NEET full form: National Eligibility cum Entrance Test

How to say it: as a word, not letter by letter.

NEET stands for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test. "Cum" is a Latin word meaning "with" or "combined with": the test both decides eligibility and serves as the entrance examination.

What it is for

NEET (UG) is the single national entrance examination for undergraduate medical education in India. Admission to MBBS and BDS courses, and to several other courses such as BAMS and BHMS, is made on the basis of its rank. It replaced the many separate entrance tests that states and colleges used to hold. A separate examination, NEET PG, is used for admission to postgraduate medical courses.

Who conducts it

NEET (UG) is conducted by the National Testing Agency, NTA. The syllabus is drawn from physics, chemistry and biology of classes 11 and 12.

Words you will meet with NEET

• MBBS: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.
• BDS: Bachelor of Dental Surgery.
• NTA: National Testing Agency.
• NMC: National Medical Commission, the regulator of medical education.
• AIQ: All India Quota, the share of seats filled through central counselling.
• MCC: Medical Counselling Committee, which conducts that counselling.
• OMR: Optical Mark Recognition, the kind of answer sheet used.

Check the official source

The number of questions, the marking scheme, the age and attempt rules, the fee and the dates are announced afresh for each year's examination in the official information bulletin. Read the bulletin for your year on the official NTA website; do not rely on older articles or coaching leaflets.

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