National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)
The single national gateway to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other undergraduate medical programmes.
NEET UG is the single entrance test for almost all undergraduate medical programmes in India. A single rank determines where a candidate can go — from the top AIIMS seats to every state and deemed medical college.
The exam is conceptually heavy in Biology (two papers' worth of weight — Botany and Zoology), and Physics tends to be the section that decides top ranks because of its numerical nature.
| Mode | Pen-and-paper (OMR-based) |
| Duration | 3 hours |
| Subjects | Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology |
| Questions per subject | 45 — all compulsory (Physics 45, Chemistry 45, Botany 45, Zoology 45) |
| Total questions | 180 questions, 720 marks |
| Medium | 13 Indian languages, including English and Hindi |
Marking scheme
Correct
+4 for every correct answer
Incorrect
−1 for every incorrect answer
From 2025 onwards, NEET has a single compulsory section per subject — Section B and its "attempt any 10 of 15" rule have been removed. Every one of the 180 questions is mandatory.
For Botany and Zoology, NCERT is not a starting point — it's the entire syllabus. Every line matters. Highlight, annotate, revise weekly. After that, reference material is polish, not substance.
Most NEET aspirants under-prepare Physics. Strong Physics is how you pull your rank from top-10k to top-1k. Drill numericals daily and don't skip rotational motion or modern physics.
With Section B removed from 2025 onwards, all 180 questions are compulsory. You can't cherry-pick the 10 you're confident on anymore — weak topics now cost you real marks. Broad coverage beats narrow mastery.
NEET recycles frameworks aggressively. Solving the last decade's papers teaches you which experiments, diagrams, and exceptions keep coming back. Mark every wrong answer — those are your next week's revision topics.
Because NEET is still OMR-based, practice bubbling under real time pressure. Mistakes on the OMR sheet are a real failure mode. Use actual OMR sheets for your Sunday mocks.
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Note: This guide covers the evergreen pattern, syllabus, and preparation framework. Registration dates, exam dates, and category-wise cutoffs change every cycle — always verify the latest details on the official National Testing Agency (NTA) notification before you act on timelines.