NEET UG

📌 Overview

NEET UG is India’s single national entrance examination for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, BSMS, BVSc & AH and related undergraduate seats in government and private colleges. It is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of the National Medical Commission (NMC) and other statutory bodies.

The test is a single-day, single-shift pen-and-paper (OMR) examination of 3 hours. The paper has 180 compulsory multiple-choice questions for 720 marks. For the 2026 cycle the examination was scheduled on 3 May 2026 (Sunday), 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM IST.

NEET score is used by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for 15% All India Quota, 100% seats in deemed/central universities, AIIMS, JIPMER and other central institutions, and by state counselling authorities for the remaining state quota seats.

📋 Eligibility

Nationality

• Indian citizens, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and foreign nationals are eligible as per NMC / NTA rules.

Age

• Minimum age: 17 years on or before 31 December of the year of admission (for 2026: born on or before 31 December 2009).
• No upper age limit (the earlier cap was struck down by the Supreme Court).

Qualifying Examination

• Must have passed or be appearing in Class 12 / equivalent from a recognised board.
• Mandatory subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology / Biotechnology and English.

Minimum PCB Aggregate in Class 12

• General / EWS / UR-PwBD (as applicable): 50% in Physics + Chemistry + Biology / Biotechnology taken together.
• SC / ST / OBC-NCL / PwBD (reserved categories as notified): 40% in PCB.
• Exact PwBD percentages follow the latest NMC / NTA bulletin.

Appearing candidates of the same year may sit NEET; they must produce the pass certificate and required marks before counselling / admission.

There is no official limit on the number of NEET attempts.

📝 Exam Pattern (NEET UG 2026)

All 180 questions are compulsory. There is no optional section.

• Physics – 45 questions – 180 marks
• Chemistry – 45 questions – 180 marks
• Biology (Botany + Zoology) – 90 questions – 360 marks
• Total: 180 questions, 720 marks, 180 minutes

Marking scheme:

• +4 for a correct / most appropriate answer
• −1 for an incorrect answer
• 0 for unattempted
• If more than one option is officially correct, +4 to those who marked any correct option (as per bulletin rules)

The question paper is available in English, Hindi and several regional languages as listed in the Information Bulletin. Language once chosen cannot be changed on exam day.

📚 Syllabus Overview

NTA publishes a dedicated NEET UG syllabus PDF. It is based primarily on the NCERT Class 11 and Class 12 Physics, Chemistry and Biology curriculum, with topics specified unit-wise. Treat NCERT as the backbone.

Physics – Typical Units

• Class 11: Physical world & measurement, Kinematics, Laws of Motion, Work Energy Power, System of Particles & Rotational Motion, Gravitation, Properties of Bulk Matter, Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, Oscillations & Waves
• Class 12: Electrostatics, Current Electricity, Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism, EMI & AC, Electromagnetic Waves, Optics, Dual Nature of Radiation & Matter, Atoms & Nuclei, Electronic Devices

Chemistry – Typical Units

• Physical Chemistry: Some basic concepts, Structure of atom, States of matter / gaseous state, Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Redox, Solutions, Electrochemistry, Chemical kinetics, Surface chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry: Periodic table, Chemical bonding, s/p/d/f block, Coordination compounds, Isolation of elements, Environmental chemistry (as listed)
• Organic Chemistry: Basic principles, Hydrocarbons, Haloalkanes & Haloarenes, Alcohols Phenols Ethers, Aldehydes Ketones Carboxylic acids, Amines, Biomolecules, Polymers, Chemistry in everyday life (as per current PDF)

Biology – Typical Units

• Class 11: Diversity of living organisms, Structural organisation in plants & animals, Cell structure & function, Plant physiology, Human physiology
• Class 12: Reproduction, Genetics & Evolution, Biology and Human Welfare, Biotechnology and its applications, Ecology and Environment

Download the official “Syllabus for NEET (UG)-2026 Examination” from neet.nta.nic.in and tick every listed topic. Do not rely on unofficial shortened lists.

📅 Important Dates (2026 cycle – verify on NTA site)

• Information Bulletin & application: typically February window (confirm live dates)
• Exam date: 03 May 2026 (Sunday), 02:00 PM – 05:00 PM
• Admit card: usually April
• Provisional answer key & OMR display: after the exam
• Result: notified on NTA website (often June window)
• MCC / state counselling: after result, typically from July onwards

Re-exam or extra opportunities, if any, are announced only through official NTA notices. Ignore social-media rumours.

