Biochemistry

Topics in Biochemistry

Previous year questions for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Biochemistry section of the exam.

Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.

Biochemistry is worth about 16 of 300 questions on the exam. See the full NEET PG exam pattern and weightage.

• Carbohydrate Chemistry, Amino Sugars and Glycosaminoglycans
• Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis and Their Regulation
• Glycogen Metabolism and Storage Diseases
• HMP Shunt with Fructose and Galactose Metabolism
• Bioenergetics and the ETC
• Krebs Cycle
• Amino Acids: Structure and Classification
• Amino Acid Metabolism and Nitrogen Handling
• Inborn Errors of Amino Acid Metabolism
• Levels of Protein Structure and Function
• Urea Cycle and Hyperammonaemia
• Lipids: Classification and Chemistry
• Beta-Oxidation and Ketone Body Formation
• Fatty Acid Synthesis and Eicosanoids
• Acylglycerol and Sphingolipid Metabolism
• Cholesterol Metabolism and Lipoprotein Transport
• Haem Synthesis, Porphyrias and Bile Pigments
• Enzymes: Mechanism of Action and Clinical Uses
• Enzyme Kinetics, Inhibition and Regulation
• Fat-Soluble Vitamins: A, D, E and K
• B-Complex Vitamins in Energy Metabolism
• Folate, Vitamin B12 and Other Vitamins
• Minerals and Antioxidant Systems
• Nucleotide Metabolism and Its Disorders
• DNA Packaging, Replication and Repair
• Transcription and RNA Processing
• Translation and Post-Translational Modification
• Control of Gene Expression
• Recombinant DNA and Genomic Techniques