NEET 2021 Latest News: How many times will exam be held? Know here; Check exam date, eligibility criteria, exam pattern and other details before registration process

NEET 2021 latest news: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that the NEET 2021 exam is scheduled to take place on August 1, 2021. The interested candidates  can view the NTA notification by logging in to the official website of NEET at ntaneet.nic.in.

Recently, the Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has also announced that the undergraduate medical entrance exam, NEET will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) only once this year.

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NTA is soon going to release the information bulletin for NEET 2021 on its website, following which the registration process for the exam will begin.

The NEET aspirants who are willing to appear for the 2021 exam must fulfill the necessary eligibility criteria. A candidate must have completed class 12 or any equivalent exam with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology with English from CBSE or any other state board.

The NEET aspirants must note that in NEET 2020, all the questions were multiple choice questions (MCQ)  with four options among which one option is correct.

The NEET 2021 candidates must also keep in mind that each right answer consists of four marks. If an answer is incorrect then one mark will be deducted. In order to answer a question, the candidate has to find the correct answer/ best option for every answer.

Following is the subject-wise marks division for the NEET exam:

Subject                                             Number of questions                                                                 Marks

Physics                                                          45                                                                                    180
Chemistry                                                      45                                                                                    180
Biology (Botany and Zoology)                       90                                                                                     360

The total marks for the NEET exam is 720.

The duration of the NEET exam is three hours.

The NEET exam candidates can opt for Question Paper in any one of the following 11 languages: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

The NEET 2021 aspirants are requested to keep an eye on the website at ntaneet.nic.in for any latest update on the NEET 2021 exam dates.