NEET Exam Pattern 2025 (Revised): Exam Duration & Questions (Reduced), Marking Scheme, Total Marks, Subjects
The NTA has changed the NEET 2025 exam pattern, removing optional questions and cutting the overall from 200 to 180. The duration of the exam is 180 minutes (three hours), reduced from 200 minutes. The change brings back the pattern to pre-COVID design by dropping Section B. The mode of examination, mandatory subject-wise questions (45 each in Physics and Chemistry, 90 in Biology), and marking scheme are unchanged. Candidates will try 180 mandatory questions in 180 minutes.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has updated the NEET 2025 exam pattern. The optional questions have been removed, bringing down the total number of questions from 200 to 180. The duration of the exam has therefore been reduced from 200 minutes to 180 minutes, or three hours. The exam mode, subject-wise compulsory questions, and marking scheme, however, remain the same. NTA has now confirmed that the exam pattern would go back to the pre-COVID pattern and eliminate Section B and the respective optional questions and additional time. This implies candidates will now write 180 compulsory questions (45 each in Physics and Chemistry and 90 in Biology) in the 180-minute time duration.
Also Check: NEET Syllabus 2025
NEET Exam Pattern 2025: Highlights
Know the details of the NEET 2025 exam pattern in the table below.
Particulars | Details |
| Mode of the examination | Offline |
| Duration of the examination | Three hours |
| Exam timing | 2 PM to 5 PM (as per Indian Standard Time) |
| Type of questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Total number of Questions | 180 |
| Total Marks | 720 |
| Negative marking | Yes |
| Marking Scheme | +4 for each correct answer -1 for each incorrect answer 0 for unattempted questions |
| Total sections in the question paper | 4 (45 questions for each subject) |
| NEET Subjects | Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany + Zoology) |
| NEET Question Paper Mediums or Languages | 13 - English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam |
Changes to NEET 2025 Exam Pattern
Here is an overview of the changes introduced in the NEET exam pattern and structure 2025, which reverted to the pattern and structure of pre-pandemic times.
- All 180 questions are now compulsory, as the 20 optional questions have been removed.
- The exam duration has been reduced to 180 minutes (3 hours), down from 200 minutes (3 hours and 20 minutes).
- Each subject now has a single section of 45 compulsory questions, removing the previous division into Section A and Section B with optional questions.
NEET Marking Scheme
The table below shows the marking scheme of NEET.
Response Type | Marks awarded |
| Correct answer | +4 |
| Incorrect answer | -1 |
| Question with more than one response | -1 |
| Unanswered question | 0 |
| Extra attempted question | 0 |
NEET 2025 Subject-Wise Weightage
The table below details the NEET exam structure, including sections, subjects, subject-wise weightage, and mark distribution.
Subject | Number of Questions | Marks |
| Physics | 45 | 180 |
| Chemistry | 45 | 180 |
| Botany | 45 | 180 |
| Zoology | 45 | 180 |
| Total | 180 | 720 |
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