NTA NEET-UG Exam
NTA NEET-UG Exam

The NEET 2024 examination is scheduled for May 5, 2024, and is organized by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Obtain comprehensive information about the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), including the exam date, application process, and syllabus right here. NEET is a nationally recognized medical entrance exam conducted by the NTA. Its primary objective is to facilitate admissions to medical colleges across India for programs such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BUMS, and BHMS. If you are preparing for the NEET exam, ensure to check the eligibility criteria at neet.nta.nic.in, submit your application, download the admit card, practice with previous year question papers, and review the answer key and results.

NEET Exam

The NEET (UG) is being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) since
2019 with the approval of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the
Ministry of Human Resource Development. NEET (UG) has to be conducted
as a common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for
admission to undergraduate medical education in all medical institutions,
including those governed under any other law in force.

The NEET (UG) is going to be conducted by NTA as per the Schedule given
in the Information at a Glance for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BUMS,
and BHMS Courses as per the relevant norms/guidelines/regulations notified by the
concerned Regulatory Bodies.

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NEET Important Dates

Exam EventEvent Date
Release of application form or Start of registration09 Feb 2024
Last date to apply16 Mar 2024 (up to 10:50 pm)
Issuance of NEET admit card 2024As per NTA
NEET 2024 exam date05 May 2024
Exam Timings02:00 PM to 05:20 PM (Indian Standard Time)
Release of answer keyAs per NTA
Announcement of NEET result 202414 Jun 2024

Seats Offered

  • Admissions to all seats of Undergraduate Medical Courses will be done through NEET (UG)-2024. The following are the seats available under different quotas:
    • All India Quota Seats
    • State Government Quota Seats
    • Central Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities
    • State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental Colleges or any
    • Private University
    • Central Pool Quota Seats
    • All seats including NRI Quota as well as Management Quota, are in private
    • unaided/aided minority / non-minority medical colleges.
    • AIIMS Institutes across India/JIPMER.
    • The Counselling for successful candidates for Seats under 15% All India Quota and 100% including 85% State quota seats of Central Institutions (ABVIMS & RML  Hospital/VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital/ESIC)/ Central Universities (including DU/ BHU /AMU)/ AIIMS/ JIPMER and Deemed Universities, will be conducted by the MCC/DGHS for Undergraduate Medical / Dental Courses. MCC only does the registration for AFMC and forwards the data of registered Candidates to AFMC Authorities for the admission process. DU/BHU and other Universities may use the score for any other relevant courses being offered by them

Eligibility Criteria

  • Eligibility for appearing in NEET (UG), as per related Regulations of NMC and DCI are as follows:-

The Ministry of Home Affairs vide Notification dated 4 March 2021 specified the rights to which an OCI cardholder shall be entitled under the Citizenship Act, 1955.  

Application Process

  • Candidates can apply for NEET (UG) – 2024 through the “Online” mode only through the website https://neet.nta.nic.in/.
  • Submission of the Online Application Form may be done by accessing the NTA website https://neet.nta.nic.in/.
  • The Application Form in any other mode will not be accepted.
  • Only one application is to be submitted by a candidate.
  • Candidates must strictly follow the instructions given in the Information Bulletin and on the NTA website. Candidates not complying with the instructions shall be summarily disqualified.
  • Candidates must ensure that the e-mail address and Mobile Number provided in the Online Application Form are their own or Parents/Guardians only as all information/ communication will be sent by NTA through e-mail on the registered e-mail address or SMS on the registered Mobile Number only. 

Application Fee

Candidate in India 

  • General Rs. 1700/-up to 10:50 pmStep to Apply NEET UG 2024 Registration
  • General-EWS/ OBC-NCL* Rs. 1600/-
  • SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender Rs. 1000/-

Admission Procedure

  • Admissions to all seats of Undergraduate Medical / Dental Courses will be done through NEET (UG) – 2024.

NEET Exam

Likewise, the NEET exam structure is also published by NTA. Important features of the National Eligibility Entrance Test are as follows. However check official website neet.nta.nic.in from time to time for any changes in the exam pattern. You can check the NEET 2024 exam pattern as per its announcement at neet.nta.nic.in. Last year the exam pattern was as follows.

NEET 2024

The exam pattern was as follows

  • Mode of Exam – The exam  is a Pen & Paper-based Tes.
  • Question type – The questions are MCQs.
  • Number of Questions – There are 180 questions in the entrance exam.
  • Total Marks – Maximum marks in the exam is 720.
  • Exam Duration – The entrance exam is of 3 hours 20 Minutes.
  • Language of Question Paper – The question paper is in language English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Punjabi.

Marking Scheme – 

  • Candidates get +4 marks for correct answer.
  • And negative marks is -1 for incorrect answers

Syllabus of the Test

  • NMC (National Medical Commission) has notified the syllabus of NEET (UG) – 2024. The Question Paper will be based on the given syllabus (Appendix-IV) which is available on the NMC website (https://www.nmc.org.in/neet/neet-ug). Furthermore, to rationalize the decision of reduction in the syllabus by various School Education Boards, the NTA has taken a decision to provide choice in Section “B” for each of the 4 (four) Subjects.

Admit Card

  • The candidate has to download the Admit Card from the NTA website (https://neet.nta.nic.in/) and appear for the Examination at the given Centre on the Date and timing as indicated in their Admit Card.

NEET 2024 Result

Following the NEET 2024 examination, the National Testing Agency (NTA) declares the NEET 2024 Result. The specific date for the release of the NEET result is contingent upon the post-examination procedures carried out by the National Testing Agency. If you took the National Eligibility Entrance Test, you can access your NEET result on the official website neet.nta.nic.in. This will provide you with information about your score and rank, enabling you to actively engage in the NEET 2024 counseling process.

Counselling Details

1. CBSE will provide All India Rank. The result will be given to DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India to provide the same to admitting authorities.

2. Admitting authorities will invite applications for Counselling and the merit list shall be drawn based on All India Rank by the admitting authorities subject to their applicable rules.

Common Services Centres/Facilitation Centres

Candidates, if need be, may take the assistance of Common Services Centres for filling up the application form

Information Bulletin

The Information Bulletin containing detailed information of test, syllabus, eligibility criteria to appear/admission, reservation, examination fee, cities of examinations, State Code of eligibility, Age, etc. is available on website www.cbseneet.nic.in. Candidates may, therefore, check all the details in the online Information Bulletin before submission of application form.

For more details and to apply online, please visit the official website

Contact Details

Address: First Floor, NSIC-MDBP Building, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi, Delhi 110020

Phone: 011 6922 7700

NEET – An Overview

The important highlights of this exam are as follows.

AspectsDetails
Name of ExamNEET
NEET Full FormNational Eligibility Entrance Test
More Exams Of This TypeMedical Entrance Exams
Scale Of This ExamNational Level
State or Region For Which This Exam Is Most RelevantIndia
(note – this does not indicate domicile requirement.
it only refers to states or regions where score
accepting colleges are situated)
Organization That Holds This ExamNTA
NTA Full FormNational Testing Agency
Official Websiteneet.nta.nic.in
Programs or Courses Where Admission Is Through This TestMBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BUMS, BHMS
Colleges or Universities Where Admission Is Through This Testall medical colleges in India
NEET – An Overview

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