2020(Updated)

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET-UG is an entrance examination in India, for students who wish to study any graduate medical course (MBBS), dental course (BDS) in government or private medical colleges in India. NEET-UG (Undergraduate), for MBBS and BDS courses, will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

NEET-UG replaced the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) and all individual MBBS exams conducted by states or colleges themselves.

IMPORTANCE OF NEET

NEET is introduced to create an umbrella or single entrance exam for all medical aspirants in India and to avoid unnecessary wastage of time, effort, money & stress. For e.g- Out of 25 different Medical Entrance Examinations in India, on an average, a student appears in 7-9 entrance exams, thereby causing unnecessary stress on them as well as on parents

Giving so many exams creates a lot of financial burden for the parents since each examination involves expenses like Application Fee & commuting to appear for the entrance test in various cities / at various test centers. Multiple exams also pose the challenge of preparing for different syllabi and patterns for students which further increase stress among students. 

HISTORY OF NEET 

Let's understand in points-

• Initially, NEET was proposed in the year 2012.
• But the Supreme Court canceled the NEET exam on 18th July 2013.
• On 4th May 2014, CBSE planned to re-conduct AIPMT
• NEET was declared illegal and unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India in 2013. However, it was restored on April 11, 2016.
• The Supreme Court in May 2016 again gave the green signal for the CBSE to hold National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) 2016-17 in two phases. The first phase was held on 1 st May 2016 and 2nd phase on 24th July 2016.

NEET Eligibility Criteria

Candidates should have passed or expecting to be passed in 12th standard or equivalent qualification with 50% (General), 40% (SC/ST), 45% (Differently able) aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology.

Details will be released soon by the Medical Council of India for the upcoming NEET exam.

Exam Pattern 

NEET exam pattern will be simple objective type containing a total of 180 questions.

Physics - 45 questions 

    Chemistry - 45 questions 

Botany - 45 questions 

 Zoology - 45 questions

Marking Scheme 

Every question has an equal weightage of 4 marks for a right answer and a negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer.

NEET Exam Syllabus 

Candidates can check complete syllabus by Click Here. (Update soon)

NEET Exam Preparation and Study Tips

NEET exam is considered as one of the toughest exams to gain admission in the medical course like MBBS and BDS. Preparing for an exam and the NEET, in particular, needs a good study strategy and evaluation plan. A study strategy will help you to prepare for the NEET. 
You can check full preparation strategies and for NEET.

Study Material and Books:

In order to crack any entrance examination including NEET, candidates need to have a perfect study material recommended by experts of the subject. We have compiled a list of books which you can follow without any doubt. Check here- Best Books To Crack NEET Exam

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Best Books for NEET Exam

Best Books for NEET Exam- 

Physics: 

This section is toughest in all the sections, 45 questions which carry 180 marks.

• Concepts of Physics by HC Verma- Vol 1 (Latest Edition) 
• Concepts of Physics by HC Verma- Vol 2 (Latest Edition) 
• 39 Years’ Chapter wise Topic-wise Solved Papers (2017-1979) IIT JEE Physics by DC Pandey. 
• Objective Physics for NEET – Vol. 1 

Chemistry: 

• Organic Chemistry, 7e. 
• Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations R C Mukherjee. 

Biology: 

• Trueman’s Elementary Biology for Class 11 and NEET – Vol. 1 (2018 Edition)
• Trueman’s Elementary Biology – Vol. 2 for Class 12 and NEET (New Edition)
• Complete NEET Guide Biology Paperback 
• NCERT Xtract – Objective Biology for NEET, AIIMS, Class 11/ 12, JIPMER

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How to Prepare for Medical Entrance Exams

1. Strategies or schedule your preparation. One should know how much time they have to invest in a particular topic. Give more time to important topics/chapters.

Time Management 
The first thing to learn about Time Management is that time is theoretical so you can’t really manage it. What you do when you get into time management, is that you manage yourself. You decide what has to be done when it must be done and how to do it in the stipulated time. Remember, good time management for a student is not about creating a complex schedule that gives you account for every second of your day. It is about one simple choice: either you will control your homework, or it will control you. Good time management puts you in control. On the other hand, poor time management can put you behind your schedule and hence gives a feeling of unhappiness. At times, it may even cause frustration and anxiety which may further affect your studies. To avoid this situation, it is imperative to carefully plan & monitor your time spend.
Read- Best Books To Crack NEET Exam

2. Take a mock test regularly to access your preparation and to improve your strike rate. Strike rate can be improved with the help of intelligent guessing. Intelligent guessing means guessing a question you are not completely sure but have some idea about. Your objective is not to solve the question but choosing the correct option out of the 4 given choices. So always try to eliminate the choices. Remember that if one choice is eliminated, chances of your guess being right is 33% (in comparison to a blind guess where the chances of being right are 25%) and if two are eliminated the chances of hitting the right answer are 50%.

