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pdwords Student Expert 23rd Mar, 2022
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NEET UG is an entrance test conducted at national level for admission of MBBS, BDS, Ayush Courses, other than these courses NEET scores are also accepted for admission of BSc Nursing, BPharm, BPT etc,

The eligibility criteria in order to appear for NEET is as follows-

Attained 17 years as on 31st December of the appearing year,

Passed or appearing 10+2 from a recognized board with Physics,Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English as core subjects,

PCB aggregate inclusive of theory and practical needs to be attained against one's respective category:

UR - 50%
SC/ST/OBC - 40%
PwD - 45%

As of now, there is no upper age limit for NEET, hence no restrictions in terms of number of attempts,

Coming to NEET exam pattern, the entrance test is conducted in offline mode for three hours careying 180 MCQs for 720 marks from mainly three sections such as Physics, Chemistry and Biology, with physics having 35+15 questions with sectional marks of 180, chemistry having 35+15 questions with sectional marks of 180, biology having 100 questions with sectional marks of 360, for every correct answer four marks are awarded and in case of incorrect attempt one mark is deduced, as per last year out of 200 questions only 180 questions are to be attempted,

Check out previous year question paper of NEET at https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-question-paper/amp to know more about exam pattern, marking scheme, important topics, weightage etc, through consistent practice you can analyze your preparation level and improve upon speed, calculation and time management skills.

If you're preparing for NEET 2022, then you can check out our NEET Knockout Package at https://learn.careers360.com/medical/neet-preparation-material/ to help you regarding this.
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