NEET Passing Marks 2026 - Qualifying Marks for General, OBC, SC & ST Category

NEET Passing Marks 2026 - Qualifying Marks for General, OBC, SC & ST Category

Deep PathakUpdated on 07 Nov 2025, 05:18 PM IST

The NEET passing marks 2026 is the minimum marks that a student must secure in the exam to pass the exam. Only such candidates who secure the NEET passing marks are considered eligible for the counselling. The passing marks in NEET out of 720 will be released by the NTA along with the result in the form of cutoff. The complete details of NEET passing marks 2026 can be checked below in this article.

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  1. What are NEET passing marks?
  2. NEET passing marks 2026
  3. How to check NEET 2026 passing marks?
  4. Difference between NEET passing marks and admission cutoff
  5. NEET passing marks: previous year trends
  6. Factors affecting the NEET passing marks
NEET Passing Marks 2026 - Qualifying Marks for General, OBC, SC & ST Category
NEET Passing Marks 2026 - Qualifying Marks for General, OBC, SC & ST Category

What are NEET passing marks?

NEET passing marks mean the minimum marks that a candidate must score to qualify the exam. If a candidate scores more or equal to the passing marks, only then he/she is considered “Qualified” in NEET 2026. Students should know that passing marks in NEET varies for different categories.

NEET passing marks 2026

The passing marks in NEET out of 720 will be released by the NTA. The NTA will release the NEET cutoff marks in the result notice, which mentions the qualifying cutoff marks. The qualifying cutoff marks released along with the NEET 2026 result are the passing marks.

How to check NEET 2026 passing marks?

To check the passing marks of NEET 2026, candidates need to follow the steps given below.

  • Go to the official website of NTA, nta.nic.in

  • Click on the NEET 2026 portal and under the notification section, select “NEET 2026 result”

  • The pdf notification of NEET result will appear on the screen

  • Check the cutoff section provided in the result notification

  • The lowest cutoff marks are the NEET 2026 passing marks

Difference between NEET passing marks and admission cutoff

Passing marks

Cut-off marks

Minimum score required to qualify for counselling

Minimum score needed to actually get a MBBS/BDS seat

Declared by NTA

Different for every state/college

Same for everyone

Changes state-wise and college-wise

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NEET passing marks: previous year trends

For a brief understanding of students about how the NEET passing marks have varied in the last few years, the previous year’s data is provided below.

Passing marks in NEET out of 720: Last 5 years

Year

UR

OBC/SC/ST

2025

144 marks

113 marks

2024

162 marks

127 marks

2023

137 marks

107 marks

2022

117 marks

93 marks

2021

138 marks

108 marks

Factors affecting the NEET passing marks

NEET passing marks do not remain fixed every year. Only the qualifying percentile is fixed and based on the NEET result, the equivalent marks to the percentile are declared by the NTA. The passing marks in NEET can be influenced by these factors:

Difficulty level of the question paper

If the NEET question paper is tough, the passing marks will go down. However, If the paper is easy, there are high chances that more students will score high, eventually pushing the passing marks on the higher side.

Total number of candidates appeared

Every year lakhs of students appear for the NEET UG. The more students appear in the exam, the higher the competition becomes. A large number of students appearing in NEET makes the passing marks go on the higher side.

Overall performance of candidates

If the majority of students who appear in the exam score good, the passing marks increases and vice versa.

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firstly, for NEET the main requirements are ur own details.. ur name, ur dob, photo, signature and identity proof.. if ur mother's name is slightly different on ur 10th marksheet and her aadhar card, it usually doesnt create any issue during NEET admission or registration as well.. however if there is a major difference then u should consider getting the aadhar updated to avoid confusion during counselling or document verification

If you are not prepared for NEET with only a month left, skip this attempt and plan calmly for next year or explore other PCB(PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY) options like pharmacy, nursing, biotech or psychology. Think about which subjects you will enjoy and what kind of work suitable for you like patient-care, lab work, lab research. If you explore these areas, it will help you to find your real interest.

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Cracking Neet in 5 months is tough, but not impossible. You must revise the subjects daily, practice lots of PYQ and work on your weak areas. At lastly keep confidence and believe in yourself.

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The sample paper PDF can help NEET 2026 candidates better prepare.  These NEET 2026 sample papers, which cover questions from physics, chemistry, and biology, adhere to the most recent exam format.  Students can learn about question kinds, chapter-wise weighting, and difficulty level by solving the question paper, which also provides them with exam-like practice.

To get the sample papers, you can visit our site through following link:

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-sample-paper

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