In terms of difficulty level, NEET 2018 was slightly easier than the last year’s paper. Most questions were not time-consuming. There were similarities between the weightage of marks in this paper, and the Class XII syllabus.
Physics was the toughest section. It was lengthy. There were many calculation-based questions.
Chemistry was the moderate section amongst the three. This section was not lengthy. Most questions were based on simple concepts.
Biology was the easiest section and not lengthy. This section was easier than last year and had very few application-based questions. Most of them were directly from NCERT and were concept-based.
Most students found the paper moderate and expected marks in the range of 350-400.
— Rajshekhar Ratrey, VP Educational Content,Toppr.com
NEET 2018 was easy to moderate with 170 questions based on NCERT and only 10 questions were found tricky. Minimum marks expected to qualify NEET for any college is 135 plus-minus 5. Students opting for Government colleges would require 510 plus-minus 5. Out of the total 180 questions, 110 questions were found easy; 45 were of moderate difficulty level and 25 were difficult.
Biology was found to be the easiest of all, Chemistry was easy to moderate while students found Physics to be the toughest.
— Prof Uday Nath Mishra, Chief Academic Officer, BasicFirst