NEET UG 2022 · Zoology · Question 158
NEET 2022 Zoology, question 158
Question 158 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Zoology question from Digestion and Absorption. Its idea, Salivary Amylase Action, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q158 · Zoology
Which of the following functions is not performed by secretions from salivary glands ?
- 1Digestion of disaccharidesOfficial answer
- 2Control bacterial population in mouth
- 3Digestion of complex carbohydrates
- 4Lubrication of oral cavity
Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Salivary Amylase Action
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Salivary Amylase Action: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
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.