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NEET

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET (UG), formerly the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), is an all India pre-medical entrance test for students who wish to pursue undergraduate medical (MBBS), dental (BDS) and AYUSH (BAMS, BUMS, BHMS, etc.) courses in government and private institutions in India and also, for those intending to pursue primary medical qualification abroad.

Acronym

Type

Developer /

JEE Main

Computer based test

National Testing Agency

administrator

Knowledge /

skills tested

Purpose

Year started

Duration of 
Exam

Score / grade range

  *  Paper 1: Physics ,

Chemistry and

Mathematics

  *   Paper 2:  Mathematics,  Aptitude, Drawing  and Planning

Admission to undergraduate Engineering and architecture courses in 31 NITs and many other colleges. Also serves as a preliminary selection for JEE Advanced

2002 (19 years ago)

3 hours, (30 mins extra for paper 2)

-75 to +300 in Paper 1

Exam pattern and structure

There are a total of 180 questions asked in the exam, 45 questions each from Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology. Each correct response fetches 4 marks and each incorrect response gets -1 negative marking. The exam duration is 3 hours (180 mins). The exam is of 720 marks (maximum marks).

Syllabus

NEET (UG) syllabus consists of the core concepts of Physics, Chemistry and Biology taught in classes 11 and 12 as prescribed by the NCERT.

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Offered

Restrictions

on attempts

Within 2 years of passing

Class XII, maximum three attempts in consecutive years. No age-bar

Countries / regions

Languages

English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, and Telugu

Annual number of test takers

 ^ 2,290,281 (2021)[1]

Prerequisites / eligibility criteria

Class 12 or equivalent with Mathematics, Physics and any one of the techical subject prescribed by AICTE from recognised board/university.

Website

Organizing body

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been made the nodal agency for conduct of all India competitive exams and conducts NEET (UG) from 2019. The Central Board of Secondary Education conducted NEET between 2013 and 2018 before the setting of NTA.

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