3. Solve previous year question papers to get an idea of the type and pattern of the question being asked in the exam.

4. Be clear about the basics like syllabus, exam pattern, marking criteria etc.

5. You can also go for chapter wise and topic wise tests to identify your weak areas where you have to work more. Success gap helps in analyzing the performance of the students in a test by identifying strong & weak areas so that the student can prepare accordingly. Success gap is the difference between the marks you are currently scoring in a test & the marks which you should score to clear the exams. The cut-off in various tests is based on the experience of our faculty & our interaction with the students preparing for different competitive examinations.
For example: if in a mock test of CBSE your marks are 520 & the cutoff marks (passing marks) is 560 the success gap is 40 marks. Now the question is where is the success gap (which subject & which topic) & how to fill this success gap. To find out this we go for the detailed analysis of the score.



From the result you can clearly see that the student over-performed in Botany & under-performed maximum in Physics. Now we further analyze the success gap in Physics, which is the highest by doing question by question analysis of Physics paper. The result of the analysis says that the student scored poorly in Physics because of two reasons.

• Level 1 (Basic) problems in Heat (meaning his basic concepts of Heat are poor & he needs to go through them again) In this case the student would also not be able to solve application-based problems of HEAT.
• Level 3 (Proficient) problems of light: This means that the basic concepts of the student are all right but his application is poor so he needs more practice of similar problems.

Hence it clearly states that analysis of test with success gap can help you in knowing the areas where you should focus your energies.

6. Note making of your weak areas and important formulas can rectify the same.
7. Revision is very important it should be kept to end this practice should be followed on the weekly (chapterwise) and monthly (units) basis.

Last few Days Before The Exam

• Avoid any activity which may cause anxiety. Focus on whatever you have studied
• Under no circumstance you should solve problems in the last few days This may have a damaging influence on your confidence and ability to solve questions and problems during the examination
• Stop discussion or review of the subject at least 1 to 2 days before commencement of the examination. Many students insist on cramming till the last minute. This is absolutely unnecessary and leads to additional tension and problems. Relax the day before the examination. Do what you like the best or do what makes you happy or motivates you.
• Focus your attention on the main points of revision. Time is very limited and how you spend it, is important. This is not the time for learning minute details or a new topic. Write down the main points as you go through your notes. This will fix the ideas in your mind.
• When with friends, try not to talk excessively about how nervous you are, how you are going to perform and what the final results might be. This will only succeed in making you more nervous and will take your attention off your preparation.
• Be confident. But do not be overconfident - this will cause you to become complacent and overlook important stuff during the revision process. Avoid discouraging yourself. Be optimistic and positive
• Get enough rest and recreation. "Though it's important to practise and revise the important points, do not overstuff your mind in the last few days. Remain confident and maintain calm." — Kartikeya Gupta (JEE Advanced AIR 4) 2013

8. Keep in mind time management and negative marking while attempting question paper. Don't spend more than 3-4 min on any question.

"I followed a planned time management strategy during the exam and skipped difficult questions. First, I tried to solve easy questions correctly. In the second round, I attempted the difficult ones and to my surprise, I could solve most of them." 

— Prathu Baronia the topper in JEE Main 2014

9. If in case any question is not getting solved within 3-4 min first complete your paper completely and then return to that question.

10. Lastly while preparing don't get overstressed and loaded with work. Avoid sleep deprivation as these activities can affect your mental and physical capabilities thereby affecting your performance in the exam.

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5 Tips to Score Good in Physics

Physics is one of the most practical subjects and thus, it is considered a very interesting subject. Students having complete acquaintance with the basics question the rationale of nature and energy easily gets immersed in the subject and develop a deep interest in the subject. This eventually leads them to score more in their physics exams easily.

In this article, some of the important tips are given that can help the students to learn physics in a better way and eventually score well in the exams.

●       Focus on Basics

There are certain laws and concepts that are required to understand several other topics. Topics like laws of motion, laws of thermodynamics, etc. are fundamental topics and are used in numerous higher level concepts. Also, it is suggested to understand the derivations from the basics rather than mugging them.

