NEET UG 2021 · Zoology · Question 197
NEET 2021 Zoology, question 197
Question 197 of the NEET 2021 paper (code O1) is a Zoology question from Animal Kingdom. Its idea, Earthworm Morphology, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q197 · Zoology
Following are the statements about prostomium of earthworm.
(a) It serves as a covering for mouth.
(b) It helps to open cracks in the soil into which it can crawl.
(c) It is one of the sensory structures.
(d) It is the first body segment.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1(a), (b), (c) and (d) are correct
- 2(b) and (c) are correct
- 3(a), (b) and (c) are correctOfficial answer
- 4(a), (b) and (d) are correct
Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Earthworm Morphology
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
The chapter
Animal Kingdom in ten years of NEET
34 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.3 a paper. Animal Kingdom: Basis of Classification and Non-chordates alone had 18.