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NEET-UG 2024 - Exam Analysis

According to the feedback received from the students and experts, the Physics-Biology was easy, while Chemistry was difficult in the NEET-UG 2024 Examination. The country's biggest medical entrance exam NEET UG 2024 was conducted by the National Testing Agency in offline pen-paper mode on May 5. NEET paper was NCERT based. This time the Chemistry paper will determine the rank. No questions were asked from Ionic Equilibrium in Chemistry and 5 questions came from Physical Chemistry which were added to the syllabus this year. Whereas not a single question was asked from the topic Experimental Skills, which was added to the syllabus this year. In Biology, some questions were asked from old NCERT and some questions were also asked from outside the NCERT syllabus.

  • The NEET UG 2024 Examination had a total of 200 questions out of which only 180 were to be attempted. The time allocated for the examination was 3 hours 20 minutes.
  • The marks were also akin to the last year with 180 marks for every section including Botany, Zoology, Physics and Chemistry. Whereas the NEET UG 2024 paper was of total 720 marks.
  • NEET-UG 2024 Examinations were held in 543 Indian and 14 cities abroad.
  • The examination was held in 13 languages including English, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Odiya, Kannada, Punjabi and Telugu.

Here is subject-wise analysis of the NEET-UG 2024 Examination.

Physics

  • Physics paper was overall tougher than last year. Calculation was difficult in many questions.
  • Class-wise, 20 questions were asked from class 11th syllabus and 30 questions were asked from class 12th syllabus. Not a single question was asked from the topic Experimental Skills, which was added to the syllabus this year.
  • There were 15 easy questions from Mechanics, three from Thermal Physics and two from SHM and Waves.
  • Similarly, 17 difficult questions came from Electrodynamics. Four good level questions were asked from Optics and nine from Modern Physics and Electronics. Single correct 42, multiple correct 3, one question of assertion and reasoning, two Questions of statement type and two questions of match the column were asked.

Chemistry

  • Chemistry paper was a little tougher than last year. Overall the standard of the paper was good.
  • Inorganic Chemistry was somewhat tougher than last year, Physical Chemistry was tougher than last year while the level of Organic Chemistry remained the same as last year.
  • If we compare Inorganic Chemistry, 15 questions were asked from Physical chemistry in NEET 2023 whereas 19 questions were asked in NEET 2024. Last year there were 17 questions from Inorganic whereas this year 15 questions were asked. Similarly, in Organic Chemistry last year there were 18 questions whereas this year, there were 16 questions.
  • Class-wise, in class 11th, 12 questions were asked from Physical chemistry, 10 from Inorganic Chemistry and 5 from Organic chemistry. Whereas from the 12th class syllabus, there were 7 questions on Physical chemistry, 5 on Inorganic Chemistry and 11 on Organic Chemistry. There were 5 questions from Physical Chemistry which were added to the syllabus this year. No questions were asked from Ionic Equilibrium. There were 5 questions of statement type and 7 questions of match the column.

Biology

  • The level of Biology paper remained the same as last year and some questions were asked from old NCERT syllabus in which topics like animal tissue and cockroaches were included. Cockroach was not there in the updated syllabus of NTA which was added later and two questions from it appeared in the paper.
  • Some questions also came out of NCERT syllabus. There were 27 questions from Botany in class 11th and 23 questions from class 12th. Whereas 27 questions came from class 11th Zoology and 23 questions came from class 12th. The number of single correct questions was 45. Whereas 13 questions were of multiple correct, 2 of assertion reasoning, 10 of statement type and 30 questions of match the column.

NEET-UG 2023 - Exam Analysis

As per the students and experts, the overall difficulty of the NEET 2023 exam was moderate to difficult. The Physics was a bit lengthy yet easy to moderate, having a larger weightage for numerical questions and the difficulty level of Chemistry was moderate. Zoology and Botany are said to be the easiest sections in the exam.

  • The NEET 2023 exam had a total of 200 questions, out of which only 180 were to be attempted.
  • The marks were also the same as last year, with 720 total and 180 marks for every section, including Physics, Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology. The time allotted was a total of 200 minutes.
  • The exam centres for the NEET UG 2023 are now present in a total of 543 Indian cities, and 14 cities abroad.
  • The exam was conducted in 13 languages - English, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Odiya, Kannada, Punjabi, and Telugu.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Given that 80–85 percent of the exam's questions are derived from NCERT materials, it should undoubtedly be considered the standard reference for NEET. However, reading outside of NCERT is essential if one hopes to crack the NEET UG exam with a high score. It is necessary to look into related sources.

The syllabus is always the same. There is no precise figure available. However, some modified versions usually repeat, which is around 10-15 questions on average.

The NEET 2023 exam difficulty level according to students was moderate to the high difficulty level.

One of India's most difficult entrance exams, the NEET Exam is taken by thousands of candidates each year. Unfortunately, only a small number of candidates pass NEET and secure a seat in the medical colleges of their choice.

You must attempt 163 right answers on the NEET exam without making a mistake if you want to score 650 points. It is necessary to plan before taking any exam. It would be beneficial if you studied all topics and solved previous papers daily.
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