Windows 2016

NEET II

The Central Board of Secondary Education will be conducting National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-II (NEET) for admission in undergraduate MBBS or Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) courses in medical or dental colleges run with the approval of Medical Council of India or Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Who can apply for NEET-II

• left out candidates who could not register in AIPMT-2016 or NEET-I
• Candidates who were registered in AIPMT-2016/NEET-I but could not appear in NEET-I
• Candidates who were registered in AIPMT-2016/NEET-I and had appeared but have apprehension that they had not prepared well subject to submission of an undertaking to give up their candidature for NEET-I

Eligibility

• Indian nationals and Overseas Citizens of India are eligible for appearing in the NEET-II
• The candidate must have completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before December 31, 2016 of the year of his/her admission. For candidates seeking admission under 15 per cent all India quota seats in Medical/Dental Colleges run by the Union of India, State Government, Municipal and other local authorities in India except in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana is 25 years maximum as on December 31, 2016. This upper age limit shall be relaxed by a period of five years for the candidates of SC/ST/OBC
• The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Bio-technology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50 per cent marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Bio-technology at the qualifying exam
• In respect of candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-technology taken together in qualifying exam be 40 per cent instead of 50 per cent for General candidates
• For persons with locomotory disability of lower limbs, the minimum of 45 per cent marks for General physically handicapped (PH) and 40 per cent marks for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH are required. Those who are appearing in Class XII exam in 2016 can also appear for the entrance test provisionally subject to their fulfilling the conditions later
• Candidates from the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and J&K are not eligible for 15 per cent All India Quota seats, as these States had opted out of All India Scheme since its inception. However, they are eligible to appear in NEET-II for admission in private medical/dental colleges or any private/deemed university and AFMC, Pune

Exam Pattern

The will be one paper containing 180 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology) to be answered on the specially designed machine-gradable sheet using ball point pen provided by CBSE at centre only. The duration of test would be three hours. Candidates can opt for question paper either in English or in Hindi. The question papers for the test shall be based on a common syllabus notified by the Medical Council of India.

Important dates

The AIPMT - 2016 or NEET- I was conducted on May 1, 2016. NEET-II will be conducted on July 24, 2016 (Sunday). The last date for applying is June 25, 2016.  The admit cards will be uploaded on website on July 8, 2016.