NTA NEET UG 2024: Counselling Dates (Out), Cutoff, Re-revised Result, Final Answer Key & Question Papers (Available)

NTA NEET UG 2024 counselling dates have been announced by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). The registration process for the NEET 2024 Round 1 counselling will commence on August 14, 2024. Know all about NEET UG 2024 here.

NEET 2024

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has announced the NEET 2024 counselling dates on July 29, 2024. The NEET 2024 counselling process will start with the registration window from August 14, 2024 onwards. As of now, MCC has announced the complete schedule of the first four rounds, which will be held till October 30, 2024. MCC will conduct NEET counselling for 1,09,170 MBBS and 27,868 BDS seats in India. The total number of BSc Nursing seats allotted through MCC NEET counselling 2024 will be around 1,000. Based on the number of vacant seats, MCC may conduct additional rounds of counselling. 

Also Read: NEET 2024 Counselling Registration to Begin on August 14: MCC

As many as 13,15,853 candidates qualified for NEET 2024 out of 23,33,162 test takers, as per the revised merit list. According to the Supreme Court verdict, there will not be any Re-NEET 2024, as the paper leak was not widespread. The NEET UG 2024 re-examination was conducted on June 23, 2024, for 1,563 candidates who were awarded grace marks. As many as 813 candidates appeared for the test conducted in seven NEET 2024 exam centres located in five states across India. The result was declared on July 1. 

NEET UG 2024 Counselling Process

The NEET 2024 counselling process has four rounds. Additional rounds will be conducted based on the number of vacant seats in one or more courses. Only those candidates obtaining the NEET cutoff marks and qualifying for the exam (as per the July 26 re-revised cutoff) will be eligible to participate in the NEET 2024 counselling process. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will conduct the counselling for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats and different state counselling authorities will conduct the counselling for the 85 per cent State Quota seats. The following table brings the NEET 2024 counselling dates for all rounds. 

NEET UG Cutoff Marks (Opening & Closing)

The NEET 2024 cutoff was also reduced by two marks for each category. The reduction of cutoff was announced along with the NEET 2024 re-revised scorecard and merit list. Applicants can check NEET 2024 cutoff revised marks in the below table.

The table below brings the original NEET 2024 cutoff released on June 4, 2024.

Also Read: NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks: Know Minimum Marks to Qualify for Counselling

NEET UG 2024 Result

NTA declared the result for the re-NEET 2024 on July 1, 2024. The result was declared in online mode in the form of scorecards. Candidates have to download their scorecards in PDF format by logging in to the NTA NEET 2024 website. The steps to download the NEET 2024 revised scorecard are given below:

• Visit the official website of NEET 2024 - www.exams.neet.ac.in/NEET or directly enter the link https://exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/NEET2024SC25Revised.html
• Click on the link 'Click Here for Re-Revised Scorecard (July 26)'
• Enter the NEET 2024 Application Number, Date of Birth and Email Address or Mobile Number and Security Pin
• Click on Submit
• NEET 2024 scorecard will be displayed on the screen
• Download and print the NEET scorecard for future reference

The NEET result 2024 includes the following information:

• Candidate Name
• Subject-wise marks or scores
• Subject-wise percentile
• Total score obtained out of 720
• Total percentile
• All India Rank (AIR)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the NEET 2024 re-revised scorecard and merit list along with the NEET 2024 final answer keys on July 26, 2024. The revision was made as per the Supreme Court of India verdict on July 23, 2024, which quashed the bonus marks given to all candidates who attempted the controversial Physics question in the NEET 2024 question paper. The IIT Delhi Committee opined that unlike the two correct answers stated by the NEET 2024 answer keys. Hence, after revoking the bonus marks and levying negative marks, the total number of toppers was reduced to 17.  

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NTA released the NEET 2024 city and centre-wise results, according to the Supreme Court directive on July 20, 2024. The data consists of the result of the total number of candidates appearing in each of the 4,750 centres spread across 557 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. While information such as the total number of candidates appearing in the centre and marks obtained by them is provided, candidates’ personal data such as name, application number of Roll Number is not given to mask their identities, as per the Supreme Court order.

