What is NEET Exam?

What is NEET Exam?

NEET exam stands for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test. The aim of conducting the exam is to select the eligible candidates who wish to become a doctor in various national Government and Private Institutes.

NEET exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency, commonly known as NTA. Previously the NEET exam was conducted by the CBSE but from 2019 the duties are handed over to the NTA.

The exam offers approx. 900K seats every year for MBBS and BDS colleges. NEET will be conducted on 5^th May 2019.

Admit Card for NEET 2019 are coming soon. The expected date is 15^th April 2019.

Check the Eligibility Criteria:

• Candidate must have Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology as a main subject in their 10+2.
• The minimum required percentage for applying is 50% for general category, 45% for General PH and 40% for SC/ST/OBC.
• Candidate who are in 12^th class but if they score less than the above % their admission will be cancelled.

§  Following candidates can apply for the NEET:

• Indian National
• Non-Resident Indians (NRI) 
• Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)
• Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) 
• Foreign Nationals

§  Age limit is as follow:

• To appear in the exam the candidate must have completed 17 years of age at the time of admission as on 31^st December 2019.

• Candidate must have completed 25 years of the age as on 5^th May 2018 and 5-year relaxation is provided to the reserved candidates (SC/ST/OBC).

Application Form:

Application form for the NEET 2019 are closed. For 2020, exam conducting body will soon update the information.

Exam Pattern:

Exam will be conducted for 180 minutes and 180 questions, 45 questions from each subject.

• Physics- 45
• Chemistry- 45
•  Zoology- 45
• Botany- 45

For each right answer candidates will be awarded with 4 marks and 1 will be deducted for each wrong answer.

NEET exam will be conducted in offline mode i.e. (pen pare based)

NEET will be conducted in 11 languages, as follows:

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• English
• Hindi
• ASSAMESE
• BENGALI
• GUJARATI
• KANNADA
• MARATHI
• ODIA
• TAMIL
• TELUGU
• URDU

Qualifying Percentile:

• 50% for General Category
• 45% for General-PH Category and
• 40% for Reserved Category (SC/ST/OBC)

Dress Code:

The exam conducting authorities made the strict rules for the appearing candidates related with the dress code. The rule is implemented to reduce the cheating.

Dress code is as follows:

• Candidates must wear light colour clothes with half sleeves.

• Footwear could be sleeper or sandals but that must be low heel, and shoes are not allowed in any case.

• Candidates who wear the cultural dress must come 1 hour early before the last reporting time to have a proper check-up by the exam authority.

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