NEET 2020: about NTA NEET UG, Pattern, Counselling Date & Admission | NEET Result 2020

For the admission in academic session 2020-21, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has conduct the NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) 2020  (NEET 2020) entrance test throughout the country on 13 September 2020 and on 14 October, 2020 for COVID-19 Candidates for the admissions to MBBS & BDS courses in India. The result was be declared on NTA website on 16 Oct 2020. NEET (UG) 2020 is a Pen & Paper-based test, to be answered on the specially designed machine gradable sheet using Ball Point Pen.

Till 2018, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was conducting the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET). Please note admission to AIIMS is through AIIMS Entrance Exam and JIPMER is through JIPMER MBBS Exam.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) – 2020 throughout the country on 13 September, 2020 and 14 October, 2020 (COVID-19 cases) in 155 Cities and 3862 Centres and 110 Cities and 110 Centres respectively.

NTA declared the result of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) – 2020 on 16 October 2020. You can check the NEET UG 2020 result here along with rank and merit list.

In NEET 2019, A total of 7,97,042 candidates have been qualified for the admission out of total 14,10,755 who had appeared for the exam. Of the total qualified students, 4,45,761 are girls, and 3,51,278 boys, and three are transgenders. The exam was conducted in 10 languages including Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Oriya, Kannada and Telugu. Around 14.10 lakh candidates appeared for the exam held in 136 cities across 2255 centers. Click here for detailed Highlights of NEET UG 2019 – Candidates Appeared (Gender, Nationality, and Category) and category wise Cutoff.

NEET Counselling Dates 2020-21 – For Shortlisted Candidates in NEET 2020 exam

Counselling for seats under 15% All India Quota

The Counselling for successful candidates under 15% All India Quota seats and all seats of Deemed Universities/Central Universities/Seats of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) & AFMC including Delhi University (DU), BHU, AMU, and AIIMS & JIPMER will be conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee of Directorate General of Health Services, Govt. of India(MCC/DGHS) for Undergraduate Medical Courses.

check out NEET All India Quota seals counselling and admission procedure, Ranks, Merit list.

For MBBS/BDS Courses:

• Ministry of Health & Family Welfare: www.mohfw.gov.in and
• Medical Counselling Committee: www.mcc.nic.in

For BAMS/BSMS/BUMS/BHMS Courses:

• Ministry of AYUSH: www.ayush.gov.in
• AYUSH Admission Central Counselling Committee: www.aaccc.gov.in

Counselling and admission other than 15% All India Seats

The counselling for admission to the seats under the control of other States/Universities/Institutions shall be conducted as per the notifications issued separately by the authorities concerned.

For State quota and other seats falling under the ambit of States, candidates may apply to their domicile states and merit list as per State rules and based on All India Rank will be prepared by concerned Counselling Authorities. The counselling for Private Medical Colleges will also be conducted by the concerned State Counselling Authority.

Candidates wishing to apply for admission in State Medical Colleges/Universities/Institutions using merit list of NEET – 2020 shall follow the instructions of the State Government and/or authorities of the medical/dental colleges/Institution/University concerned for counselling.

The details and schedule of counselling would be available on the websites of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education Directorates of States. Check out individual state Medical council website for information or state counseling and admission pages on our website schoolmykids.com

Check out information on state wise UG Medical courses (MBBS & BDS) Admission counseling for State Quota government seats, NRI Seats and Management Seats.

• Gujarat NEET UG Medical and Dental Courses Counselling
• Odisha NEET UG Medical and Dental Courses Counselling

NEET 2020 Answer Key Objection

The answer key for NEET 2019 was released on September 26, 2020, at ntaneet.nic.in. National Testing Agency is now providing the facility to challenge the Answer Key uploaded on website.

This facility is available from 27.09.2020 (2.00 PM) to 29.09.2020 (2.00 PM). The Candidates are required to pay online a sum of Rs. 1000/- (one thousand only) as processing fee for each question challenged.

NEET 2020 Result – NEET Entrance Examinations Result 2020

The candidates who have appeared for the NEET (UG) 2020 exam can check their result here. NTA declared the result of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) – 2020 on 16 October 2020. You can check the NEET UG 2020 result here along with rank and merit list.