Click here to get NEET 2024 City and Centre-wise Result Data.

Also Read: NTA Declares NEET 2024 City and Centre-wise Result; Get Direct Link Here

The NEET 2024 re-exam result was declared on July 1, 2024, a day after the slated date. NTA released the revised NEET 2024 scorecard for all candidates, including the 1,563 candidates who were awarded grace marks. NTA has stated, "Revised Score Cards of all Candidates of NEET(UG) 2024 (including of 1563 Candidates who appeared in the Re-Test on 23 June 2024), are being hosted on the website (https://exams.nta.ac.in/NEET/). Candidates can login to the website and view/download/print their respective revised Score Cards."

The NEET 2024 result for the original test was declared on June 4, 2024.

NTA has reversed the tie-breaking criteria to last year's factors. In the revised criteria, the final factor was a computerised draw of lots, which replaced the subject-wise accuracy proportion of candidates, that was followed in the previous years.

Also Read: NEET 2024 Tie-Breaking Criteria Reversed to Last Year's Factors

NTA NEET 2024 Answer Key

The NEET 2024 revised final answer keys were released on July 26, 2024. Within this, the answer key of a Physics question has changed. As per the original answer key, one question had two correct answers, Option 2 and Option 4. As per the Supreme Court ruling, only answer Option 4 was stated as correct.

Download the NEET 2024 Revised Final Answer Keys

The NEET 2024 re-examination answer keys were released by NTA on June 28, 2024, along with OMR answer sheets. The challenge window was opened for one day, till June 29, 2024, 11 PM. However, coaching institutes did not provide the NEET 2024 retest question papers and answer keys and solutions. The final answer keys for the NEET 2024 retest was released on June 30, 2024

Click here to download NEET 2024 Re-examination Final Answer Keys

Based on the NEET UG answer keys, candidates can determine the number of correct attempts in the NEET UG paper and calculate the estimated score.

For the original exam, The NEET 2024 provisional answer key was released by NTA on May 30, approximately a month after the exam is conducted. Candidates could submit challenges or objections against one or more NEET UG answer keys by paying a fee of INR 200. The expert committee of NTA analysed the objections and then released the final NEET UG answer keys for all question paper sets and codes on June 4, 2024.

Click here to download NEET 2024 Final Answer Keys

Also Read: NEET 2024 Answer Key by NTA

NEET UG Question Papers

Being a paper-pencil-based test (PBT), NTA provides the hard copy of the NEET question papers to candidates on the day of the exam. The NTA NEET question papers have four sets, which are further divided into six subsets. The NEET 2024 question paper sets were Q, R, S and T. The medium of the question paper is 13. Candidates have to select their preferred NEET question paper language while filling up the application form and must ensure that they receive the question paper of the language opted for by them. Test-takers were allowed to carry the NEET question paper outside the exam centre after the exam. NTA also releases the set-wise and language-wise question papers of NEET on its official website a few months after the exam is conducted. Candidates aspiring to appear for the exam next year must solve previous years’ NEET UG question papers to get a thorough idea of the question types, syllabus, chapter-wise weightage of questions, etc.

NEET UG 2024 Exam Dates

The NEET 2024 exam date for application, exam and result dates have been announced by NTA. The following table brings the official and other tentative dates for the NTA NEET 2024 exam.

NEET UG 2024 Admit Card

The NEET 2024 admit card was released online for the 1,563 eligible candidates who were awarded grace marks on June 20, 2024. It is a crucial document which will also act as the hall ticket to the NEET 2024 exam centres. Released online, candidates had to download the NEET UG admit card by logging in to the official website with the registration credentials. The steps to download the NEET UG admit card 2024 are given below:

• Visit the NTA NEET 2024 website – exams.nta.ac.in/NEET or neet.ntaonline.in or directly enter the link https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/admitcard/admitcard1563
• Click on the link indicating NEET 2024 Admit Card download for 1563 candidates
• Enter the NTA NEET 2024 Application Number and date of birth
• Enter the Security Pin
• Download the NEET UG 2024 Admit Card
• Take multiple printouts

