NEET UG 2021 · Zoology · Question 186
NEET 2021 Zoology, question 186
Question 186 of the NEET 2021 paper (code O1) is a Zoology question from Molecular Basis of Inheritance. Its idea, Properties of Genetic Code, was asked twice, in 2019 and 2021, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q186 · Zoology
Statement I :
The codon 'AUG' codes for methionine and phenylalanine.
Statement II :
'AAA' and 'AAG' both codons code for the amino acid lysine.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1Statement I is correct but Statement II is false
- 2Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is trueOfficial answer
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- 4Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Properties of Genetic Code, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2019 and 2021. The other question below.
- 2019 Q154Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology ?One-line MCQ · Easy
Properties of Genetic Code: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Molecular Basis of Inheritance in ten years of NEET
61 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 5.8 a paper. Genetic Code and Translation alone had 12.