The candidates who will qualify in the NEET 2020 exam will be eligible to get admissions to MBBS and BDS courses in the academic session 2020-21.

You can check your NEET results 2020 by following these step

Steps to check NEET result 2020 on official website and Download NEET 2020 scorecard result

1. Click on the official link –  or visit http://ntaneet.nic.in/ and click on result.
2. Select the UG NEET Result 2020 link
3. Enter your date of birth, roll number, security pin and the captcha text shown on the screen and hit submit
4. Check NEET 2020 result and Download the UG NEET 2020 Score Card  and take a printout for future reference

NEET Merit List 2020- NEET 2020 Rank List

On the release of the score card of NEET 2019 result and All India Rank , state authorities will prepare and give their merit list. Based on the ranks student gets in the state wise and all over India, colleges will give admission for MBBS & BDS courses.

1. NTA will provide All India Rank.
2. Result will be given to the DGHS, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt of India to provide the same to the Admitting Authorities.
3. Admitting Authorities will invite applications for Counselling and merit list will be drawn based on All India Rank by the Admitting Authorities subject to their applicable rules.

NEET 2020 Toppers

The details of the top 25 candidates in CBSE NEET 2018 are as follows:

All India Rank	Student Name	Gender	Marks Secured	Perecentile Score	State
1	SOYEB AFTAB	Male	720	99.9998537	Odisha
2	AKANKSHA SINGH	Female	720	99.9998537	Delhi
3	TUMMALA SNIKITHA	Female	715	99.9995611	Telangana
4	VINEET SHARMA	Male	715	99.9995611	Rajasthan
5	AMRISHA KHAITAN	Female	715	99.9995611	Haryana
6	GUTHI CHAITANYA SINDHU	Female	715	99.9995611	Andhra Pradesh
7	SATWIK GODARA	Female	711	99.9994879	Haryana
8	SRIJAN R	Male	710	99.9985369	Tamil Nadu
9	KARTHIK REDDY	Male	710	99.9985369	Karnataka
10	MATRAVADIA MAANIT	Male	710	99.9985369	Gujarat
11	ANANTHA PARAKRAMA B NOOKALA	Male	710	99.9985369	Telangana
12	AYSHA S	Female	710	99.9985369	Kerala
13	KOTA VENKAT	Male	710	99.9985369	Andhra Pradesh
14	BAREDDY SAI THRISHA REDDY	Female	710	99.9985369	Telangana
15	GURKIRAT SINGH	Male	710	99.9985369	Chandigarh

About NTA NEET 2020 Exam and colleges

NEET (UG) 2020 will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to MBBS and BDS Courses in Indian Medical/Dental Colleges and other undergraduate medical courses in approved/recognized Medical/Dental & other Colleges/ Institutes in India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) is a common and uniform exam for admission to the undergraduate medical courses in all medical institutions including those governed under any other law. Thus, the admission to MBBS course in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) and all AIIMS like Institutions will also be made through NEET (UG).

National Testing Agency (NTA)

National Testing Agency (NTA)

The Ministry of Human Resource development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI) has established National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent testing organisation for conducting test in order to access the competency of candidates for admission to premier higher education institutions.

The Ministry of Human Resource development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI) has established National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent testing organisation for conducting test in order to access the competency of candidates for admission to premier higher education institutions.

The responsibility of the NTA is limited to the conduct of the entrance examination, declaration of result and for providing an “All India Rank merit list” to the

• Directorate General Health Service, Government of India for the conduct of counselling for 15% All India Quota Seats and all seats of Deemed Universities/Central Universities/ESIC & AFMC including Delhi University (DU), BHU & AMU and
• for supplying the result to States/other Counselling Authorities.

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Pattern of NEET UG Exam 2020

The NEET UG will be conducted through one paper containing 180 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology). Refer to below table for more information on Pattern of NEET Exam. Exam pattern is same as NEET UG 2019.

National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test NEET (UG) – 2020 will be conducted on 3rd May, 2020 (Sunday) from 02:00 p.m. to 05:00 p.m. The duration of test will be three (03) hours.

