HYDERABAD: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has discontinued the optional questions in Section B of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2025.
Candidates appearing for the NEET UG in 2025 will not get any optional questions and extra time introduced in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
The exam pattern will revert now to the pre-COVID format, sad a notification issued by the NTA on January 25.
The optional section was introduced as a temporary measure to accommodate the challenges posed during the COVID pandemic and has been in practice since then.
The NEET UG 2025 paper will now have 180 compulsory questions —45 questions each in physics and chemistry and 90 in biology. Candidates need to attempt the paper in 180 minutes.
“All NEET (UG)-2025 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,” said the NTA notification.
To see the full notification, click here.
Meanwhile, the NTA has clarified that the APAAR ID of candidates is not mandatory for the registration of NEET UG 2025.
“Aspirants can continue to register for the exam using other available means details of which shall be available in the information bulletin soon,” said the NTA in another notification.
To see the full notification, click here.
To assist the candidates, the notification attached a step-by-step user guide for creating APAAR ID, along with a video tutorial for the convenience of students.
To see the step-by-step guide for creation of APAAR ID , click here.
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