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A question can carry multiple topic tags. Counts and marks are independent per topic; adding rows can count the same question more than once. Use the data to explore past papers alongside the syllabus.

Analysis range

10 available years · 10 papers

ALL YEARS · COMPLETE ARCHIVE

Compare topics across all years

2017–2026 · 10 archived years · 10 papers. Compare total tagged coverage, recurrence and the observed range across years. This analysis uses the selected range and stays independent of the paper year selector.

Average = total matched tagged marks ÷ all 10 papers in this range. Years without a matching tag add no matched marks to this calculation; this does not establish zero actual exam coverage. Read the average alongside the years tagged.

The observed range uses only years with matched data, dividing each year’s marks by its paper count. Topic tags overlap, so totals cannot be added into a whole-paper marks split.

Tagged marks: 97
Tagged questions: 60
Avg marks / archive paper: 9.7
Observed marks / paper: 5–18

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 94
Tagged questions: 63
Avg marks / archive paper: 9.4
Observed marks / paper: 6–16

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 68
Tagged questions: 41
Avg marks / archive paper: 6.8
Observed marks / paper: 4–12

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 66
Tagged questions: 43
Avg marks / archive paper: 6.6
Observed marks / paper: 4–9

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 64
Tagged questions: 40
Avg marks / archive paper: 6.4
Observed marks / paper: 2–12

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 64
Tagged questions: 42
Avg marks / archive paper: 6.4
Observed marks / paper: 6–9

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Tagged marks: 56
Tagged questions: 33
Avg marks / archive paper: 5.6
Observed marks / paper: 3–13

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 53
Tagged questions: 33
Avg marks / archive paper: 5.3
Observed marks / paper: 2–8

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 46
Tagged questions: 33
Avg marks / archive paper: 4.6
Observed marks / paper: 2–7

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 44
Tagged questions: 26
Avg marks / archive paper: 4.4
Observed marks / paper: 1–8

Matched years: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 43
Tagged questions: 28
Avg marks / archive paper: 4.3
Observed marks / paper: 1–9

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 42
Tagged questions: 26
Avg marks / archive paper: 4.2
Observed marks / paper: 1–7

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 42
Tagged questions: 29
Avg marks / archive paper: 4.2
Observed marks / paper: 1–11

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 41
Tagged questions: 25
Avg marks / archive paper: 4.1
Observed marks / paper: 1–9

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 39
Tagged questions: 25
Avg marks / archive paper: 3.9
Observed marks / paper: 2–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 35
Tagged questions: 25
Avg marks / archive paper: 3.5
Observed marks / paper: 1–7

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Tagged marks: 34
Tagged questions: 21
Avg marks / archive paper: 3.4
Observed marks / paper: 1–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 33
Tagged questions: 23
Avg marks / archive paper: 3.3
Observed marks / paper: 2–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 33
Tagged questions: 21
Avg marks / archive paper: 3.3
Observed marks / paper: 2–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 30
Tagged questions: 18
Avg marks / archive paper: 3
Observed marks / paper: 1–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 29
Tagged questions: 17
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.9
Observed marks / paper: 1–7

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Tagged marks: 29
Tagged questions: 17
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.9
Observed marks / paper: 2–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 29
Tagged questions: 20
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.9
Observed marks / paper: 1–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 28
Tagged questions: 19
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.8
Observed marks / paper: 2–6

Matched years: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 27
Tagged questions: 19
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.7
Observed marks / paper: 1–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 27
Tagged questions: 17
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.7
Observed marks / paper: 2–4

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 27
Tagged questions: 22
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.7
Observed marks / paper: 1–7

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Tagged marks: 24
Tagged questions: 15
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.4
Observed marks / paper: 2–5

Matched years: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026

Tagged marks: 23
Tagged questions: 14
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.3
Observed marks / paper: 2–3

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 23
Tagged questions: 15
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.3
Observed marks / paper: 1–4

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 23
Tagged questions: 14
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.3
Observed marks / paper: 1–4

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 23
Tagged questions: 15
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.3
Observed marks / paper: 1–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 22
Tagged questions: 13
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.2
Observed marks / paper: 1–4

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Tagged marks: 21
Tagged questions: 15
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.1
Observed marks / paper: 1–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 21
Tagged questions: 14
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.1
Observed marks / paper: 1–3

