NEET UG 2025: National Testing Agency (NTA) reverts entrance test question paper to pre-Covid era

STC NEWS DESK
JANUARY 26: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced major changes to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2025 question paper and examination duration.
It has done away with optional questions introduced temporarily during the Covid-19 pandemic.
By virtue of this change, there will be no Section B in the examination. That means, there will be no extra time and duration of the examination will now be 180 minutes.
There will be 180 compulsory questions with 45 questions each from physics and chemistry subjects, while 90 questions will be from biology.
“All NEET UG 2025 aspirants are informed that the question paper pattern and examination duration will revert to pre-Covid format, where there will not be any Section B anymore. Hence, there will be a total of 180 compulsory questions, which will be attempted by candidates in 180 minutes, thereby removing any optional questions and extra time introduced due to the Covid,” the NTA said in a communication for dissemination to general public, particularly to students appearing in the NEET UG 2025 exam.
The entrance test for admissions into undergraduate medical education in all medical institutions has been tentatively fixed on May 4. The test scores are also applicable for admissions to BAMS, BUMS, BSMS, BDS, BVSc and AH programmes.
NTA has advised candidates to check the NTA official website, www.nta.ac.in, for further updates. For clarification related to NEET UG 2025, contact 011-40759000 or email at neetug2025@nta.ac.in. (STC)