NEET UG 2018 · Zoology · Question 160
NEET 2018 Zoology, question 160
Question 160 of the NEET 2018 paper (code AA) is a Zoology question from Evolution. Its idea, Definition of Saltation, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q160 · Zoology
According to Hugo de Vries, the mechanism of evolution is
- 1Phenotypic variations
- 2SaltationOfficial answer
- 3Multiple step mutations
- 4Minor mutations
Official answer: option 2 · CBSE official answer key
Same idea
The only question on Definition of Saltation
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Definition of Saltation: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Evolution in ten years of NEET
28 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.7 a paper. Natural Selection alone had 11.