NEET
NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (NEET) is a Single Level Exam. Which is conducted all over the nation by the NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA) for the Students, Who are aspiring to pursue a degree in MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BSMS/BUMS/BHMS and other undergraduate medical courses in approved/recognized Medical/Dental /AYUSH and other Colleges/ Deemed Universities /Institutes (AIIMS & JIPMER) in India. NEET is an offline test conducted in a pen and paper mode. The people who are ambitious to study medicine should mandatorily attend and get qualifying marks to study in a prestigious institution. It can be written in 11 Languages Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
Eligibility:
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Eligibility Criteria for NEET |
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Age Criteria |
Lower age limit: Born before 31.12.2004. Upper age limit: 25 years SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD: 5 years relaxation from the upper age limit |
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Minimum Marks required |
For General Category – 50% (Physically Handicapped, PH – 45%) and for OBC/SC/ST – 40% (PH – 40%) Note: The marks scored for Math would not be taken into consideration in this exam |
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Number of Subjects |
There will be a total of 3 subjects with Physics, Chemistry, Biology. |
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Number of attempts |
Till the age limit |
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Year of Passing |
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Who Conducts NEET?
NEET is conducted by NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA) once in a year in the month of May. Before NTA, which is an independent autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization, the test was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The examination, which offers 90,000 seats in MBBS and BDS Colleges of India, is conducted in the month of May every year.
APPLICATION FEES:
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Category |
Fee Amount |
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General |
INR 1500/- |
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General-EWS/ OBC-NCL* |
INR 1400/- |
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SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender |
INR 800/- |
The fee for candidates outside India is INR 7500/-.
PATTERN FOR NEET:
The Entrance Examination consists of one paper containing 180 objective type questions (four options with single correct answer) from the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology) to be answered on the specially designed machine-gradable sheet using Blue/Black Ball Point Pen only. Each correct answer will get 04 marks and for each incorrect response, 01 mark will be deducted from the total score. Thus, the paper will be of total 180×4 = 720 marks.
NEET SYLLABUS:
The core concepts of Biology, physics, chemistry from the Ncert 11th and 12th std books. refer the link below:
NEET CUTOFF MARKS:
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Category |
Minimum Qualifying Percentile |
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As of 2019 |
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Unreserved (UR) |
50th Percentile |
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Unreserved PH (UR-PH) |
45th Percentile |
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Scheduled Caste (SC) |
40th Percentile |
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Scheduled Tribe (ST) |
40th Percentile |
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Other Backward Classes (OBC) |
40th Percentile |
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SC-PH |
40th Percentile |
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ST-PH |
40th Percentile |
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OBC-PH |
40th Percentile |
