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NEET UG 2019 · Zoology · Question 168

NEET 2019 Zoology, question 168

Question 168 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Zoology question from Digestion and Absorption. Its idea, Goblet Cells Mucus Secretion, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q168 · Zoology

Identify the cells whose secretion protects the lining of gastro-intestinal tract from various enzymes.

  1. 1Chief Cells
  2. 2Goblet CellsOfficial answer
  3. 3Oxyntic Cells
  4. 4Duodenal Cells

Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Goblet Cells Mucus Secretion

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

Goblet Cells Mucus Secretion: every question and how it was framed

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Digestion and Absorption in ten years of NEET

15 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 7 of 10 papers, about 1.4 a paper. Digestive Enzymes alone had 13.

Digestion and Absorption: questions per paper

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