The National Testing Agency (NTA) released a new NEET exam pattern for the NEET UG 2025 exam. As per the new NEET exam structure, the total number of questions in NEET 2025 exam will be 180. The authority has removed the concept of optional questions from the NEET exam pattern 2025.
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NEET question paper consists of multiple choice questions from class 12 Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects. The NEET 2025 question count in each section is 45. Candidates have to answer a total of 180 NEET 2025 questions. For the candidates appearing in the NEET 2025 exam, it is important to know about the total number of questions in NEET, NEET exam format, NEET marking scheme and other information to score well in the examination. Read the full article to get more details.
NEET UG is an offline exam wherein candidates have to mark their answers in the NEET OMR sheet. Medical aspirants can check a detailed NEET 2025 exam pattern from the table below.
Particulars | Details |
Mode of the NEET exam | Offline/ Pen and paper mode |
Duration of the exam | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
Language of the NEET question paper | English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi and Urdu |
Total number of questions in NEET | 180 |
Type of question | Multiple choice questions |
NEET total marks | 720 |
NEET marking scheme | +4 for correct answer -1 for incorrect answer |
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The total number of questions in NEET 2025 are 180. The NEET exam covers three subjects namely Physics, Chemistry and Biology. NEET number of questions per subject are 45. NEET Biology carries the highest weightage as it includes both Botany and Zoology subjects, contributing 90 questions in total. This makes the NEET total marks to be 720.
The NEET 2025 question count is 180 distributed equally among the subjects. The division of NEET subject-wise questions can be checked below.
Subject | NEET total questions | Subject-wise NEET total marks |
Physics | 45 | 180 |
Chemistry | 45 | 180 |
Zoology | 45 | 180 |
Botany | 45 | 180 |
NEET total marks | 720 | |
The NEET UG exam follows a strict marking scheme. The NEET total questions are 180, making the NEET total marks to be 720. The exam follows negative marking for NEET. Understanding the NEET marking scheme is essential for the medical aspirants to score well in the exam and also to avoid the negative mark. NEET marking scheme 2025 can be understood from the below table.
Response type | Marks awarded |
Correct answer | +4 |
Incorrect answer | -1 |
Unanswered | 0 |
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