Questions
38
across 8 papers
Share of subject
9.8%
of 388 Zoology Qs
Weightage rank
#2
of 16 chapters
Difficulty
16 easy · 18 medium · 4 hard
Animal Kingdom contributed 38 of the 388 NEET Zoology questions between 2020 and 2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included). That is 9.8% of the subject and makes it the #2 chapter out of 16 by weightage — roughly 4.8 questions per paper, peaking at 12 in NEET 2021.
Of the 38 questions tagged for difficulty, 42% were easy, 47% medium and 11% hard — a fairly balanced mix of easy and moderate questions.
It has been asked less often lately: 4 questions per paper across NEET 2025, NEET 2026 and Re-NEET 2026, against 6.3 in 2020–2022.
The single most-tested topic is Chordata and Non Chordata (Differences or Common Examples) — 3 questions across 3 papers.
24 topics tagged under Animal Kingdom. Numbers show how many questions each topic had in each paper; E / M / H are the easy, medium and hard counts.
| Topic | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Re | Total | E | M | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chordata and Non Chordata (Differences or Common Examples) | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 1 |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Aschelminthes…) | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Coelenterata/…) | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Classification of Chordata (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Class Aves) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chordata - Vertebrata (Pisces (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes)) | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Chordata - Vertebrata (Tetrapoda - (Amphibia, Reptilia)) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Ctenophora) | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Echinodermata) | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Porifera) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Classification of Chordata - Pisces (Class - Chondrichthyes) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Basis of Classification (Notochord) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Basis of Classification (Symmetry) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Broad Classification of Kingdom Animalia (Coelom) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Arthropoda) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Hemichordata) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Molluscda) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Platyhelminth…) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and u– Examples - Annelida) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Classification of Chordata (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Class Mammalia) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Classification of Chordata - Pisces (Class - Osteichthyes) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Classification of Chordata - Protochordata (Cephalochordata) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Classification of Chordata - Vertebrata (Class - Cyclostomata) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Phylum Chordata (Basic Features of Chordates) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| eIntroduction (General Description of Animal Kingdom) | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
In the NEET papers from 2020 to 2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), 38 Zoology questions came from Animal Kingdom — 9.8% of the subject, or about 4.8 per paper.
By past weightage it ranks #2 of 16 Zoology chapters, so it is one of the five highest-weightage Zoology chapters, with 38 questions over 2020–2026.
The most-tested topics are Chordata and Non Chordata (Differences or Common Examples) (3), Classification of Chordata (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Class Aves) (3) and Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples… (3). The topic table above lists every topic with its count in each paper.
Of the 38 difficulty-tagged questions, 42% were easy, 47% medium and 11% hard.
Classification of Chordata (Characteristic Feature and Examples - Class Aves), Chordata - Vertebrata (Tetrapoda - (Amphibia, Reptilia)), Classification of Animals (Non Chordata) (Characteristic Feature and Examples… and Classification of Chordata - Pisces (Class - Chondrichthyes) and more were asked in the 2026 papers.
Edurack has chapter-wise NEET previous-year questions for Animal Kingdom. Use the practice button on this page to open the set, attempt questions and check your answers.
Counts come from Edurack's tagged set of NEET papers 2020–2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), mapped to NCERT chapters and topics. Use them as a trend guide — past frequency doesn't guarantee what a future paper will ask.