The NEET UG 2024 admit card or the hall ticket carries the following information:

• Name of the candidate
• NEET UG 2024 roll number
• NEET UG registration number
• Date and time of the examination
• Father’s name
• Mother’s name
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Category/ Sub-category
• Address
• Medium (Language) of the examination
• Number and address of the exam centre
• Candidate signature
• Exam day instructions and guidelines

In case of any difficulty in downloading the NEET admit card 2024, candidates should contact NTA at their Helpline Number or send an email to neet@nta.ac.in on weekdays from 10 AM to 5 PM. 

NTA NEET 2024 Syllabus

As mentioned before, the NEET UG syllabus 2024 underwent major changes. The NEET syllabus 2024 PDF download was released on the official website of NTA, along with the FAQs, as per the recommendation by the National Medical Commission (NMC). Unlike the previous years, the subjects of the NTA NEET 2024 syllabus were not segregated into Class 11 and Class 12. Certain topics or chapters have been removed from each subject. Moreover, some topics were added as well.

According to the updated NEET 2024 syllabus, certain topics across the three subjects, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, were removed. On the other hand, a few topics were added to these subjects or sections as well. The subject-wise syllabus is given below.

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Announcing the changes, NTA stated, "Those topics which are neither being taught anywhere in the School Board nor available in the latest book of NCERT, have been deleted. The syllabus has been revised and reduced to focus on core concepts." On the other hand, regarding the addition of topics, the exam conducting body has mentioned, "Some topics have been added as these are being taught in various School Boards i.e. Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Bihar School Education Board, National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education, Nagaland Board of School Education, Board of Secondary Education Manipur."

NEET UG 2024 Exam Pattern

NEET UG is a paper-pencil-based exam of 200 minutes duration. There are 200 objective-type multiple-choice questions (MCQs) from Physics, Chemistry and Biology, out of which 180 questions have to be attempted. Each question will carry four answer options. Candidates have to mark the correct answer option with a blue or black ballpoint pen on the OMR sheet, inside the circle next to the correct answer option. 

Each correct question will fetch four marks whereas each wrong answer will cause a negative marking of one mark. The following table brings the NEET 2024 exam pattern and structure.

The NEET UG 2024 exam pattern remained the same as that of last year. 

NTA NEET 2024 Study Plan

NEET 2024 study plan for preparation had to be made well in advance. The first step for NEET 2024 preparation was to be updated with the exam pattern and syllabus. According to the toppers and experts, since the NEET UG 2024 syllabus was similar to the Board exams, it was not much of a challenge to balance Board exam preparation with that of the NEET UG study plan 2024. A majority of students enrol on coaching institutes to prepare for the exam, but there are exceptions as well. Some of the preparation tips as suggested by experts and toppers are given below.

• Know the exam pattern and structure of NEET UG
• Assess the topic and chapter-wise weightage of the NEET UG syllabus
• Select the books and study materials to refer to for NEET UG
• Take ample mock tests and solve previous years' NEET question papers
• Revise

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NTA NEET 2024 Application Form

The NEET UG 2024 application form date was announced by NTA along with the official notification and information brochure. NTA reopened the NEET 2024 application correction facility for the third time from April 25 to April 26, 2024, 11.59 PM, only for the field of photographs. Earlier, the correction window was opened from April 11 to April 12, till 11.50 PM, Aadhaar-authenticated candidates could make changes related to Aadhaar-related authentication corrections till April 15, before 11.50 PM. 

NTA reopened the NEET 2024 application process from April 9 to April 10, 2024, 10.50 PM. The application fee had to be paid by 11.50 PM on the same date. Announcing the same, NTA stated, “We have received various representations from stakeholders with a request to re-open the registration window of NEET-UG 2024. Based on the representation, it has been decided to re-open the Registration window of NEET-UG 2024.” 

The application process for NEET UG was conducted online wherein candidates had to visit the official website of NTA NEET UG 2024 and register. After the registration credentials were generated, they had to log in and complete the application process. The step-by-step NEET 2024 application form procedure is given below.

