NEET 2018 Analysis and Expected Cutoff by Allen Kota

Sreetama Datta, 06 May 2018, #NEET

NEET 2018 Analysis and Expected Cutoff by Allen Kota - Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on May 6, 2018, in 2255 exam centres across 136 cities in India. As many as 13,26,725 candidates have applied for NEET 2018. NEET is an exam of three-hour duration (10 AM to 1 PM), which was conducted in offline mode. As soon as the exam would be over, candidates will be keen to know NEET 2018 analysis and expected cutoff. Once candidates have seen the NEET question-paper analysis, they must note the expected NEET cut off which will indicate the marks they need to score to ensure their admissions in MBBS/BDS. Careers360 brings NEET 2018 analysis and expected cutoff by Allen Kota, where experts from this coaching institute have shared the detailed analysis of the biggest medical entrance test in terms of overall and sectional difficulty level, topics, minimum qualifying percentile and cutoff trends etc.
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The difficulty level of NEET 2018 is expected to range from medium to tough. Before taking a look at the NEET paper analysis and expected cutoff 2018 by Allen Kota, let us take a look at the detailed exam pattern of NEET 2018.

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NEET 2018 Exam Pattern

Sections	Number of Questions	Marks
Physics	45	180
Chemistry	45	180
Biology	90	360
Total	180	720

There is negative marking scheme of one mark for each wrong answer.

Now we bring to you NEET 2018 analysis by Allen Kota.

NEET Paper Analysis 2018 – Physics

Difficulty Level	XI	XI	XI	XII	XII	XII	Total
Difficulty Level	Mechanics	Thermal Physics	SHM & Waves	Electrodynamics	Optics	Modern & Electronics	Total
Easy	5	1	1	6	4	2	19
Medium	8	2	2	2	1	4	19
Difficult	1	2	0	3	0	1	7
Total	14	5	3	11	5	7	45

According to Allen Kota experts, 51 percent of the questions were from Class XII syllabus last year. The overall difficulty level of the section was medium. Almost 31% of the questions were asked from Mechanics topic while the least number of questions were from SHM and Waves.

NEET Paper Analysis 2018 – Chemistry

Difficulty Level	XI	XI	XI	XII	XII	XII	Total
Difficulty Level	Organic	Inorganic	Physical	Organic	Inorganic	Physical	Total
Easy	3	2	5	4	0	2	16
Medium	1	6	4	4	6	1	22
Difficult	2	0	1	1	1	2	7
Total	6	8	10	9	7	5	45

As per the experts, 53% of the questions came from the Class XII syllabus. The difficulty level of maximum questions was medium level followed by easy level questions. Equla number of questions were asked from each section.

NEET Analysis 2018 – Biology (Botany)

Difficulty Level	XI	XI	XI	XI	XI	XI	XII	XII	XII	Total
Difficulty Level	Plant Diversity	Plant Anatomy	Plant Morphology	Cell Biology & Cell Division	Bio Molecule	Plant Physiology	Plant Reproduction	Genetics + BioTechnology	Ecology	Total
Easy	2	3	2	1	0	3	3	9	3	26
Medium	5	1	0	4	1	3	2	7	8	31
Difficult	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Total	8	4	2	5	1	7	5	16	11	59

Majority of the questions were asked from Genetics + Biotechnology followed by Plant Physiology. Bio Molecule and Biology in Human Welfare wasn't included this year while the section bio molecule carried least number of questions.

NEET Analysis 2018 – Biology (Zoology)

Difficulty Level	XI	XI	XI	XII	XII	XII	Total
Difficulty Level	Animal Diversity	Structural organisation in animal	Human Physiology	Human Reproduction & Reproductive Health	Origin & Evolution	Human Health & Diseases	Total
Easy	2	1	8	3	3	2	19
Medium	2	0	6	0	0	0	8
Difficult	0	0	1	2	0	1	4
Total	4	1	15	5	3	3	31

Unlike other sections, the Zoology portion carried maximum questions from Class XI syllabus and from Human Physiology topic. Among the two portions, Botany to carried majority of the questions. The difficulty level of the Biology section is foreseen to be on the easier lines by the experts.

NEET 2018 Minimum Qualifying Percentile and Expected Cutoff

Last year, only 6,11,539 candidates out of the 10,90,085 candidates who appeared, could qualify the NEET exam by scoring marks equal to or more than the qualifying percentile requirements of NEET Cut off.

For the unreserved candidates, it was mandatory to score at least 131 marks in NEET 2017 in order to get equal to or above the 50^th percentile. The reserved category candidates had to score at least 107 marks in order to get equal to or above the 40^th percentile. Securing the minimum percentile is a must to get admission in MBBS/BDS colleges of NEET participating colleges.

NEET 2018 Expected Cutoff

NEET is an exam of a total of 720 marks and the marks required to qualify in each category, are mentioned in the table below. The minimum qualification percentile of NEET varies across the different categories of candidates. Allen Kota will release the expected cutoff of NEET 2018 after the exam is offer. Careers360 will provide the NEET 2018 expected cutoff by Allen Kota on this page. Below are the cutoff percentiles which will give an idea of the expected NEET 2018 expected cutoff to test takers who have taken the exam.

NEET Cut off 2017 scores and category-wise qualified candidates

Category	NEET 2017 Qualification Percentile	NEET 2017 Qualifying Score as per qualification percentile (out of 720)	Number of Candidates Qualified
UR	50^th Percentile	131	5,43,473
OBC	40^th Percentile	107	47,382
SC	40^th Percentile	107	14,599
ST	40^th Percentile	107	6,018
UR-PH	45^th Percentile	118	67
OBC-PH	40^th Percentile	107	152
SC-PH	40^th Percentile	107	38
ST-PH	40^th Percentile	107	10

The official NEET 2018 answer key will be declared in the first week of June 2018. The result of NEET 2018 will be declared by June 5, 2018, followed by which NEET 2018 counselling processes will be held from June 12 to 24 for All India Quota seats (first round) and from July 6 to 12 for the second round. The Mop Up Counselling round (Deemed/Central) is scheduled from August 12 to 22, 2018. Approximately 90,000 MBBS and BDS seats admission will take place through NEET 2018.

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