NEET UG 2017 · Zoology · Question 160
NEET 2017 Zoology, question 160
Question 160 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Zoology question from Animal Kingdom. Its idea, Hemichordata, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q160 · Zoology
An important characteristic that Hemichordates share with Chordates is :
- 1absence of notochord
- 2ventral tubular nerve cord
- 3pharynx with gill slitsOfficial answer
- 4pharynx without gill slits
Official answer: option 3 · CBSE official answer key
Same idea
The only question on Hemichordata
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
The chapter
Animal Kingdom in ten years of NEET
34 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.3 a paper. Animal Kingdom: Basis of Classification and Non-chordates alone had 18.