NEET Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria has mostly remained the same. Minor changes are that the age criteria will be checked after completion of the exam and the upper age limit has to be calculated as on the date of the exam. The detailed eligibility criteria of NEET 2019 are as follows :

Eligibility Criteria	Details
Nationality	Indian Nationals, NRIs, OCIs, PIOs & Foreign Nationals
Qualifying Exam	10+2 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English as core subjects in both Classes 11 and 12 from a recognized board.
Pass percentage	UR - 50%, OBC/SC/ST - 40%, PWD - 45% (minimum aggregate marks only for PCB subjects)
Age Limit	The revised date of birth is on or before December 31, 2002. The upper age limit clause has been withdrawn for now. Admissions will be subject to the outcome of the case.
Maximum Attempts	No limit on the permitted number of attempts.

NEET Qualifying Percentile

In order to qualify NEET 2019, candidates are required to score marks equal to or more than the NEET cut off 2019. The cut off score cannot be predicted before the release of the result but the minimum required percentile to qualify the exam has been made available. The minimum required percentile will be different for different categories which can be checked in the table below :

UR (Unreserved) : 50th Percentile

UR-PH (Unreserved Physically Handicapped) : 45th Percentile

OBC/SC/ST (Other Backward Classes/Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe) : 40th Percentile

Pattern of NEET Question Paper 

The exam includes questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology syllabus of class XI and XII. Both Physics and Chemistry have 45 questions each. Biology has 90 questions divided equally among Botany and Zoology.

Subject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
Physics	45	180
Chemistry	45	180
Zoology	45	180
Botany	45	180

NEET Exam Pattern At a Glance

Number of Questions | Total Marks 180 | 720 Marks

No. of questions in each section Physics- 45, Chemistry- 45, Botany- 45, Zoology- 45

Marking Scheme + 4 for correct answer, -1 for incorrect answer

Type of Questions Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Exam Mode Offline (Pen- paper based Test)

Duration 3 hours

NEET Marking Scheme

Multiple answers will be considered as incorrect response and will be negatively marked.

Check out the marking scheme given below :

1. For every correct answer, the candidate is awarded 4 marks and for every incorrect answer, 1 mark is deducted.

2. NEET Score = (Correct answers X 4) – (Incorrect answers X 1)

3. No marks will be awarded for unanswered questions.

4. More than one answer marked 0 (Zero)

5. Changing answer is not allowed.

NEET Syllabus