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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 5th Aug, 2021

Hi

Actually,

your overall % obtained by you in  class 12th is not considered for Neet eligibility criteria , only your aggregate % in PCB is taken in account for considering your eligibility .

As per, Neet 2021 eligibility criteria to be eligible you must be either appearing for 12th board examination 2021 or should have passed 12th board examination with physics, chemistry ,biology/biotechnology and English and must have got:-

----------) at least  50  % in aggregate of PCB  i.e Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology  in 12th examination  if belongs to general category

----------) at least  40%  in aggregate of PCB if belongs to Obc/ Sc/St

----------) at least 45 % in aggregate of PCB in case of pwd candidates to be eligible.

Also,

* to be eligible for neet 2021 one has to be at least 17 years old or more by 31st December 2021

* There is no upper age limit for Neet 2021

* There's no limit for the maximum number of attempts/times one can appear in NEET.



For detailed information about neet examination eligibility go through our page for which link is provided below; -

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria

To help you further ,some  relevant information regarding Neet 2021 is provided below :-

  • -) your neet 2021 application form is available at its official website i. e ntaneet.nic.in to be filled from 13 July 2021 to 06 August 2021(upto 11:50 PM)

  • -)  Neet 2021 examination will be conducted in 13 languages including English and Hindi.

  • -) To fill Neet 2021 application , you need to go through these steps :- neet registration - > filling of the application form  - > uploading documents   - >  paying the application fee --> take a printout of the confirmation page . For details checkout https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-application-form

  • -) The syllabus of Neet 2021 is still the same. You can get the complete Neet syllabus at

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-syllabus


Thank you


lakshanaramasamy 5th Aug, 2021

Hi aspirants

Candidates must have passed 10+2 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English as core subjects from a recognized board. Class 12 or equivalent appearing aspirants are also eligible to apply for NEET.

NEET eligibility marks in class 12 .

  • UR - 50%,

  • OBC/SC/ST - 40%,

  • PWD - 45%

for more information click the link

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria

hope this helps

good luck!


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