💻 Application Process

1. Register on the NEET portal with a valid email and mobile number.
2. Fill personal, academic and contact details exactly as on Class 10 / 12 documents.
3. Upload photograph, postcard-size photo, signature, left-hand thumb impression and Class 10 certificate as per dimension / size rules in the bulletin.
4. Select city preferences (allotment is by NTA).
5. Pay the examination fee online.
6. Download the confirmation page and keep multiple copies.

Use the official correction window if NTA opens one. After that, most fields cannot be edited.

🎓 Counselling & Admission

• MCC (mcc.nic.in): 15% AIQ MBBS/BDS, 100% seats of deemed/central universities, AIIMS, JIPMER, ESIC, AFMS (as applicable), BSc Nursing in some central institutes, and AYUSH AIQ through AACCC where notified.
• State counselling: Remaining state quota seats, including government and private colleges of that state, as per state rules and domicile.
• Eligibility certificate / NMC / state requirements, internships and bond rules differ by college type. Read the counselling information bulletin every year.

All India Rank (AIR), category rank, percentile and cutoff scores are published with the result. Qualifying percentile is typically 50th percentile for UR, 40th for reserved categories and 45th for UR-PwBD (confirm current NMC notification).

🔗 Official Resources

• NEET UG Official Website (NTA)
• National Testing Agency
• National Medical Commission
• Medical Counselling Committee
• AYUSH Admissions Central Counseling Committee

💡 Preparation Tips

• Finish NCERT line by line for Biology and Inorganic / selected Organic Chemistry. Most NEET Biology items are NCERT-based.
• Make formula sheets and error logs for Physics. Practise numericals daily; do not only read theory.
• Solve the last 10–15 years of official NEET / AIPMT papers in timed conditions.
• Take full-length mock tests in OMR format. Practise bubbling answers under time pressure.
• Revise Biology diagrams, examples and tables. Questions often come from highlighted NCERT lines and summary boxes.
• Do not ignore Physical Chemistry numericals and Organic reaction mechanisms.
• Keep health, sleep and a simple revision timetable. A calm exam attempt saves more marks than last-night cramming.
• After the exam, download the official answer key and calculate a realistic score before counselling planning.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

• Is NEET only for MBBS? No. It is also used for BDS, AYUSH UG courses and BVSc & AH as notified.
• Can droppers appear? Yes. There is no attempt cap and no upper age limit.
• Is the exam online? No. NEET UG is pen-and-paper OMR.
• Are calculators allowed? No electronic devices are allowed.
• Can I change exam city? Only if NTA opens a correction window; otherwise city is allotted by NTA.

🗂️ NEET Chapter Checklist (NCERT-first)

Biology — Class 11

• The Living World; Biological Classification; Plant Kingdom; Animal Kingdom
• Morphology of Flowering Plants; Anatomy of Flowering Plants; Structural Organisation in Animals
• Cell: The Unit of Life; Biomolecules; Cell Cycle and Cell Division
• Transport in Plants; Mineral Nutrition; Photosynthesis; Respiration in Plants; Plant Growth and Development
• Digestion and Absorption; Breathing and Exchange of Gases; Body Fluids and Circulation; Excretory Products; Locomotion and Movement; Neural Control; Chemical Coordination

Biology — Class 12

• Reproduction in Organisms; Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants; Human Reproduction; Reproductive Health
• Principles of Inheritance and Variation; Molecular Basis of Inheritance; Evolution
• Human Health and Disease; Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production; Microbes in Human Welfare
• Biotechnology: Principles and Processes; Biotechnology and its Applications
• Organisms and Populations; Ecosystem; Biodiversity and Conservation; Environmental Issues (as in your NCERT edition / official NEET syllabus PDF)

Physics high-yield

• Mechanics (laws, work-energy, rotation, gravitation), properties of matter, thermodynamics, waves
• Electrostatics, current electricity, magnetism, EMI, AC, EM waves
• Ray & wave optics, dual nature, atoms, nuclei, semiconductors

Chemistry high-yield

• Physical: mole, atomic structure, thermo, equilibrium, electrochem, kinetics, solutions
• Inorganic: periodicity, bonding, p-block, d-block, coordination, environmental
• Organic: GOC, hydrocarbons, haloalkanes, alcohols, carbonyls, amines, biomolecules

🗂️ How to build your personal syllabus sheet

1. Download the official syllabus / information handout PDF tonight.
2. Copy every heading into a notebook page or spreadsheet.
3. Against each heading write: Book chapter / NCERT unit / YouTube playlist name / last PYQ year you solved.
4. Mark High / Medium / Low after you solve 3 years of PYQs — not before.
5. Revise High topics four times, Medium twice, Low once, all with PYQs.

