NEET UG 2024 · Zoology · Question 161
NEET 2024 Zoology, question 161
Question 161 of the NEET 2024 paper (code T2) is a Zoology question from Excretory Products and their Elimination. Its idea, Descending Limb Permeability, was asked twice, in 2024 and 2026, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q161 · Zoology
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: In the nephron, the descending limb of loop of Henle is impermeable to water and permeable to electrolytes.
Statement II: The proximal convoluted tubule is lined by simple columnar brush border epithelium and increases the surface area for reabsorption.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- 2Statement I is false but Statement II is true
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- 4Both Statement I and Statement II are falseOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Descending Limb Permeability, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2024 and 2026. The other question below.
- 2026 Q157Which of the following statements about the reabsorption process in Henle's loop are correct ? (a) The descending limb of Henle's loop is…Other · Medium
Descending Limb Permeability: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Excretory Products and their Elimination in ten years of NEET
16 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 1.5 a paper. Urine Formation alone had 13.