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 21
Tagged questions: 14
Avg marks / archive paper: 2.1
Observed marks / paper: 1–4

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025

Tagged marks: 19
Tagged questions: 12
Avg marks / archive paper: 1.9
Observed marks / paper: 2–7

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 19
Tagged questions: 16
Avg marks / archive paper: 1.9
Observed marks / paper: 1–5

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 18
Tagged questions: 10
Avg marks / archive paper: 1.8
Observed marks / paper: 1–2

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 17
Tagged questions: 11
Avg marks / archive paper: 1.7
Observed marks / paper: 2–3

Matched years: 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 15
Tagged questions: 10
Avg marks / archive paper: 1.5
Observed marks / paper: 1–5

Matched years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 15
Tagged questions: 10
Avg marks / archive paper: 1.5
Observed marks / paper: 1–4

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 13
Tagged questions: 10
Avg marks / archive paper: 1.3
Observed marks / paper: 1–3

Matched years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 10
Tagged questions: 7
Avg marks / archive paper: 1
Observed marks / paper: 1–3

Matched years: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

Tagged marks: 10
Tagged questions: 9
Avg marks / archive paper: 1
Observed marks / paper: 1–2

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 9
Tagged questions: 7
Avg marks / archive paper: 0.9
Observed marks / paper: 1–2

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

Tagged marks: 9
Tagged questions: 7
Avg marks / archive paper: 0.9
Observed marks / paper: 1–2

Matched years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2025, 2026

Tagged marks: 4
Tagged questions: 2
Avg marks / archive paper: 0.4
Observed marks / paper: 4–4

Matched years: 2026

Tagged marks: 4
Tagged questions: 3
Avg marks / archive paper: 0.4
Observed marks / paper: 4–4

Matched years: 2026

Tagged marks: 3
Tagged questions: 2
Avg marks / archive paper: 0.3
Observed marks / paper: 3–3

Matched years: 2026

Tagged marks: 2
Tagged questions: 2
Avg marks / archive paper: 0.2
Observed marks / paper: 1–1

Matched years: 2017, 2026

Tagged marks: 2
Tagged questions: 1
Avg marks / archive paper: 0.2
Observed marks / paper: 2–2

Matched years: 2026

Tagged marks: 1
Tagged questions: 1
Avg marks / archive paper: 0.1
Observed marks / paper: 1–1

