NEET UG 2026 · Zoology · Question 132
NEET 2026 Zoology, question 132
Question 132 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) 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
Q132 · Zoology
Which of the following is not a characteristic of chordates?
- 1Presence of notochord
- 2Central nervous system is dorsal
- 3Absence of gillsOfficial answer
- 4Presence of post anal part (tail)
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.
- 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
- 2023 Q189Select the correct statements with reference to chordates. A. Presence of a mid-dorsal, solid and double nerve cord. B. Presence of closed…Other · Medium
- 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.