Particular	Detail
Number of Papers	1 (The NEET Entrance Test shall consist of one paper.)
Number of questions:	180
Type of Questions	Objective type questions (four options with single correct answer) from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology)
Weightage and Negative Marks	Each question carries 4 marks. For each correct response the candidate will get 4 marks.   For each incorrect response one mark will be deducted for the total score.
Exam or paper mode	Candidates have to be answer on the specially designed machine-gradable sheet using Ball Point Pen provided by CBSE at examination centre only.
Duration of test	The duration of test would be 03 hours. (02:00 p.m. to 05:00 p.m.)
Language of the Question Papers	Candidates can opt for Question Paper in either of the following languages – Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Urdu
Total Marks	720

Subject	Numbers of Questions	Marks
Physics	45	180
Chemistry	45	180
Biology (Botany & Zoology)	90	360
	180	720

1. Option of Vernacular languages will only be available as per following details:-
   1. English and Hindi All Examination Centre Cities
   2. English and Assamese Examination Centre Cities in Assam
   3. English and Bengali Examination Centre Cities in West Bengal and Tripura
   4. English and Gujarati Examination Centre Cities in Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
   5. English and Kannada Examination Centre Cities in Karnataka
   6. English and Marathi Examination Centre Cities in Maharashtra
   7. English and Odia Examination Centre Cities in Odisha
   8. English and Tamil Examination Centre Cities in Tamil Nadu
   9. English and Telugu Examination Centre Cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
   10. English and Urdu All Examination Centre Cities
2. Candidates qualifying NEET would be eligible for All India Quota and other quotas under the State Governments/Institutes subject to other eligibility criteria.

Syllabus of NEET UG 2020

The Question Papers for the test shall be based on a Common Syllabus notified by the Medical Council of India. It is also available at www.mciindia.org.

Download NEET UG 2019 Syllabus

Exam Centres

Refer to the documents published by NTA.

NEET UG 2020 Schedule – Important Dates

NEET UG 2020 exam is on 3rd May 2020 (Sunday). Refer to the table below for Important dates for NEET UG 2020. Timing of Examination 02:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on 3rd May 2020.

Particular	Date
Schedule for on – line submission of application forms	02 December 2019 – 31 December 2019
Schedule for successful Payment of online fee	02 December 2019 to 01 January 2020 (upto 11:50 pm)
On-line correction of data in application form	15 January 2020 to 31 January 2020
Date of uploading of Admit Cards on website	27.03.2020
Date of Examination, NEET(UG), 2020	03.05.2020 (Sunday) (3rd May 2020)
Display of OMR Sheet	The date will be intimated on website
Display of Answer Key	The date will be intimated on website
Declaration of Result	04th June 2020

Seats To Be Filled Through NEET-UG Are Classified In The Following Categories:

Admissions to all seats of MBBS/BDS courses will be done through NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG), 2020 . The seats are classified in the following categories:

• All India Quota Seats
• State Government Quota Seats
• Central Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities
• State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental /Ayurveda /Siddha /Unani/Homeopathy Colleges or any Private University
• State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical/ Dental Colleges or any Private/ Deemed University
• Central Pool Quota Seats
• All seats including NRI Quota as well as Management Quota, in private unaided/aided minority / non- minority medical colleges

NEET 2020 Eligibility Criteria – NEET UG

Eligibility for appearing in NEET (UG) is as stipulated in Indian Medical Council Act-1956 and the Dentists Act-1948 as amended in 2018.

1. He/she has completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December of the year of his/her admission to the 1st year MBBS/BDS Course and other undergraduate courses.
2. The upper age limit for NEET (UG) is 25 years as on the date of examination with relaxation of 5 years for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC-NL category and persons entitled for reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
3. The Age criteria for appearing in NEET (UG), 2020 is as follows:
   1. For Candidates of Unreserved Category (UR) & General EWS : born on or between 31.12.2003
   2. For Candidates of SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD Category: born on or between 31.12.2003
4. Indian Citizens/ Overseas Citizens of India intending to pursue MBBS/ BDS from a foreign Medical/ Dental Institute also need to qualify NEET (UG).

NEET has become the first Global Entrance Examination in the country. Following were allowed to appear in NEET-UG, 2020:

• Indian Nationals
• Non Resident Indians (NRIs)
• Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs)
• Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) &
• Foreign Nationals

Eligibility for 15% All India Quota Seats

Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Foreign Nationals are eligible for 15% All India Quota Seats.

NEET UG 2020 Application Process : How to Apply

for NEET UG 2020, Candidates can apply ONLY ONLINE.