Matched years: 2026

Topic	Years tagged	Questions	Marks	Avg / paper	Observed range	Practice
Food Products Technology	10 / 10	60	97	9.7	5–18	Practise
Food Chemistry and Nutrition	10 / 10	63	94	9.4	6–16	Practise
Plant physiology and biochemistry	9 / 10	41	68	6.8	4–12	Practise
Structure Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms	10 / 10	43	66	6.6	4–9	Practise
Food Engineering	9 / 10	40	64	6.4	2–12	Practise
Quantitative Aptitude	9 / 10	42	64	6.4	6–9	Practise
Genetics and genomics	10 / 10	33	56	5.6	3–13	Practise
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	10 / 10	33	53	5.3	2–8	Practise
Food Microbiology	10 / 10	33	46	4.6	2–7	Practise
Microbial Genetics	9 / 10	26	44	4.4	1–8	Practise
Animal Anatomy and Physiology	10 / 10	28	43	4.3	1–9	Practise
Genetics	10 / 10	26	42	4.2	1–7	Practise
Plant development; cell and tissue morphogenesis	10 / 10	29	42	4.2	1–11	Practise
Microbial Growth	10 / 10	25	41	4.1	1–9	Practise
Microbial Diseases and Host Pathogen Interaction	10 / 10	25	39	3.9	2–5	Practise
Microbial Metabolism	9 / 10	25	35	3.5	1–7	Practise
s, p and d Block Elements	10 / 10	21	34	3.4	1–5	Practise
Plant Pathology	10 / 10	23	33	3.3	2–5	Practise
Structure and Bonding	10 / 10	21	33	3.3	2–5	Practise
Plant Breeding, Genetic Modification, Genome Editing	10 / 10	18	30	3	1–5	Practise
Analytical Aptitude	9 / 10	17	29	2.9	1–7	Practise
Economic and applied Botany	10 / 10	17	29	2.9	2–5	Practise
Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity	9 / 10	20	29	2.9	1–5	Practise
Parasitology and Immunology	9 / 10	19	28	2.8	2–6	Practise
Cell Biology	9 / 10	19	27	2.7	1–5	Practise
Methods in Microbiology	10 / 10	17	27	2.7	2–4	Practise
Verbal Aptitude	9 / 10	22	27	2.7	1–7	Practise
Prokaryotic Cells: Structure and Function	7 / 10	15	24	2.4	2–5	Practise
Chemical Equilibria	10 / 10	14	23	2.3	2–3	Practise
Chemotherapy/Antibiotics	9 / 10	15	23	2.3	1–4	Practise
Reaction Kinetics	9 / 10	14	23	2.3	1–4	Practise
Thermodynamics	10 / 10	15	23	2.3	1–5	Practise
Development Biology	8 / 10	13	22	2.2	1–4	Practise
Animal Diversity	9 / 10	15	21	2.1	1–5	Practise
Atomic Structure and Periodicity	10 / 10	14	21	2.1	1–3	Practise
Ecology and Environment	7 / 10	14	21	2.1	1–4	Practise
Gene expression in Eukaryotes	5 / 10	12	19	1.9	2–7	Practise
Plant Anatomy	10 / 10	16	19	1.9	1–5	Practise
Electrochemistry	10 / 10	10	18	1.8	1–2	Practise
Spatial Aptitude	7 / 10	11	17	1.7	2–3	Practise
Ecology	7 / 10	10	15	1.5	1–5	Practise
Evolution	7 / 10	10	15	1.5	1–4	Practise
Chemistry of Biomolecules	7 / 10	10	13	1.3	1–3	Practise
Microbial Ecology	6 / 10	7	10	1	1–3	Practise
Plant Systematics	8 / 10	9	10	1	1–2	Practise
Control of Micro organisms	7 / 10	7	9	0.9	1–2	Practise
Historical Perspective	7 / 10	7	9	0.9	1–2	Practise
Logic	1 / 10	2	4	0.4	4–4	Practise
Transformation of shapes	1 / 10	3	4	0.4	4–4	Practise
Numerical computation and estimation	1 / 10	2	3	0.3	3–3	Practise
Animal Behavior	2 / 10	2	2	0.2	1–1	Practise
Basic vocabulary	1 / 10	1	2	0.2	2–2	Practise
Basic English grammar	1 / 10	1	1	0.1	1–1	Practise

01 · TOPICS ACROSS YEARS

Topics that recur in the selected years

Sorted by the number of archived years with matching tags, then by tagged marks. These are observations from imported papers, not a forecast or an expert priority ranking.

Tagged questions: 60
Tagged marks: 97

Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.

Tagged questions: 63
Tagged marks: 94

Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.

Tagged questions: 43
Tagged marks: 66

Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.

Tagged questions: 33
Tagged marks: 56

Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.

Tagged questions: 33
Tagged marks: 53

Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.

Tagged questions: 33
Tagged marks: 46

Totals across available years; overlaps are retained.

Paper year

1 paper · 122 archived questions · 45 matched topics

02 · YEAR-WISE BREAKDOWN

Explore a year in detail

Choose a year to see its matched topics. Marks are shown from highest to lowest; years with several papers pool those papers.

