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Will NEET UG 2026 Exam Dates be Announced in January?

The release of the City Intimation Slip can be expected in late April. Authorities usually release the city slip 10-15 days before the exam. 

The Admit Card is generally released 3 to 5 days before the exam.

No, candidates do not need it for the application; it is only required during the counseling/admission stage.

A gap certificate is a self-attested affidavit explaining the break in your studies after Class 12. 

• NTA has removed Section B (optional questions).
• The paper now consists of 180 compulsory MCQs (45 Physics, 45 Chemistry, 90 Biology).

Candidate’s aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (PCB) must be:

• General: 50%
• OBC/SC/ST: 40%
• PwD: 45%

It is not strictly mandatory. However, NTA strongly advises using Aadhaar for faster OTP-based identity verification. Ensure your Aadhaar details match your Class 10 certificate.

• The photo must have 80% face visibility (ears clearly visible).
• The photo must be on a white background.
• It is mandatory to have the Candidate's Name and Date of Taking the Photo printed at the bottom.

Candidates can select three cities as their preferred exam centers, based on their permanent or current address.

Through the correction window candidates are allowed to fix errors in your category, choice of exam city, and uploaded images.

NTA usually opens a Correction Window after closing the application submission, allowing candidates to fix errors.

NEET 2026 UIG Applications must be submitted online through the official NTA website:

• exams.nta.ac.in/NEET
• neet.nta.nic.in 

Online registration is likely to begin in the first week of February 2026 and remain open until the first week of March 2026. Candidates are advised to visit the official portal regularly for latest notifications. 

Candidates are advised to reach the center by 11:30 AM for security checks.

The exam is typically held in a single shift from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (IST).

Based on the previous trends, NEET UG 2026 is expected to be conducted on May 3, 2026 (the first Sunday of May).

Zoology Questions will be divided into two sections A and B. 

• Section A - 30 Marks
• Section B- 10 Marks.

Botany Questions will be divided into two sections A and B. 

• Section A - 30 Marks
• Section B- 10 Marks.

Botany Questions will be divided into two sections A and B. 

• Section A - 30 Marks
• Section B- 10 Marks.

Chemistry Questions will be divided into two sections A and B. 

• Section A - 30 Marks
• Section B- 10 Marks.

Physics Questions will be divided into two sections A and B. 

• Section A - 30 Marks
• Section B- 10 Marks.

No, there is no negative marking for unanswered questions. Candidates will be allotted “0” marks for unanswered questions. 

Yes, the NEET UG 2026 Registration/Application fees varies according to their category.

Candidates will calculate their final score through this formula: Total=(Correct×4)−(Incorrect×1)

Candidates are strictly advised to retain copies of their NEET UG Confirmation page, Admit Card, and Score Card.

The choice of exam cities will be displayed on the candidates’s permanent and present address filled during the online NEET UG 2026 application form.

Candidates are advised to use the same photograph for uploading during the application form filling, at the examination centre, and during the counselling process. 

No, any request to change the question paper medium, examination centre, date and time provided in the NEET 2026 UG Admit Card will not be entertained. Therefore, candidates are advised to submit their application form after carefully reviewing. 

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NTA has provided additional platforms for candidates to download their documents such as confirmation page, Admit Card, and Score Card.

NEET 2026 UG candidates are not required to send/submit any document(s) including Confirmation Page to NTA through Post/ Fax/WhatsApp/Email/by Hand.

The entire process of NEET 2026 UG will be online. This includes uploading of documents and payment of fees as well. 

Forms of candidates with incomplete payment will be rejected and no correspondence on this account will be entertained. 

Information provided by candidates, such as contact details, address, details, details of parents/guardian, category details, PwD status, and education details will be considered as final. No request for change in the particulars will not be considered by NTA.

A copy of the Confirmation Page, Scanned OMR, and Score Card of NEET (UG) – 2025 will be sent to the registered email address of the Candidates.

• Candidates must ensure that they have provided the correct e-mail address and mobile number.
• When Candidates register, they have to enter the OTP received on their registered Mobile Number.
• Before submitting the fees, they have to enter the OTP received on their registered e-mail address.

