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NEET UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Undergraduate) is a national-level medical entrance exam. It serves as a gateway for admission to various undergraduate medical courses like: MBBS, BAMS, BUMS, and BSMS. If you are an aspiring medical student then you must excel in NEET UG to secure a seat in top medical colleges across the country.
NEET UG Exam is conducted usually in May, once a year. It provides a standardised platform for evaluating the aptitude and knowledge of candidates aspiring to pursue medical education. It ensures a fair selection process for admission to undergraduate medical programmes.
| Name of the Exam | National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Undergraduate |
| Conducting Body | National Testing Agency (NTA) |
| Exam Level | Undergraduate |
| Exam Frequency | Once Every Year |
| Mode of Exam | Pen and Paper-based Test |
| Sections | Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany and Zoology) |
| Types of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Marking Basis | Four marks for each correct answer, minus one mark for each wrong answer |
| Exam Duration | 200 Minutes |
| Total Questions | 200 (180 are to be attempted) |
| Total Marks | 720 |
| Medium of Exam | – English – Bengali – Urdu – Hindi – Assamese – Gujarati – Kannada – Marathi – Odia – Tamil – Telugu |
| Category | NEET 2024 Information |
| Registration Date | Last week of January 2024 |
| Application Form Process | Last week of March 2024 |
| Last Date for Fee Payment | Last week of March 2024 |
| Admit Card Availability | Third week of April 2024 |
| Exam Date | May 5, 2024 |
| Exam Timing | Start Time: 2:00 PM, End Time: 5:20 PM (single session) |
| Exam Pattern | 200 MCQs from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Zoology and Botany), Answer 180 questions |
| Exam Eligibility | You need to pass or appear in the qualifying examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Zoology and Botany) as mandatory subjects |
| Result Declaration | You can expect it within 90 days from the date of the exam |
Remember, only one application per candidate is allowed, and adherence to instructions is crucial to avoid disqualification. Communication will be sent to the provided email and mobile number.
Candidates can choose to pay the registration fee via debit/credit card, net banking, or UPI.
| Category of Candidate | In India (Fee in ₹) |
| General | ₹ 1,700/- |
| EWS/OBC-NCL* | ₹ 1,600/- |
| SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender | ₹ 1,000/- |
| Step | Action |
| 1 | Download Admit Card from NTA website |
| 2 | Ensure fulfilment of eligibility conditions before downloading |
| 3 | Check the Examination Centre, Date, and Timing details on the Admit Card |
| 4 | Do not attempt to appear at the Examination Centre on a different Date or Timing than indicated on the Admit Card |
| 5 | If unable to download the Admit Card, contact Help Line (10:00 am to 05:00 pm) or email NTA at [email protected] |
| 6 | Read and follow instructions on the Information Bulletin and Admit Card carefully before the examination |
| 7 | Report any discrepancies in candidate details or Admit Card to the Help Line at [email protected] (10:00 am to 5:00 pm) |
| 8 | If discrepancies exist, appear in the examination with the downloaded Admit Card, and NTA will rectify records later |
NEET UG is conducted across various cities in India. You can choose your preferred exam centre during the registration process. The exam centres cover major cities and towns to facilitate easy access for aspirants.
| Adilabad | Dehradun | Katihar | Purba Medinipur |
| Agartala | Delhi / New Delhi | Kaushambi | Puri |
| Agra | Deoghar (Jh) | Kavaratti | Purnea |
| Ahmedabad | Deoria | Kendrapara | Rai Bareilly |
| Ahmednagar | Dewas | Kendujhar (Keonjhar) | Raichur |
