NEET 2021 Exam dates have been announced finally after the nerve-wracking pressure of this entire time. NEET 2021 exam dates announced as per the NTA to be conducted on 12th September 2021. Accompanying the exam dates the pattern change of the examination and increase of questions brought a big surprise to the student community. NEET 2021 Exam after longtime wait brought few surprises either to the change in question pattern, numbers as well to the other rules and regulations.
To know what are new changes might affect the student time during the examination we need to thoroughly understand the changes brought out. Before understanding the changes let’s glimpse the important dates and other points of greater importance.
NEET 2021 Exam: Important Dates and Points to consider
| Start of Online Application Form submission | 13th July 2021 5.00 p.m |
| Closing date of Online application form submission | 6th August 2021 11.50 p.m |
| Last date for the transaction of Fees | 7th August 2021 11.50 p.m |
| Fees for the Applicants
General candidates |
INR 1500/- |
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General-EWS/OBC/OBC-NCL |
INR 1400/- |
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SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender |
INR 800/- |
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Students from outside of India |
INR 7500/- |
| Corrections if any can be made to the application form | 8th August 2021 |
| Last date for the application corrections | 12 August 2021 |
| Announcement of the City of Examinations/Centers | 20th August 2021 |
| Release Date of the admit cards to the students | 9th September 2021 |
| NEET 2021 examination Date | 12th September 2021 |
| Examination Results | It Will be announced later |
NEET 2021 Exam Important Instructions
- Applications through “ONLINE” mode only
- Through the official website of NTA only https://neet.nta.nic.in/.
- One application for One Candidate
- Should comply with all the given instructions carefully
- Candidates must provide their personal / parents/guardians Mail id’s or mobile numbers
- Fill the two sets of columns carefully
- Read carefully all the information provided before applying for NEET
- Ensure your eligibility criteria
- Apply carefully following every step/instruction provided
- Carefully Note down the system generated Application No for future reference
- “STAMP SIZE” photo scanned copy is a must keep the same with you
- Left-hand thumb impression should be given unless exempted
- Pay the FEE in online mode
- Ensure the successful payment by checking with your bank
- DOWNLOAD the confirmation copies of the Application form
NEET 2021 Exam: Change in Examination SCHEME
The syllabus for the NEET 2021 is evidently provided on the official website of NTA for the student’s scrutiny. Every student must check thoroughly the changes if any occurred to the syllabus which they are officially preparing for the past year and the announced. Depending on the Boards and States slight changes might be viewed and candidates must recognize them thoroughly during their preparation to not lose their precious marks later in the main examinations.
NEET 2021 Exam Pattern
The new changes to the test Pattern of NEET 2021 (UG) contain two sections. Every subject consists of Section-A and Section-B sections and Section-A comprises 35 questions and Section B of 15 questions. Every subject will have 50 questions in total, which is 5 questions more compared to NEET 2020 test pattern for every subject. A total of 200 questions will be given to the candidate from all 4 subjects and students have to answer only 180 questions which are similar to NEET 2020 exam questions. But the time for attempting the question has not increased and remained the same. This might cause some delay in answering the entire questions of NEET 2021.
| S. No | Subject(s) | Section(s) | No. of Questions given | No. of Questions need to answer | Total Marks (one question carries 4 marks) |
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1
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PHYSICS
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SECTION A | 35 | 35 | 140 |
| SECTION B | 15 | 10 | 40 | ||
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2
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CHEMISTRY
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SECTION A | 35 | 35 | 140 |
| SECTION B | 15 | 10 | 40 | ||
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3
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BOTANY
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SECTION A | 35 | 35 | 140 |
| SECTION B | 15 | 10 | 40 | ||
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4
|
ZOOLOGY
|
SECTION A | 35 | 35 | 140 |
| SECTION B | 15 | 10 | 40 | ||
| TOTAL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED | 180 | ||||
| TOTAL MARKS | 720 | ||||
MARKS ALLOTMENT: Marks allotment not subjected to any changes in NEET 2021 Exam like the previous examinations every correct answer carries 4 marks and every incorrect answer or wrong answer will be deducted 1 mark. And for un-attempted / un-answered questions will be given no plus or minus marks.
NEET 2021 Exam NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
The total number of questions to be answered is the same 180 questions but NEET 2021 has provided an option of 20 more questions. Students can choose from those which can be answered out of the given 15 questions. They can leave the difficult questions from Section B and attempt those that they are very confident at.
NEET 2021 Exam: 20 questions Extra A BOON or SNAG
NEET 2021, NTA provided all the candidates with 20 questions additionally to select from the given 15 any 10 questions from Section B. Though not available in the previous NEET tests, this sort of selection option can be considered both BOON and SNAG to the candidates.
In terms of selecting the 10 most confident questions among the given is boon in case of any unknown questions. But the same might take their time to read all the 15 questions and selecting 10 among them. This could be a great obstacle in case not maintained the time properly by the candidates to lose more marks in the confusion of selecting the right questions.
Candidates must be aware of the conditions thoroughly and maintain the time limits in prompt during the examination time to take the good opportunity of the available choice of questions. For more information on NEET 2021 visit www.wisdomoverseas.com and read more updates on NEET 2021.