Ans. He/she has completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete that age on or before

31 December of the year of his/her admission to the first year of Undergraduate Medical Courses.

The upper age limit for NEET (UG) is 25 years as of the date of examination with a relaxation of 5 years for the

candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC-NCL category and PwD Candidates.

For Candidates of General (UR)/General-EWS- born on or before 31.12.2003

For Candidates of SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD Category- born on or before 31.12.2003

Ans. Yes.

Ans. NEET-UG 2023 will be conducted in the following 11 languages:

English, Hindu, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Assamese, Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, and

Odia.

Ans. No. Kannada medium is available only in the centers located in Karnataka.

Ans. Candidates opting for Hindi would be provided Bilingual Test Booklet i.e. in Hindi and in

English. In case of any ambiguity in the translation of any of the questions, its English

version shall be treated as final.

Ans. Candidates opting for English would be provided Test Booklet in English only.

Ans. No. Allotment of the medium of language would be State-specific.

If any candidate is opting for vernacular language as a medium of question paper, he will be

allotted center only in respective States of a particular vernacular language. In the present

case, the examination center could be only in Assam.

Ans. No. Admissions in 100% MBBS/BDS seats will only be done through the NEET-UG.

ANS: All India Quota Seats

State Government Quota Seats

Central Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities

State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental Colleges or any Private

University

Central Pool Quota Seats

Ans. There is no cap on the number of attempts.

(As per letter no. U.12023/16/2010-ME-II dated 06/12/2017 of MoH & FW)

Ans. Candidates qualifying for NEET would be eligible for All India Quota and other quotas

under the State Governments/Institutes, irrespective of the medium in which the

examination is taken by a candidate, subject to other eligibility criteria.

Indian Nationals

Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)

Oversees Citizens of India (OCIs)

Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)

Foreign Nationals are eligible to appear in NEET (UG)-2018 for 15% of All India Quota Seats.

Ans. As required under PWD Act and refer to Appendix XIV of Information Bulletin.

Ans. The minimum qualification for appearing in NEET-UG for candidates of Foreign

Nationals are same as for Indians.

Further that the students educated abroad seeking admission into medical colleges in India

must have passed the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology, and English up

to the 12th standard level with 50% marks and their equivalency determined as per

regulations of the Medical Council of India and the concerned University.

Ans. In respect of candidates with Bench, Mark Disabilities specified under the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the minimum marks shall be 45% instead of 50% for

General category candidates and 40% for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH candidates.

Ans. In respect of the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, or Other

Backward Classes, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology/Bio-technology

taken together in the qualifying examination shall be 40% marks instead of 50% marks

prescribed for General Category Candidates.

Ans. Please go through Chapter 3 of the Information Bulletin for complete details.

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The Higher/Senior Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination

which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher/Senior Secondary Examination after a period of 12 years

of study, the last two years of such study comprising of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-

technology (which shall include practical tests in these subjects) and Mathematics or any

other elective subject with English at a level not less than the core course for English as

prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training after the

introduction of the 10+2+3 educational structure as recommended by the National

Committee on Education.

Provided that 2 years of regular and continuous study of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-

technology taken together shall be required at 10+2 level for all the candidates. Candidates

who have passed 10+2 from Open Schools or as a private candidates shall not be eligible to

appear for NEET (UG). Furthermore, the study of Biology/Bio-technology as an additional

subject at the 10+2 level also shall not be permissible.

NOTE: where the course content is not as prescribed for the 10+2 education structure of the

National Committee, the candidates will have to undergo a period of one-year pre-

professional training before admission to the Medical Colleges.

Ans. The responsibility of CBSE is limited to the conduct of the entrance test, declaration of

results, and providing All India Rank to the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry

of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India for counseling of 15% All India Quota

Seats, Deemed Universities/Central Universities/Seats of ESIC & AFMC including BHU &

AMU and providing the result to the State Counselling Authorities and Admitting

Institutions.

Ans. As per regulations framed under the Indian Medical Council Act-1956 as amended in

2018 and the Dentists, Act-1948 as amended in 2018, admissions in 100% seats of

MBBS/BDS will be done through NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) – 2018

(NEET-UG, 2018) in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the approval of Medical Council of

India/Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,

Government of India except for the institutions established through an Act of Parliament i.e.

AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.