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NEET UG 2017 · Zoology · Question 131

NEET 2017 Zoology, question 131

Question 131 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Zoology question from Locomotion and Movement. Its idea, Hinge and Pivot Joints, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q131 · Zoology

The pivot joint between atlas and axis is a type of :

  1. 1fibrous joint
  2. 2cartilaginous joint
  3. 3synovial jointOfficial answer
  4. 4saddle joint

Official answer: option 3 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

The only question on Hinge and Pivot Joints

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

Hinge and Pivot Joints: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Locomotion and Movement in ten years of NEET

19 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.8 a paper. Skeletal Joints alone had 5.

Locomotion and Movement: questions per paper

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