Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: More than 20,000 medical aspirants will take the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-undergraduate (NEET-UG) at 36 different centres in the city on May 7.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will hold the test in pen and paper mode between 2 pm to 5.20 pm on Sunday for those who wish to take admissions to different health science courses including, MBBS, BDS, B Sc-Nursing, BAMS, BHMS and BUMS.
There will be negative marking for both sections-section A and Section B. The test will be held at 35 districts across the State. The names of some of the districts are Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Beed, Latur, Nanded, Parbhani and Dharashiv, Jalgaon, Nashik, Dhule, Yavatmal and Malegaon.
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Test pattern
The test pattern comprises four subjects. Each subject will consist of
two sections. Section ‘A’ will consist of 35 multiple choice questions (MCQs) and section B will have 15 questions, out of these 15 questions, candidates can choose to attempt any 10 questions. There will be 200 questions while candidates will have to attempt a maximum 180. Each question will carry four marks.
The subject-wise pattern is as follows;
Subject-------Questions-----Marks
Physics----------50--------------180
Chemistry ------50-------------180
Botany---------- 50--------------180
Zoology--------- 50--------------180
Total-------------200---------------720
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13 languages
The languages in which the examination will be conducted are as follows; English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.