The NEET 2025 exam is being considered as the toughest exam ever, with many people comparing it to the NEET 2016 exam. As per several experts and leading coaching institutes, the difficulty level of the NEET 2025 exam was quite similar to the NEET 2016 exam. With this resemblance, it is being speculated that the NEET cutoff 2025 for AIIMS institutes can be similar to the AIIMS NEET cut off in 2016. In this article, we have provided the NEET 2016 cut off for AIIMS colleges, using which students can estimate the expected AIIMS NEET 2025 cutoff.
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The category-wise cutoff of AIIMS MBBS 2016 is provided in the tables below.
Institute | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
AIIMS, New Delhi | 1 | 37 |
AIIMS, Jodhpur | 39 | 871 |
AIIMS, Bhopal | 55 | 1022 |
AIIMS, Bhubaneswar | 59 | 1078 |
AIIMS, Rishikesh | 85 | 1045 |
AIIMS, Patna | 274 | 2949 |
AIIMS, Raipur | 314 | 1099 |
Institute | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
AIIMS, New Delhi | 171 | 1138 |
AIIMS, Jodhpur | 3121 | 8151 |
AIIMS, Bhopal | 1165 | 14170 |
AIIMS, Bhubaneswar | 1568 | 16865 |
AIIMS, Rishikesh | 5013 | 18049 |
AIIMS, Patna | 6534 | 17198 |
AIIMS, Raipur | 6414 | 16297 |
Institute | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
AIIMS, New Delhi | 80 | 2825 |
AIIMS, Jodhpur | 3868 | 18701 |
AIIMS, Bhopal | 3460 | 20498 |
AIIMS, Bhubaneswar | 4578 | 13905 |
AIIMS, Rishikesh | 8522 | 20140 |
AIIMS, Patna | 14404 | 23845 |
AIIMS, Raipur | 14962 | 23929 |
Institute | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
AIIMS, New Delhi | 2 | 256 |
AIIMS, Jodhpur | 296 | 1946 |
AIIMS, Bhopal | 257 | 1170 |
AIIMS, Bhubaneswar | 292 | 1103 |
AIIMS, Rishikesh | 418 | 2095 |
AIIMS, Patna | 433 | 2130 |
AIIMS, Raipur | 997 | 1991 |
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| Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
| General | 1 | 37 |
| SC | 171 | 1138 |
| ST | 80 | 2825 |
| OBC | 2 | 256 |
Since the NEET 2025 and NEET 2016 are being considered as the toughest NEET UG exams till date, a brief overview of both these exams is provided below.
Particulars | NEET 2016 | NEET 2025 |
Physics difficulty | Physics was really tough with complex calculations and conceptual questions. | Physics was the toughest among all other sections. The paper was lengthy and required conceptual understanding |
Chemistry and Biology | Chemistry was moderately difficult, while Biology was easier, and NCERT focused | Chemistry was moderate, while Biology was the easiest. However, slightly tricky questions were asked in Chemistry |
Candidate volume | 8 - 9 lakh candidates appeared for the exam | Over 23 lakh students participated in the exam |
Overall difficulty level | It is widely regarded as a benchmark for difficulty, especially due to Physics and two-phase structure | Many experts believe that it surpassed the NEET 2016 exam in terms of difficulty. |
As per several teaching experts and leading coaching institute, the NEET 2025 was tougher than NEET 2016 exam. Due to a difficult Physics sections, experts believe that NEET 2025 has surpassed the difficulty level of NEET 2016 exam.
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