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    NEET PG Total Marks 2026: Passing Marks, Marking Scheme, How to Calculate Score

    NEET PG Total Marks 2026: Passing Marks, Marking Scheme, How to Calculate Score

    Deep PathakUpdated on 24 Sep 2026, 02:38 PM IST

    The National Board of Examinations (NBE) is the authority to set this NEET PG total marks. The total marks in NEET PG exam are 720. The NEET PG total marks are distributed equally among the 180 questions with 4 marks allotted for each question. The NBE also specifies the NEET PG pass marks which need to be secured by the candidates in order to pass the postgraduate medical entrance exam.

    This Story also Contains

    1. NEET PG pass marks
    2. NEET PG 2026 cut-off marks- Category-wise
    3. NEET PG 2026 exam pattern
    NEET PG Total Marks 2026: Passing Marks, Marking Scheme, How to Calculate Score
    NEET PG Total marks

    "What is the qualifying percentile in NEET PG 2026?", “What are the pass marks for NEET PG?” and “What marks are enough out of total marks of NEET PG for admission in government colleges” are the questions related to the pre and post-phase of the entrance examination. For NEET PG preparation, aspirants can use the NEET PG 2026 total score to analyse the subject/topic-wise distribution of marks. Read the full article to know comprehensively about the total marks in NEET PG.

    NEET PG pass marks

    The NEET PG qualifying marks for general and EWS category candidates is the 50th percentile. While for SC/ST/OBC, including the PwBD categories of these, is 40th percentile. For general PwBD aspirants, the NEET PG qualifying marks are 45th percentile.

    The NEET PG cutoff for 2026 session for the general/EWS category is 262, for General PwBD is 244, while for SC/ ST/ OBC (including the PwBD) category is 226 marks.

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    NEET PG 2026 cut-off marks- Category-wise

    The NEET PG cutoff 2026 for all categories is released with the declaration of the result on the official website nbe.edu.in. Candidates can check the NEET PG cut-off from the below table.

    NEET PG cutoff 2026

    CategoryMinimum Qualifying/Eligibility Criteria

    Cut-Off Scores (Out of 720)

    General/EWS50th percentile262
    General PwBD45th percentile244
    SC/ST/OBC (Including PwBD of SC/ST/OBC)40th percentile226
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    NEET PG 2026 exam pattern

    Medical aspirants wishing to pursue medical courses should know the NEET PG exam pattern to boost their preparation efforts. The exam pattern of NEET PG 2026 gives details of the type of exam, mode of paper, language, duration, question type, marking scheme, and NEET PG total marks distribution more. Candidates can go through the examination pattern of NEET PG exam total marks 2026 from the table below.

    NEET PG 2026 paper pattern

    Particulars

    Details

    NEET PG exam date

    August 30, 2026

    Exam mode

    Online CBT mode

    NEET PG exam timings

    3 hours 30 minutes

    Language/Medium

    English only

    Question type

    Multiple Choice Questions

    Total number of questions in NEET PG

    180 Questions

    NEET PG maximum marks

    720 Marks

    Marking Scheme

    4 marks for each correct answer

    1 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer

    NEET PG 2026 login official website

    nbe.edu.in


    Steps to calculate the total marks in NEET PG exam

    Aspirants should know that no NEET PG answer key is released due to the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). As per the NDA of NEET PG, candidates are not allowed to share the content or questions asked in the exam. Therefore, no official answer key for NEET PG 2026 is released. However, the unofficial NEET PG 2026 answer key which is released by coaching institutes based on the memory based paper can be used to evaluate the marks in NEET PG 2026. The official NEET PG result 2026 is announced at the official website, nbe.edu.in.

    Using the unofficial NEET PG answer key 2026 candidates can follow the below steps to get an estimate of their marks in NEET PG 2026.

    • Step 1 - Count the number of correctly answered questions and multiply that number by 4

    • Step 2 - Count the number of incorrect answers marked and multiply that number by 1

    • Step 3 - Subtract the resultant of the step 2 from step 1 to get the NEET PG score 2026

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    NEET PG marking scheme

    Type of Response

    Marks

    Correct response

    +4 marks

    Incorrect response

    -1 mark

    No response marked

    0 mark

    Answer with more than one response marked

    -1 mark

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What are the NEET PG total marks?
    A:

    NEET PG total marks are the maximum marks for which the question paper is set. The total NEET PG marks are 720.

    Q: What are the NEET PG qualifying marks?
    A:

    The NEET PG qualifying marks are the minimum marks that a candidate needs to score to qualify the exam. The NEET PG qualifying marks are different for different category. 

    Q: How many marks are required for NEET PG 2026?
    A:

    For the general category candidates, a minimum of 50 percentile marks are required for NEET PG 2026.

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    Questions related to NEET PG

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    Have a question related to NEET PG ?

    Hello Aspirant,

    For NEET PG 2026, the exam was held on 30 August 2026, with a re-examination for affected candidates on 5 September 2026.

    The exact result date has not yet been officially announced by NBEMS. Based on the current schedule, candidates should expect the result in September 2026, but

    Hey there,

    At a NEET-PG rank of ~3,500, DNB Radiodiagnosis is absolutely worth considering. The key is to compare the specific DNB hospital/training environment with the MD Radiodiagnosis options you can obtain—not to treat all DNB Radio Diagnosis seats as equivalent.

    For context, the 2025 DNB Radio Diagnosis closing rank

    Hello Aspirant,

    Yes. If you are looking for a book/guide covering NEET PG colleges across India, including MD/MS seats, fees, marks/cut-offs and counselling information, Careers360 provides NEET PG counselling resources and college-predictor reports.

    • You can check the NEET PG College Predictor here: Careers360 NEET PG College Predictor

    If you specifically

    Hey there,

    Yes. If you mean the official NEET PG 2025 MCC All India Quota cutoff/allotment lists, MCC has published the results for Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3.

    • Round 1: Final allotment result is available.
    • Round 2: MCC has published the Round 2 result and schedule.
    • Round 3:

    MD Dermatology is one of the most competitive branches in NEET PG. In the 2025 counselling, government medical colleges generally required a very good NEET PG rank.

    For the General category under All India Quota, some examples of 2025 closing ranks were:

    Government Medical College, Kozhikode – around 20

    VMMC