NEET 2025 Answer key Live: NTA NEET UG provisional key soon at neet.nta.nic.in; MBBS cutoff updates

The NEET UG answer key 2025 is helpful for candidates to get an idea about their scores before the results.

The NEET 2025 question paper codes were 45, 46, 47, and 48 for this year.

The NEET 2025 Final Answer Key can't be challenged or objected to by the candidates, based on which the result will be prepared. Only the NEET 2025 provisional answer key is applicable for the challenge.

Candidates can upload as many documents as they wish to prove the challenged NEET 2025 answer key in a compiled single PDF file.

Candidates find Biology to be the easiest section in the NEET 2025 exam.

A mere one-month preparation can help you with a score of 650 or more in NEET if you have clear concepts in all three subjects.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2025 was held by the NTA on May 4, 2025, for which 22.7 lakh students had enrolled through 5,453 centres spread across over 500 cities.

If want to take admissions to MBBS course at leading AIIMS colleges in India, then definitely 600 or more is the safe score in NEET. But, if candidates want to take admission to a mid-rung medical and dental college, then the NEET score of 400 to 500 is safe.

In order to download the NEET exam city slip, the applicants need to login with their application number and password.

The safe score for NEET 2025 general category must lie in the range of 720-640± to secure seats in government medical colleges. Candidates of the UR category will have opportunities to secure admission to medical colleges or universities only when they receive a score of more than 300.

Candidates have to visit the official site, neet.nta.nic.in. To access the NEET 2025 answer key, they must click the link on the homepage and input their application number and password or their date of birth. The NEET answer key for 2025 will appear on the screen, allowing candidates to save or download it for later use.

The authorities will soon be releasing the NEET UG 2025 results on the official website. 

Candidates have to enter their application number, date of birth and security pin to download the NEET scorecard 2025.

Candidates can download their NEET answer key from the official website i.e. neet.nta.nic.in.

The details mentioned on the candidate's NEET scorecard are mentioned below.

• Candidate’s roll number

• Application number

• Date of birth

• Personal details

• Category

• Subject-wsie marks

• Total marks obtained

• Percentile score

• All India Rank (AIR)

• NEET qualifying status

• NEET cutoff score

NEET 2025 score = [4*(Number of Correct Responses)] – [1*(Number of Incorrect Responses)] is the formula that can be used by the candidates to calculate their NEET scores.

To the candidate's knowledge, the total marks for the NEET exam 2025 is 720 marks.

The total marks of the NEET 2025 exam are 720, which is based on 180 questions in total. The questions are based on subjects - Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, each carrying four marks.

Yes, all questions in the NEET 2025 question papers will be the same, irrespective of the sets or the codes.

Candidates can check the table mentioned below about the NEET marking scheme that is used by the authorities to calculate candidate's NEET score 2025.

Candidates can follow the steps mentioned below to calculate their NEET scores.

• It is recommended that students monitor the code of the NEET 2025 question paper and the answer key during the comparison of their answers with the official NEET answer key.
• The sets and language of the answer key are located at the top of both the NEET answer key and OMR sheet, accessible to aspirants.
• Then, medical aspirants will need to tally their correct and incorrect answers to determine their NEET score for 2025. If a question has more than one marked answer, candidates should treat it as unanswered.
• The marking scheme for NEET UG 2025, outlined below, will be applied to compute scores
• It is mandatory for candidates to use the formula given below to calculate their scores.

For the candidate's reference, mentioned below is the section-wise distribution of NEET total marks for the year 2025.

Once the NEET 2025 results are announced, candidates who qualify must engage in NEET counselling to gain admission to courses like MBBS and BDS. NEET counselling for 15% of AIQ seats is conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). 85% of state quota seats are filled via state counselling carried out by the respective state authorities.

Listed below are the central universities that accept the NEET 2025 scores of 600 for MBBS admissions.

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Puducherry
• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Karaikal
• Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Mentioned in the table below are the expected NEET 2025 marks vs ranks for 500 marks.

Mentioned below is the list of colleges that allow the candidates to get MBBS admissions through the NEET cut off 2025 for management quota.

• Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
• Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune
• Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi
• Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
• Manipal Tata Medical College, Jamshedpur
• JSS Medical College, Mysore
• Rural Medical College, Loni
• Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum
• KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore
• Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, Campus II, Phulnakhara

Mentioned below is the list of factors that affect the NEET management quota cutoffs 2025.

• NEET difficulty level

• Number of candidates applicants

• Total number of seats available

• Reservation criteria

• Performance of candidates in the NEET exam

• Previous years’ cutoff trends

Candidates have to visit the official site i.e. neet.nta.nic.in. To access the NEET 2025 answer key, candidates have to click the link on the homepage and write their application number and password or their date of birth. The NEET answer key for 2025 will appear on the screen, allowing candidates to save or download it for later use.

NTA is expected to release the NEET result 2025 on June 14, 2025. Candidates can then download their NEET results and follow the further NEET UG admission procedure.

The authorities will soon release the NEET answer key 2025 on the official website i.e. neet.nta.nic.in.

The question papers of NEET 2025 were available in 13 languages, which are - English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Odia, Assamese, Telugu, Tamil, Malayali, Kannada, Marathi, and Gujarati

The marking scheme for NEET 2025 is - For each correct answer, 4 marks will be allotted, For each incorrect answer, -1 will be done, and For questions with more than one response, -1 will be done. 

Yes, NTA will declare the NEET answer keys 2025 for all question paper sets and languages. Candidates can check their official answer keys of NEET 2025 for their own question paper set and language.

Candidates will receive the NEET 2025 provisional answer key for the question paper set they attempted.

Candidates need to take a call regarding filing objections against NEET 2025 answer keys on the basis of the following reasons:

• Compare with the unofficial NEET 2025 answer keys published by coaching institutions and check if any one of the NEET 2025 official answer keys is correct
• If two or more NEET 2025 answer options appeared correct
• If the question was incorrect
• If none of the NEET 2025 options appeared to be correct
• If the question was beyond the NEET 2025 syllabus

The NEET answer key assists candidates in computing their estimated score in the NEET examination undertaken by them. They will be having anidea about their chances of qualification and can plan or predict the future course of action accordingly. If the candidate computes a good score in the exam according to the NEET answer key, they can shortlist their preference of medical colleges with good rank.

The NEET OMR response sheets are answer sheets or OMR sheets of candidates in which they marked their responses. In contrast, the provisional answer keys are correct answer options as per NTA experts. The OMR response sheets of candidates are scanned and uploaded on the website of the exam by the board, which can be downloaded by candidates and verified for errors.

NEET answer keys will be published on the NEET official website at neet.nta.nic.in. To obtain the provisional answer keys, the candidates need to log in to the NEET website using their NEET 2025 application number, date of birth and security code. Then they need to download the provisional answer keys and their response sheets.

The authorities will be soon releasing the NEET UG answer key on the official website i.e. neet.nta.nic.in.

Candidates can raise objections if they find any discrepancies in the NTA NEET official answer key. It is required for candidates to pay an amount of Rs. 200 for each answer they provide to the challenge. The fee can be paid by candidates online using a credit card, debit card, or net banking. NTA will evaluate the queries with expert assistance after receiving the objections. If the candidate's raised objection is accepted, a correction will be made to the contested answer. The authorities will publish a corrected NEET 2025 answer key with the right answers, and candidates will receive a refund of their challenge fee. If the objection is not accepted, the NEET official answer key 2025 provided by NTA will remain unchanged and will not be revised. It should be noted that, in this case, the candidate's objection fee will not be refunded.

The management quota NEET cut-off establishes the eligibility for admissions into deemed and private medical colleges. Candidates must achieve the necessary NEET cut-off marks to gain admission to the respective colleges in order to secure a management quota seat.

Candidates can check the list mentioned below to which college that accepts students who have scored 550 in the NEET score in 2025 for general category.

• Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi
• Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
• Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
• Manipal Tata Medical College, Jamshedpur
• Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune

A score of 550 in NEET is considered decent. However, if the NEET scores are around 550, the chances of securing a seat in AIIMS are low. Candidates can secure admission to other government colleges with a NEET score of 550. Furthermore, with a NEET score of 550, students can also easily secure management quota seats in reputable colleges.

The total marks for NEET are distributed as follows: 360 marks for Biology, 180 marks for Physics, and another 180 marks for Chemistry.

