NEET 2018 Paper Analysis – A Complete Guide

NEET 2018 offline exam was held on 6^th May, 2018. The experienced faculty at Aakash sat down and analyzed the paper. We also spoke to students about their reactions and judgment. Here is the complete 2018 NEET Paper Analysis.

This year has seen a sharp increase in the number of students attempting NEET. Approximately 13.4 lakh students appeared for this exam in comparison to the 11.4 lakh last year. This drastic increase is primarily due to the increase in the number of states opting for NEET Scores over state-level Common Entrance Tests for admissions in the health sciences. This also led to an increase in the number of students clearing class 12 exams and various policies and scholarships provided by the government. In the year 2017, NEET has seen only 7.5 lakh registrations, out of which the total number of seats in MBBS and BDS institutes across the country stands at 60,000.

This exam is considered to be one of the most challenging exams across India. Its score is a qualifying factor for securing admissions in any government medical institute in the country, apart from AIIMS and JIPMER.

NEET 2018 Question Paper Download

The NEET Exam was conducted in pen and paper mode. Candidates marked their answers in the OMR answer sheet. It was a three hour long exam that was held from 10 am to 1 pm. The NEET question paper had a total of 180 questions. Out of these, 45 are based on physics, 45 on Chemistry and 90 in Biology. Biology further had two sections with 45 questions each – botany and zoology. If a student answers a question correctly, 4 marks are awarded. This makes the achievable score to be 720. This exam also has a negative marking. If a student answers a question incorrectly, 1 mark will be deducted. No marks are deducted if a question is left unanswered.

NEET 2018 Paper Pattern

The NEET Exam was conducted in pen and paper mode. Candidates marked their answers in the OMR answer sheet. It was a three hour long exam that was held from 10 am to 1 pm. The NEET question paper had a total of 180 questions. Out of these, 45 are based on physics, 45 on Chemistry and 90 in Biology. Biology further had two sections with 45 questions each – botany and zoology. If a student answers a question correctly, 4 marks are awarded. This makes the achievable score to be 720. This exam also has a negative marking. If a student answers a question incorrectly, 1 mark will be deducted. No marks are deducted if a question is left unanswered.

NEET 2018 Analysis by our Experienced Faculty

In terms of difficulty level, this year the paper was slightly easier than the last year. Most of the questions were not time-consuming. They found similarities between the weightage of marks in this paper and the 12^th Syllabus.

Physics

This was the toughest section out of the three. However, this section was bit lengthy. There were 24 questions asked from the 12^th standard syllabus and 21 questions from the 11^th standard syllabus. This section had 2 difficult questions, 9 moderate questions and 34 easy questions. In addition to this, there were many calculation based questions.

This is the breakup of marks between different topics of the Physics section:

This distribution of marks ensured that the overall section was moderately easy.

Chemistry

This section was moderate out of all the three. This section was not lengthy. There were 20 questions asked from the 12^th standard syllabus and 20 questions from the 11^th standard syllabus. This section had 1 difficult question, 20 moderate questions and 24 easy questions. Most questions were based on simple concepts.

This is the breakup of marks between different topics of the Chemistry section:

This distribution of marks ensured that the overall section was moderately easy.

Biology

Biology was the easiest section amongst the three. However, this section was lengthy. There were 46 questions asked from the 12^th standard syllabus and 44 questions from the 11^th standard syllabus. This section had 9 difficult questions, 33 moderate questions and 448 easy questions. However, this section was easier than last year and had a very few application based question. Most of the questions were directly from NCERT and were concept based.

This is the breakup of marks between different topics of the Biology section:

This distribution of marks ensured that the overall section was moderately easy.

Student Reaction for NEET 2018

Our faculty members visited various centres to speak to students and find out what they had to say. Their views were similar to that of the faculty members. Most of them found Physics as the toughest section. They found Biology and Chemistry to be comparatively easy.

Most of the students found the paper moderate and expected marks in the range of 350-400.

You can find the NEET 2018 Answer keys here.

You can also check out NEET 2018 Rank Predictor to get an idea about your NEET 2018 rank.