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03 Aug, 24 : NEET UG 2024 Counselling: Registration and Fee Details for UP Candidates. Know More

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NEET 2024 Exam Date is out on 5th may. what is Neet exam? Full form of NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is an All-India level common entrance exam conducted by NTA (National Testing Agency) for admission into government and private medical colleges across the country including AIIMS, JIPMER, AFMC and ESIC institutes. This exam is a gateway for medical courses like MBBS (Allopathic medicine), BDS (Dental), BAMS(Ayurveda), BHMS (Homeopathy), BVSc (Veterinary), BSc Nursing and other paramedical courses like BPT (Physiotherapy) and BOT(Occupational Therapy). Not all paramedical colleges require NEET scores for admission. In India, there are a total of 654 Medical, 323 Dental, 914 AYUSH and 47 BVSc & AH colleges accepting NEET scores.

NEET 2024 Exam Dates Announced
Events Dates (Tentative)
NEET 2024 Application form release First week of March
Last date of application filling First week of April
Error correction in application Second week of April
Admit card release First week of May
NEET 2024 Exam Date 5 May 2024
NEET-UG Answer key release June 2024
NEET-UG Result and cutoff July 2024
NEET 2024 Exam Eligibility Criteria

Applicants willing to give the entrance exam need to meet NEET 2024 Eligibility criteria specified by NTA.

  • The minimum age of applicant must be 17 years as of 31 December 2024.
  • The upper age limit has been removed by National Medical Council.
  • Applicants must have completed their 12th or will be completing 12th by 2024 from a recognized board or open school.
  • Applicants must have pursued Physics, Chemistry, Biology as their subjects in 12th and passed with minimum 50% in each subject.
  • Candidate must be a citizen of India, Non-Resident of India, Person of Indian Origin or Foreign National.
NEET 2024 Exam Application Form

NEET 2024 Exam Application Form will be released at www.neet.nta.nic.in, tentatively in the first week of March. The application form filling is completely online based. Applicants have to fill all the necessary details like personal details, educational details and make a choice for language. Applicants also have to upload their recent photograph, signature and Aadhar card. Make sure to have all these documents in the correct format. During the process they have to select the exam center where they wish to appear for the exam. There is total 543 cities in India and 14 cities abroad which have various exam centers

NEET 2024 Exam Application Fee.

At the last stage of NEET 2024 Exam Registration process, applicants have to pay the application fee. Only then the application will be accepted and further processed. The fee varies according to the category:

General Rs.1,600
General EWS and OBC Rs.1,500
SC, ST & PwD Rs.900
Outside India Rs.8,500

The window for application filling will be open only up to first week of April. In the second week of April, the website again provides an option for correction of specific details .

NEET 2024 Exam Pattern

NEET 2024 Exam Date (NEET UG) is conducted once annually in the month of May. It is a Multiple-Choice Question based exam which is conducted in offline mode. The question paper comprises of total 200 questions out of which students have to attempt 180 questions of their own choice. There are 3 main subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) which are further divided into sections.

Subject Section A Section B
Physics 35 Questions 15 Questions
Chemistry 35 Questions 15 Questions
Botany 35 Questions 15 Questions
Zoology 35 Questions 15 Questions

The total duration of the exam is 3 hours 20 minutes. The total marks of the paper is 720. The marking scheme of the paper goes as follows:

For each correct answer +4
For each incorrect answer -1
For unattempted questions 0

Note: The validity of NEET Exam 2024 scores is only for 1 year. One cannot apply with the same scores next year No marks will be given to the extra attempted questions. Be careful to attempt only those questions you are sure of. The exam is conducted in 13 different languages. English and other regional languages. The choice of the language has to be made at the time of NEET 2024 Application Form submission.

 

NEET 2024 Exam Syallbus

Unit

Topic/Chapters

Unit 1 Physical-world and measurement
Chapter–1: Physical World
Chapter–2: Units and Measurements
Unit 2 Kinematics
Chapter–3: Motion in a Straight Line
Chapter–4: Motion in a Plane
Unit 3 Laws of Motion
Chapter–5: Laws of Motion
Unit 4 Work, Energy, and Power
Chapter–6: Work, Energy, and Power
Unit 5 The motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
Chapter–7: System of Particles and Rotational Motion
Unit 6 Gravitation
Chapter–8: Gravitation
Unit 7 Properties of Bulk Matter
Chapter–9: Mechanical Properties of Solids
Chapter–10: Mechanical Properties of Fluids
Chapter–11: Thermal Properties of Matter
Unit 8 Thermodynamics
Chapter–12: Thermodynamics
Unit 9 The behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory
Chapter–13: Kinetic Theory
Unit 10 Oscillation & Waves
Chapter–14: Oscillations
Chapter–15: Waves
NEET 2024 Exam Counselling

Every year approximately 17-18 lakh students appear for NEET 2024 exam. Only those students who have scored above NEET Cutoff are eligible for NEET counselling for medical colleges. Every year the cutoff varies according to the level of the question paper. According to the cutoff decided an All-India merit list is prepared by MCC which ranks the students on various criterias:

  • Reservation: EWS are given a higher rank if the scores are same
  • Age: The elder the candidate higher the rank
  • Number of attempt : The candidate with more number of attempts are ranked above if the scores are same
  • Marks scored in biology: In cases where all the other criterias remain same in two competing candidates , then they give priority to the candidate having majority marks in biology.

NEET UG 2024 Counselling will start in August 2024 for both All India Quota and State Quota. Candidates can apply for State Quota only if he or she possesses a State Domicile Certificate issued by the government. In medical colleges 85% seats are reserved for state quota and the rest 15% seats are left for All India Quota. Candidates have to undergo a process of choice filling of colleges in the medical counselling website of their own state (for State Quota) and https://www.mcc.nic.in (for All India Quota). The process of choice filling is very crucial as this decides whether one is eligible for the specific college. Make sure to go through the previous year’s closing rank of the colleges you are willing to apply.

NEET UG 2024 Counselling Documents

Once you apply for counselling, the candidate has to get their documents verified at their nearest help center.
The required documents are:

  • NEET 2024 Admit Card
  • NEET 2024 score Card
  • Birth Certificate
  • Class 12th marksheet
  • Class 10th marksheet
  • Identity Proof
  • Domicile certificate (for state quota)
  • Caste certificate (if applicable)
  • Disability certificate (if applicable)

Approximately by the end of September all the rounds of counselling are conducted and the seats are filled. The academic year in a medical college starts tentatively in the mid of September but again this varies from college to college. Go through the above given websites for more details or you can reach out to NTA helpline number: 011-69227700, 011-40759000.

FAQ
As of my last update in January 2022, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in India allows a maximum of three attempts for the General Category, with an age limit of 25. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC categories can attempt NEET without a specific limit until the age of 30. It's crucial to check the official NEET website or contact the relevant authorities for the latest and most accurate information, as eligibility criteria may change.
No, NEET is mandatory for MBBS enrollment in India.
NEET assesses Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany and Zoology). Topics include mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical bonding, genetics, ecology, and human physiology.
To determine if a score of 400 in NEET is sufficient for admission to a government medical college, you would need to check the cutoff scores for the relevant year. Cutoffs are typically released by individual colleges or counseling authorities after the NEET results are declared.

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