●      Pay attention to the units

In the physics exam, there are several numerical questions. An answer without a unit is considered incomplete and the students might lose some crucial marks. Also, often some direct questions are asked regarding the unit of a particular entity. For numerical questions, the students need to convert all the different units in SI and then start solving the questions to get the correct answer.

●      Practice and Periodic Revision

As several numerical questions are included in the physics exams, it is advisable to practice different question variations from each chapter to be able to solve questions in the exam more efficiently. Also, as various terminologies, concepts, laws and formulas are present in the physics topics, it is important to keep revising them periodically to be able to retain them for longer.

●      Draw Diagrams

In topics, especially mechanics, it is very important to draw diagrams while solving the questions. Also, questions based on electric circuits becomes very easy if the circuit diagrams are drawn. So, it is advised to draw diagrams whenever possible to be able to solve the physics questions more efficiently.

●      Relate the Concepts Practically

This is one of the most important tips to learn physics in a better way. As physics is a very practical subject, most of its topics can be related practically. By relating the concepts practically, students tend to develop more interest in the subject and hence, learn more effectively.

With these tips, students can easily learn physics in a better way and score more in the exams. Topics like enthalpy, electrolysis, thermodynamics, etc. are extremely important for chemistry also and are used in several higher level concepts. So, it is suggested to learn physics from the basic and develop an interest in its concepts early.

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Super-50 Free Coaching For NEET, AIIMS and JEE Exams

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir initiated an educational program called ‘Super 50- A coaching program’. The program aims at providing and facilitating free tuition and coaching facilities at subsidized rates to students from economically weaker backgrounds for engineering entrance exams and medical entrances such as NEET exam. It commenced in 2015 by the then Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

Read Full Article Here- Super-50 for NEET, AIIMS and JEE- An Educational Initiative by J&K CM

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Best Books To Crack NEET Exam 2018

In order to crack any entrance examination including NEET (also known as National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) or medical entrance exam, candidates need to have an energetic goal oriented clear plan to crack the exam, you can follow Preparation Tips and Strategies for NEET Exam. NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is a well known, among medical aspirants, national level common medical entrance examination in India conducted by CBSE every year, in the month of March-April, for those candidates who are interested to join MBBS, BDS or any other medical courses in India to make career in medical field.

NEET Preparation Tips 2018

Before starting preparations for any exam including NEET or other medical exams, eligible and interested students should make sure that they must have good knowledge of the prescribed NEET syllabus and exam pattern. Other than this, students must have the knowledge of the important dates and other relevant information related to NEET 2018, this will help candidates in making a perfect plan for the exam.

A major part of NEET syllabus matches with your school exam syllabus i.e CBSE 11th and 12th board syllabus is a base of NEET. So, NCERT textbooks are a panacea for NEET to brush up concepts and also make a base which is very important in the entrance examinations. However, NCRET books don’t contain all the concepts. Hence, in order to gain command over those topics and edge on other aspirants, candidates will need some reference books for NEET.

Best Books to crack NEET 2018

Books are one of the important components of NEET preparation. The first thing that comes to any aspirant’s mind is NEET preparation books. The market is flooded with thousands of books for NEET, but candidates must refer to the best book for their exam preparation. Here is the list of best books for NEET for Biology, Chemistry, and Physics which medical aspirants can follow to excel in NEET Exam.


Best Biology books to crack NEET 2018

For Biology, NCERT is the best book to prepare for NEET Exam. Aspirants should try to read and learn each and every section of the NCERT textbooks for Biology. They should give importance to the topics like morphology and physiology.

Candidates can also refer the book by Dr Ali which is a question bank for biology. The book has questions from each and every section of the NCERT biology textbook. Candidates should practice and revise simultaneously. They should practice NEET previous years question papers and NEET sample question papers and prepare notes to make their learning easier. The best NEET study materials for Biology are mentioned here.

• Trueman’s Biology – Vol 1 and Vol 2 
• Dinesh Objective Biology 
• SC Verma Biology books 
• Biology Books by Pradeep’s Publications 
• NCERT (Textbook) Biology – Class 11 & 12 
• Biology by GRB Bathla’s Publications

Best Chemistry books to crack NEET 2018

Chemistry includes three sections which are physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. Again, NCERT textbook for chemistry can be followed. Physical chemistry is the numeric part which requires a candidate’s attention and practice. They can practice numerical from the recommended books for NEET chemistry. 

