NEET 2020 Analysis and Expected Cutoff by Career Point

After appearing for NEET 2020 on September 13, candidates must be eager to know the experts’ take on the NEET 2020 analysis and expected cutoff. This article by Shiksha brings detailed NEET 2020 analysis and expected cutoff by Career Point.

NEET 2020 exam is conducted on September 13 by the National Testing Agency. The single-slot exam has been conducted from 2 pm to 5 pm in 155 cities across India. After the NEET 2020 exam is conducted, candidates would be anxious to know about the NEET 2020 analysis and the expected cutoff predicted by the noted coaching institutes of India. Career Point is one of the reputed NEET coaching institutes in the country. Hence, the candidates look forward to the NEET analysis and expected cutoff to gauge their performance level and analyse their chances of getting admission in a top medical college in India. This article of Shiksha brings the detailed NEET 2020 analysis and expected cutoff by Career Point.

Before moving to the detailed NEET 2020 analysis, let us check the NEET 2020 exam pattern.

NEET 2020 Exam Pattern

Subject		Number of Questions	Maximum Marks
Physics		45	180
Chemistry		45	180
Biology	Botany	45	180
	Zoology	45	180
Total		180	720

Each question carries four marks and there is negative marking of one mark for each wrong answer. Negative marking will be applicable for marking multiple answer options in the OMR sheet as well. However, there is no negative marking scheme for questions left unanswered.

Apart from English, NEET 2020 has been conducted in 10 regional languages, which are Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Assamese and Urdu.

Let us now take a look at the NEET 2020 Analysis by Career Point.

NEET 2020 Analysis by Career Point

According to Career Point's NEET 2020 analysis, the difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate. There was no surprise element in the exam. The questions were based on NCERT. The subject -wise analysis are given below.

Physics

The dominant areas in this section were Mechanics and Modern Physics, which consisted of 50 per cent of the section. Thermodynamics and Properties of Matter areas also carried a number of questions. The difficulty level of the section was moderate to tough.

Topic-wise Distribution of Physics Questions and Difficulty Level

Topics	Questions
Mechanics	17
Heat and Thermodynamics	3
Properties of Matter	3
Electrostatics and Capacitor	4
Current Electricity	3
Magnetism, Magnetic Effect of Current and AC	5
Modern Physics	6
Ray and Way Optics	4
Total	45

Chemistry

This section was dominated by questions from Physical Chemistry. Total 19 questions from Physical Chemistry, 14 were from Inorganic Chemistry and 12 were from Organic Chemistry. The difficulty level of this section was easy. The questions were direct and formula-based. 

Topic-wise Distribution of Chemistry Questions 

Topics	Questions
Inorganic	15
Physical	15
Organic	15
Total	45

Biology

This section was dominated by topics like Ecology and Biotechnology. While 40 questions were from Zoology, 50 were from Botany. The difficulty level of this section was easy. Hence, the cutoff will be fairly high in this section. The types of questions included graphs, tables, match the following, diagrams, etc. Some of the questions were asked directly from NCERT. 

Topic-wise Distribution of Biology Questions and Difficulty Level

Topics	Questions	Percentage Proportion	Very Easy	Easy	Average	Difficult
Zoology	40	44.44	0	6	31	3
Botany	50	55.55	0	8	40	2
Total	90	100	0	14	71	5

Segregation of NEET 2020 Questions Based on Class 11 and Class 12 Syllabus

	Physics		Chemistry		Biology
	Class 11	Class 12	Class 11	Class 12	Class 11	Class 12
Questions	23	22	23	22	46	44
Marks	92	88	92	88	184	176
Percentage of Marks	51.11	48.88	51.11	48.88	51.11	48.88

NEET 2020 Student Reaction

Shiksha reach-out to the candidates of the NEET 2020 at the exam centres to capture their reaction about the exam and the arrangements made by the NTA and the exam centre authorities. The difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate this year and most of the candidates were happy with the government's decision of conducting NEET exam as per the scheduled date. Kindly watch the student reaction video:

NEET 2020 Expected Cutoff by Career Point

NEET 2020 cutoff will depend on the following factors:

• Difficulty level of the exam

• Total number of test takers

• Overall performance of test takers

• Total number of seats in the NEET participating colleges

• Previous years’ NEET cutoff

The following table brings the NEET 2019 qualifying percentile and cutoff marks.

Category	Minimum Qualifying Percentile	Cut off marks (Range)
General	50	701-134
General - Physically Handicapped	45	133-120
SC/ ST/OBC	40	133-107
OBC/SC/ST- Physically Handicapped	40	133-107

According to Career Point, the expected NEET 2019 cutoff was 455 to 465.

Approximately 16 lakh candidates have appeared for NEET 2020. There are a total of 75,893 MBBS seats and 26,693 BDS seats. The NEET 2020 answer keys (provisional) are expected to be released in the last week of September and the final answer key will be released in the first week of October. NEET 2020 result is estimated to be announced in the second week of October 2020.

How NEET 2020 was conducted amid COVID-19

NEET 2020 entrance exam was conducted today at 3,843 centres across India. With proper arrangements and all the standard operating procedures (SOP) being followed, the exam was conducted successfully. Know about the arrangements at the centre from the candidates here in the video below:

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