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    NEET 2025 Minimum Marks For OBC, General, and SC/ST Categories

    NEET 2025 Minimum Marks For OBC, General, and SC/ST Categories

    Shamshad Ali DarUpdated on 28 Apr 2025, 12:30 PM IST

    NEET UG is the single largest medical entrance exam conducted for admission to undergraduate medical courses such as MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and BSc nursing. In order to qualify NEET 2025, candidates need to secure passing marks out of NEET total marks. The minimum qualifying marks for NEET 2025 is the score which a candidate needs to obtain in the entrance test.

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    1. Minimum qualifying marks for NEET 2025
    2. NEET 2025 cutoff score for admission
    3. NEET 2025 category-wise cutoff marks
    NEET 2025 Minimum Marks For OBC, General, and SC/ST Categories
    NEET 2025 Minimum Marks For Qualification

    The NTA sets the NEET 2025 qualifying percentile for all categories. Candidates who score the qualifying marks of NEET will be considered for counselling rounds. The NEET 2025 minimum marks for qualification varies every year.The NEET 2025 cutoff marks are released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) along with the result. Read the article below to know NEET 2025 minimum qualifying marks for government as well as dental seats in detail.

    Minimum qualifying marks for NEET 2025

    Medical aspirants need to score at least the NEET 2025 minimum qualifying marks as specified by the authorities in order to qualify the exam. The NTA releases the NEET 2025 qualifying marks for all categories. Only candidates who pass the NEET exam with the required percentile are eligible for counselling and admission to medical colleges. However, the NEET 2025 cutoff for government medical colleges usually remains higher as compared to other colleges.

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    NEET 2025 cutoff score for admission

    The NEET cutoff 2025 will be released by NTA along with the NEET results. The NEET scorecard 2025 will feature the category-wise qualifying marks for NEET. Aspirants must know the NEET 2025 marks needed for eligibility in NEET counselling and admissions. The NEET 2025 passing marks requirement can be checked in this table.

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    Minimum marks for NEET 2025 -Category-wise (General, OBC, SC and ST)

    Category

    Cut off percentile

    Minimum marks required

    General

    50th

    To be announced

    General-PH

    45th

    To be announced

    SC/ST/OBC

    40th

    To be announced

    SC/OBC-PH

    40th

    To be announced

    ST-PH

    40th

    To be announced

    NEET passing marks - Previous year

    Category

    NEET cutoff percentile

    NEET marks

    General

    50th

    720-162

    General-PH

    45th

    161-144

    SC/ST/OBC

    40th

    161-127

    SC/OBC-PH

    40th

    143-127

    ST-PH

    40th

    142-127

    NEET 2025 category-wise cutoff marks

    The NEET 2025 cutoff marks are released by NTA alongside the NEET results. The NEET 2025 passing marks vary each year. Aspirants can check the previous year-wise NEET minimum marks for qualification for all categories in the table below:

    NEET minimum marks for general category

    Year

    NEET marks

    2024

    720-162

    2023

    720-137

    2022

    715-117

    2021

    720-138

    2020

    720-147

    2019

    701-134

    NEET minimum marks for OBC

    Year

    MBBS cutoff scores

    2024

    161-127

    2023

    136-107

    2022

    116-93

    2021

    137-108

    2020

    146-113

    2019

    133-107

    NEET minimum marks for SC/ST

    Year

    MBBS Cutoff Scores

    2024

    161-127

    2023

    136-107

    2022

    116-93

    2021

    137-108

    2020

    146-113

    2019

    133-107

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