NEET

                                NEET EXAM 

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), formerly the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) is an entrance examination in India for students who wish to study graduate and postgraduate medical courses (MBBS, MD, MS) and dental courses (BDS, MDS) in government or private medical colleges and dental colleges in India. The undergraduate NEET (UG), for MBBS and BDS courses, is currently conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which provides the results to the Directorate General of Health Services at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.^[2] Prior to 2019, the test was administered by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in partnership with Prometric Testing Pvt Ltd headquartered in the USA.^[3]. NEET-UG replaced the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) and all individual MBBS exams conducted by states or colleges themselves in 2013. However, many colleges and institutes had taken a stay order and conducted private examinations for admission to their MBBS and BDS courses. Last NEET-UG was held on 6 May, 2018 and results were declared on 4 June of the same year.

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test

Acronym	NEET-UG
Type	Pen and paper based
Developer / administrator	Central Board of Secondary Education (2013-2018) National Testing Agency (From 2019)
Knowledge / skills tested	Biology, Chemistryand Physics
Purpose	Admission to undergraduate MBBS and BDS courses in government and private colleges
Year started	2013
Duration	3 hours
Score / grade range	-180 to +720
Offered	Once a year
Restrictions on attempts	Maximum nine attempts in successive years (unreserved category) Maximum 14 attempts in successive years (reserved category)
Countries / regions	India
Languages	Assamese Bengali English Gujarati Hindi Kannada Marathi Oriya Tamil Telugu Urdu
Website	www.ntaneet.nic.in
As per 2018 information bulletin[1]

NEET-UG is a single entrance test for admissions to more than 66,000 MBBS and BDS seats across India.^[4] In 2018 NEET exam, around 80% of the candidates wrote the exam in English, 11% in Hindi, 4.31% in Gujarati, 3% in Bengali and 1.86% in Tamil.^[5][6]Undergraduate courses at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) are outside the NEET’s purview, as these institutes were set up by separate laws.^[7][2

Exam pattern and structure

NEET-UG

For NEET-UG, there are questions asked from Physics, Chemistry, Botany & Zoology. There are 45 questions from each of the sections. A correct response gives the candidate 3 marks while 1 mark is deducted for every wrong answer. No marks are deducted if the candidate has not attempted a question. The total time duration is of 3 hours.^[20]

NEET-PG

In NEET-PG, the question paper is divided into 3 parts: Part A having 50 questions, Part B having 100 questions while Part C having 150 questions. 4 marks is awarded for each correct answer, while 1 mark is deducted for every wrong answer. No marks are deducted if the candidate has not attempted a question. The total time duration is of 3 hours 30 min.^[21]  

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