NEET 2020 Exam Pattern

Mode of exam

NTA will conduct NEET 2020 in offline (pen-paper based) mode. Candidates will be answering on a specially designed machine-gradable sheet (which will be provided at the exam centre) using a ballpoint pen.

Subjects

The NEET 2020 will assess the candidate's knowledge of subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology).

Type of Questions

Objective type of questions. (MCQs with Four Options)

No. of Questions

The NEET 2020 paper will have a total of 180 objective type questions.

Duration of test

Candidates will be provided 3 hours to attempt NEET 2020.

Total marks

Each question will carry 4 marks, thus the NEET 2020 examination paper will be set for a total of (180*4= 720) marks.

Options/Question

Every question will be provided with four options (out of which 1 will be the correct answer).

Marking

Correct answer: +4

Negative Marking

Wrong answer: -1

Unanswered

0 marks.

Language

11 languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Oriya, Urdu, Marathi and Telugu.

Physics

45

180

Chemistry

45

180

Zoology

45

180

Botany

45

180

1

Roll Number

2

Name of the candidate

3

Father’s Name

4

Centre Number

5

Name of the Exam Centre

6

Signature of the candidate

1

Roll Number

2

Centre Number

3

Test Booklet Number

4

Test Booklet Code

5

Question 001 to 180

Mechanics

13

52

Electrodynamics

10

40

Modern Physics

8

32

Optics

5

20

Heat and Thermodynamics

5

20

SHM & Waves

4

16

Power

1

4

Power Calculation in AC

1

4

Charging and discharging in the capacitor

1

4

Banking in a circular motion

1

4

Horizontal Circular Motion

1

4

Vertical Circular Motion

1

4

Electrical Instruments

1

4

Power Calculation

1

4

Electromagnetic Waves

1

4

Coulomb’s Law in Electrostatics

2

8

Archimedes Principle in Fluid Mechanics

1

4

Magnification in Gravitation

1

4

Escape Velocity

1

4

Gravitation Potential

1

4

Conductivity

1

4

Radiations

1

4

Refrigeration

1

4

Magnetic Field

2

8

Magnetic Properties

1

4

Solenoid in Magnetic Effects of Current

1

4

Vector Algebra in Mathematical Tools

2

8

Newton Law of Motion in mechanics

1

4

The Rectilinear Motion

1

4

Bohr Model of atom

1

4

De Broglie’s Principle

1

4

Photoelectric Effect in modern physics

1

4

Centre of Mass in Rigid Body Dynamics

1

4

Inertia

1

4

Torque

1

4

Circuit Problems in Semiconductor

1

4

Logic Gates of Semiconductor Devices

1

4

The Transistors

1

4

String Waves in SHM

1

4

Doppler Effect of Sound Waves

1

4

Resonance Tube in Sound Waves

1

4

Adiabatic Processes in thermodynamics

1

4

The Calorimetry

1

4

Kinetic Theory of Gases in thermodynamics

1

4

Diffraction in waves

1

4

Young’s Double Slit Experiment of wave optics

1

4

Grand total

45

180

Inorganic Chemistry- I

8

32

Inorganic Chemistry- II

8

32

Organic Chemistry- I

3

12

Organic Chemistry- II

13

52

Physical Chemistry- I

7

28

Physical Chemistry- II

6

24

Inorganic chemistry

15

60

Chemical Bonding

4

16

coordination compounds

1

4

D-Block elements

1

4

Hydrogen gas

1

4

Metallurgy process

1

4

P-Block elements

4

16

Periodic Table of chemistry

3

12

Organic chemistry

16

64

Alcohol compounds

1

4

Aldehydes and Ketones compounds

2

8

Amines

1

4

Biomolecules

3

12

Chemistry in everyday life

2

8

Ether compounds

1

4

GOC

1

4

Hydrocarbon in organic

2

8

Isomerism of compounds

2

8

Polymers and uses

1

4

Physical chemistry

14

56

Structure of atom

1

4

Chemical Equilibrium

1

4

Chemical Kinetics

2

8

Electrochemistry

1

4

Gaseous State of matter

1

4

Ionic Equilibrium in chemistry

1

4

Solid State of matter

2

8

Solution and its colligative properties

2

8

Surface Chemistry

1

4

Thermodynamics

2

8

Grand Total

45

180

Biological Classification

3

12

Cell Biology

4

16

Ecology

6

24

Genetics

5

20

Living World

1

4

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

6

24

Morphology

1

4

Morphology of flowering plants

1

4

Plant Anatomy

3

12

Plant Kingdom

6

24

Plant Morphology

2

8

Reproduction in Flowering Plant

5

20

Animal Kingdom

3

12

Animal Morphology

1

4

Animal Physiology

1

4

Biomolecules

4

16

Biotechnology

3

12

Evolution

1

4

Human Health and Disease

3

12

Human Physiology

16

64

Human Reproduction

1

4

Microbes in Human Welfare

3

12

Reproductive Health

2

8

2

8

General Knowledge in Animal Diversity

1

4

Circulatory System in animals

1

4

Digestive System of animals

2

8

Respiratory System of animals

2

8

The Animal Kingdom

4

16

Amino Acids in

1

4

Carbohydrate in

1

4

Lipids

1

4

Application of Biotechnology

1

4

DNA Fingerprinting in

2

8

Operon Model in

1

4

Plasmid

1

4

Chain Reaction

1

4

Endocrine Glands in system

3

12

Analogous Organs in evolution

1

4

Homologous Organs

1

4

Origin of Life

1

4

Theory of Evolution

1

4

The disease of cancer

1

4

Immunology from disease

3

12

Nervous System in Human Physiology

1

4

Respiratory System in Human Physiology

2

8

Biological Classification of Living World

1

4

Microbes useful to human welfare

2

8

The Water Pollution

1

4

Reproduction in female

2

8

Reproduction in human

2

8

Reproductive Health

2

8

Structural Organization of Animal

1

4

Division of cell

2

8

The Cell Organelles

1

4

Cell Biology

1

4

Cell Cycle

1

4

Cell Cycle and division

1

4

Cell: The unit of life

1

4

Cell basics

1

4

Biological Classification in living world

1

4

Kingdom of plants

5

20

Biodiversity and Conservation

3

12

Ecosystem

2

8

Issues of environment

1

4

Organism and Population: ecology

1

4

molecular basis of inheritance in genetics

1

4

Principle of Inheritance and variation

4

16

Mineral Nutrition in plants

1

4

The process of Photosynthesis

5

20

growth and development of plants

1

4

Genetics

1

4

Sexual Reproduction in flowering plants

5

20

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

2

8

Plants Morphology

4

16

Grand Total

90

360

General Category

50%

360

Reserved Category (OBC, SC & ST)

40%

288

General Category - PH

45%

324

Reserved Category - PH

40%

288