NEET UG 2026 · Zoology · Question 176
NEET 2026 Zoology, question 176
Question 176 of the NEET 2026 paper (re-exam) is a Zoology question from Biotechnology: Principles and Processes. Its idea, Enzymatic Cell Lysis for DNA Isolation, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q176 · Zoology
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: In recombinant DNA technology, lysozyme is used for disrupting bacterial cells while cellulase is for plant cells.
Reason R: Isolation of genetic material needs disruption of cells.
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 Enzymatic Cell Lysis for DNA Isolation
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Enzymatic Cell Lysis for DNA Isolation: every question and how it was framed
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. Restriction Enzymes alone had 22.