I was born in 2004 and I m eligible for NEET 2021 but I have entered my class 12 th this year so should I give NEET 2021 just to know the paper pattern or wait for next year?
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Hello Aspirant,
Yes of course you can do so. If you want you can appear for NEET 2021 just for experience and also note that for this year some changes in exam pattern have been introduced so let me make you aware of them.
As per the information bulletin of NEET UG 2021 available on the official website ( https://ntaneet.nic.in/webinfo/File/GetFile?FileId=2&LangId=P ) the exam pattern has changed slightly to cope-up the reduction of syllabus of different boards so the new exam pattern is discussed below but note that the syllabus for NEET UG 2021 will be same as of previous year which you can check out from the link given below :-
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-syllabus
So the NEET UG 2021 exam pattern is as follows:-
>> NEET UG paper will consists of 4 subjects namely Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Zoology and each subject will be divided in two sections, Section-A and Section-B.
>> Now Section-A will consists of 35 compulsory questions and Section-B A will consists of 15 questions out of which only 10 questions to be attempted of the choice of candidate.
>> 4 marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 1 mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer so make sure to tick only on the answer for which you are sure to avoid negative marking.
>> Total Marks for NEET UG 2021 will be 720 marks and all questions will be MCQ type.
>> Total duration of Paper will be 180 minutes i.e. 3 hours.
For complete details kindly check out the link given below :-
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-exam-pattern
If you are preparing for NEET then to help you in your preparation we have some resources which you can access from the link given below :-
https://learn.careers360.com/knockout-neet-may/?product=50&icn=knockout-neet-2021-may&ici=
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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