NEET UG 2026 · Zoology · Question 172
NEET 2026 Zoology, question 172
Question 172 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Zoology question from Organisms and Populations. Its idea, Competitive Exclusion in Galapagos, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q172 · Zoology
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos islands became extinct within a decade after goats were introduced.
Reason R: Goats were more efficient at browsing than Abingdon tortoise.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- 1Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of AOfficial answer
- 2Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
- 3A is correct but R is not correct
- 4A is not correct but R is correct
Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Competitive Exclusion in Galapagos
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Competitive Exclusion in Galapagos: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Organisms and Populations in ten years of NEET
31 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 9 of 10 papers, about 3.0 a paper. Population Interactions alone had 16.