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NEET UG 2022 · Zoology · Question 172

NEET 2022 Zoology, question 172

Question 172 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Zoology question from Cell Cycle and Cell Division. Its idea, DNA Replication Timing Trap, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q172 · Zoology

Regarding Meiosis, which of the statements is incorrect ?

  1. 1Four haploid cells are formed at the end of Meiosis-II
  2. 2There are two stages in Meiosis, Meiosis-I and II
  3. 3DNA replication occurs in S phase of Meiosis-IIOfficial answer
  4. 4Pairing of homologous chromosomes and recombination occurs in Meiosis-I

Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on DNA Replication Timing Trap

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

DNA Replication Timing Trap: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Cell Cycle and Cell Division in ten years of NEET

32 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.0 a paper. Meiotic Prophase I alone had 11.

Cell Cycle and Cell Division: questions per paper

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