About NEET

Introduction

NEET means National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for MBBS course.There is a major change in medical entrance exam, all exam will be combine and it will be NEET. The first country-wide common entrance examination for 42,000 seats will be conducted by CBSE in 2013.

About NEET

National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to MBBS (NEET-UG) and Postgraduate Courses (NEET-PG) will be prepared by the National Council of Education, Research and Training (NCERT), The NEET will be the only entry route in nearly 42,000 MBBS seats in private and government medical colleges, adding that the mammoth examination would be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education. The modalities for NEET-PG (MD/MS) for 20,600 seats are also being worked out. The admissions through NEET are applicable from the academic year commencing from 2013-14. In every possibility, the prospered NEET is likely to be an extension of AIPMT. With NEET turning to be a single entrance for medical admissions, the number taking this examination is likely to go up as compared to those taking AIPMT. So a two stage examinations itself may be doubtful. But these are all speculations. Only an official announcement can clarify this aspect.

Eligibility for NEET

NEET is mandatory for Indian/Overseas candidates for admission to a medical University in India. Age Limit: General- 17 to 25 years (on or before 31st December of the same year) SC/ST/OBC/PWD – 17 to 30 years All India Quota seats: Foreign nationals and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), NRIs, Person of Indian Origin (PIO) is entitled to the reservation under 15% All India Quota seats. J & K candidates are not eligible for 15% All India Quota seats. Qualification: The candidate who is appearing or has appeared in the 12th may apply for NEET. Their admission is confirmed only after clearing the 12th exam. -Passed B.Sc. with any two of the Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany, Zoology)/Bio-technology from an Indian University. -Passed the first year of the University's three years' degree course in PCB Number of Attempts – Candidates can attempt NEET as many times as they wish until they attain the maximum age limit.

Pattern of Questions

There aren't any changes in the exam pattern of NEET. The detailed NEET exam pattern can be checked below - NEET 2021 will be conducted in an offline (paper-based) mode. The total duration of the test is 3 hours. There will be multiple-type of questions in the exam. NEET will have 180 questions in total from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Candidates will have to fill their responses online. There will be negative marking for wrong responses. For each wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted and for each correct response, 4 marks will be awarded to the candidates. NEET question paper will be in Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil, English, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Urdu, Oriya, Kannada and Telugu medium.

Marking scheme

Each correct answer will be awarded four marks One mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer No mark will be deducted for the questions which have not been answered Questions that have two or more responses marked on the OMR sheet will be considered as incorrect and one mark will be deducted for them

FAQ

NEET will be conducted in offline mode i.e, pen and paper-based mode. Candidates will be given NEET OMR sheets 2021 to fill the answers which will be later electronically evaluated.

There is no limit on the number of attempts a candidate can appear for NEET. Candidates can sit for the exam as many times as they want.

The National Testing Agency has been entrusted with the responsibility to conduct NEET.