NEET UG 2019 · Zoology · Question 120
NEET 2019 Zoology, question 120
Question 120 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Zoology question from Breathing and Exchange of Gases. Its idea, Asthma and Emphysema, was asked 3 times, in 2018, 2019 and 2025, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q120 · Zoology
Due to increasing air-borne allergens and pollutants, many people in urban areas are suffering from respiratory disorder causing wheezing due to :
- 1benign growth on mucous lining of nasal cavity.
- 2inflammation of bronchi and bronchioles.Official answer
- 3proliferation of fibrous tissues and damage of the alveolar walls.
- 4reduction in the secretion of surfactants by pneumocytes.
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Asthma and Emphysema, in other papers
NEET asked this idea 3 times, in 2018, 2019 and 2025. The other 2 questions below.
The chapter
Breathing and Exchange of Gases in ten years of NEET
17 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.6 a paper. Mechanism of Breathing alone had 11.