NEET Exam Pattern 2024 - Marking Scheme, Exam Mode, Paper

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Updated on Apr 9, 2024 - 12:01 p.m. IST by Sonia Vats

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the NEET 2024 on May 5, 2024. Medical aspirants
looking for MBBS and BDS seats must be familiar with the exam pattern of NEET 2024. The NEET
2024 will be held in pen and paper mode for 3 hours and 20 minutes. As per the NEET exam pattern,
the questions in the medical entrance examination will be divided into two sections: Section A and B.
Section A will contain 35 questions, while Section B will have 15 questions. Of these 15 questions in
Section B, candidates will have to answer 10 questions.

Medical aspirants, who want to pursue MBBS, BDS, or other medical courses must be conversant
with the NEET UG 2024 exam pattern along with their preparation efforts. Understanding the NEET
exam pattern in the early preparation stages is important to boost the level of preparation for the
entrance test. The NEET exam pattern 2024 specifies details on the type of exam, mode of paper,
language, duration, question type, official marking scheme, and more.

Preparing for the NEET exam will be inadequate without a proper familiarity with the NEET 2024
exam pattern. NTA will conduct NEET 2024 in the offline mode where candidates will have to answer
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology subjects as per the given
NEET syllabus. Aspirants seeking more information regarding the NEET 2024 exam pattern can check
the article below to know the level of the exam, types, and the number of questions, NEET subject
lists, marking schemes, and all other relevant information.

NEET exam pattern 2024: Overview

NTA NEET 2024 exam date May 5, 2024

Pen and Paper-based. Candidates will be given

Mode of NEET question paper an OMR sheet to mark the answers with a black
or blue ballpoint pen

Duration of the NEET exam 3 hours and 20 minutes

 English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati,
Language/medium Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Malayalam,
Kannada, Punjabi and Urdu

Question Type Multiple choice questions

A total of 200 questions will be asked out of

Total number of questions asked in NEET 2024 which candidates will have to answer 180
questions

Total marks in NEET 720 Marks

• 4 marks will be awarded for each correct

answer
NEET marking scheme 2024 • One mark will be deducted for each wrong
attempt
• No marks for unanswered question

NTA NEET paper pattern 2024: Exam sections and total marks

Candidates seeking information regarding the section-wise NEET 2024 marks distribution along with
the NEET exam total marks can check it from the table below. In the new NEET UG 2024 exam
pattern, the marking scheme and types of questions will be the same.

NEET marks distribution - Subject-wise

Section-

Subjects Sections Number of questions wise

marks

Section A 35 140
Physics
Section B 15 40

Section A 35 140
Chemistry
Section B 15 40

Section A 35 140
Botany
Section B 15 40

Section A 35 140
Zoology
 Section B 15 40

Total Marks 720

How many questions in NEET?

The NEET exam for undergraduate medical and dental courses in India consists of 200 multiple-
choice questions (MCQs) out of which candidates need to attend 180 only. These questions are
divided into three sections:

1. Physics: 50 questions

2. Chemistry: 50 questions

3. Biology (Botany and Zoology combined): 100 questions

Also Read:

• NEET 2024 Biology MCQs

• NEET Preparation Tips

NEET exam pattern 2024: Understand the question paper pattern

NEET question paper will contain 200 multiple choice questions carrying 4 marks each, out of which
only 180 questions need to be answered. The question papers of NEET will comprise the questions
from class 11 and 12 syllabi from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology subjects.

NEET question paper 2024 will be available in 13 languages i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali,
Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. Candidates can
choose the question paper language of NEET 2024 while filling the application form. It has to be kept
in mind that the choice of the regional language will depend upon the location of the NEET 2024
exam centre. The details of the availability and choice of regional languages in the NEET exam are
mentioned in the table below.

Regional languages available for NEET 2024

Medium NEET 2024 exam centres

English All exam centres

English and Hindi All exam centres in India

English and Urdu All exam centres in India

English and Assamese Available only in exam centres in Assam

 Available only in exam centres in West Bengal,
English and Bengali
Tripura and Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Available only in exam centres in Gujarat,

English and Gujarati
Daman, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli

English and Marathi Available only in exam centres in Maharashtra

Available only in exam centres in Tamil Nadu,

English and Tamil
Andaman & Nicobar Island, Puducherry

Available only in exam centres in Andhra

English and Telugu
Pradesh and Telangana

English and Oriya Available only in exam centres in Odisha

Available only in exam centres in Kerala and

English and Malayalam
Lakshwadeep

Available only in exam centres in Punjab,

English and Punjabi
Chandigarh, New Delhi

English and Kannada Available only in exam centres in Karnataka

Also Check:

• NEET UG Admit Card

• NEET UG 2024 City Intimation Slip

NEET 2024 exam pattern: Medium of question paper

Candidates will have to fill the medium of NEET question paper while filling the NEET application
form 2024. It must be noted that, medium of question paper once filled cannot be changed later.