Current affairs — one method for every exam on this site

• Read (do not only watch): one newspaper or PIB daily digest.
• Make 5–10 lines per important scheme, report, judgment, RBI decision or science mission.
• Revise a 30-day file every Sunday and a 6-month file before Prelims / Mains.
• Link every CA note to a static syllabus heading (polity, economy, environment, banking, defence).

PYQ rule

• If a topic has not appeared in 8–10 years and is tiny in the official syllabus, keep it low priority.
• If a topic appears every year (polity articles, percentage, RC, banking rates, NCERT biology lines), it is High regardless of coaching “new pattern” videos.

📊 Exam Trend & Highest-Weightage Areas

Commissions do not publish an official chapter-wise weightage table. The points below come from public previous-year papers and widely used coaching analyses. Use them to decide revision order, not to skip a listed syllabus topic.

📚 What Content You Should Actually Follow

1. Official syllabus PDF of the current year — print it and tick topics.
2. Official previous year papers (last 8–10 years) from the commission / NTA / IBPS / SSC website.
3. One primary book per subject (listed below). Do not collect 10 PDFs of the same chapter.
4. NCERT Class 6–12 where the exam is GS / science / maths based — free on ncert.nic.in.
5. Current affairs only from a newspaper + one monthly compilation + the official PIB / ministry sites.
6. Mocks that copy the live interface (sectional timer, NAT, descriptive box).

📖 Standard Books (widely used by serious aspirants)

• Polity: Indian Polity — M. Laxmikanth; NCERT Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work
• Modern History: Spectrum (Rajiv Ahir); NCERT Themes in Indian History Part III
• Geography: NCERT Class 11–12; Certificate Physical and Human Geography — G.C. Leong (selective)
• Economy: NCERT Class 11–12; Indian Economy — Ramesh Singh or Sanjiv Verma (selective); Economic Survey highlights; Union Budget summary
• Environment: NCERT biology ecology units; Shankar IAS Environment (selective)
• Science (SSC / RRB / GD): Lucent GK science + NCERT 6–10
• Quant / Maths (SSC): SSC previous papers + Rakesh Yadav / Kiran PYQ or equivalent type-wise book; NCERT 8–10 for basics
• Quant (Bank / CAT): Arun Sharma or Sarvesh Verma selectively; daily DI sets
• English grammar: Wren & Martin (selective) + Neetu Singh (KD Campus) Plinth to Paramount / SP Bakshi Objective General English
• Reasoning: R.S. Aggarwal (foundation) + exam-specific PYQ book (Kiran / Adda / Oliveboard)
• Static GK: Lucent General Knowledge; one atlas (Oxford / Orient Blackswan)
• JEE / NEET Physics: H.C. Verma; D.C. Pandey or Physics Galaxy; NCERT exemplar
• JEE / NEET Chemistry: NCERT first; N. Awasthi / M.S. Chauhan / V.K. Jaiswal as level demands
• JEE Maths: Cengage or Arihant series + previous JEE Main / Advanced papers
• NEET Biology: NCERT Class 11–12 line by line; MTG / All-in-one only after NCERT
• CAT VARC: past CAT RCs; a good newspaper editorial habit
• GATE: standard UG textbooks of the branch + made-easy / ACE previous paper books + official GATE papers on the organising IIT site

Buy the latest edition. Second-hand previous-year paper books are enough for practice. Coaching photocopies are optional.

🌐 Official & Open / Free Content (use these first)

• NCERT textbooks (free PDF)
• ePathshala
• NPTEL — free engineering / science lectures by IIT faculty
• DIKSHA
• Press Information Bureau — authentic government news
• Union Budget & Economic Survey
• RBI — monetary policy, bulletin (banking / RBI / NABARD / SEBI)
• UPSC previous papers and cut-offs
• SSC notices and some paper archives
• IBPS information handouts
• NTA — JEE, NEET, CUET, UGC NET, CSIR NET mocks and keys
• SWAYAM — free university courses
• Khan Academy (free world-class maths / science videos mapped to school level)
• Official mock / practice portals of NTA, IBPS (when opened) and JoSAA / MCC counselling brochures

Prefer a government PDF over a random Telegram file. Fake “memory-based papers” with wrong keys waste months.

