (1)0.0 pp
Redox ReactionsChemistry0.6% (1)0.6% (1)0.0 pp
Alternating CurrentPhysics0.0% (0)1.3% (2)-1.3 pp
Purification and Characterisation of Organic CompoundsChemistry0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in PropertiesChemistry0.6% (1)0.0% (0)+0.6 pp
Organisms and PopulationsBotany0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
Electromagnetic InductionPhysics0.6% (1)0.0% (0)+0.6 pp
Neural Control and CoordinationZoology0.6% (1)0.0% (0)+0.6 pp
Alcohols, Phenols and EthersChemistry0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
WavesPhysics0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
Haloalkanes and HaloarenesChemistry0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
The Living WorldBotany0.6% (1)0.0% (0)+0.6 pp

73 of 79 chapters moved by less than 1.5 percentage points and are greyed out — at these chapter sizes, a swing of one or two questions is noise, not a signal.

Two sittings are two sittings. Everything above describes what these two papers contained. None of it predicts the next one, and a chapter that fell here is not a chapter to drop — the examiners are not running a trend. The aggregate across every complete paper is the more reliable number.