What is NEET?
NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is a qualifying entrance test conducted pan-India for students aspiring to pursue any medical courses at the graduate level like MBBS and BDS and also for some postgraduate courses in few selected medical colleges in India. For the graduate level courses, students passing out of grade XII school or equivalent from the Science Stream (with PCB combination) can appear for this test.
NEET 2017 Exam Pattern
The detailed exam pattern of NEET 2017 exam is mentioned below:
- Exam Mode: The NEET will be conducted on 7th May 2017 through pen & paper mode.
- No. & Type of Question: In NEET exam pattern there will be 180 objective type question will be asked.
- Exam Duration: The duration of the entrance exam will be three hours.
- Marking Scheme: Candidates will be awarded 4 marks for each correct response.
- Negative Marking: One mark will be deducted for incorrect response.
- Language:English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil,Telugu, Oriya and Kannada
NEET 2017 Subject wise Number of Questions
| Subjects | Number of Questions |
| Physics | 45 |
| Chemistry | 45 |
| Botany+Zology | 90 |
Marking Scheme of NEET 2017
| Each correct response | +4 |
| Each incorrect response | -1 |
| Unmarked questions | No marks |
Qualifying marks in NEET 2017
According to the official prospectus of NEET, in order to qualify NEET 2017, a candidate belonging to unreserved category have to secure a minimum of 50th percentile in NEET, while, a SC/ST/OBC candidate have to obtain 40th percentile. In respect to physically handicapped candidate, the minimum percentile is 45th.
NEET 2017 qualifying marks
| Category | Qualifying Percentile |
| General | 50th percentile |
| ST/SC/OBC | 40th percentile |
| PH | 45th percentile |
The result of NEET 2017 will be declared on June 8, 2017. The result will be declared in the form of score card consisting of candidate’s name, percentile secured, 15% All India Quota cut off score, result status and all India rank etc.
