NEET

National Eligibility Entrance Test

What is NEET (National Eligibility Entrance Test)?

NEET (AIPMT) is the biggest medical entrance exam in India for admission in MBBS and BDS courses in Dental and Medical Colleges in India. AFMC also accept admission on NEET Score.

NEET Eligibility:

  • Educational Eligibility : All candidates applying for NEET must have passed their XII exam in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English with minimum 50% marks in each subject (40% for SC, ST, OBC and SC-PH, OBC-PH and ST-PH). Minimum required percentage for Physically Disabled candidates of general category is 45% in each subject.
  • Age criteria: Minimum age of applying candidates must be 17 at the time of admission or before 31st december of first year. Upper age limit is 25 years.

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NEET Exam Pattern:

  • Papers: NEET UG papers is divided into three sections i.e. Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology).
  • No. of Questions: There will be total 180 objective type questions with one correct answer.
  • Exam Mode: Offline (Paper – Pen mode)
  • Total Marks: 180 x 4 = 720
  • Marking Scheme: There will be negative marking in NEET. For each correct answer candidate will get 4 marks and for each incorrect answer 1 mark will be deduct.
  • Exam Duration: 3 hours

NEET Syllabus:

Topicwise Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Zoology and Botany) syllabus of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) Medical Entrance Exam. Click on the topic name to access free practice question bank.

NEET Physics Syllabus:

  1. Physical world and measurement
  2. Kinematics
  3. Laws of Motion
  4. Work, Energy and Power
  5. Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
  6. Gravitation
  7. Properties of Bulk Matter
  8. Thermodynamics
  9. Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory (Kinetic theory of gases, Degrees of freedom, applications to specific heat capacities)
  10. Oscillations and Waves
  11. Electrostatics
  12. Current Electricity (Conservation of charge, Coulomb’s law, Electric potential, Conductors and insulators, Electric current, Drift velocity, Ohm’s law, Electrical resistance, Kirchhoff’s laws)
  13. Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism (Biot – Savart law, Moving coil galvanometer, magnetic field lines, Hysteresis, Electromagnets and permanent magnets)
  14. Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents (Faraday’s law, Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents, LCR series circuit, resonance)
  15. Electromagnetic Waves and their characteristics (Electromagnetic spectrum. Applications of e.m. waves)
  16. Ray Optics (Reflection and refraction of light, mirror formula, Total internal reflection, Deviation and Dispersion of light by a prism, Lens Formula, Magnification, Power of a Lens, Microscope and Astronomical Telescope, magnifying powers)
  17. Wave Optics (Huygens’ principle, Interference, Young’s double slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of light)
  18. Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation (Hertz and Lenard’s observations, Einstein’s photoelectric equation, Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones)
  19. Atoms and Nuclei (mass defect, binding energy, nuclear fission and fusion)
  20. Electronic Devices (Semiconductors, Zener diode, Junction transistor, transistor action, Logic gates, Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, Communication System)

NEET Chemistry Syllabus:

  1. Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
  2. Structure of Atom
  3. Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
  4. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
  5. States of Matter: Gases and Liquids
  6. Thermodynamics
  7. Chemical Equilibrium
  8. Ionic Equilibrium
  9. Redox Reactions
  10. Hydrogen
  11. s-Block Element (Alkali and Alkaline earth metals)
  12. Some p-Block Elements
  13. Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques
  14. Hydrocarbons
  15. Environmental Chemistry
  16. Solid State
  17. Solutions
  18. Electrochemistry
  19. Chemical Kinetics
  20. Surface Chemistry
  21. General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements
  22. p- Block Elements
  23. d and f Block Elements
  24. Coordination Compounds
  25. Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
  26. Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
  27. Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
  28. Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
  29. Biomolecules
  30. Polymers
  31. Chemistry in Everyday Life

NEET Biology Syllabus:

  1. Diversity in Living World
  2. Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants
  3. Cell Structure and Function
  4. Plant Physiology
  5. Human physiology
  6. Reproduction
  7. Genetics and Evolution
  8. Biology and Human Welfare
  9. Biotechnology and Its Applications
  10. Ecology and environment

Exam Centres:

  • Andaman And Nicobar: Port Blair
  • Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar
  • Assam: Guwahati
  • Bihar: Patna
  • Chandigarh: Chandigarh
  • Chhatisgarh: Raipur, Ambikapur
  • Delhi: Delhi
  • Goa: Panaji
  • Gujarat: Ahmedabad
  • Haryana: Gurgaon, Faridabad
  • Himachal Pradesh: Shimla, Hamirpur
  • Jharkhand: Bokaro, Ranchi
  • Karnataka: Bangalore
  • Kerala: Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Trivandrum
  • Madhya Pradesh: Gwalior, Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur
  • Maharashtra: Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur
  • Manipur: Imphal
  • Meghalaya: Shillong
  • Mizoram: Aizwal
  • Nagaland: Dimapur, Kohima
  • Puducherry: Puducherry
  • Orissa: Bhubaneshwar, Rourkela, Berhampur
  • Punjab: Bhatinda, Jalandhar
  • Rajasthan: Jaipur, Ajmer, Kota
  • Tripura: Agartala
  • Uttarakhand: Dehradun, Pant Nagar/Haldwani
  • Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow, Varanasi, Noida
  • Tamil Nadu: Chennai
  • West Bengal: Kolkata, Siliguri
  • Abroad: Riyad

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