# National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) (NEET UG) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: MEDICAL · national
- Questions: 200 · Total marks: 720 · Marks per question: 4
- Duration: 200 minutes
- Negative marking: −1 per wrong answer
- Languages offered: EN, HI, TE, TA, KN, ML, MR, BN, GU, PA

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 17–? years (before category relaxation: OBC +3, SC/ST +5)
- Education: Class 12 passed with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English
- Approximate annual vacancies: 2,23,000
- Note: No upper age limit; unlimited attempts; min 50% in PCB for General (40% SC/ST/OBC, 45% PwD); domicile needed for state quota
- Official portal: https://neet.nta.nic.in (National Testing Agency (NTA))

## Key dates
- 2026-07-30 — MCC counselling Round 1 registration (expected)
- 2026-08-05 — MCC Round 1 counselling registration begins
- 2026-08-13 — State quota counselling begins
- 2026-08-17 — MCC Round 1 result announcement
- 2026-08-20 — MCC AIQ Round 1 Seat Allotment Result
- 2026-09-08 — Academic session 2026-27 begins
- 2026-11-02 — MCC counselling concludes (expected)
- 2027-02-08 — NEET 2027 application window opens

## Declared results
- 2026-07-16 — NEET UG 2026 Result: NEET UG 2026 Result declared by NTA on July 16 → https://shishya.in/exams/NEET_UG/results/523d4169-2fef-4eac-8367-cc6d62849e2d

## Syllabus outline
### Physics (weight 0.25)
Atoms and Nuclei · Current Electricity · Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation · Electrostatics · Electromagnetic Waves · Gravitation · Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents · Kinematics · Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory · Laws of Motion · Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism · Physical World and Measurement · Optics · Ray Optics · Wave Optics · Oscillations · Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body · Electronic Devices · Properties of Bulk Matter · Thermodynamics · Waves · Work, Energy and Power

### Chemistry (weight 0.25)
Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers · Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids · Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen · Structure of Atom · Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry · Biomolecules · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure · Classification of Elements and Periodicity · Coordination Compounds · d- and f-Block Elements · Electrochemistry · Environmental Chemistry · Equilibrium · Chemistry in Everyday Life · Hydrogen and s-Block Elements · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes · Hydrocarbons · Chemical Kinetics · General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements · Organic Chemistry — Some Basic Principles and Techniques · p-Block Elements · Polymers · Redox Reactions · Salt Analysis (Practical) · Solutions · States of Matter — Gases and Liquids · Surface Chemistry · Thermodynamics (Chemical)

### Biology (weight 0.5)
Anatomy of Flowering Plants · Animal Kingdom · Structural Organisation in Animals · Biodiversity and Conservation · Biomolecules · Biotechnology and its Applications · Biotechnology — Principles and Processes · Body Fluids and Circulation · Breathing and Exchange of Gases · Cell — The Unit of Life · Cell Cycle and Cell Division · Digestion and Absorption · Diversity in Living World · Molecular Basis of Inheritance · Ecosystem · Chemical Coordination and Integration · Environmental Issues · Evolution · Excretory Products and their Elimination · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants · Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production · Plant Growth and Development · Human Health and Disease · Principles of Inheritance and Variation · Human Reproduction · Locomotion and Movement · Microbes in Human Welfare · Mineral Nutrition · Morphology of Flowering Plants · Neural Control and Coordination · Organisms and Populations · Photosynthesis in Higher Plants · Plant Kingdom · Reproductive Health · Reproduction in Organisms · Respiration in Plants · Transport in Plants

## Expected cutoffs (category-wise)
| Category | Expected Cutoff (Indicative) |
|----------|------------------------------|
| General | 137-145 marks (19-20%) |
| EWS | 137-145 marks (19-20%) |
| OBC | 107-116 marks (15-16%) |
| SC | 107-116 marks (15-16%) |
| ST | 107-116 marks (15-16%) |
| General PwD | 122-131 marks (17-18%) |
| OBC PwD | 97-107 marks (13-15%) |
| SC PwD | 97-107 marks (13-15%) |
| ST PwD | 97-107 marks (13-15%) |

**Guidance:**

- The qualifying cutoffs (50th percentile for General/EWS, 40th percentile for reserved categories) shift by 5-10 marks annually based on paper difficulty and candidate performance distribution. General-OBC gap is typically ~30 marks, General-SC/ST gap ~30-38 marks.

- These cutoffs represent **minimum qualifying marks** for All India Quota eligibility. Actual **admission cutoffs** for government colleges range 550-720 (76-100%) for top institutions, varying dramatically by state quota, category, and college tier.

- PwD cutoffs mirror their respective categories with slight relaxation. Cutoffs rise in easier years and drop when paper difficulty increases or negative marking impacts aggregate scoring patterns.

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