NEET UG 2022 · Zoology · Question 161
NEET 2022 Zoology, question 161
Question 161 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Zoology question from Biological Classification. Its idea, Exogenous Conidia in Ascomycetes, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q161 · Zoology
Identify the asexual reproductive structure associated with Penicillium :
- 1Buds
- 2Zoospores
- 3ConidiaOfficial answer
- 4Gemmules
Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Exogenous Conidia in Ascomycetes
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Exogenous Conidia in Ascomycetes: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Biological Classification in ten years of NEET
26 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 2.5 a paper. Kingdom Fungi alone had 9.