National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)

NEET-UG is a single entrance test for admissions to more than 66,000 MBBS and BDS seats across India. The Supreme Court of India quashed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admissions into all medical and dental colleges on 18 July 2013. The National Testing Agency has been made the nodal agency for conduct of all competitive exams and conducts NEET from 2019.

About National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) in brief

NEET-UG is a single entrance test for admissions to more than 66,000 MBBS and BDS seats across India. It replaced the All India Pre Medical Test and all individual MBBS exams conducted by states or colleges themselves in 2013. The Supreme Court of India quashed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admissions into all medical and dental colleges on 18 July 2013. NEET 2016 is conducted in English and Hindi, but students can write exams in Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati. Kannada and Odia languages are added to the list so that students can writing the exams in nine Indian languages and English.

The National Testing Agency has been made the nodal agency for conduct of all competitive exams and conducts NEET from 2019. There are a total of 180 questions in the exam, 45 questions each from Physics and Chemistry, 45 from Biology and 90 questions from Biology. Each correct response fetches 4 marks and incorrect response gets 4 marks -1 negative marking. The exam duration is 3 hours. The NEET syllabus consists of the concepts of Physics, Chemistry and Biology in 11 and 12 classes as prescribed by the NCERT.

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