9 tagged questions · 14 tagged marks

7 tagged questions · 12 tagged marks

4 tagged questions · 7 tagged marks

4 tagged questions · 6 tagged marks

3 tagged questions · 5 tagged marks

2 tagged questions · 4 tagged marks

3 tagged questions · 4 tagged marks

2 tagged questions · 4 tagged marks

3 tagged questions · 4 tagged marks

2 tagged questions · 3 tagged marks

3 tagged questions · 3 tagged marks

2 tagged questions · 3 tagged marks

1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks

2 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks

1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks

2 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks

1 tagged questions · 2 tagged marks

1 tagged questions · 1 tagged marks

Topic	Tagged questions	Tagged marks	Practice
Food Chemistry and Nutrition	9	14	Practise
Plant physiology and biochemistry	7	12	Practise
Food Engineering	4	7	Practise
Microbial Genetics	4	7	Practise
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	4	6	Practise
Structure Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms	4	6	Practise
Ecology	3	5	Practise
Food Products Technology	3	5	Practise
Plant development; cell and tissue morphogenesis	3	5	Practise
Economic and applied Botany	2	4	Practise
Evolution	2	4	Practise
Food Microbiology	3	4	Practise
Gene expression in Eukaryotes	2	4	Practise
Logic	2	4	Practise
Plant Pathology	3	4	Practise
Structure and Bonding	3	4	Practise
Transformation of shapes	3	4	Practise
Animal Anatomy and Physiology	2	3	Practise
Animal Diversity	2	3	Practise
Atomic Structure and Periodicity	2	3	Practise
Chemical Equilibria	2	3	Practise
Chemotherapy/Antibiotics	2	3	Practise
Genetics and genomics	2	3	Practise
Methods in Microbiology	2	3	Practise
Microbial Diseases and Host Pathogen Interaction	2	3	Practise
Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity	2	3	Practise
Numerical computation and estimation	2	3	Practise
Parasitology and Immunology	3	3	Practise
Prokaryotic Cells: Structure and Function	2	3	Practise
Reaction Kinetics	2	3	Practise
Basic vocabulary	1	2	Practise
Genetics	1	2	Practise
Historical Perspective	1	2	Practise
Microbial Growth	2	2	Practise
s, p and d Block Elements	1	2	Practise
Spatial Aptitude	2	2	Practise
Thermodynamics	1	2	Practise
Animal Behavior	1	1	Practise
Basic English grammar	1	1	Practise
Cell Biology	1	1	Practise
Chemistry of Biomolecules	1	1	Practise
Electrochemistry	1	1	Practise
Plant Anatomy	1	1	Practise
Plant Breeding, Genetic Modification, Genome Editing	1	1	Practise
Plant Systematics	1	1	Practise

03 · UNDERSTAND THE COVERAGE

What these numbers mean

Check the coverage and matching method before comparing years or choosing study priorities.

Only normalized labels matching the archived 2026 syllabus are included. 684 raw tag/year rows were omitted or consolidated.

For duplicate aliases, the existing row with the most questions is selected. Overlapping aliases are not summed. This is label matching, not an independently reviewed classification of every question.

10 papers · 1235 imported questions. 0 have no topic tag and 1235 have more than one imported tag, including metadata tags.

Each topic/year row counts unique tagged questions and their printed marks. Missing matches mean no matched tag data; they do not prove a topic was not tested.

Optional-section archives can contain more questions and marks than one candidate’s attempt. The figures describe the archive.

04 · TURN COVERAGE INTO PRACTICE

Build a balanced revision plan

Combine historical coverage with your current strengths, mistakes and the complete syllabus.

Create a personalized AI study plan

Historical coverage, with context

Compare topics across all years

Food Products Technology

Food Chemistry and Nutrition

Plant physiology and biochemistry

Structure Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Food Engineering

Quantitative Aptitude

Genetics and genomics

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Food Microbiology

Microbial Genetics

Animal Anatomy and Physiology

Genetics

Plant development; cell and tissue morphogenesis

Microbial Growth

Microbial Diseases and Host Pathogen Interaction

Microbial Metabolism

s, p and d Block Elements

Plant Pathology

Structure and Bonding

Plant Breeding, Genetic Modification, Genome Editing

Analytical Aptitude

Economic and applied Botany

Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity

Parasitology and Immunology

Cell Biology

Methods in Microbiology

Verbal Aptitude

Prokaryotic Cells: Structure and Function

Chemical Equilibria

Chemotherapy/Antibiotics

Reaction Kinetics

Thermodynamics

Development Biology

Animal Diversity

Atomic Structure and Periodicity

Ecology and Environment

Gene expression in Eukaryotes

Plant Anatomy

Electrochemistry

Spatial Aptitude

Ecology

Evolution

Chemistry of Biomolecules

Microbial Ecology

Plant Systematics

Control of Micro organisms

Historical Perspective

Logic

Transformation of shapes

Numerical computation and estimation

Animal Behavior

Basic vocabulary

Basic English grammar

All topics · all archived years

Topics that recur in the selected years

Food Products Technology

Food Chemistry and Nutrition

Structure Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Genetics and genomics

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Food Microbiology

Explore a year in detail

Food Chemistry and Nutrition

Plant physiology and biochemistry

Food Engineering

Microbial Genetics

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Structure Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Ecology

Food Products Technology

Plant development; cell and tissue morphogenesis

Economic and applied Botany

Evolution

Food Microbiology

Gene expression in Eukaryotes

Logic

Plant Pathology