NEET

Overview:

The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG will be conducted by the National Testing
Agency (NTA) from 2019 onwards. The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Govt of India has assigned the responsibility of conducting NEET UG to the NTA. This
Test was being conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) till 2018.

NEET (UG) is applicable for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in India in Medical/Dental Colleges run
with the approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, Government of India except for the institutions established through an Act of
Parliament i.e. AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.

The responsibility of the NTA will limited to the conduct of the entrance examination, declaration of
result and providing All India Rank to the Directorate General Health Services, Government of India
for the conduct of counselling for 15% All India Quota Seats and for supplying the result to state/other
Counselling Authorities.
The NTA will conduct NEET UG only once a year and the mode for NEET UG exam will remain offline.
The NEET UG-2020 will be held in 3rd May, 2020. The result of the NEET UG-2020 will be declared
in 4th June, 2020.

Important Dates

Online Registration Opening Date 2nd December 2019

Online Registration Closing Date 31st December 2019

Downloading of Admit Cards 27th March 2020

Date of Examination 3rd May 2020

Date of Announcing Results 4th June 2020

Mode of Examination Pen & Paper

Conducted By National Testing Agency (NTA)

Eligibility Criteria
 The candidate must have completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the
age on or before 31st December, 2020 i.e. the year of his/her admission to the 1st year
M.B.B.S./B.D.S. Course.
 The upper age limit for candidates seeking admission in MBBS/BDS seats shall be 25 years as on
the date of examination with a relaxation of 5 years for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC
category.
 The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and
English individually.
 The candidate must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry
and Biology/ Bio-technology at the qualifying examination for General category (GC), 45% marks for
General-PH and 40% marks for SC-PH/ ST-PH/ OBC-PH.
 Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRI’s), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI’s), Persons of Indian
Origin (PIO’s) & Foreign Nationals are eligible for appearing in the NEET (UG), 2020.

Exam Structure

Subjects / No. of Marking Negative Duration

Types Questions Scheme Marks of Test

4 x 45 =
Physics 45
180

4 x 45 =
Chemistry 45
180 -1 3 hrs.

Biology
4 x 90 =
(Botany & 90
360
Zoology)

Total – MM
MCQs
180 – 720

More Information
For more details, please refer:
 https://www.nta.ac.in/medicalexam
 https://cbseneet.nic.in/cbseneet/Welcome.aspx
JEE Main Entrance Exam

Earlier the JEE (Main) examination was being conducted as a pen and paper based test by the Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). From 2019 it has been conducted by the National Testing
Agency (NTA) under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Govt. of India in two stages such as JEE (Main)-I and JEE (Main)-II in online mode.

The declared result is forwarded to the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB)/JoSAA or the concerned
State government/ institute for Seat Allocation and admission process.

Qualifying JEE (Main) enables engineering aspirants for admission to the NITs, IIITs and CFTIs
through Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) subject to specified conditions.

Schedule of JEE (Main) 2020 Computer Based Test-CBT

JEE (Main) -
Events JEE (Main) - April 2020
January 2020

Online
2nd September
Registration Start 7th February 2020
2019
Date

Online
30th September
Registration End 7th March 2020
2019
Date

Downloading of 6th December

16th March 2020
Admit Cards 2019

Dates of 6th to 11th

3rd to 9th April 2020
Examination January 2020

Date of
31st January
Announcing 30th April 2020
2020
Results
 National Testing
Conducted By https://www.nta.ac.in/
Agency (NTA)

Official Website http://www.jeemain.nic.in

Eligibility Criteria

 Age: No age limit applies to JEE (Main). There is no age limit for appearing in JEE Main exam.
 Academics: Candidates must have passed class XII or equivalent exam in 2019 or 2020 or must be
appearing in class XII or equivalent exam in 2020.
 Number Of Attempts: Candidates are allowed to attempt JEE Main exam for three consecutive
years in both sessions as appearing in both sessions in a single year will be counted as a single
attempt.
 Subjects Covered: Candidates must have five subjects in class XII or equivalent including:
 A Language
 Physics
 Mathematics
 Any one of Chemistry/ Biology/ Biotechnology/ Technical Vocational Subject
 Any other subject
 Qualifying Score: For qualifying the JEE (Main) exam to get admission in IITs/ NITs/ IIITs and other
CFTIs, the candidate must score:
 For general category students: Minimum aggregate of 75% marks or top 20 percentile in class
XII of the respective board
 For SC/ST/PWD category students: Aggregate of at least 65% marks in class XII of the
respective board

Exam structure

The JEE (Main) is conducted as two papers for various streams of engineering:

o Paper-I (B. E./B. Tech.)

o Paper-II (B. Arch./B. Planning)
The exam pattern for Paper-I (for B. E./ B.Tech. programs) constitutes:

Conducted By National Testing Agency (NTA)

 Examination
Computer Based Test (CBT) mode
Mode

Medium English, Hindi, Gujarati

Duration 3 hours

1st Shift 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Timing of
Examination
2nd shift 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Type of 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Questions 5 Questions with Numerical Value Based Answers

Marking 4 marks for each correct answer

Scheme for -1 mark for each incorrect answer
MCQs No mark for Unanswered / Marked for Review

Marking
Scheme for 4 marks for each correct answer
Numerical No mark for each incorrect answers and
Value based Unanswered / Marked for Review questions
Questions

Subject wise distribution of Questions, Total Number of Questions and Marks as given below:

Total No of Questions

Maximum
Subject
Numerical Marks
MCQs Value based
Questions

Mathematics 20 5 100

Physics 20 5 100

Chemistry 20 5 100
 Total 60 + 15 = 75* 300

*20 questions will be MCQs and 5 questions will be based on numerical value for each subject.

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