1. Submission of Online Application Form may be done by accessing NTA website www.nta.ac.in / www.ntaneet.nic.in only.
2. Candidates must follow the instructions strictly as given in the Information Bulletin and on NTA website. Candidates not complying with the instructions shall be disqualified.
3. Instructions for submitting online application and payment of fee are available on website.
4. Candidates can pay the fee in the following manner:
   1. Through any Debit/Credit Card
   2. Net Banking/UPI or
   3. e – wallets of different service provider

NEET 2020 Seats – Number of seats in NEET 2020

An All India merit list consisting of the qualified candidates will  be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained in the NEET (UG) exam. Candidates will be admitted to MBBS and BDS courses based on the list as per the existing reservation policy.

Note: Admission to MBBS/BDS Courses within the respective categories will be based only on marks obtained in the NEET exam.

As per the information available on Medical Council of India (MCI) & Dental Council of India (DCI) websites, there are 470 medical colleges with approximately 65,170 seats of MBBS and nearly 25,730 seats for BDS are available in 308 Dental colleges. Refer to the below table for Number of seats in NEET 2019.

Course	Authority	Colleges	Seats
MBBS	MCI	470	65,170
BDS	DCI	308	25,730

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NEET Seat Reservation policy 

Reservation of Seats in Government Medical Colleges Under 15% All India Quota 

SC Candidates	15% seats
ST candidates	7.5% seats
Non-creamy layer OBC candidates only in Central Educational Institutions	27%
Physically Handicapped candidates	3% seats are reserved on horizontal basis

5% seats of the annual sanctioned intake shall be filled by candidates falling under Persons with Bench Mark disabilities as per MCI Guidelines/ Regulations in accordance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

Admission in State Medical Colleges/Universities/Institutions/private medical colleges for seats other than 15% All India Quota

Admission under State Quota Seats shall be subject to reservation policy and eligibility criteria prevailing in the State/Union Territory

Admission to Deemed Universities/Central Universities/Seats of ESIC and AFMC including BHU & AMU

Admission to Deemed Universities/Central Universities/ESIC including DELHI UNIVERSITY (DU), BHU & AMU will be conducted by DGHS and reservation policy will be as per rules and regulations of the concerned University or Institution. Candidates should register on MCC website for admission to Deemed / Central University/ ESIC and AFMC.

Admission to AFMC, Pune shall be subject to the norms prescribed by the Directorate General of Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Candidates who apply for NEET (UG) – 2020 and/or for seeking admission in AFMC will also have to apply to AFMC on www.afmc.nic.in/www.afmcdg1d.gov.in. 

NEET 2020 ADDRESS & CONTACT DETAILS

NEET 2018 Cut off Marks Category Wise Cut off Percentile – NEET Result 2018

Based on cutoff marks and cutoff percentile in CBSE NEET 2018 result, candidates will be shortlisted for the further process for admission into MBBS & BDS courses 2018. There will be state wise cutoff based on the respective category.

This year the NEET cut off is lower than last year. Refer to the table below for details of the candidates qualified the NEET 2018 exam on the basis of the minimum qualifying criteria of NEET-UG, 2018 :-

Category	Cutoff Qualifying Criteria	NEET 2018 : Marks Range	NEET 2018 : Number of Candidates Qualified	NEET 2017 : Marks Range	NEET 2017 : Number of Candidates Qualified
OTHERS	50th Percentile	691 – 119	634897	697-131	543473
OBC	40th Percentile	118 – 96	54653	130-107	47382
SC	40th Percentile	118 – 96	17209	130-107	47382
ST	40th Percentile	118-96	7446	130-107	6018
UR & PH	45th Percentile	118 – 107	205	130-118	67
OBC & PH	40th Percentile	106 – 96	104	130-107	152
SC & PH	40th Percentile	106 – 96	36	130-107	38
ST & PH	40th Percentile	106 – 96	12	130-107	10
TOTAL					611739

CBSE NEET 2019 Toppers

The details of the top 25 candidates in CBSE NEET 2018 are as follows:

