NEET UG 2023 · Zoology · Question 181
NEET 2023 Zoology, question 181
Question 181 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Zoology question from Molecular Basis of Inheritance. Its idea, Nucleosome Structure, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q181 · Zoology
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: In prokaryotes, the positively charged DNA is held with some negatively charged proteins in a region called nucleoid.
Statement II: In eukaryotes, the negatively charged DNA is wrapped around the positively charged histone octamer to form nucleosome.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1Statement I incorrect but Statement II is true.Official answer
- 2Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
- 4Statement I is correct but Statement II is false.
Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Nucleosome Structure
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
The chapter
Molecular Basis of Inheritance in ten years of NEET
61 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 5.8 a paper. DNA Double Helix alone had 16.