Morphology of flowering plants - NEET Previous Year Questions with Complete Solutions

NEET typically has 2–4 questions from Morphology of Flowering Plants every year. Based on NTA official papers from 2013 to 2025, this chapter contributed an average of 3.1 questions per paper. At 4 marks per question, it accounts for roughly 8–16 marks, making it one of the more rewarding Class 11 Biology chapters to prepare thoroughly.

Yes, the style is absent in Papaver somniferum. This is because the stigma sits directly on the ovary in a sessile arrangement — a condition called subsessile or sessile stigma. The stigma forms a flat disc (stigmatic disc) sitting directly on the top of the ovary. This is an exception to the typical pistil structure and has been tested in NEET objective questions.

The correct floral formula for Liliaceae according to NCERT Class 11 Chapter 5 is: ⊕ P(3+3) A3+3 G(3). The ovary is superior — represented by G(3), not G(3̄). Some older coaching notes incorrectly show an inferior ovary. Always rely on your NCERT textbook for this notation, as NEET marks strictly follow NCERT.

eSaral's chapter-wise PYQ banks are currently available in English. NTA publishes official NEET question papers in Hindi on its official website (nta.ac.in), where you can access Hindi-medium papers from 2017 onwards. For Hindi-medium students, it is recommended to solve the NTA official Hindi papers and then use eSaral's solutions for answer explanations.

Both chapters are important and together they form the plant structure unit in Class 11 NCERT. Historically, Morphology of Flowering Plants yields slightly more questions (average 3.1/year) compared to Anatomy of Flowering Plants (average 2.3/year). However, both chapters are easy to score in once NCERT is read carefully, so neither should be skipped.