NEET UG 2026 · Zoology · Question 162
NEET 2026 Zoology, question 162
Question 162 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Zoology question from Biotechnology: Principles and Processes. Its idea, Primer Annealing Step, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 3.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q162 · Zoology
During PCR, primers bind to the DNA strands in the ___ step.
- 1denaturation
- 2extension
- 3annealingOfficial answer
- 4ligation
Official answer: option 3 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Primer Annealing Step
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
The chapter
Biotechnology: Principles and Processes in ten years of NEET
46 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 4.4 a paper. Polymerase Chain Reaction alone had 6.