• NTA has released the syllabus PDF online
• An advisory has been issued advising students to update their documents before the NEET UG 2026 Registration and Application process starts.

If a candidate fails to provide the required documents, they will not be able to complete their NEET 2026 UG Application Form submission.

While filling the NEET 2026 UG Application Form candidate will require to upload the following documents:

• Aadhaar Card 
• Category Certificate for EWS/ SC/ ST/ OBC-NCL (If Applied)
• UDID Card for Persons with Disabilities (PwD)
• Scanned Image of Passport size photograph
• Scanned Image of Signature
• Scanned Image of their Left and right-hand fingers and thumb impression
• Category Certificate (if Required)
• Class 10 or equivalent Pass Certificate
• Class 10 or equivalent Mark Sheet
• Class 10 or equivalent CGPA to percentage Conversion Certificate
• Identity Proof Citizenship certificate
• Address Proof (Present and Permanent)
• Person With Benchmark Disability (PwBD) Certificate Any other documents

Here is the seat reservation criteria for NEET UG 2025:

• OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) - 27%
• Scheduled Caste (SC) - 15%
• Scheduled Tribe (ST) - 7.5%
• Economically Weaker Section (EWS) - 10%
• Persons with Disabilities (PwD) - 5% (horizontal reservation across categories)

Yes, there is a negative marking of 1 mark for every incorrect answer. 

Candidates are advised to use their own active mobile number and E-Mail address or those of their parents/guardians.

Candidates can check the NEET UG 2026 latest updates on the following official websites:

• neet.nta.nic.in
• nta.ac.in

• Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
• Delhi University- Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), and Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS)
• Central Institutes- Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & RML Hospital, ESIC Dental College

The following types of institutes will be available for candidates appearing for NEET 2026 UG:

• All India Institutes
• Central Universities
• Deemed Universities
• AIIMS Institutes
• JIPMER Institutes

The NEET UG 2026 exam will be conducted offline in the pen and paper mode.

Through NEET UG Exam candidates will be eligible to get admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, BVSc & AH, and allied medical courses.

• Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions
• Alkanes 
• Alkenes
• Alkynes
• Aromatic hydrocarbons

• Alpha-particle scattering experiment
• Rutherford's model of atom
• Bohr model
• Energy levels
• Hydrogen spectrum
• Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, Mass-energy relation, mass defect
• Binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission, and fusion

• Dual nature of radiation
• Photoelectric effect
• Hertz and Lenard's observations
• Einstein's photoelectric equation: particle nature of light
• Matter waves-wave nature of particle
• de Broglie relation

• Displacement current
• Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics
• Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves
• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Applications of e.m. waves

• Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law. 
• Induced emf and current: Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents
• Self and mutual inductance
• Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/ voltage: reactance and impedance: LCR series circuit
• Resonance: power in AC circuits, wattless current. AC generator and transformer

• Electric charges
• Electric field
• Electric Flux
• Conductors and Insulators

• Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, the concept of pressure.
• Kinetic interpretation of temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules: Degrees of freedom
• Law of equipartition of energy and applications to specific heat capacities of gases
• Mean free path
• Avogadro's number

• Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature
• Heat, work, and internal energy
• The first law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes
• The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes

• The universal law of gravitation
• Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth
• Kepler's law of planetary motion
• Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential
• Escape velocity
• Motion of a satellite
• Orbital velocity
• Time period
• Energy of satellite

• Center of the mass of a two-particle system
• Centre of the mass of a rigid body: Basic concepts of rotational motion
• Moment of a force
• Torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications
• The moment of inertia, the radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications
• Equilibrium of rigid bodies. rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions.

• Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential energies Work-energy theorem, Power.
• The potential energy of spring conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non- conservative forces; motion in a vertical circle: Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

• Force and inertia-Newton’s First law of motion
• Momentum-Newton’s Second Law of motion
• Impulse-Newton’s Third Law of motion
• Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications
• Equilibrium of concurrent forces
• Static and Kinetic friction
• Laws of friction
• Rolling friction
• Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications
• Vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road

• The frame of reference
• Motion in a straight line
• Position- time graph
• speed and velocity
• Uniform and non-uniform motion
• average speed and instantaneous velocity
• Uniformly accelerated motion
• Velocity-time
• Position-time graph
• Relations for uniformly accelerated motion
• Scalars and Vectors
• Addition and subtraction
• Scalar and vector products
• Unit Vector
• Resolution of a Vector
• Relative Velocity
• Motion in a plane
• Projectile Motion
• Uniform Circular Motion.

• Units of measurements, System of Units
• S I Units
• Fundamental and derived units
• Least count
• Significant figures
• Errors in measurements
• Dimensions of Physics quantities
• Dimensional analysis and its applications

The official NEET UG 2026 Exam date notification will be out soon.

Appearing candidates must be at least 17 years old by December 31, 2026. (Born on or before Dec 31, 2009). There is currently no upper age limit.

Candidates can choose 4 preferred exam cities. Based on their choices, candidates will be allotted exam test centres.

No, there is no limit on the number of attempts for the NEET UG exam.

• Visit the official website
• Complete the registration process.
• Login using the credentials generated
• Fill in the application form
• Upload the documents
• Complete the fee payment
• Download the fee payment receipt
• Download the confirmation page

• Passport Size Photograph
• Postcard Size Photograph
• Scanned Image of Signature
• Scanned Image of Left and Right Hand Fingers and Thumb Impression
• Class 10 Pass Certificate & Marksheet
• Valid ID Proof: Aadhaar Card, Passport, Voter ID, or Ration Card.
• Category Certificate: (If applicable)

According to the official notification released on the NTA NEET Portal, candidates are advised to update the details of their Aadhaar card, UDID, Card, Category certifications before the registration process begins. 

• General: ₹1,700
• General-EWS / OBC-NCL: ₹1,600
• SC / ST / PwBD / Third Gender: ₹1,000
• International/Outside India Centers: ₹9,500

The  NEET UG 2026 Registration fee is non-refundable and must be paid online via Credit/Debit Card, Net Banking, or UPI.

• Official Notification & Application Start - 1st Week of February 2026
• Last Date for Online Registration - 1st Week of March 2026
• Application Correction Window - 2nd Week of March 2026
• Exam City Intimation Slip - 4th Week of April 2026
• NEET UG 2026 Exam Date - May 1- 3, 2026 (Tentative)

The NEET UG 2026 Registration is expected to commence in the first week of February 22026. 

• Mode: Offline (Pen-and-Paper) using an OMR sheet.
• Medium: Available in 13 languages

Even if candidates answer more than 10 questions in Section B, only the first 10 will be evaluated.

• Physics-35 (Sec A) + 10 (Sec B) = 45
• Chemistry-35 (Sec A) + 10 (Sec B) = 45
• Botany-35 (Sec A) + 10 (Sec B) = 45
• Zoology-35 (Sec A) + 10 (Sec B) = 45

There will be a total of 180 questions asked in the NEET UG 2026 exam. 

The NEET UG 2026 exam duration is 3 hours and 20 minutes out of the total 200 minutes. 

Formula for Total Score: Total=(Correct×4)−(Incorrect×1)

• Correct Answer: +4 marks.
• Incorrect Answer: −1 mark (Negative marking).
• Unanswered/Skipped: 0 marks.

• Physics - 180
• Chemistry - 180
• Botany - 180 
• Zoology - 180

The NEET UG 2026 exam will be conducted for a total of 720 marks. 

The NEET UG 2026 Exam Date notification and complete Information Bulletin will only be available at neet.nta.nic.in.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is most likely to commence the NEET UG 2026 Registration process in the first week of February 2026.

No, the NEET 2026 UG Exam registration window has not been activated yet. 

NEET aspirants can expect the NEET UG 2026 Exam date to be in the first week of May. Considering the past trends candidates can expect it between May 1 and 4, 2026.

Candidates can expect the NEET UG 2026 Exam Dates Notification by the first week of February 2026. 

No, the NEET UG 2026 Exam Dates have not been announced yet.