NEET UG 2022 · Zoology · Question 167
NEET 2022 Zoology, question 167
Question 167 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Zoology question from Locomotion and Movement. Its idea, Osteoporosis and Gout, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q167 · Zoology
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) :
Osteoporosis is characterised by decreased bone mass and increased chances of fractures.
Reason (R) :
Common cause of osteoporosis is increased levels of estrogen.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
- 1(A) is not correct but (R) is correct
- 2Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- 3Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- 4(A) is correct but (R) is not correctOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Osteoporosis and Gout
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
The chapter
Locomotion and Movement in ten years of NEET
19 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.8 a paper. Human Skeleton and Musculoskeletal Disorders alone had 10.