NEET 2021 Application Form Begins | Exam Pattern Changed
The online registration process for NEET 2021 commenced on NTA NEET — www.neet.nta.nic.in — on Tuesday, i.e., July 13. NEET 2021 has to be conducted as a common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate medical education in all medical institutions, including those governed under any other law in force.
NEET 2021 will be conducted in 13 languages i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
In order to ensure that the candidate data is submitted fast, the Application Form for NEET 2021 has been divided into Two Sets/Phases.
The first set of information needs to be filled up before the last date of submission of the Application Form online. The second set of information needs to be filled up by the candidates before the declaration of the Result/ downloading of Score Card during the period that would be notified separately through NEET Portal in due course.
All candidates shall fill up each set of information of the Application Form at the respective time of availability. In the absence of filling up of any of the set of information, his/her candidature will be cancelled. The ‘columns’ to be filled up in each set of information are available in the Information Bulletin as Appendix-XVII for the reference of the Candidates.
The NEET (UG) – 2021 shall consist of one Question Paper containing 180 Multiple Choice Questions from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany and Zoology). The Schedule of Examination activities is as follows:
Online Submission of Application Form through Website |
13 July 2021 to 6 August 2021 (upto 11:50 PM) |
Last date of successful transaction of fee |
7 August 2021 (upto 11:50 PM) |
Correction in Particulars of Application Form on the website only |
8 August 2021 to 12 August 2021 |
Announcement of the City of Examination |
To be released 03 days before the Examination |
Date of Examination |
12 September 2021 (Sunday) |
Duration of Examination |
180 minutes (03 hours) |
Timing of Examination |
02:00 PM to 05:00 PM (IST) |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) – Non-Creamy Layer as per the Central list of Other Backward Classes available on National Commission for
Backward Classes (NCBC-Government of India website www.ncbc.nic.in).
The NEET Exam Pattern 2021 has been changed due to Covid-19 on similar guidelines just like it was done for JEE Main this year. As per the new Exam pattern there will be a total of 200 Questions in the Question Paper in which the students will have to attempt 180 Questions. In all the Four sections there will be two subsections A and B having 35 and 15 questions respectively. In the B section, students can choose to attempt 10 out of the 15 questions asked. The NEET Exam Pattern 2021 also helps in the planning of preparation for the examination and successfully clearing the same.
NEET 2021 Exam Pattern Overview:
Particulars |
Details |
Mode of Exam |
Pen and Paper based |
Duration of Exam |
3 hours |
Subjects |
(Botany and Zoology) |
Type of Questions |
MCQ’s |
Total Question |
180 |
Total Marks |
720 |
Negative Marking |
-1 will deducted for wrong answer marking |
Language of Exam |
English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. |
NEET 2021 New Exam Pattern in Detail:
Subjects |
No. of Questions |
Marks per Question |
Distribution of Marks |
Physics Section A Section B |
35 15 |
4 |
140 40 |
Chemistry Section A Section B |
35 15 |
4 |
140 40 |
Botany Section A Section B |
35 15 |
4 |
140 40 |
Zoology Section A Section B |
35 15 |
4 |
140 40 |
Total |
200 Question* |
|
720 Marks |
*Students can choose 10 questions out of 15 questions asked in Section B. So total questions attempted will be 180.
The Information Bulletin containing detailed information regarding the Test, syllabus, pattern of the examination, eligibility criteria to appear/admission, age, reservation, categorization of seats, examination fee, cities of examination, State Code of eligibility, etc. is being available on the website : https://neet.nta.nic.in/ The Candidates are advised to keep visiting the official websites of NTA (https://neet.nta.nic.in/ ) and (www.nta.ac.in ), for the latest updates from time to time.
For further clarification related to NEET (UG) – 2021, the candidates can also contact 011-40759000 or email at [email protected].
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