All You Need To Know About NEET

As we all know that from this year the National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Candidates who wish to seek admission to the Medical and Dental Colleges approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI) can apply for NEET. The entrance examination will conduct on May 5 in one slot. NEET 2019 will be conducted only in the offline mode. Around 12 lakh candidates have registered for this examination. Candidates can read the article given below for complete details of NEET such as application procedure, examination pattern etc.

NEET 2019 – An Overview

Examination name	National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)
Conducted by	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Level of examination	National level
Examination Authority	Undergraduate
Mode of examination	Offline
Application procedure	Online

NEET Important Dates

The important dates pertaining to NEET 2019 are provided in the table given below:

Name of the event	Important Dates
Availability of application form	November 1, 2018
Last date to submit NEET application form	December 7, 2018
Availability of NEET admit card	April 15, 2019
Date of examination	May 5, 2019
Declaration of result	First week of June 2019

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NEET Application Form 2019

The application form of NEET will be available on the official website of NTA from November 1 to December 7, 2018. Candidates must be ready with scanned copies of their passport sized photograph and signature at the time of filling the application form. Candidates have to follow the below mentioned steps in order to fill NEET application form.
Step 1- Registration for NEET
The foremost step while applying for NEET is to register for the same. At the time of registration, candidates have to enter their name, guardian’s details, mobile no., email id, category, nationality etc. Candidates also have to create a password of their choice to complete the registration process. On successful login, candidates will receive a provisional NEET application number on their mobile number of email id.
Step 2 - Fill the application form
While filling the application form candidates are required to enter details such as personal details, place of birth, medium of examination, choice of examination centre, qualification details etc.
Step 3 – Review the application form and final submission
On entering all the information correctly, candidates need to check all the details entered in the application form. On checking all the information, click on ‘Submit’ button.
Step 4 - Uploading of documents and images
While filling the application form, candidates have to upload scanned copies of their passport sized photograph and signature in the prescribed format. The size of the photograph uploaded must be between 10kb and 100 kb and it must be in .jpg format. The size of the signature must be between 3 kb and 20 kb.
Step 5 - Payment of application fees

• Candidates can pay the application fee either in online mode using Debit/ Credit Card/ Net Banking or offline through SBI e-challan.
• The application fee is Rs. 1400 for General/ OBC candidates and Rs. 750 for SC/ ST/ PwD/ Transgender candidates.

Step 6 - Printing of the Confirmation Page
On successfully submitting the application form, a confirmation page will be generated. Candidates need to download and take a print out of the confirmation page and keep it safe for future references.
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NEET Examination Pattern

Particulars	Details
Mode of the examination	Pen paper based test
Duration of the examination	180 minutes
Total number of questions	180 questions
Name of sections	Physics – 45 questions Chemistry – 45 questions Biology – 90 questions
Marking Scheme	+4 marks are awarded for each correct answer 1 mark is deducted for every incorrect answer
Maximum marks	720 marks