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NEET UG 2019 · Zoology · Question 117

NEET 2019 Zoology, question 117

Question 117 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Zoology question from Evolution. Its idea, Brain Capacity of Hominids, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q117 · Zoology

Match the hominids with their correct brain size :

(a) Homo habilis(i) 900 cc
(b) Homo neanderthalensis(ii) 1350 cc
(c) Homo erectus(iii) 650 - 800 cc
(d) Homo sapiens(iv) 1400 cc

Select the correct option.

  1. 1(a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
  2. 2(a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)
  3. 3(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)Official answer
  4. 4(a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Brain Capacity of Hominids

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

Brain Capacity of Hominids: 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. Origin of Life and Human Evolution alone had 5.

Evolution: questions per paper

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