NEET UG 2024 · Zoology · Question 157
NEET 2024 Zoology, question 157
Question 157 of the NEET 2024 paper (code T2) is a Zoology question from Cell Cycle and Cell Division. Its idea, Sequence of Prophase I Stages, was asked twice, in 2020 and 2024, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q157 · Zoology
Match List I with List II
| List-I (Sub Phases of Prophase I) | List-II (Specific Characters) |
|---|---|
| A. Diakinesis | I. Synaptonemal complex formation |
| B. Pachytene | II. Completion of terminalisation of chiasmata |
| C. Zygotene | III. Chromosomes look like thin threads |
| D. Leptotene | IV. Appearance of recombination nodules |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-IIIOfficial answer
- 2A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
- 3A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
- 4A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Sequence of Prophase I Stages, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2020 and 2024. The other question below.
- 2020 Q52Match the following with respect to meiosis : (a) Zygotene | (i) Terminalization (b) Pachytene | (ii) Chiasmata (c) Diplotene | (iii)…Match the lists · Medium
Sequence of Prophase I Stages: 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.