National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – NEET is scheduled to be conducted on May 3, 2020 for admission to MBBS and BDS seats offered in all medical and dental colleges of India including AIIMS & JIPMER. NEET 2020 is also conducted for admission to AYUSH, Veterinary and other medical/paramedical courses offered in government and private colleges in India. The Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, has announced that NEET 2020 to be the single entrance exam for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in India. With this announcement, the admission to MBBS seats in AIIMS and JIPMER to be done based on NEET 2020. The AIIMS and JIPMER MBBS medical exam have been scrapped and admission to be provided through NEET 2020 score. In this blog, we will discuss about NEET 2020 Previous Years Question Papers.
NEET 2020 Application Form started from 2nd December 2019 and continued till 31st December. Now the NEET application form correction window is available. Candidates who wish to rectify mistakes in their forms can do so from 15th January to 31st January 2020. The admit card for pen and paper-based exam will be released on March 27 and the result will be announced on June 4, 2020 for candidates who will secure the cutoff score as per their category.
National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts NEET for admissions to MBBS seats under All India Quota (15%) and State quota (85%). The admission under 15% will be done through centralized counselling conducted by Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). While for admission under 85% state quota seats counselling will be conducted by the designated state admission authority. Moreover, admission to MBBS seats in AIIMS and JIPMER will be done through counselling conducted by respective admission authorities.
More than 10 lakh students appear for NEET every year. And nearly 1 lakh seats are allocated in different medical and dental colleges across the country. This says a lot about the competition which medical aspirants have to go through while preparing for NEET exam.
Candidates need to be well prepared for the exam in order to get a seat in one of the top medical colleges in the country. If you haven’t studied enough in your Class 10 & Class 11, it is high time you start preparing, as the level of competition is very high for NEET exam. The NEET syllabus has over 13,000 concepts and so your NEET Preparation needs to be top-notch. Candidates need to have a well-structured study plan. In this blog we will discuss about NEET 2020 Preparation Tips.In this blog, we will discuss about NEET 2020 Preparation Tips.
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NEET 2020 Previous Years Question Papers: Exam Dates
Important dates for NEET 2020 are as follows:
Events | Dates |
NEET 2020 Application form Release (including uploading of photograph & signature) | 2nd December 2019 |
NEET 2020 Application submission last date | 6th January 2020 |
NEET 2020 – Last date to pay the fee | 7th January 2020 (Upto 11:50 PM) |
NEET 2020 Correction Window | 15th January- 14th April 2020( Updated dates) |
NEET 2020 Admit card available | 15th April 2020( Updated date after postponed) |
NEET Exam date | 3rd May 2020 |
NEET Answer key release | 2nd week of May 2020 |
Announcement of NEET result | 4th June 2020 |
NEET Counselling begins | 2nd week of June 2020 |
NEET 2020 Previous Years Question Papers: Eligibility Criteria
NEET 2020 will be conducted as per regulations framed under the Indian Medical Council Act-1956 as amended in 2016 and the Dentists Act-1948 as amended in 2016. Here we will provide you with complete information regarding the NEET Eligibility 2020.
Age Limit for NEET 2020
(a) A student must have completed an age of 17 years at the time of admission under NEET eligibility or should complete the age on or before 31st December of the year of his/her admission to the 1st year MBBS/BDS Course.
(b) The upper age limit for NEET is 25 years as on the date of examination under NEET eligibility with a relaxation of 5 years for candidates belonging to OBC/SC/ST category.
For Candidates of Unreserved Category (UR) | born on or between 05.05.1995 and 31.12.2003 |
For Candidates of SC/ST/OBC/PwD Category | born on or between 05.05.1990 and 31.12.2003 |
Note: Indian Citizens/ Overseas Citizens of India intending to pursue MBBS/ BDS from a foreign Medical/ Dental Institute also need to qualify NEET (UG).
Nationality for NEET 2020
(a) Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), Persons with Indian Origin (PIO) and Foreign Nationals are eligible for admission in Medical/Dental Colleges subject to rules and regulations framed by the respective State Governments, Institutions and the Government of India as the case may be.
(b) Foreign nationals may confirm their eligibility from the concerned Medical/Dental College/State.
Academic Qualification for NEET 2020
(a) Candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-technology at the qualifying examination and must have come in the merit list of NEET (UG) – 2020 for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses.
(b) In respect of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-technology taken together in qualifying examination shall be 40% marks instead of 50% marks for Unreserved Candidates and 40% for SC/ST/OBC candidates.
(c) In respect of PwD candidates, the minimum marks in qualifying examination in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (or Botany & Zoology)/Bio-technology taken together in qualifying examination shall be 45% instead of 50% for Unreserved category candidates.
(d) Students educated abroad seeking admission into medical colleges in India must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and English up to the 12th standard level with 50% marks and their equivalency determined by Association of Indian Universities (AIU) as per regulations of the Medical Council of India and the concerned University.
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NEET 2020 Previous Years Question Papers: Exam Pattern
There will be 180 objective type questions. The duration of the exam will be 3 hours. For every correct response candidates will be awarded 4 marks & 1 mark will be deducted for an incorrect response.
Check the exam pattern for NEET 2020 below:
Subjects | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks |
Physics | 45 | 180 |
Chemistry | 45 | 180 |
Biology | 90 | 360 |
Total | 180 | 720 |
NEET 2020 Previous Year Question Papers.
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