NEET Exam 2024 Complete Overview

NEET 2024 will be conducted on May 5, 2024. The NEET application form 2024 is likely to be released in the third week of January 2024. Medical aspirants planning to appear for the NEET exam for the next academic year must be thorough with the NEET 2024 syllabus comprising three subjects – Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology). Topics covered in these three subjects from Class 10 to Class 12 will be included in the NEET UG syllabus. Hence, students who are also preparing for their Board exams can go for a common preparation in the initial phases.

ABOUT NTA

National Testing Agency (NTA) has been established as a premier, specialist, autonomous and self-sustained testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions.

NEET UG EXAM IS CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA) EVERY YEAR.

This time also this exam will be conducted only by the NTA.

SUBJECT SUMMARY OF NEET EXAM

As NEET is one of the toughest competitive exams, aspirants should have an idea about the topic-wise syllabus for NEET 2024. They should know how many questions would be asked from which topic of the particular subject, or the NEET subject-wise weightage. NEET 2024 syllabus will comprise three subjects, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. A maximum number of questions will be asked from Biology which will be further divided into Zoology and Botany. It is very important for a candidate to know the syllabus of NEET as per topics. They should know how many topics are there in each subject so that they can allocate time accordingly. Knowing the topic-wise NEET exam syllabus will help the candidate to build their confidence and they don't get nervous at the last moment of preparation. From Physics, topics like Optics, Electrostatics, Thermodynamics, etc have high weightage while in Biology, subjects, Genetics and Evolution, and Human Physiology are high weightage topics.

MARKS DISTRIBUTION

The NEET UG Syllabus 2024 covers topics from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, with a major portion from important topics in the classes 11th and 12th. The syllabus is divided into three sections:

Physics - 45 Questions
Chemistry - 45 Questions
Biology - 90 Questions (45 of Botany + 45 of Zoology)

The total number of questions to be asked in exam is 200, out of which 180 questions need to be answered. Each correct answer will fetch 4 marks, while 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

REDUCED SYLLABUS

NEET UG Syllabus 2024
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has released the revised syllabus for NEET UG 2024. As per the latest PDF released by NMC, the NEET 2024 syllabus has been reduced. As a part of the syllabus revision, the authority has reduced, added and modified some topics in Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects

SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES TO THE NEET SYALLABUS 2024 ARE AS FOLLOWS -

The total number of chapters has been reduced from 97 to 79.
Topics such as digestion and absorption, and reproduction in organisms, have been removed.
Emphasis has shifted to grasping fundamental principles and practicing conceptual questions.
The syllabus has been aligned with the latest trends in medical education...

EXAM PATTERN OF NEET 2024

The NEET 2024 exam will be a pen-paper-based test (PBT) of 3 hours and 20 minutes duration.
The question paper will be divided into two sections: Section A and Section B.

PHYSICS SECTION

Section - A
No. of Questions - 35
Total Marks- 140

Section - B
NO. of Questions - 15 (Only 10 to be attempted)
Total Marks - 40
TOTAL MARKS - 180

IN BOTH SECTION A AND SECTION B TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WILL BE 50 AND IN THESE QUESTIONS ONLY 45 QUESTIONS TO BE ATTEMPTED.

CHEMISTRY SECTION

Section - A
Total No. of Questions - 35
TOTAL MARKS - 140

Section - B
Total Number of questions- 15 (Only 10 to be attempted)
Total Marks - 40
TOTAL MARKS - 180

IN BOTH SECTION A AND SECTION B TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WILL BE 50 AND IN THESE QUESTIONS ONLY 45 QUESTIONS TO BE ATTEMPTED

BOTANY SECTION

Section - A
Total No. of Questions - 35
Total Marks - 140

Section - B
Total no. of questions - 15 (Only 10 to be attempted)
Total Marks - 40
TOTAL MARKS - 180

IN BOTH SECTION A AND SECTION B TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WILL BE 50 AND IN THESE QUESTIONS ONLY 45 QUESTIONS TO BE ATTEMPTED

ZOOLOGY SECTION

Section - A
Total No. of Questions - 35
Total Marks - 140

Section - B
Total No. of Questions - 15 (Only 10 to be attempted)
Total Marks - 40
TOTAL MARKS - 180

IN BOTH SECTION A AND SECTION B TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WILL BE 50 AND IN THESE QUESTIONS ONLY 45 QUESTIONS TO BE ATTEMPTED

GRAND TOTAL - 720

The questions in the NEET exam will be of multiple-choice type.

Marking Scheme
The marking scheme for the NEET 2024 exam is as follows:

4 marks will be awarded for each correct answer,
1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer,
There will be no negative marking for unattempted questions.