The NEET exam was held on May 6. Here’s a dissection of the paper by experts to help aspirants find how they may have fared
The pattern of the NEET-2018 is same as introduced in the last year NEET. Overall, the question paper was on the lines of CBSE-NEET prescribed pattern. This year students, who were well versed with NCERT, must have performed well in the NEET exam. Here’s subject wise analysis.
Biology: Most of the questions were based on the statements given in NCERT but some questions deviated from NCERT. The number of questions from Class XI was comparatively more than that of Class XII. If the student had read the NCERT well, he must have fared well in the NEET exam. The paper was assemblage of easy, average and difficult questions. A few questions required analytical approach. Overall, the biology question paper was on the expected lines.
Chemistry: The paper had questions from the NCERT. However, a few questions were beyond NCERT, such as molecular orbital configuration of heteroatomic molecules and reverse hyperconjugation. All questions were concept based and no memory-based question was present. Number of questions covered from Class XI and Class XII were 25 and 20 respectively. One question from Organic Chemistry had more than one correct option. In Inorganic portion, most of the questions were from NCERT. In Physical Chemistry, numericals were on the easier side without lengthy calculations. In Organic portion, multi-conceptual questions were asked keeping it little tricky.
Physics: Most of the paper was NCERT based. There were both types of questions theoretical as well as numerical. Nearly 80% part of the paper was numerical which is little surprising with respect to Physics. Some questions had long calculations. The number of questions from Classes XI and XII part were almost equal 21 and 24 respectively. Some theoretical questions were difficult. As expected majority questions were from rotational motion current electricity, Ray and wave optics.
— The writer is Aakash Chaudhary, director Aakash Institute