(Changed): NEET Exam Pattern 2025: Duration & Questions (Reduced), Mode (Offline), Total Marks

NEET Exam Pattern 2025 has been prescribed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on its official website which is neet.nta.nic.in. This year, the NEET exam pattern has been changed to the pre COVID format. The NEET exam pattern serves an important purpose in knowing about the exam’s marking scheme, subject wise, type of questions asked, number of questions and all other relevant information. Students aspiring to pursue undergraduate medical and dental courses in India must check out this page to learn about the latest exam pattern of NEET UG exam for effective preparation for the exam.

NEET Exam Pattern 2025

NEET exam pattern 2025 has been changed by NTA as per the latest notice released on 25th January 2025. The exam pattern has been reversed to the pre-COVID era. As per the latest exam pattern, the optional questions have been removed. Instead of 200 questions, there will now be 180 questions. The total duration of NEET 2025 has been reduced from 200 minutes to 180 minutes or three hours now.

According to the notice released, NTA has stated, “Aspirants are hereby informed that the question paper pattern and examination duration will revert to the pre-COVID format. where there will not be any Section B anymore. Hence, there will be a total of 180 compulsory questions (45 questions each in Physics and Chemistry and 90 in Biology) which will be attempted by the candidates in 180 minutes thereby removing any optional questions and extra time introduced due to COVID.”

The exam will have subjects that are Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology. Candidates who wish to appear in NEET 2025 exam to pursue MBBS, BDS, BAMS or any other medical course must be aware of the latest NEET exam pattern to boost their preparation.  NEET is the top medical exam in India that is held only once in a year. Know about NEET question type, marking scheme, duration of exam, medium of exam and more. 

⇒ NEET Application Form 2025

NEET Exam Pattern 2025 Overview

Here is an overview of the NEET exam pattern 2025. This gives you a brief of the subject wise number of questions, marking scheme, questions asked and more. 

NEET UG Exam Pattern 2025: Check Revised Notice 

Given below is the revised NEET UG exam pattern 2025. Candiadtes can check the official notice that was released by the NTA. 

NEET Marking Scheme 2025: Negative Marking Scheme 

One must go through the NEET syllabus to know the important topics for the exam. NEET aspirants should go through the NEET 2025 marking scheme to understand how they will be marked.  

• For every correct answer you will be awarded 4 marks.
• For every incorrect answer marked by you, 1 mark will be deducted.
• No marks will be awarded or deducted for an unanswered question. 
• If more than one answer has been marked for a question, then there will be a penalty of 1 mark. 

The table below summarizes the marking scheme of NEET UG 2025.

Check important NEET Exam related pages: 

How to calculate the NEET 2025 score using NEET Exam Pattern?

Candidates can use the following formula to calculate their expected NEET 2025 score after the release of the NEET answer key 2025. As you that a correct answer will fetch you 4 marks while an incorrect answer will lead to a negative marking of 1. Hence the formula to calculate NEET exam marks is as follows: 

Note: Candidates must note that the above exam pattern of NEET has been written from the previous paper pattern. Any update in the NEET exam pattern for the 2025 session will be updated on this page after the release of information brochure.

Language Options in NEET Exam Pattern 2025

NEET 2025 exam is held in 13 languages all over India. Hindi, English and Urdu languages are held in all centres. However, in vernacular language, the centre will be allocated as per the state where the language is spoken. The list of languages available in NEET exam are as follows:

NEET Registrations of Previous Year: Language wise

In the NEET registration 2023 (last year) exam, candidates had registered in the medium of language as provided by the NTA. Check the following table to learn about the previous year’s language-wise NEET registration