How many questions are there in NEET 2025?

How many questions are there in NEET 2025?

Manisha TiwariUpdated on 01 May 2025, 09:53 AM IST

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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  1. NEET exam pattern 2025
  2. How many questions are asked in NEET exam?
  3. NEET exam structure and questions
  4. NEET marking scheme
How many questions are there in NEET 2025?
How many questions are there in NEET 2025?

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 exam pattern 2025

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.

NEET exam structure

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

How many questions are asked in NEET exam?

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.

NEET exam structure and questions

The NEET 2025 question count is 180 distributed equally among the subjects. The division of NEET subject-wise questions can be checked below.

NEET subject-wise questions with marks

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

NEET marking scheme

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.

NEET marking scheme 2025

Response type

Marks awarded

Correct answer

+4

Incorrect answer

-1

Unanswered

0

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