National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test

What is the NEET UG Exam?

National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test or NEET is a common entrance exam conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). It is the sole governing body for all the admissions to seats available in Medical, Dental, AYUSH colleges in India. The NEET UG exam is conducted for admission in various departments like MBBS, BDS, AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Sidda, Homeopathy) courses at undergraduate level for getting admissions in good reputed colleges or institutes, which are approved and recognised by MCI in India.

The NEET-UG exam is mandatory to get admission to MBBS courses in medical colleges in India and abroad. The MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) is a 5.5-years undergraduate degree that is required to become a doctor/physician and practice allopathic medicine across the globe.

National Testing Agency (NTA)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is an independent, autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organisation under the Ministry of Human Resource Department (MHRD), Government of India (GOI).
The NTA is the government organisation established by the Societies Registration Act (1860) and has been entrusted by the Ministry of Education with the task of conducting the NEET Exam.

Level	National
Frequency	Once a year
Mode	Paper based (Offline)
Language	English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Assamese, and Urdu
Significance	Mandatory for entry into MBBS/AYUSH courses
Examination Fee	General/OBC-Rs.1,500/- General-EWS/ OBC-NCL-Rs 1,400/- SC/ST/PH Candidates-Rs 800/
Marking Scheme	Negative marking
Age Limit	No

Eligibility

The students should have passed their PUC or 10+2 in Physics, Chemistry & Biology with 50% (General) aggregate and 45% (OBC/SC/ST) from recognised board are eligible to apply for NEET-UG exam
The students should have completed minimum of 17 years of age as on 31st December of the year of which admission is sought

Exam Format and Syllabus

The NEET exam is conducted through Paper based test (Offline) mode at specified exam centres. The NEET exam is Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) based and consists of 200 questions out of which the candidates are required to attempt only 180 questions. The exam paper is divided into 3 different sections. The duration of the NEET exam is 3-Hours or 180 minutes and there will be Negative Marking for the wrong answers.

Subjects	Sections	Questions	Marks
Physics	Section A	35	140
Physics	Section B	15	40
Chemistry	Section A	35	140
Chemistry	Section B	15	40
Botany	Section A	35	140
Botany	Section B	15	40
Zoology	Section A	35	140
Zoology	Section B	15	40

Note: There is Negative Marking for the wrong answers. 1 mark is deducted for each wrong answer.

Centres for NEET Exam

State	City
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur
	Kurnool
	Nellore
	Tirupati
	Vijayawada
	Visakhapatnam
	Tenali
	Narasaraopet
	Machilipatnam
	Mangalagiri
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar/Naharlagun
Assam	Dibrugarh
	Guwahati
	Silchar
	Tezpur
Bihar	Gaya
	Patna
	Hajipur
	Madhubani
	Nalanda
	Sitamarhi
	Vaishali
Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali/Panchkula
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai/Durg/Bhilai Nagar
	Bilaspur
	Raipur
	Surguja
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu	Daman
Delhi/New Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi
Goa	Panaji/Madgaon/Margao
Gujarat	Ahmedabad
	Anand
	Bhavnagar
	Gandhinagar
	Godhara
	Patan
	Rajkot
	Surat
	Vadodara
	Valsad
	Gandhidham
	Kutch
Haryana	Faridabad
	Gurugram
	Ambala
	Karnal
Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu
	Srinagar
	Anantnag
	Baramulla
Jharkhand	Bokaro
	Jamshedpur
	Ranchi
	Hazaribagh
Karnataka	Belgaum/Belgavi
	Bengaluru
	Davangere
	Dharwad
	Gulbarga/Kalaburagi
	Hubli
	Mangaluru
	Mysuru
	Udupi
Kerala	Alappuzha
	Angamaly
	Ernakulam
	Kannur
	Kasaragod
	Kollam
	Kottayam
	Kozhikode/Calicut
	Malappuram
	Palakkad
	Thiruvananthapuram
	Thrissur
	Idukki
Ladakh	Leh
Ladakh	Kargil
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
	Gwalior
	Indore
	Jabalpur
	Ujjain
	Rewa
Maharashtra	Ahmednagar
	Akola
	Amravati
	Aurangabad (Mr)
	Beed
	Buldhana
	Jalgaon
	Kolhapur
	Latur
	Mumbai
	Nagpur
	Nanded
	Nashik
	Navi Mumbai
	Pune
	Satara
	Solapur
	Thane
	Sindhudurg
	Ratnagiri
	Dhule
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Dimapur
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Angul
	Balasore/Baleswar
	Berhampur
	Bhubaneshwar
	Cuttack
	Rourkela
	Sambalpur
	Balangir
	Bhawanipatna (Kalahandi)
	Keonjhar/Kendujhar
	Koraput
	Malkangiri
	Paralakhemundi (Gajapati)
	Phulbani (Kandhamal)
	Rayagada
	Puri
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar
	Bathinda
	Jalandhar
	Ludhiana
	Patiala
Rajasthan	Ajmer
	Bikaner
	Jaipur
	Jodhpur
	Kota
	Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamil Nadu	Chennai
	Coimbatore
	Cuddalore
	Kanchipuram
	Karur
	Madurai
	Nagercoil
	Namakkal
	Salem
	Thanjavur
	Tiruvallur
	Tiruchirappalli
	Tirunelveli
	Vellore
	Chengalpattu
	Virudhunagar
	Dindigul
	Tirupur
Telangana	Hyderabad
	Karimnagar
	Khammam
	Ranga Reddy
	Warangal
	Sangareddy
	Mahbubnagar
	Hayathnagar
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra
	Allahabad/Prayagraj
	Bareilly
	Ghaziabad
	Gorakhpur
	Jhansi
	Kanpur
	Lucknow
	Meerut
	Noida/Greater Noida
	Varanasi
	Fatehpur
	Mathura
	Sitapur
	Faizabad
	Aligarh
Uttarakhand	Dehradun
	Haldwani
	Roorkee
West Bengal	24 Pargana (North)
	Asansol
	Bardhaman/Burdwan
	Durgapur
	Hooghly
	Howrah
	Kharagpur
	Kolkata
	Siliguri
Outside India	Kuwait
Outside India	Dubai

What’s new in the NEET Exam?

In the NEET -UG exam, the sections are now divided into two parts: Section A and Section B
The candidates are required to attempt only 180 questions of the total of 200 questions
The NEET-UG Exam will be now conducted also in 13 regional languages
The age-limit criteria have been removed from the tie-breaking procedure to allot AIQ seats

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National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test - UG