• Physical Chemistry by O.P. Tandon 
• Physical Chemistry by P. Bahadur 
• NCERT (Textbook) Chemistry – Class 11 & 12 

Organic chemistry is an inevitable portion which has more weight-age and questions from organic are asked at a higher frequency. Every named reaction is important. Candidates should learn and understand the mechanisms thoroughly. They might get direct questions on these topics. NEET preparation books for chemistry are listed below. 

• Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd (For reaction mechanisms) 
• Organic Chemistry by O.P. Tandon 
• Organic Chemistry Objective by Arihant (for practising problems) 
• NCERT (Textbook) Chemistry – Class 11 & 12 

Comparatively, inorganic chemistry is the easiest part which consists of memory based questions and candidates just need to revise them. NCERT textbooks are sufficient to prepare well for inorganic chemistry. Best books for NEET inorganic chemistry are mentioned here. 

• Inorganic Chemistry by O.P. Tandon 
• Concise Inorganic Chemistry (For Chemical Bonding, Atomic Structure and Coordination Chemistry)

Best Physics books to crack NEET 2018

Physics demands a clear understanding of concepts. Students should clear their concepts before they start practising questions. Hence, one needs a good reference book to clear his or her concepts. Few of the best books for NEET physics are named below.

• Concepts of Physics by H. C. Verma 
• Objective Physics by Pramod Agarwal (For practising problems in mechanics and rotational dynamics. 
• Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick and Walker (For optics, waves, and electromagnetism)
• D. C. Pandey Objective Physics 
• Problems in General Physics by I. E. Irodov 
• NCERT (Textbook) Physics – Class 11 & 12

NEET Preparation Tips

Aspirants should give preference to the topics with maximum weight age.

They should prepare handy notes for all the three subjects.

Regular revision is important.

Aspirants should not skip any topic.

They should have a proper study plan and stick to it.

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• NEET Cut-Off Statistics in Last 4 Years

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Preparation Tips and Strategies for NEET Exam

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is the only medical entrance examination in India that you need to care, if you aiming to join medical courses like MBBS and BDS in top medical colleges in India. The CBSE Board organises the NEET exam for the selection of students to gain admission in courses at medical and dental colleges. This is the only medical entrance test for the admission in medical courses.

NEET exam is considered as one of the toughest exams to gain admission in the medical course like MBBS and BDS. Preparing for an exam and the NEET 2018, in particular, needs a good study strategy and evaluation plan. A study strategy will help you to prepare for the NEET 2018.

Here we are sharing few tips and strategies to prepare for the NEET 2017. We hope these tips will help you to score better in the NEET 2018.

How to Study for NEET 2018?

Nothing to worry. Preparing for NEET is as same as the AIPMT. If you are worried about the difference between the syllabus of state CET and NEET, then here is a tip for you. The syllabus for both exams doesn't have much difference. The key strategy is to follow the recommended study materials like NCRET Books and also the AIPMT books are the best study resources for any medical entrance exams.

Subject Wise Strategy for NEET 2018

You need to prepare with subjects like Biology, Chemistry and Physics for NEET 2018. It is recommended to follow study materials that are specially designed for entrance exam such as HC Verma. Further to this, you can also go with the NCRET solutions. 

Here are few best books to refer for NEET 2018: For Biology, you can refer - Elementary Biology, Companion Biology, Objective Biology and for Physics refer NCERT Physics, Concepts of Physics, CBSE PMT, Physics for Medical Entrance Exam. While for Chemistry, go through books like Physical Chemistry for Medical Entrance and Objective Chemistry.

Study Plan

The basic rule to crack any entrance exam is by understanding your weakness. Work on your weakness and turn them into your strengths. In the case of NEET 2018, many of you just go through the concepts, making notes of important equations and formulas. But, you need to prepare a study plan learn concepts, learn by attempting sample papers and go through previous year papers to know the pattern of the examination.

Prioritise Topics

Working with the solved papers you will get the exam pattern. Understanding the NEET exam pattern is extremely important. You can prioritise those topics that are frequently raised in the question papers. Prioritise topic depending on the weaker topic, interesting topic and study them.

Self Evaluation

No preparation is complete without the self-evaluation of your understanding of the subject. It is important to self-evaluate on a regular basis and revise the older concept to know them thoroughly. The self-evaluation can be done with the mock test and also by solving NEET sample papers. All you need is to understand the topic and practice the concept until you master completely.

