NEET UG 2023 · Zoology · Question 174
NEET 2023 Zoology, question 174
Question 174 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Zoology question from Evolution. Its idea, Adaptive Radiation: Australian Marsupials, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q174 · Zoology
Select the correct group/set of Australian Marsupials exhibiting adaptive radiation.
- 1Lemur, Anteater, Wolf
- 2Tasmanian wolf, Bobcat, Marsupial mole
- 3Numbat, Spotted cuscus, Flying phalangerOfficial answer
- 4Mole, Flying squirrel, Tasmanian tiger cat
Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Adaptive Radiation: Australian Marsupials
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Adaptive Radiation: Australian Marsupials: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Evolution in ten years of NEET
28 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.7 a paper. Evidence for Evolution alone had 12.