NEET UG 2023 · Zoology · Question 189
NEET 2023 Zoology, question 189
Question 189 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Zoology question from Animal Kingdom. Its idea, Fundamental Chordate Features, was asked 6 times, in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q189 · Zoology
Select the correct statements with reference to chordates.
A. Presence of a mid-dorsal, solid and double nerve cord.
B. Presence of closed circulatory system.
C. Presence of paired pharyngeal gillslits.
D. Presence of dorsal heart
E. Triploblastic pseudocoelomate animals.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1C, D and E only
- 2A, C and D only
- 3B and C onlyOfficial answer
- 4B, D and E only
Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Fundamental Chordate Features, in other papers
NEET asked this idea 6 times, in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The other 5 questions below.
- 2026 Q132Which of the following is not a characteristic of chordates?One-line MCQ · Easy
- 2025 Q142Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : All vertebrates…Assertion–reason · Easy
- 2024 Q191The following are the statements about non-chordates: A. Pharynx is perforated by gill slits. B. Notochord is absent. C. Central nervous…Other · Easy
- 2022 Q182Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : All vertebrates…Assertion–reason · Easy
- 2020 Q26Which of the following statements are true for the phylum-Chordata ? (a) In Urochordata notochord extends from head to tail and it is…Other · Medium
Fundamental Chordate Features: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Animal Kingdom in ten years of NEET
34 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.3 a paper. Chordate Classes alone had 16.