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NEET (National Eligibility-cum-
Entrance Test) has been proposed by
Ministry of Human Resource
Development (MHRD), Govt. of India
and Medical Council of India (MCI)
for Undergraduate (NEET-UG)
Medical Courses like MBBS, BDS etc.
and Post Graduate (NEET-PG)
Medical Courses like M.S., M.D. etc.
NEET-UG implies that there will be
one entrance test for all the medical
aspirants across the country which
all the medical and dental colleges
in government and private sectors
countrywide have to comply with
and allot seats in MBBS and BDS
courses to students based on merit
secured in NEET from the next
academic year (2013-14); currently,
India has 271 Medical Colleges (138
Govt. Colleges + 133 Private
Colleges), offering a total of over
31,000 MBBS seats. After facing
quite a no. of roadblocks for a long
period, gazette has been passed
finally in favour of the NEET for the
MBBS and BDS and the date for the
1st exam is out, as the Central
Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE) made the official
announcement on 12th September
2012. The 1st NEET will be held on
5th May 2013 and the application
forms shall be available in 2nd week
of November 2012. A maximum of
10 - 11 Lac students may appear in
the first NEET to be held in May,
2013.
NEET Pattern - Proposed
The total number of questions
proposed by the exam conducting
body shall be a total of 180
questions. Out of which 45
questions each will be there from
Physics, Chemistry, Botany and
Zoology respectively. The duration
given for test will be of 3 hours.
There will be 1/4th negative
marking.
Impact of NEET
NEET shall replace:
• All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT
– the national level medical
entrance test for MBBS courses),
which till 2012 will be used for
admissions into 15% seats of all
government medical colleges except
that of in the states of Andhra
Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
• All individual MBBS entrance
exams, which are being organized
individually by state or colleges
themselves (e.g. AFMC, OJEE,
EAMCET, Delhi-PMT, UP-CPMT, UT-
PMT, R-PMT, HR-PMT, WB-JEE, JK-
CET etc.).
• The government is yet to take a
decision on adopting NEET for
admission to other allied medical
courses viz. veterinary, agriculture,
horticulture, nursing courses etc.
Benefits of NEET:
• One common examination for
admission into almost all of the
MBBS colleges in India.
• No need to apply for several
entrance examinations.
• The students will be free and
relaxed after appearing in only one
exam.
• Stress-level will be considerably
reduced which otherwise used to be
there due to various entrance
examinations spread over a period
of three months (April-May-June).
• Substantial financial savings for
parents.
Suggestions for NEET Preparation:
• As the exam is being conducted by
CBSE therefore thorough reading of
NCERT is a must. The content of
NCERT books should be read
completely and figures given should
be understood minutely. Student
must solve the exercises given in
the NCERT.
• NEET will have 180 questions with
3 hours time, so accordingly time
management practice should be
done by writing mock tests. A
student would be required to solve
each question in a minute’s time, so
a practice of atleast 15-20 full
length tests before taking the actual
exam would prove to be most
beneficial.
• There are some differences in the
CBSE syllabus for class XI and XII
compared to NEET. A close
comparison of syllabus must be
done.
• Going through the previous year
AIPMT exam papers will help as it is
expected to be of the same lev