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NEET Cut-Off Statistics in Last 4 Years

National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) is the only medical entrance test

organised for admission in medical courses that’s why a large number of students appear

for this exam. The comparative analysis of the AIPMT (NEET Phase 1) and the NEET

phase 2 shows that the NEET examination was the tough examination. This is a major

challenge for the students who have been studying the state board Syllabus. Our advice

for such students is that they can crack it easily if they follow some strategy.

Every NEET aspirant has to set a target marks first. To set the target, you must know the

cut-off marks for the previous year. To help you in this we are sharing some of the vital

stats that will help you judge your preparation meter. It will also help you

1. Prepare your plan for next 5 months

2. Stress upon the strategy

3. Set your goal

4. Give you a direction as for how much more preparation is required.

The following table lists the qualifying Percentile required to be eligible for the NEET Counselling.

NEET 2016 cut off marks

Category	Qualifying Percentile
Unreserved	50th percentile
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes/ Other backwards classes	40th percentile
Physically handicapped	45th percentile

In the case of tie-up following measures will be taken to decide the rank.

In the case of two or more candidates obtaining equal marks in NEET 2017, the inter-semerit of such candidates will be determined in order of preference as follows:

· Candidate obtaining higher marks in Biology in NEET 2017

· Candidate obtaining higher marks in Chemistry in NEET 2017

· Candidate with less number of attempted wrong answers in all subjects of NEET 2017

· Candidate older in age will be preferred

Merit list of counselling under 15% All India Quota seats:

The merit list of the eligible and successful candidates under 15% All India Quota seats

will be prepared by the CBSE on the basis of score obtained in NEET 2017. The merit

list will be equal to the number of seats available for allotment of MBBS/BDS courses

under 15% All India Quota seats. There will also be a waiting list equal to 4 times of merit list. Further, the list of successful candidates will be forwarded to the Directorate

General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

for the purpose of allotment of seats by online counselling.

NEET Cut off 2016

NEET Cut off score under 15% All India Quota seats

NEET Overall Cutoff (Category-wise)

Candidates can check below for the NEET 2016 appeared and qualified candidate’s

details:

NEET 2016 appeared and qualified candidates

Top 10 Rankers of NEET 2016 and the marks they scored 

Candidate name	All India Rank	Marks Scored Out of 720
Hetshah	1	685
Ekansh Goyal	2	682
Nikhil Bajiya	3	678
Ashank Khaitan	4	677
Arushi	5	676
Dyuti Shah	6	675
Japnoorkaur	7	672
Dhritiman Chatterjee	8	671
Amit Kumar	9	669
Utkarsh Anand	10	668

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Comparsion between CBSE Boards and Competitive Exams

It had been intriguing, all the time, for all the students. But as soon as we understand, “how it is that same syllabus is being asked differently in different exams”, our efforts will be different for different exams and results will be uniformly BRIGHT (Good). In other words, there is absolutely no difference in the concepts involved in the questions asked in the various board and competitive examinations. The difference comes in the way, it is asked in these exams. Wherein the boards, they check the conceptual clarity of a student, in the competitions, it is the application of the concepts which is stressed upon. Further, this application skill may vary from exam to exam.

The same syllabus, same students, the same hard work, but different results !!! 

Example I: Projectile motion

What they ask in CBSE ? 

(a) What is a Projectile? 

(b) Find out the maximum range & maximum height for a given velocity (u) & ratios thereof. 

(c) Find the range of a Projectile falling from a horizontal table etc. 

What they ask in JEE Main/ NEET ?

(a) What is the minimum Kinetic Energy of the projectile with an initial velocity (u) & angle of projection (j), the mass of the object being (m) ? 

(b) How much time it would take to reach a height ‘h’ ? 

(c) What should be its velocity at height ‘h’ ? 

[HINT: Calculate from basic concepts. No direct formula used.] 

What they ask in JEE Advanced ? 

Example II : Laws of Motion 

What they ask in CBSE?

Example III : Current Electricity

What they ask in CBSE?

From the above examples, we find that – syllabus is same, the topic is same, but there is the level difference in asking & Calculations. Hence we can conclude that: 

CBSE asks straight forward Questions to TEST the knowledge. 

JEE Main/ NEET asks the application level questions but simple calculations. 

JEE Advanced asks analytical ability & depth in the Concepts & some times smart calculations.

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