Candidates can check the table below in which the section-wise distribution of NEET total marks is mentioned.

Mentioned below is the marking scheme used for calculating the NEET exam 2025.

NTA is the conducting body of NEET examinations.

Candidates have to follow the steps mentioned below to download the NEET provisional answer key.

• Go to the official site, neet.nta.nic.in.
• On the main page, select the link for the NEET 2025 provisional answer key.
• Log in with the NEET application number, password, and security PIN.
• On the screen, the provisional answer key for NEET UG 2025 will be shown.
• Download the NEET provisional answer key 2025 and save it for future reference.

Once the candidate has downloaded the answer key, they must align their answers indicated with those in the NEET UG answer key. Compute the quantity of right and wrong answers according to the NEET marking scheme. For correct answers, multiply by 4 (X), and for incorrect answers, multiply by 1 (Y). Deduct the total number of incorrect answers from the correct responses. 

Candidates must visit the official site, neet.nta.nic.in. Then to access the NEET 2025 answer key, candidates have to click on the link on the homepage and fill in their application number and password or their date of birth. The NEET answer key for 2025 will appear on the screen, allowing candidates to save or download it for later use.

Candidates can find the helpline deatils of the NEET exam 2025 given below:

• Phone number: 011-69227700, 011-40759000
• Email Address: neetug2025@nta.ac.in

The total number of questions in the NEET 2025 exam are a total of 180 questions and there were no optional questions this year.

Candidates can check the table given below to check the NEET 2025 Subject-Wise Weightage:

The NEET 2025 result will be announced on or around June 14, 2025.

If a candidate chooses more than one option in the NEET 2025 exam, and even if one of them is correct, they will get a negative marking for it.

Candidates can expect the NEET UG 2025 results to be released by June 2025 on the official website.

Websites to check for the NEET 2025 official answer keys are:

• www.neet.nta.nic.in
• www.nta.ac.in

No, candidates will not be informed about the status of the NEET 2025 answer key challenge.

If the NEET 2025 question has more than one or no correct answer option, then the marking scheme will be as follows:

• If more than one option is found to be correct, then four marks (+4) will be given to the candidates who have marked any of the correct options.
• If all options are found to be correct, then four marks (+4) will be given to all the candidates who attempted it.
• If none of the options is found correct or a Question is found to be wrong, then all candidates will be given four marks (+4), whether the question has been attempted or not.

The NEET 2025 final answer key cannot be challenged after released by the NTA.

NTA has mentioned while sharing the NEET OMR sheet details, "NTA will display the scanned images of OMR Answer Sheets and recorded responses by the machine, of all candidates on the website, www.neet.nta.nic.in."

Mentioned below are the top preferred medical colleges through the NEET exam 2025.

Candidates can check the steps mentioned below to get a better understanding of the tie-breaking procedure.

• Biology marks - In the NEET 2025 result, those aspirants who have achieved higher scores in Biology will be given preference over others.
• Chemistry marks - Should the aforementioned criteria prove ineffective, preference will be given to candidates with higher scores in Chemistry.
• Physics marks - Should the tie continue, those candidates who have obtained higher Physics marks will be ranked higher.
• Number of wrong answers - Should the tie persist, those students whose overall count of wrong answers is lower will receive a superior rank.
• The count of wrong answers in specific subjects - Should the tie persist, students will be prioritised based on having fewer incorrect answers in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, respectively.
• Random process - Ultimately, the tie will be resolved via a random process overseen by an independent expert committee.

Those who have qualified NEET can take part in the centralised counselling process for the All India Quota organised by the MCC. Candidates can sign up for the centralised NEET Counselling. Candidates from Jammu and Kashmir who pass the exam but do not choose to take part in All India Quota counselling can sign up for J&K's state counselling process. Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria set by the respective state authorities can also sign up for the state counselling process in their respective states.

MCC organises the NEET 2025 counselling in an online format at mcc.nic.in, depending on the scores achieved in the NEET result 2025. The NEET counselling process is conducted at various levels for 15% of AIQ seats and 85% of state quota seats.  The criteria for admission to MBBS and BDS seats nationwide are as follows.