▶️ YouTube Channels & Teachers (free classes — pick ONE per subject)

These are well-known public education channels. They are not official partners of this website. Watch playlists, not 10 live classes a day. Pause and solve; do not only listen.

School / JEE / NEET foundation

• Physics Wallah (Alakh Pandey) — Physics and complete JEE / NEET boards-to-entrance path; also Defence / SSC verticals under PW
• Khan Academy India — calm concept videos for Maths and Science
• ExamFear / LearnoHub — chapter-wise school Science and Maths
• Physics Galaxy (Ashish Arora) — JEE Physics depth
• Mohit Tyagi — JEE Mathematics (long but thorough playlists)
• Unacademy JEE / NEET and Vedantu JEE — free live plus recorded batches

UPSC / State PSC

• Mrunal Patel — Economy, Budget, Economic Survey (also useful for RBI / NABARD)
• Drishti IAS — Hindi + English current affairs and GS
• StudyIQ IAS — daily CA and subject crash courses
• Vision IAS — current affairs and strategy videos
• ForumIAS / OnlyIAS / Sleepy Classes — optional and GS answer writing samples
• Unacademy UPSC — free editorial and GS sessions

SSC / Railway

• Gagan Pratap Maths — type-wise SSC Maths
• Rankers Gurukul (Aditya Ranjan) — arithmetic for beginners
• English with Rani Ma’am and KD Live (Neetu Singh Ma’am) — SSC English
• Parmar SSC — exam-oriented GA / GS
• Adda247 SSC, Wifistudy, Testbook SSC — live practice

Banking / Insurance / RBI / SEBI / NABARD

• Adda247 Bankers — full IBPS / SBI path, daily CA
• Banking Wallah (Physics Wallah) — puzzles and bank syllabus classes
• Oliveboard and Guidely — mock discussion and mains DI / puzzles
• AffairsCloud / BankersAdda written CA — monthly PDFs (website + YT recap)
• Mrunal again for RBI Grade B ESI / economy

CAT / Management

• Rodha — CAT Quant
• 2IIM CAT — VARC and strategy
• Anastasis Academy / Elites Grid — DILR sets (use free videos + official CAT papers)

GATE / ESE / CSIR

• NPTEL — first choice (IIT faculty, free)
• GATE Academy / Made Easy / ACE YouTube — previous paper discussions
• Unacademy GATE — free plus structured batches

Law / CUET / NET

• LegalEdge / LawSikho free CLAT sets and consortium sample papers
• CUET Adda / PW CUET — domain NCERT walk-throughs
• Let’s Crack UGC NET / Unacademy NTA-UGC — Paper 1 playlists

How to watch: one teacher per subject, 1.25× speed, notebook open, 30-minute video + 30-minute self-practice. Unfollow extra channels.

🗓️ A Simple Content Routine (works for almost every exam on this site)

• Morning (60–90 min): newspaper or PIB + 10 MCQs of yesterday’s CA
• Mid-day (2–3 hrs): one static / core subject from the official syllabus with a standard book
• Evening (90 min): PYQs of that chapter + error log
• Night (45 min): weak-area drill (CSAT / English / formulae)
• Weekly: one full mock in exam conditions + 2-hour analysis
• Monthly: revise the error log, not the whole bookshelf

✅ Open-source & low-cost practice platforms

• Official PYQ PDFs (UPSC, NTA keys, IBPS memory-based after official handout)
• NTA Abhyas / practice tests when the exam window opens
• Free weekly mocks: Oliveboard, Testbook, Adda247, Gradeup/BYJU’S Exam Prep (limited free tier)
• Anki / any free flashcard app for formulae and polity articles
• Google Arts & Culture / Survey of India maps for geography outline practice

⚠️ How to treat coaching names on this page

Book names and YouTube teachers are listed because lakhs of students already use them in public. This site does not sell their courses and does not guarantee a rank if you watch them. Always cross-check facts with the official syllabus and previous papers. If a video contradicts the official notification, trust the notification.

⚠️ Disclaimer

Pattern, syllabus, dates, fees and qualifying criteria are governed by the latest NTA Information Bulletin and NMC regulations. Always download documents from neet.nta.nic.in before applying or counselling.