NEET PG Exam Pattern 2021 - Marking Scheme, Total Marks & Questions

NEET PG Exam Pattern 2021 - Medical graduates who wish to appear for postgraduate medical entrance examination should be familiar with NEET PG 2021 exam pattern. The National Board of Examinations (NBE) will be conducting the NEET PG entrance exam nationwide in the first week of January. The exam pattern of NEET PG includes details like mode of exam, number of questions, timings, syllabus, etc. to make medical graduates familiar with the exam pattern of the national level entrance exam. NBE will release the information brochure for NEET PG 2021 in the first week of November, this will include all important details pertaining to the entrance exam. NEET PG is conducted once a year in online mode for admission to medical colleges across the nation.

NEET PG Exam Pattern 2021

It is indispensable for candidates to understand NEET PG 2021 exam pattern before beginning to prepare strategies for the entrance exam preparation. The important details pertaining to the exam pattern are given in the points below.

• Exam Date and Mode - NBE will be conducting NEET PG 2021 in the first week of January (tentatively) in computer based mode.

• Language of Exam - The exam will be conducted in English language

• Duration of Exam - The authorities will provide candidates a total of 3 hours 30 minutes in order to answer the entrance examination

• Types of questions and total marks- NEET PG 2021 will consist of objective type questions and the maximum marks is 1200

• Total number of questions - As per the exam pattern of NEET PG the question paper will carry 300 questions in total. These questions will be divided into three sections.

• Number of questions from each section - Medical graduates can check the table below for section wise distribution of questions.

Distribution of Questions (Section-wise)

• Marking Scheme - Candidates need to note that as per NEET PG exam pattern 2021 there will be negative marking in the examination. Refer to the table below for marking scheme

NEET PG 2021 - Marking Scheme

• Syllabus - According to the exam pattern of NEET PG 2021, the syllabus for the examination will include all the subjects that were taught during MBBS. These subjects include Pre-Clinical, Para-Clinical and Clinical.

• Exam day schedule - The table given below gives exam day schedule of NEET PG 2021

NEET PG 2021 - Exam Day Schedule

• Questions for review - The NEET PG 2021 exam pattern suggests that candidates will be provided with the option to mark any attempted or unattempted question for review, while giving the examination. By doing this candidate will be provided with the provision of going through these questions once again before the end of the examination and answer them. It is to be noted that the questions marked for review will be evaluated as per NEET PG 2021 marking scheme mentioned above.

• Subject-wise weightage - The table given below gives subject-wise weightage of questions in NEET PG 2021

NEET PG 2021 Subject-wise weightage

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