Breathing and Exchange of Gases

31 topics, ranked by how often each is asked.

Practise Breathing and Exchange of GasesBrowse all questions
  • 53 questions
  • 29 papers
  • 1.5% of Biology

Topics

The squares are the last ten exam years: filled means it was asked that year.

Topics

31 topics · 53 questions
  1. 1Pulmonary Volumes and Capacities1.9%1 questionPractise Pulmonary Volumes and Capacities
  2. 2Factors Favouring Oxyhaemoglobin Formation1.9%1 questionPractise Factors Favouring Oxyhaemoglobin Formation
  3. 3Respiratory Volumes and Capacities17%9 questionsPractise Respiratory Volumes and Capacities
  4. 4Transport of Gases – Oxygen1.9%1 questionPractise Transport of Gases – Oxygen
  5. 5Respiratory System – Conducting and Exchange Parts1.9%1 questionPractise Respiratory System – Conducting and Exchange Parts
  6. 6Exchange of Gases – Partial Pressures3.8%2 questionsPractise Exchange of Gases – Partial Pressures
  7. 7Transport of Gases – Oxygen Dissociation Curve3.8%2 questionsPractise Transport of Gases – Oxygen Dissociation Curve
  8. 8Mechanism of Breathing5.7%3 questionsPractise Mechanism of Breathing
  9. 9Disorders of the Respiratory System – Asthma3.8%2 questionsPractise Disorders of the Respiratory System – Asthma
  10. 10Steps of respiration1.9%1 questionPractise Steps of respiration
  11. 11Respiratory organs across animal groups1.9%1 questionPractise Respiratory organs across animal groups
  12. 12Transport of carbon dioxide3.8%2 questionsPractise Transport of carbon dioxide
  13. 13Respiratory volumes and total lung capacity1.9%1 questionPractise Respiratory volumes and total lung capacity
  14. 14Regulation and physiology of respiration1.9%1 questionPractise Regulation and physiology of respiration
  15. 15Sequential steps of respiration1.9%1 questionPractise Sequential steps of respiration
  16. 16Altitude sickness and oxygen availability1.9%1 questionPractise Altitude sickness and oxygen availability
  17. 17Regulation of respiration5.7%3 questionsPractise Regulation of respiration
  18. 18Respiratory organs in animals5.7%3 questionsPractise Respiratory organs in animals
  19. 19Disorders of the respiratory system1.9%1 questionPractise Disorders of the respiratory system
  20. 20Occupational respiratory disorders1.9%1 questionPractise Occupational respiratory disorders
  21. 21Respiratory volumes – residual volume1.9%1 questionPractise Respiratory volumes – residual volume
  22. 22Transport of oxygen – Bohr effect1.9%1 questionPractise Transport of oxygen – Bohr effect
  23. 23Disorders of the respiratory system – emphysema1.9%1 questionPractise Disorders of the respiratory system – emphysema
  24. 24Mechanism of breathing – intrapleural pressure1.9%1 questionPractise Mechanism of breathing – intrapleural pressure
  25. 25Respiratory disorders3.8%2 questionsPractise Respiratory disorders
  26. 26Transport of gases7.5%4 questionsPractise Transport of gases
  27. 27Human respiratory system1.9%1 questionPractise Human respiratory system
  28. 28Exchange of gases1.9%1 questionPractise Exchange of gases
  29. 29Transport of Oxygen1.9%1 questionPractise Transport of Oxygen
  30. 30Adaptation to High Altitude1.9%1 questionPractise Adaptation to High Altitude
  31. 31Transport of Gases: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning1.9%1 questionPractise Transport of Gases: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Questions per paper

Asked in 15 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

  1. 2026: 3 questions
  2. 2026 Re-NEET: 1 question
  3. 2025: not asked
  4. 2024: 2 questions
  5. 2024 Re-NEET: 2 questions
  6. 2023: 1 question
  7. 2023 Manipur: 2 questions
  8. 2022: 2 questions
  9. 2022 Phase 2: 2 questions
  10. 2021: 2 questions
  11. 2020: 2 questions
  12. 2020 Phase-2: 2 questions
  13. 2019: 2 questions
  14. 2019 Odisha: 2 questions
  15. 2018: 3 questions
  16. 2017: 1 question

Concepts tested

  • Respiratory volumes and capacities 3
  • Transport of carbon dioxide 2
  • Vital capacity 2
  • Altitude sickness and oxygen availability
  • alveolar-po2
  • Alveolus and diffusion membrane
  • asthma-allergy
  • asthma-emphysema
  • bohr-effect-low-ph
  • Carboxyhaemoglobin formation
  • cause of wheezing in asthma
  • Chemoreceptor response to carbon dioxide
  • CO2 drive of breathing
  • CO2 transport as bicarbonate
  • Conditions in alveoli favouring O2 binding to haemoglobin
  • Emphysema
  • emphysema-smoking
  • Erythropoiesis at high altitude