| Aizawl | Dhalai | Khammam | Raigad |
| Ajmer | Dhamtari | Khandwa | Raigarh |
| Akola | Dhanbad | Kharagpur | Raipur |
| Alappuzha / Chengannur | Dhar | Khargone (West Nimar) | Rairangpur |
| Aligarh | Dharmapuri | Kodagu | Rajahmundry |
| Allahabad / Prayagraj | Dharwad | Koderma | Rajgarh |
| Almora | Dhenkanal | Kohima | Rajkot |
| Alwar | Dholpur | Kolar | Rajnandgaon |
| Ambala | Dhubri | Kolhapur | Ramanagara |
| Ambedkar Nagar | Dhule | Kolkata | Ramanathapuram |
| Ambikapur | Dibrugarh | Kollam | Ramgarh |
| Amethi | Dimapur | Koppal | Rampur |
| Amravati | Dindigul | Korba | Ranchi |
| Amreli | Diu | Kota | Ranga Reddy |
| Amritsar | Dumka | Kothagudem | Ratlam |
| Anand | Durgapur | Kottayam | Ratnagiri |
| Anantapur | Eluru | Kozhikode / Calicut | Rayagada |
| Anantnag | Ernakulam / Moovattupuzha | Krishnagiri | Rewa |
| Angamaly | Erode | Kullu | Roorkee |
| Angul | Etawah | Kupwara | Rourkela |
| Ariyalur | Faizabad | Kurnool | Rupnagar |
| Arrah | Faridabad | Kurukshetra | Sagar |
| Asansol | Faridkot | Kushinagar | Saharanpur |
| Ashok Nagar | Fatehpur | Lakhimpur | Sahibganj |
| Aurangabad (Br) | Firozabad | Lakhimpur Kheri | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar |
| Aurangabad (MR) | Firozpur | Lakhisarai | Salem |
| Azamgarh | Gadag | Lalitpur | Samastipur |
| Badgam | Gadchiroli | Latur | Samba |
| Bagalkot | Gadwal | Leh | Sambalpur |
| Bahjoi | Gandhidham | Lucknow | Sangareddy |
| Bahraich | Gandhinagar | Ludhiana | Sangli |
| Balaghat | Gangtok | Machilipatnam | Sangrur |
| Balangir | Garhwa | Madhepura | Sasaram |
| Balasore (Baleswar) | Garhwal | Madhubani | Satara |
| Ballari | Gaya | Madurai | Satna |
| Ballia | Ghaziabad | Mahabubabad | Sawai Madhopur |
| Balurghat | Ghazipur | Mahasamund | Shahjahanpur |
| Banaskantha | Giridih | Mahbubnagar | Shillong |
| Banda | Godda | Mainpuri | Shimla |
| Bankura | Godhra | Malappuram | Shivamoga (Shimoga) |
| Barabanki | Gonda | Malda | Shravasti |
| Baragarh | Gondia | Malegaon | Siddipet |
| Baramulla | Gopalganj | Malkangiri | Sikar |
| Baran | Gorakhpur | Mancherial | Silchar |
| Bareilly | Gulbarga / Kalaburagi | Mandi | Siliguri |
| Baripada / Mayurbanj | Gumla | Mandsaur | Silvassa |
| Barmer | Guna | Mandya | Sindhudurg |
| Barpeta | Guntur | Mangaluru (Mangalore) | Singrauli |
| Barwani | Gurdaspur | Mathura | Sirohi |
| Basti | Gurugram | Mau | Sitamarhi |
| Beed | Guwahati | Medchal | Sitapur |
| Begusarai | Gwalior | Meerut | Sivaganga |
| Belagavi (Belgaum) | Hailakandi | Mehsana | Sivasagar |
| Bengaluru- Rural | Hajipur | Mirzapur | Siwan |
| Bengaluru- Urban | Haldwani | Modasa | Solan |
| Berhampur / Ganjam | Hamirpur (HP) | Moga | Solapur |
| Bettiah | Hanumangarh | Moradabad | Sonbhadra |
| Betul | Hapur (Panchsheel Nagar) | Morena | South 24 Parganas |
| Bhadrak | Hardoi | Motihari | Sri Muktsar Sahib |
| Bhagalpur | Haridwar | Mumbai | Sriganganagar |
| Bhandara | Hassan | Munger | Srikakulam |
| Bharatpur | Hathras | Murshidabad | Srinagar (J & K) |
| Bharuch | Haveri | Muzaffarnagar | Sultanpur |
| Bhatinda | Hayathnagar | Muzaffarpur | Supaul |
| Bhavnagar | Hazaribagh | Mysuru (Mysore) | Surat |
| Bhawanipatna / Kalahandi | Himatnagar | Nabarangpur | Surendranagar |
| Bhilai Nagar / Durg | Hissar | Nadia | Suri |
| Bhilwara | Hooghly | Nagapattinam | Suryapet |
| Bhimavaram | Hoshangabad | Nagaur | Tadepalligudem |
| Bhind | Hoshiarpur | Nagpur | Tanuku |
| Bhiwani | Howrah | Nainital | Tezpur |
| Bhopal | Hubli | Nalanda | Thane |
| Bhubaneswar | Hyderabad / Secunderabad | Nalgonda | Thanjavur |
| Bhuj | Idukki | Namakkal | Thiruvallur |
| Bhupalapally | Imphal | Namsai | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Bidar | Indore | Nanded | Thoothukudi |
| Bijnor | Itanagar / Naharlagun | Nandurbar | Thrissur |
| Bikaner | Jabalpur | Nandyal | Tiruchirappalli |
| Bilaspur (Cg) | Jagatsinghpur | Narasaraopet | Tirunelveli |
