Medical Entrance Exams: A Brief Outline


NEETET 2022 -The NationalTesting Agency (NTA) conducts the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS, AYUSH, veterinary and nursing courses. India's single largest undergraduate medical entrance examination, NEET-UG is conducted in pen and paper mode. NEET 2022 exam date has not been announced yet. Announcement regarding NEET 2022 exam date by NTA will be updated here, once released. It is expected that NTA might conduct NEET 2022 twice a year in online mode. However, no confirmation regarding the same has been released yet.


NEET latest update available on NTA website:https://nta.ac.in contact details : C-20 1A/8, Sector 62, IITK Outreach Centre, Noida-201309, Ph- 0120-6895200, Email-genadmin@nta.ac.in.


NEET 2020 had been conducted successfully in 2 phases on Sep 13 & Oct 14, 2020. Candidates scoring more than or equal to 147-720 in GN and 113-146 in other categories have qualified NEET Cut off and are eligible for the admission process. The online counselling process is conducted by MCC for 15% AIQ seats. Candidates can check the revised dates and process of stray vacancy counselling round from the official website.


From 2019 onwards the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). It was being conducted by the CBSE till 2018. 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 (DGHS), New Delhi, Government of India for the conduct of counseling for 15% All India Quota Seats and for supplying the result to state/other Counseling Authorities.


Candidates seeking admission in AFMC for MBBS Course will register online through NEET and they will also have to register at www.afmc.nic.in.


The links of the AFMC websites for registration & online application will be activated after allotment of Roll Numbers to the candidates appearing in NEET.


NEET exam schedule

Events Dates

1.

Notification for NEET 2022

To be announced

2.

Release of NEET 2022 application form

To be announced

3.

Last date to fill NEET application form

To be announced

4.

Release of NEET admit card 2022

To be announced

5.

NEET 2022 exam date

May 2, 2022 (Tentative)

NEET 2022 Eligibility Criteria

Aspirants who want to appear for NEET 2022, are advised to go through the eligibility criteria. The NEET 2022 eligibility criteria include minimum and maximum age requirement, educational requirement, subjects studied in the qualifying exam, status of the qualifying exam, category, and nationality. Aspirants can go through the below-mentioned requirements, which are mandatory for aspirants to be eligible for NEET.

NEET Application Form 2022

NTA will release the NEET 2022 application form and information bulletin on its official website, ntaneet.nic.in. It is expected that to balance the delays in the medical academic calendar, the NEET application form will be released in January 2022. The filling of the NEET application form 2022 is a 5-step process, which can be checked below. However, before filling the NEET 2022 application form candidates must check the list of documents and details to keep handy.

NEET 2022 exam pattern

One of the prerequisites before appearing for the NEET exam is to be familiar with the NEET exam pattern 2022. NEET UG exam is conducted in offline mode that is pen and paper mode. The exam is divided into 3 sections - physics, chemistry, and biology. Check the table below to know details about the NEET exam pattern such as duration of the exam, nature of questions asked, number of questions asked from each section, weightage of marks from each section, and the marking scheme.

NEET Application Form 2022

Particulars Details

1.

Mode of exam

Offline

2.

Duration of exam

3 hours

3.

Total number of questions

180 questions

4.

Total marks

720 marks

5.

Sections

3 sections - Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Physics

Number of questions 35 + 15 questions

Sectional marks

180 marks

Chemistry

Number of questions 35 + 15 questions

Sectional marks

180 marks

Biology

Number of questions 100 questions

Sectional marks

360 marks

Marking scheme

+4 marks for a correct answer
-1 marks for an incorrect answer
0 marks for an unattempted answer

NEET 2022 best books

Referring to the best possible books that can help aspirants to crack the NEET is very important during the preparation stage. NCERT is the most important book for NEET but adding some reference books for study will boost up the level of NEET 2022 preparation. Aspirants should take care that the study material of NEET 2022 should be helpful in clearing the basic concepts and topics and it should also help you to devise a strategy to solve questions quickly. Candidates can check the list of NEET books here.

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

AIIMS & JIPMER: The AIIMS 2021 conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Science institution, New Delhi. AIIMS is the national Level Entrance test which is organized every year. AIIMS Exam done through NEET 2021. The NEET examination will only be the national level Medical entrance for allocation of MBBS seats across India from 2020-2021. The AIIMS and JIPMER examinations that are conducted along with NEET for providing Medical seats till date are cancelled as per the instructions from central government. As per the decision of Health Ministry and under NMC act,


Institutes of national importance like AIIMS and JIPMER are merged into NEET, which means admission to MBBS courses in AIIMS and JIPMER will be through NEET-UG from2020?

Process of Counselling for NEET-UG: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on behalf of Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducted the online counselling for all NEET Under Graduate (MBBS/BDS) aspirants in the 4th week of October for the session 2020-21. For the online counselling process, the candidates required to register online with DGHS as and when the registration process of the NEET 2020 starts. Candidates were required to go for registration at official website of Medical Counseling Committee :(www.mcc.nic.in). It is expected the same counselling process may continue for NEET 2022.