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    NEET 2025 Passing Marks: Category-wise (OBC, General & SC/ST) Qualifying Marks

    NEET 2025 Passing Marks: Category-wise (OBC, General & SC/ST) Qualifying Marks

    Shamshad Ali DarUpdated on 04 May 2025, 04:51 PM IST

    National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET UG is the single largest medical entrance conducted for admission to medical courses such as MBBS, BDS, nursing and AYUSH courses. To qualify the exam, students need to secure passing marks in NEET out of 720. The NEET passing marks are released by NTA along with the NEET result. The passing marks of NEET are the minimum qualifying marks a candidate must score in order to participate in the counselling process.

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    1. What are the minimum marks required in NEET for MBBS?
    2. NEET passing marks category-wise
    3. Category-wise NEET passing marks out of 720
    4. NEET passing marks for General category
    5. NEET passing marks for OBC category
    6. NEET passing marks for SC category
    7. Determining factors for NEET passing marks 2025
    NEET 2025 Passing Marks: Category-wise (OBC, General & SC/ST) Qualifying Marks
    NEET 2025 Passing Marks

    Candidates who wish to secure a seat in medical colleges will have to score a required NEET cutoff marks 2025. The passing marks in NEET out of 720 would determine whether a candidate is eligible for NEET counselling and later for admissions. Read this article to know more about the NEET passing marks for MBBS, category-wise and other details.

    What are the minimum marks required in NEET for MBBS?

    The NEET passing marks for MBBS are the minimum marks a candidate must secure in order to qualify for MBBS admission. Aspirants should score the required NEET cutoff as set by the authorities. It is crucial for candidates to score NEET passing marks to secure a seat in medical colleges. However, the minimum passing marks in NEET for MBBS vary based on category. As the competition level is so high, a score of 650+ is considered a NEET safe score to secure a seat in MBBS colleges across India.

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    NEET passing marks category-wise

    The NEET cutoff 2025 will be announced along with the NEET results. The NTA determines the NEET qualifying marks for each category. Every year, the NEET cutoff marks vary for all the categories. The category-wise passing marks in NEET out of 720 are given in the table below. Candidates can check the NEET passing marks given below.

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    NEET passing marks category-wise

    Category-wise

    Cutoff percentile

    NEET passing marks 2025

    NEET passing marks 2024

    General

    50th

    To be announced

    720-162

    General-PH

    45th

    To be announced

    161-144

    SC/ST/OBC

    40th

    To be announced

    161-127

    SC/OBC-PH

    40th

    To be announced

    143-127

    ST-PH

    40th


    142-127

    Category-wise NEET passing marks out of 720

    The NTA releases the NEET passing marks category-wise at neet.nta.nic.in along with the declaration of results. The passing marks in NEET 2025 vary for each category. The passing marks of NEET out of 720 for various categories are mentioned below -

    NEET passing marks for General category

    The NEET UG qualifying marks for General category is set at 50th percentile. The NEET passing marks out of 720 will be provided here.

    Year

    NEET passing marks

    2025

    Will be released

    2024

    720-162

    2023

    720-137

    2022

    715-117

    2021

    720-138

    2020

    720-147

    2019

    701-134

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    NEET passing marks for OBC category

    The qualifying marks of NEET for the OBC category is 45th percentile. Candidates can check the passing marks in NEET for OBC here.

    Year

    Passing marks

    2025

    Will be released

    2024

    161-127

    2023

    136-107

    2022

    116-93

    2021

    137-108

    2020

    146-113

    2019

    133-107

    NEET passing marks for SC category

    The NEET 2025 qualifying marks for SC category is 40th percentile. Reserved candidates falling under the same category need to score the required NEET cutoff marks.

    Year

    NEET passing marks

    2025

    Will be released

    2024

    161-127

    2023

    136-107

    2022

    116-93

    2021

    137-108

    2020

    146-113

    2019

    133-107

    Determining factors for NEET passing marks 2025

    The passing marks in NEET out of 720 are affected by the following factors

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