NEET UG 2023 · Zoology · Question 184
NEET 2023 Zoology, question 184
Question 184 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Zoology question from Molecular Basis of Inheritance. Its idea, RNA Mutation Rate, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q184 · Zoology
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: RNA mutates at a faster rate.
Statement II: Viruses having RNA genome and shorter life span mutate and evolve faster.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1Statement I false but Statement II is true.
- 2Both Statement I and Statement II are true.Official answer
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
- 4Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on RNA Mutation Rate
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.