Every Details of - NEET Exam 2024

The National Testing agecncy (NTA) has released an offical notification of upcoming NEET exam in 2024. It stated NEET-UG entrance exam is going to be held on the 5th may 2024 in the offline mode. We have compiled all details about NEET 2024 in our given blog, so you can clear all the doubts regarding the exam. 

NEET exam is one of the prestigious entrance exams of India conducted by NTA (National Testing Agency). NEET-UG entrance exam, grants admission to students in the specific medical colleges in India. There are a total of 689 MBBS and 318 dental colleges in India. And, the total number of seats in all these medical colleges of India are 1.06 lakhs (approx). 

NEET aspirant marks in the NEET exam determine the college. Some states in India such as - Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and AIIMS, have a strong reputation for medical education. The higher your NEET score, the more likely you are to be admitted to a prestigious state medical college.

An aspiring medical student must qualify NEET for MBBS admission in India. It is mandatory for the students to get admission for MBBS in India.  

What is The NEET exam ?

NEET exam helps you to take admission in the top medical colleges of India. Every year millions of aspirants take part in the NEET exam, in order to get admission in medical colleges of India. This exam decides which college or university students are going to get, according to their rank in the NEET exam.  

Every Details of The NEET exam pattern in 2024 -

• The total duration of NEET exam is 3 hours and 20 minutes, and it is conducted in the offline mode. Students are supposed to carry Pencil/Pen, as it is a MCQ format exam. 
• There will be a total number of 180 questions and each question carries a weightage of 4 marks, which makes this exam total of 720 marks.
• Candidate will get +4 marks for each correct answer and -1 for each wrong answer. There are 3 main subjects that cover the entire part of the NEET exam Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Zoology + Botany).
• Each subject is divided into two sections - “A” and “B”.

Section “A” has 35 Questions.

Section “B” has 15 Questions.

According to the table  - 

In the NEET exam, candidates can choose to answer 10 out of 15 questions in Section B of each subject. This means that the total number of questions to be answered remains at 180 for all subjects. The minimum percentage required for admission to a government medical college is 50 for general category students and 45 for SC/ST students.

What is the NEET 2024 marking scheme ?

The marking scheme of the NEET exam in 2024 -

• Is it possible to give more than one answer to the same question?

No, it will lead to the negative marking of one mark.

NEET-UG entrance exam registration fee

NEET- UG entrance exam fee has been specified according to the categories of students in India - 
 

If any NRI students want to apply for the NEET entrance exam then it is Rs. 9500/- for them. 

How can one apply for the NEET exam in 2024 ?

• NEET 2024 entrance exam can be applied in “Online mode”, students have to visit the official website of the NTA and click on the given website to apply for the NEET. 
• Submission of the online form can be done by accessing the NTA website https://neet.nta.nic.in/ . The submission of form in any other format will not be accepted. 
• One applicant can only fill one form.
• Candidates are advised to strictly follow the guidelines given by NTA on its website. 
• Candidates must use their own or their parents'/guardians' email address and mobile phone number when filling out the online application form. This is because all information and communication from the NTA will be sent to the registered email address or mobile phone number only.

NEET-Exam 2024 cutoff and qualifying marks ? 

Passing or qualifying marks for NEET exam 2023 was 138 for the general category students and 108 for SC/ST/OBC students. The marks relatively remain low compared to the cut-off marks .  

History of NEET Exam

Has it ever occurred to you to know that What is the History of NEET Exam? How this elite exam came into existence. If this question crosses your mind, then we have the answer. The story goes back to the year of 2010, when NMC (National Medical Commission) earlier known as MCI, introduced the Gazette of India. This official notification was received as a shock by the whole medical aspirants community. As, it contained information regarding the new modifications for the introduction of the NEET, a single entrance exam. It was something new that everyone was going to witness.

The changes were made in the -

Regulation on Graduate Medical Education, 1997.

And, this new modification was introduced as an amendment and it is known as - Regulation on Graduate Medical Education, 2010. This new change was unexpected and unprepared for the medical aspirants. All the amendments and the introduction of the new gazette were made to introduce the single eligibility entrance test - NEET.

NEET replaced AIPMT (All India Pre Medical Test), a landmark moment in medical entrance exams. In 2012, the Supreme Court gave his consent for the NEET exam to get “MBBS admission in India” and for the first time it was conducted in the year 2013.

But, many states opposed the NEET exam due to its syllabus, which differed greatly from their own medical syllabus. It was the prime reason that the NEET exam was not conducted in the years of 2014 and 2015. In these two years AIPMT was still being conducted, NEET was on halt for the inspection by the Supreme Court.

Due to the continuous opposition by states on 18th July 2013, the exam was canceled. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of states and disallowed MCI to conduct the NEET exam and said it would interfere and affect the hegemony of the admission process of the medical colleges.

But, MCI did not lose hope and yet again filed the case and achieved success in 2016. And, since then NEET continues to be held all over INDIA as a medical entrance exam test to get admission in AIIMS, MBBS and BDS.

Details of NEET Exam in 2016

NEET was held in two phases in 2016, on May 1 and July 24. The exam pattern and syllabus for NEET 2016 were the same as for AIPMT 2015. The paper had 180 questions, each worth 4 marks. All questions were objective type with a single correct answer. There were 45 questions from Physics and Chemistry each, and 90 questions from Biology (Zoology and Botany sections).

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