NEET
NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is an entrance exam held by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in India for those students who are aiming for medical and dental courses at the graduate and post-graduate levels. It usually includes MBBS and BDS courses provided by private and government colleges in the country. The exam is based on a one-tier system. The NEET-UG 2021 took place on 12th September 2021.
The AIPMT (All India Pre-Medical Test) for medicine has been replaced successfully by NEET Exam. In addition to this, the Supreme Court has finalized that NEET scores would be the only way to gain admissions in colleges running medical courses at the graduate and postgraduate levels across the country. Additionally, NEET now stands as the only medical entrance test in the country to be qualified in order for students to seek admissions to undergraduate medical programmes, even scrapping entrance tests by JIMPER and AIIMS.
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NEET 2021 Highlights
No. of Questions:180 questions (MCQ)
Exam Mode:Offline mode only (pen and paper-based mode)
Type of questions:Objective type questions with 4 options having 1 correct option
Duration of Exam: The exam duration is 180 minutes (3 hours)
Subjects: Questions are asked from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany & Zoology)
Language: The question paper is asked in 13 languages English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and Punjabi
NEET 2021 Exam Pattern
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has specified the NEET-UG 2021 syllabus. The question paper for NEET 2021 will be on the basis of this syllabus. Also, acknowledging the decision of reducing NEET syllabus by different Education boards, NTA has decided to provide a choice in Section”B” for each section/subject.
Consequently, the pattern will have two sections. Each of the section/subjects has 2 sections –
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Section A – 35 Questions
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Section B – 15 Questions
Out of these 15 questions appearing in section B, candidates can attempt any 10 of these questions. Hence, the total number of questions and usage of time is the same.
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Each question carries 4 marks
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Correct answer fetches 4 marks for each question
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1 mark is deducted for each incorrect answer
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If, after the process of challenging a key, more than one option is found to be correct, then any/all one of the multiple correct options which are marked will be awarded 4 marks
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No marks are awarded if questions are left unanswered or unattempted
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In the event, if a question was ignored or dropped, all the candidates shall be awarded 4 marks regardless of the fact that whether the question was attempted or not
NEET 2021 Eligibility Criteria
Age Criteria:
The minimum age limit is 17 years as on December 31, of the year of admission or students belonging to all the categories. Hence for candidates to qualify for the lower age limit, they must be born on or before 31.12.2004.
There is no clause on the upper age limit of candidates willing to appear for NEET, as the decision is still pending. Hence, students above 25 years of age can provisionally take part in NEET with a relaxation of 5 years for the candidates belonging to the SC/ST/OBC-NCL category and PwBD candidates until further notice.
Aggregate Marks:
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
Number of Subjects:
There will be a total of 3 subjects with Physics, Chemistry, Biology.
Number of attempts:
There is no such attempt limit in NEET 2021
Year of Passing:
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Candidates who are appearing for their board exams in the year 2021 – Eligible
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Candidates who have appeared for Class 12 exam and appearing for an improvement exam – Eligible
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Students who have appeared for the Class 12 exam in 2020 and have taken an improvement exam in 2021, can mention the year of the exam with a better score.