| Bilaspur (HP) | Jagdalpur | Nashik | Tirupathi |
| Bokaro | Jagtial | Naugarh | Tiruppur |
| Budaun | Jaipur | Navi Mumbai | Tiruvannamalai |
| Bulandshahr | Jajpur | Navsari | Tiruvarur |
| Buldhana | Jalandhar | Neemuch | Tumakuru |
| Burdwan (Bardhaman) | Jalaun (Orai) | Nellore | Tura |
| Buxar | Jalgaon | New Tehri | Udaipur |
| Chaibasa | Jalpaiguri | Nizamabad | Udalguri |
| Chamarajanagar | Jammu | Noida / Greater Noida | Udhagamandalam |
| Chamba | Jamnagar | North 24 Parganas | Udham Singh Nagar |
| Chandauli | Jamshedpur | Nuapada | Udhampur |
| Chandigarh / Mohali / Panchkula | Jangaon | Ongole | Udupi / Manipal |
| Chandrapur | Janjgir | Osmanabad | Ujjain |
| Chatra | Jaunpur | Pakur | Una |
| Chengalpet | Jehanabad | Palakkad | Unnao |
| Chennai | Jeypore (Odisha) | Palamu | Vadodara |
| Chhatarpur | Jhansi | Palghar | Vaishali |
| Chhindwara | Jharsuguda | Pali | Valsad / Vapi |
| Chikkaballapur | Jhunjhunu | Panaji / Madgaon / Margao | Varanasi |
| Chikmagalur | Jodhpur | Pantnagar | Vellore |
| Chirala | Jorhat | Paralakhemundi (Gajapati) | Veraval |
| Chitradurga | Junagadh | Parbhani | Vidisha |
| Chitrakoot | Kadapa | Patan | Vijayapura |
| Chittoor | Kakinada | Pathanamthitta | Vijayawada |
| Chittorgarh | Kalyani | Pathankot | Viluppuram |
| Churu | Kanchipuram | Patiala / Fatehgarh Sahib | Virudhunagar |
| Coimbatore | Kangra / Palampur | Patna | Visakhapatnam |
| Cuddalore | Kanker | Pauri | Vizianagaram |
| Cuttack | Kannur | Payyannur | Vyara |
| Dahod | Kanpur | Phulbani (Kandhamal) | Warangal |
| Daman | Kanyakumari / Nagercoil | Ponda | Wardha |
| Damoh | Karauli | Port Blair | Washim |
| Dantewada | Kargil | Pratapgarh | Wayanad |
| Darbhanga | Karimnagar | Proddatur | West Sikkim |
| Darrang (Mangaldoi) | Karnal | Puducherry | Yamuna Nagar |
| Datia | Karur | Pudukkottai | Yavatmal |
| Dausa | Kasaragod | Pulwama | |
| Davangere | Kathua | Pune |
| Subjects | Details |
| Physics | Section A: 35 Questions, 4 Marks Each (MCQ) |
| Section B: 15 Questions (Choose 10), 4 Marks Each (MCQ) | |
| Chemistry | Section A: 35 Questions, 4 Marks Each (MCQ) |
| Section B: 15 Questions (Choose 10), 4 Marks Each (MCQ) | |
| Botany | Section A: 35 Questions, 4 Marks Each (MCQ) |
| Section B: 15 Questions (Choose 10), 4 Marks Each (MCQ) | |
| Zoology | Section A: 35 Questions, 4 Marks Each (MCQ) |
| Section B: 15 Questions (Choose 10), 4 Marks Each (MCQ) | |
| Total | 200 Questions, Total Marks: 720 |
You can attempt multiple times as there is no limit on the number of attempts to appear for the NEET exam. This is applicable only when you fulfil the eligibility criteria.
If you are preparing for NEET 2024, you need to make sure that you are fully prepared for the exam. Here are some suggested books that you can go for, remember that you should go through the NCERT books as well along with these books:
| Books for NEET Exam | Author/Publisher |
| NCERT Biology of Class XI and XII | NCERT |
| NCERT Physics of Class XI and XII | NCERT |
| NCERT Chemistry of Class XI and XII | NCERT |
| Objective NCERT at your FINGERTIPS for NEET – Biology | MTG Editorial Board |
| Objective NCERT at your FINGERTIPS for NEET – Physics | MTG Editorial Board |
| Objective NCERT at your FINGERTIPS for NEET – Chemistry | MTG Editorial Board |
| Concepts of Physics | H.C. Verma |
| NCERT Physics Textbooks | NCERT |
| D C Pandey Objective Physics for NEET | D.C. Pandey |
| NCERT Chemistry Textbooks | NCERT |
| GRB A Textbook of Physical Chemistry for NEET | O.P. Tandon |
| Elementary Problems in Organic Chemistry for NEET | M.S. Chauhan |
You can pursue higher education in medical and paramedical courses after the NEET Exam. Here are the courses offered through NEET exam:
Remember, NEET UG is not just about the exam, it is about your journey to become a doctor. Stay focused, motivated, and keep reminding yourself of your dream.
ALL THE BEST!
