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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 1st Jun, 2022

Hi

Neet is a National level entrance examination and the single entrance examination by qualifying which you can get admission  in all the medical colleges be it private or government  including AIIMS and JIPMER  for

  • MBBS

  • BDS

  • Ayush courses( Ayurveda i. e BAMS , Unani i.e B. U. M. S, Siddha i. e BSMS, and Homeopathy i.e BHMS ) and

  • veterinary i. e BVSc.  ( for BVsc some states also have their own entrance like RPVT in Rajasthan for state quota seats, neet is mandatory only  for all india quota bvsc seats offered through AIPVT counselling)


NEET is also accepted for Bsc nursing in colleges like BHU, Indian Army bsc nursing etc.

Yes,  neet  question paper  is same for all the  courses be it mbbs or  bsc nursing or bds etc

To help you further,

Here's a brief of neet exam pattern :-

-----------------------) Neet examination is conducted for a total of 720 marks

-----------------------) There  are  a total of 200 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) out of which only 180 can be attempted.

-----------------------) There are 4 subjects in neet examination:-

  • Physics

  • Chemistry

  • Botany

  • Zoology


-----------------------) Each subject is further divided in 2 sections - A & B

Subjects

Sections

No. of questions

Section-wise Marks

Physics

Section A

35

140

Section B

15 ( out of these 15, only 10 questions to be attempted)

40

Chemistry

Section A

35

140

Section B

15 ( only 10 questions to be attempted)

40

Botany

Section A

35

140

Section B

15 ( only 10 questions to be attempted)

40

Zoology

Section A

35

140

Section B

15 ( only 10 questions to be attempted)

40

Total Marks

720


-----------------------) Duration of examination is 200 minutes i. e 3 hours 20 minutes

-----------------------) Marking scheme:-

  • 4 marks will be awarded to you for every correct answer

  • there is negative marking of one mark for every wrong answer

  • No mark is deducted for unanswered questions

For detailed information go through

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-exam-pattern/amp

Now that,

limited time is left for neet 2022 , so you should be focusing on your preparation,

  • practising chapterwise questions

  • then revising the chapters,

  • solve at least previous 10 year neet question papers as concept behind the question often gets repeated in the examination so it will be of great help in your preparation  ,

  • go through neet mock test papers as it will let you know your preparation level and and weak areas so that you can work on them and perform well in your examination.To help you in your preparation we have neet knockout for you :- https://learn.careers360.com/knockout-neet-

Thank you

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