All India Rank	Student Name	Gender	Marks Secured	Perecentile Score	State
1	Nalin Khandelwal	Male	701	99.9999291	Rajasthan
2	Bhavik Bansal	Male	700		Delhi
3	Akshat Kaushik	Male	700		Uttar Pradesh
4	Swastik Bhatia	Male	696		Haryana
5	Anant Jain	Male	695		Uttar Pradesh
6	Bhat Sarthak Raghavendra	Male	695		Maharashtra
7	Madhuri Reddy G	Female	695		Telangana
8	Dhruv Kushwaha	Male	695		Uttar Pradesh
9	Mihir Rai	Male	695		Delhi
10	Raghav Dubery	Male	691		Madhya Pradesh
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15	Kirti Agarwal				Madhya Pradesh

 

CBSE NEET 2018 Toppers

The details of the top 25 candidates in CBSE NEET 2018 are as follows:

All India Rank	Student Name	Gender	Marks Secured	Perecentile Score	State
1	Kalpana Kumari,	Female	691,	99.999921,	Bihar
2	Rohan Purohit,	Male	690,	99.999764,	Telangana
3	Himanshu Sharma,	Male	690,	99.999764,	Delhi
4	Aarosh Dhamija,	Male	686,	99.999606,	Delhi
5	Prince Choudhary,	Male	686	99.999606,	Rajasthan
6.	Varun Muppidi	Male	685	99.999449	Other
7	Agrawal Krishna Ashish	Male	685	99.999449	Maharashtra
8	Ankadala Anirudh Babu	Male	680	99.999134	Andhra Pradesh
9	Madhvan Gupta	Male	680	99.999134	Punjab
10	Ramneek Kaur Mahal	Female	680	99.999134	Punjab
11	Aditya Gupta	Male	680	99.999134	Delhi
12	Keerthana K	Female	676	99.998976	Tamil Nadu
13	Ritwik Kumar Sahoo	Male	676	99.998976	West Bengal
14	Onteru Venkata Sai Harsha Vardhan Reddy	Male	675	99.998189	Andhra Pradesh
15	Sahil Sachinbhai Shah	Male	675	99.998189	Gujarat
16	Menda Jaideep	Male	675	99.998189	Andhra Pradesh
17	Abhishek Kumar	Male	675	99.998189	Delhi
18	Tanuj Jatin Presswala	Male	675	99.998189	Gujarat
19	Koduru Sriharsha	Male	675	99.998189	Andhra Pradesh
20	Amulya Gupta	Male	675	99.998189	Delhi

 

CBSE NEET 2017 Toppers

The details of the top 25 candidates in CBSE NEET 2017 are as follows:

All India Rank	Student Name	Gender	Marks Secured	Perecentile Score	State
1	Navdeep Singh	Male	697	99.999908	Punjab
2	Archit Gupta	Male	695	99.999725	M.P.
3	Manish Mulchandani	Male	695	99.999725	M.P.
4	Sankeerth Sadananda	Male	692	99.999633	Karnataka
5	Dogra Abhishek Veerendra	Male	691	99.999358	Maharashtra
6	Deric Joseph	Male	691	99.999358	Kerala
7	Kanishh Tayal	Male	691	99.999358	Haryana
8	Nikita Goyal	Female	690	99.999174	Punjab
9	Aryan Raj Singh	Male	690	99.999174	9 U.P.
10	Tanish Bansal	Male	686	99.999083	Punjab
11	Nishita N. Purohit	Female	685	99.998440	Gujarat
12	LakkimsettiArnavThirinath	Male	685	99.998440	Telengana
13	Anuj Gupta	Male	685	99.998440	M.P.
14	Narreddy Manvitha	Female	685	99.998440	Andhra
15	Harshit Anand	Male	685	99.998440	West Bengal
16	Harsh Agarwal	Male	685	99.998440	Bihar
17	Chavi Harkawat	Female	685	99.998440	Rajasthan
18	Nada Fatima	Female	684	99.998349	Kerala
19	Bhuvensh Sharma	Male	683	99.998257	U.P.
20	Vanshika Arora	Female	682	99.997982	Delhi
21	Mariya Biji Varghese	Female	682	99.997982	Kerala
22	Aditi Goyal	Female	682	99.997982	Haryana
23	Vishnu Singhal	Male	681	99.997523	Gujarat
24	Mangani Deepika	Female	681	99.997523	Telengana
25	Abhineet Mathur	Male	681	99.997523	Delhi

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