NEET 2024 Revised Merit List Released; Number of Toppers and Cutoff Reduced
NEET 2024 revised merit list has been released by the National Testing Agency on July 26, 2024. The exam authorities have also released the NEET 2024 re-revised scorecard and revised answer keys on the same date. As per the revised merit list of NEET 2024, the total number of NEET 2024 toppers scoring a perfect 720 has reduced from 61 to 17.
NEET 2024 Revised Merit List and Cutoff Released
NEET 2024 revised merit list has been released by the National Testing Agency on July 26, 2024. The exam authorities have also released the NEET 2024 re-revised scorecard and revised answer keys on the same date. As per the revised merit list of NEET 2024, the total number of NEET 2024 toppers scoring a perfect 720 has reduced from 61 to 17. On the other hand, the NEET 2024 cutoff has also reduced by two marks for each category.
Originally, the total number of NEET 2024 toppers was 67. After the removal of the grace marks, or based on the performance of the 813 candidates (who appeared for the NEET 2024 retest organized for 1,563 candidates with grace marks), the number of toppers was reduced to 61.
NEET 2024 Toppers List Revised
The following table brings the names of the NEET 2024 toppers who scored 720 as per the revised merit list.
| NEET 2024 Topper Name |
Gender |
Category |
State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mridul Manya Anand |
Male |
OBC-NCL |
Delhi |
| Ayush Naugraiya |
Male |
Gen-EWS |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Mazin Mansoor |
Male |
OBC-NCL |
Bihar |
| Prachita |
Female |
General |
Rajasthan |
| Saurav |
Male |
General |
Rajasthan |
| Divyansh |
Male |
General |
Delhi |
| Gunmay Garg |
Male |
General |
Punjab |
| Arghyadeep Dutta |
Male |
OBC-NCL |
West Bengal |
| Shubhan Sengupta |
Male |
General |
Maharashtra |
| Aryan Yadav |
Male |
OBC-NCL |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Palansha Agarwal |
Female |
General |
Maharashtra |
| Rajaneesh P |
Male |
SC |
Tamil Nadu |
| Shreenand Sharmil |
Male |
General |
Kerala |
| Mane Neha Kuldeep |
Female |
OBC-NCL |
Maharashtra |
| Taijas Singh |
Male |
General |
Chandigarh |
| Devesh Joshi |
Male |
Gen-EWS |
Rajasthan |
| Iram Quazi |
Female |
General |
Rajasthan |
As per the NEET 2024 revised merit list, the maximum toppers are from Rajasthan (four), followed by Maharashtra (three) and Delhi (two). There is one topper each from Bihar, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Chandigarh.
NEET 2024 Cutoff Reduced
The revised NEET 2024 cutoff has been released by NTA along with the re-revised scorecard. The revised cutoff for each category is provided in the table below.
| Category |
Cut off score |
|---|---|
| UR/EWS |
720-162 |
| OBC, SC, ST |
161-127 |
| UR/EWS-PwD |
161-144 |
| OBC-PwD, SC-PwD |
143-127 |
| ST-PwD |
142-127 |
The NEET 2024 merit list and scorecard was re-revised as per the Supreme Court verdict wherein it was stated that the controversial NEET 2024 Physics question had only one correct option instead of two, which was stated by NTA in the NEET 2024 final answer keys. This led to the revoking of the bonus marks and a negative marking of one mark to anyone who had marked any other answer option apart from option number four.
The Supreme Court verdict was delivered on July 23, 2024. It is expected that the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will begin the NEET counselling process 2024 will begin soon.
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Q: When did NTA release the official cutoff for NEET 2024?
The official NEET 2024 cutoff was released by NTA along with the NEET 2024 result on June 4, 2024, 10 days ahead of the scheduled date. However, the revised NEET 2024 cutoff was released on July 26, 2024, along with the re-revised scorecard and merit list. The NEET cutoff refers to the minimum score a candidate has to obtain to qualify for the NEET counselling process. The NEET cutoff 2024 increased from that of last year as the number of test takers is higher. The minimum marks to be scored by General category candidates to qualify is 164. However, the category-wise cutoff percentiles have remained constant.
Q: How will I know that I have scored above the NEET cutoff or not?
The cutoff for NEET is released along with the result or the scorecard. The NEET cutoff or qualifying marks vary for each category, which are General, SC, ST, OBC and PwD/PH. Along with candidates' scores, percentiles and All India Rank (AIR), NTA also indicates the Qualifying Status of candidates in the scorecard. NTA also releases the NEET 2024 cutoff in the official notice along with the declaration of the NEET result. The qualifying cutoff for NEET 2024 is given below:
Category |
Cut off percentile |
Cut off score |
|---|---|---|
UR/EWS |
50th |
720-162 |
OBC |
40th |
161-127 |
SC |
40th |
161-127 |
ST |
40th |
161-127 |
UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
161-144 |
OBC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
SC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
ST-PwD |
40th |
142-127 |
Q: What is the cutoff for NEET?
NTA re-released the NEET cutoff for 2024 on July 26, 2024, which states that two marks is reduced for each category as compared to the original NEET 2024 cutoff released on June 4, on the day of the result. As compared to last year, there has been an increase in the NEET cutoff across categories. The following table brings the NEET 2024 cutoff.
Category |
Cut off percentile |
Cut off score |
|---|---|---|
UR/EWS |
50th |
720-162 |
OBC |
40th |
161-127 |
SC |
40th |
161-127 |
ST |
40th |
161-127 |
UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
161-144 |
OBC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
SC-PwD |
40th |
143-127 |
ST-PwD |
40th |
142-127 |
Q: What is the NEET 2024 cutoff percentile for General category candidates?
NEET 2024 cut off percentile for general category students is 50th percentile. Based on this, the NEET cutoff score 2024 for the General category is 162. The NEET 2024 cutoff for the General category candidates of the Physically Handicapped (PH) category candidates is 45 percentile. The subsequent NEET cutoff marks for this category is 144. Although the NEET cutoff percentile for the General category has remained the same, the cutoff score increased from that of last year. This is due to factors such as easier difficulty level, increased number of test-takers and intake.
Q: What is the procedure to calculate the NEET percentile score?
A percentile refers to the comparison between the score of one candidate vis-a-vis the other test takers. It is the percentage of scores that a particular score surpassed. NTA has stated the formula to calculate the NEET percentile, which is given below:
100 multiplied by the Number of candidates with their raw score equal to/ less than the candidate divided by the Total number of candidates who appeared for NEET.
As per the NEET 2023 result data, the highest percentile obtained was 99.9999019.
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