• Visit the official website of NEET 2024 – neet.ntaonline.in or directly enter the link https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/registration/index
• Click on the NEET 2024 Registration tab under the Latest News section
• Read the instructions carefully and click on the agreement checkbox
• Enter the mandatory details such as personal and contact details, and generate a password
• Verify the details by entering the OTP received on your mobile number and email address
• The registration credentials such as application number and password will be sent to candidates through email
• Login with the NEET 2024 registration credentials to complete the application form
• Fill in the mandatory details in each section such as personal, educational, medium of question paper, exam city preference, documents upload (photograph, signature, finger and thumb impressions, category certificate, etc.) and other information
• Pay the application fee in online mode with Credit/Debit Card, Net Banking and UPI.

Once the NEET UG 2024 application fee was paid, NTA sent an application confirmation to candidates.

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NTA NEET 2024 Application Fee

The application fee for the NEET 2024 exam remained the same as last year. The table below brings the NEET 2024 application fee for each category. 

NEET 2024 Eligibility Criteria

The NEET UG 2024 eligibility criteria changed this year as candidates who have not studied Biology or Biotechnology as core subjects are eligible to participate. Till last year, only those candidates who had studied these as core subjects were permitted to appear for NEET. 

In terms of the NEET 2024 eligibility criteria, candidates who studied Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Biotechnology and English as additional subjects were also considered eligible to appear for the exam. On the other hand, students studying at Open Schools will also be eligible for NEET UG 2024 based on the revised eligibility criteria.  

Also, those who completed or were yet to appear for their Class 12 Board exam or equivalent from Open Schools were also considered eligible for NTA NEET 2024. Apart from these, there were no other changes in the NEET UG eligibility criteria. Regarding the changes in the NEET 2024 eligibility criteria, NMC stated, "Candidates who have passed 10+2 or its equivalent with the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology / Biotechnology & English shall be eligible for appearing in NEET-UG."

The overall NEET UG eligibility criteria 2024 are stated below.

• Candidates should have passed or scheduled to appear for the Class 12 Board exam or equivalent with Chemistry, Physics, Biology/Biotechnology and English subjects
• Candidates belonging to the General category should have secured a minimum of 50 per cent aggregate and reserved category candidates should secure 45 per cent (General-PWD) and 40 per cent (SC, ST, OBC, Reserved PWD)
• Candidates must have attained the age of 17 years at the time of admission or will attain the same by December 31, 2024. Accordingly, the minimum date of birth of candidates should be December 31, 2007. There is no upper age limit.
• Indian nationals/ Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) who wish to pursue MBBS/BDS from a foreign university also have to qualify for NTA NEET 2024.

The NEET UG 2024 exam was originally held on May 5, 2024, from 2 PM to 5.20 PM in 4,751 centres in 571 cities across India and abroad. The NEET 2024 result and the final NEET 2024 answer keys were released by NTA on June 4, 2024.  Since then, controversies sparked and several irregularities such as a high number of toppers, grace marking system, and paper leak allegations were raised. Several PILs were filed at high courts and the Supreme Court of India. NTA constituted a special committee to review these matters, which recommended reconducting the NEET 2024 exam for candidates with grace marks. 

NTA NEET 2024 was conducted in 13 languages, namely, English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. This article of Shiksha.com brings the details about the NTA NEET 2024 exam in terms of eligibility, application, pattern, syllabus, preparation, result, and other aspects of the test. According to the NEET 2024 analysis, the difficulty level of the exam was moderate to tough. Physics was the toughest section owing to around 30 per cent of questions from Numerical, followed by Chemistry and Biology. The questions were on expected lines and the weightage of 11th and 12th syllabus in NEET was almost equal. 

Also Read: NEET 2024 Paper Analysis (Available): Check Difficulty Level of Question Paper and Exam Review

This year, several changes were introduced in the NEET 2024 in terms of syllabus and eligibility criteria. Along with the NEET 2024 notification and information brochure, NTA provided further clarity regarding the NEET exam pattern, exam centres, eligibility criteria, etc. 

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