NEET UG 2026 · Zoology · Question 164
NEET 2026 Zoology, question 164
Question 164 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Zoology question from Evolution. Its idea, Convergent Evolution: Marsupials vs. Placentals, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 2.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q164 · Zoology
Adaptive radiation in placental mammals and Australian Marsupials leading to similarity between distant species is an example of
- 1divergent evolution
- 2convergent evolutionOfficial answer
- 3founder effect
- 4genetic drift
Official answer: option 2 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Convergent Evolution: Marsupials vs. Placentals
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Convergent Evolution: Marsupials vs. Placentals: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Evolution in ten years of NEET
28 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.7 a paper. Evidence for Evolution alone had 12.