• Candidates opting for English would be provided NEET UG 2024 test booklet in English only.

• Students opting for Hindi would be provided with a Bilingual Test Booklet in English and Hindi.

• All candidates opting for regional languages would also be provided with a Bilingual Test Booklet in
their selected regional language and English.

• In case of any ambiguity in the translation of any of the questions, the English version of the NEET
question paper shall be treated as final.
NEET exam pattern 2024: Marking scheme

Candidates can go through the marking scheme of NEET 2024 to understand how the marks will be
allotted by the authorities after the conclusion of the exam.

• For each correct answer in NEET, 4 marks will be given and one mark will be deducted for each
wrong attempt.

• If any question is not attempted, there is no negative marking in NEET as per the exam pattern.

• Answers once marked in the NEET OMR sheet cannot be changed.

• Marking more than one option will cost a negative marking.

NEET paper pattern 2024: Instructions for filling OMR sheet

Candidates can understand how to fill the NEET OMR sheet 2024 from the below points to avoid any
kind of inconvenience in the exam.

• As per the NTA guidelines, all NEET answers have to be marked using a ballpoint pen.

• The ballpoint pen will be provided by the authorities inside the exam hall of NEET 2024.

• The candidate has to mark the test booklet code on the NEET OMR sheet 2024. Failing to do this
will lead the candidates into problems.

• All the required rough work should be done in the space provided in the test booklet

• As per the NEET 2024 paper pattern, once marked answer in the OMR sheet can't be erased.

NEET registrations: Language wise

As for the NEET registrations, details for the 2024 session have not been specified by NTA yet.
Meanwhile, aspirants can go through the previous year’s language-wise NEET registration details
from the table below.

Language wise registrations in NEET 2022

Language Number of candidates

ENGLISH 1476024

HINDI 258827

ASSAMESE 4063
 BENGALI 42663

GUJARATI 49638

KANNADA 1193

MARATHI 2368

MALAYALAM 1510

ODIA 822

PUNJABI 96

TAMIL 31965

TELUGU 1264

URDU 1910

ENGLISH & HINDI 1734851

Regional Languages 137492

Language wise registrations in NEET 2020

% of
Language Registered
Candidates

English 12,63,273 79.08

Hindi 2,04,399 12.8

Telugu 1,624 0.1

Assamese 5,328 0.33

Gujarati 59,055 3.7

Marathi 6,258 0.39

Tamil 17,101 1.07

Bengali 36,593 2.29

Kannada 1,005 0.06

 Oriya 822 0.05

Urdu 1,977 0.12

English & Hindi 14,67,672 91.88

Regional Languages 1,29,763 8.12

Language wise registrations in NEET 2019

% of
Language Registered
Candidates

English 1204968 79.31

Hindi 179857 11.84

Telugu 1796 0.12

Assamese 4750 0.31

Gujarati 59395 3.91

Marathi 2305 0.15

Tamil 31239 2.06

Bengali 31490 2.07

Kannada 1017 0.07

Oriya 700 0.05

Urdu 1858 0.12

English & Hindi 1384825 91.14

Regional Languages 134550 8.86

NEET exam pattern: Paper analysis

After the completion of the medical entrance test, aspirants should be aware of NEET analysis 2024.
The paper analysis is important for every aspirant to know the difficulty level of the questions and
just to analyze their performance in the NEET exam 2024. A proper analysis of the NEET paper will
also end the doubt of the aspirants to clear the exam and aspirants will easily think of their medical
colleges in which they can get admission.

How to calculate the NEET 2024 score after the exam?

Candidates can use the below-mentioned formula and calculate their expected score, after the
release of the NEET answer key 2024. According to the NEET 2024 marking scheme, candidates can
calculate the expected score even before the release of the result and predict their medical college
through NEET college predictor. By going through the previous year's NEET cutoff, they will also get
an idea about the minimum marks required in NEET for MBBS in a government college and get
assured after analyzing their scores.

Formulae to calculate NEET score:

NEET Score 2024 = (Correct answers X 4) – (Incorrect answers X 1)

Note: Candidates must note that the above exam pattern of NEET has been written from the
previous paper pattern. Any update in the NEET exam pattern for the 2024 session will be updated
on this page after the release of information brochure.