NEET Passing/ Qualifying Marks 2024: Know Minimum Marks to Qualify for Counselling
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NEET passing or qualifying marks refer to the minimum marks a candidate must secure to be eligible for participating in the NEET counselling processes. Know the NEET 2024 qualifying marks and the past years’ passing or NEET cutoff marks here on this page.
NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks
NEET qualification marks refer to the pass marks or the minimum score to obtain in order to be eligible for participating in the NEET counselling process. The National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting authority released the NEET qualifying marks or the NEET cutoff along with the NEET 2024 result, which was declared on June 4, 2024. The NEET 2024 exam was held on May 5, 2024. However, the NEET 2024 cutoff was reduced after the release of the re-revised NEET 2024 scorecard by two marks for each category.
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How much marks are required to qualify for NEET? It is one of the most pertinent questions asked by candidates or NEET aspirants. As predicted by experts, the NEET 2024 qualifying marks have been higher than last year. This article of Shiksha.com brings all about the NEET qualifying marks, along with an overview of the previous years’ trends and what after the NEET results, here on this page.
Q: What is the current scenario of NEET UG Counselling 2024?
Q: When did NEET 2024 counselling process begin?
NEET 2024 counselling dates were announced by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) on July 29, 2024. The counselling process started on August 14, 2024, and will conclude on December 30, 2024. NEET 2024 counselling Round 4 was conducted from October 22 to November 5, 2024. The Round 3 was conducted from October 2 to October 19, 2024. The Round 2 registration process began on September 5, 2024 and reopened from September 13 to September 16, 2024. The Round 1 was conducted from August 14 to August 31, 2024. MCC revised the dates on September 13, 2024, with the reopening of the registration process of Round 2 due to the change in seat matrix. As per the revised dates, the last date of the counselling is November 5, 2024. The number of rounds may get extended depending on the number of vacant seats. The state medical authorities will conduct the counselling process for the 85 per cent state quota seats. The dates for counselling were different for the national level and state level admission processes. There will be four to six rounds of NEET counselling, which is the gateway for admission to medical and allied courses such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BUMS, BHMS, BSMS and BSc Nursing.
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NEET 2024 Exam Pattern Overview
The following table brings the overview of the NEET 2024 exam pattern and structure. This also carries information about the marking scheme and total marks of the NTA NEET exam.
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| Particulars |
Details |
|---|---|
| Mode of the examination |
Offline |
| Duration of the examination |
Three hours and Twenty Minutes (3.20 hours) |
| Exam timing |
2 pm to 5.20 pm |
| Type of questions |
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Total number of Questions |
200 (180 applicable questions for attempt) |
| Total Marks |
720 |
| Negative marking |
Yes |
| Marking Scheme |
+4 for each correct answer -1 for each incorrect answer 0 for unattempted or extra attempted question |
| Total sections in the question paper |
3 (Two sections for each subject) Section A - 35 questions Section B- 15 questions (10 to be attempted) |
| NEET Subjects |
Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany + Zoology) |
What is NEET Pass/Qualifying Marks
As stated above, the NEET pass marks or the NEET qualification marks refer to the minimum marks or percentile one has to secure to be able to be eligible for the NEET counselling rounds. While NTA has fixed the NEET qualifying or pass percentile for each candidate category, the marks are variable for each year and category and would depend on candidates' performance. The NEET qualification percentiles are given below.
| Category | NEET Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
| General/EWS | 50 |
| OBC, SC, ST | 40 |
| General/EWS/PH | 45 |
| OBC & PH | 40 |
| SC & PH | 40 |
| ST & PH | 40 |
NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks
The category-wise NEET cutoff 2024 percentiles and NEET qualifying marks are given below:
| Category |
Cut off percentile |
Cut off score |
|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
50th |
720-162 |
| OBC |
40th |
161-127 |
| SC |
40th |
161-127 |
| ST |
40th |
163-127 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
161-144 |
| OBC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
| SC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
| ST-PwD |
40th |
142-127 |
The table below brings the original NEET 2024 cutoff.
| Category |
NEET 2024 Cutoff percentile |
NEET 2024 Cutoff score |
|---|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
50 |
720-164 |
| OBC |
40 |
163-129 |
| SC |
40 |
163-129 |
| ST |
40 |
163-129 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
45 |
163-146 |
| OBC-PwD |
40 |
145-129 |
| SC-PwD |
40 |
145-129 |
| ST-PwD |
40 |
141-129 |
NEET 2023 Qualifying Marks
The table below brings the category-wise NEET 2023 qualifying cutoff percentile and marks. The NEET 2023 pass/qualifying marks have been announced along with the NEET 2023 result is declared.
Q: Who are eligible for the NEET counselling second round of seat allotment?
Q: When is the NEET counselling result declared?
NEET 2024 counselling Round 7 provisional result was declared on December 24, 2024, and the final result was declared on December 25, 2024.
NEET 2024 counslling Round 6 provisional and final results were declared on December 12 and December 13, 2024, respectively.
NEET 2024 counselling Round 5 provisional result was declared on November 22, 2024, followed by the final result on November 23, 2024.
The Round 4 provisional result was declared on October 29, 2024, and the final result has been declared on October 30, 2024.
Round 3 result was declared on October 12. Round 2 provisional result was declared on September 19, 2024, and the final result was declared on September 20, 2024. The Round 1 final result was declared on August 25, 2024. The second or revised provisional result was declared on August 24 and the original NEET 2024 counselling Round 1 provisional result was declared on August 23. NEET 2024 counselling result date will vary for each round. Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), the counselling authority of the exam released the NEET UG counselling 2024 result date for each round. However, in case additional rounds are conducted, then the result date will be announced later. The dates for declaring the NEET state counselling results are different than that of the NEET UG counselling result dates.
Q: Is it necessary to fill up the NEET counselling choices and lock the choices to get seat allotted?
Q: What are the information carried in the NEET counselling result PDF?
The following information will be carried on the MCC NEET UG 2024 allotment list:
NEET 2024 All India Rank
Allotted Quota
Allotted Institute
Course
Allotted Category
Candidate Category
Remarks
Q: Is there any restriction for filling up number of choices of institutes and courses during the NEET counselling process?
| Category | NEET 2023 Cutoff Percentile | NEET 2023 Cutoff Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General/EWS | 50 | 720-137 |
| OBC, SC, ST | 40 | 136-107 |
| General/EWS/PH | 45 | 136-121 |
| OBC & PH | 40 | 120-107 |
| SC & PH | 40 | 120-107 |
| ST & PH | 40 | 120-108 |
NEET Passing/Qualifying Marks Trends of Past Years
The NEET cutoff scores or the NEET qualifying marks vary for each candidate category every year. The table below brings the qualifying or pass marks of NEET over the past few years.
| Category |
NEET 2022 Qualifying Score
|
NEET 2021 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2020 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2019 Qualifying Score |
NEET 2018 Qualifying Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General/Unreserved (UR) |
715-117 |
720-138 |
720-147 |
701-134 |
691-119 |
| OBC/SC/ST |
116-93 |
137-108 |
146-113 |
133-107 |
118-96 |
| PwD (General/UR) |
116-105 |
137-122 |
146-129 |
133-120 |
118-107 |
| PwD (Reserved) |
104-93 |
121-108 |
128-113 |
119-107 |
106-96 |
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