NEET UG 2021 · Zoology · Question 196
NEET 2021 Zoology, question 196
Question 196 of the NEET 2021 paper (code O1) is a Zoology question from Evolution. Its idea, Adaptive Radiation, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q196 · Zoology
Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II |
|---|---|
| (a) Adaptive radiation | (i) Selection of resistant varieties due to excessive use of herbicides and pesticides |
| (b) Convergent evolution | (ii) Bones of forelimbs in Man and Whale |
| (c) Divergent evolution | (iii) Wings of Butterfly and Bird |
| (d) Evolution by anthropogenic action | (iv) Darwin Finches |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
- 2(a)-(i), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)
- 3(a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)Official answer
- 4(a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)
Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Adaptive Radiation
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
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.