• 15% All India Quota seats: This refers to the reservation of 15% of all available government seats under the All India Quota.  The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on behalf of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), conducts counselling to fill these seats. 
• State Quota seats (85%): The leftover 85% of seats in government and private medical colleges will be allocated as state quota seats.  Respective state counselling authorities will grant admission to 85% of state quota seats based on the eligibility and domicile rules that are in effect in the state.
• Central Institutes/Universities/Deemed Universities: The allocation of all seats provided by medical and dental central institutes/universities, as well as deemed universities, is determined by the NEET 2025 results.  MCC carries out counselling for all available seats (100%) in deemed universities and central institutes.
• State/Management/NRI Quota seats: Admission to State/Management/NRI quota seats provided by private medical or dental colleges or any private university.
• Central Pool Quota seats: Admission for all qualified candidates nominated under Central Pool quota seats is based on their NEET scorecard 2025, with counselling conducted by MCC.

Based on the category specified during counselling applications, the NEET 2025 merit list will be organised by category. It will include details such as the merit rank, marks, roll number, and percentile. The merit lists compiled by NTA are provided to both central and state counselling authorities for use in admissions. Following their guidelines, the relevant counselling authorities will issue subsequent merit lists that include the NEET state rank 2025. The merit lists for candidates who are native to the state are prepared by the respective state counselling authorities.

The NEET results 2025 are to be released during mid-June 2025 by the authorities.

Candidates can check their NEET answer key on neet.nta.nic.in when the authorities release it.

Candidates will have to need their roll number, date of birth, and security pin to log in to check the NEET results 2025.

Mentioned below is the list of things that are required to be carried out by the students who are taking the NEET exam 2025.

• Passport size photograph

• Postcard-size photograph

• Valid ID proof - PAN card, Aadhaar card, Voter ID, Driving License, Passport, Ration card

• NEET admit card

• NEET admit card proforma

The formula that students can use for calculating their NEET scores 2025 is NEET total score = (Number of correct answers X 4)-(Number of incorrect answers X 1).

The NEET UG exam is held for the admission process to the medical colleges in India.

To get the correct medical colleges with a low NEET score 2025 - Verify the recognition, accreditation, NMC acceptance, and rankings of the desired MBBS university, and the desired MBBS degree abroad should be as per Indian MBBS standards, and also check whether it is valid in India or not.

Candidates can check the NEET marking scheme which is mentioned in the table below.

Candidates can check their expected NEET scores by following the steps mentioned below using the NEET official answer key 2025.

• Download the official NEET answer key for 2025 provided by NTA.
• Align the answers you’ve recorded with those in the NEET UG answer key.
• Count your correct and incorrect answers according to the marking scheme.
• For each correct answer, multiply by 4 (X), and for each incorrect answer, multiply by 1 (Y).
• Take away the sum of your incorrect answers from your correct answer.

National Testing Agency conducts the NEET exam 2025. Candidates must complete the entire procedure to clear the NEET exam 2025.

Candidates can check the expected NEET UG Cutoff 2025 given below based on the previous year's cutoff:

Candidates can check the NEET omr answer sheet by following the steps given below:

• Go to the official NTA NEET website, neet.nta.nic.in.
• Log in by using the application number and password, and go to the OMR sheet section, which typically involves clicking on a tab like "view/challenge OMR sheet" or "Download OMR Sheet".

NTA assembles a special committee of academic experts who check the objections and make decisions accordingly. Students have the facility to file objections after the release of the NEET provisional answer keys within the time frame.

The NEET result 2025 is expected to be released on June 14, 2025, by NTA. The result will be available on the official website of NTA.

NEET is considered a tough exam, but it is possible to crack the exam with only one month of preparation. The secret to cracking the NEET 2025 with one month of preparation is to be focused, stick to a structured plan, and maximize the available time.

The NEET answer key 2025 is expected to be released in May, 2025 by the NTA. Candidates can download the answer key from the official website when released.

The difficulty level of the NEET 2025 was difficult to moderate. Physics was comparatively difficult with complex calculations, chemistry had a perfect mix of factual and conceptual questions, while biology was simple but with some very difficult theoretical questions.

For every incorrect answer in the NEET 2025 exam, 1 mark is deducted. Candidates should leave the question blank if they are unsure about the answer.

The estimated score can be checked by using the NEET answer key 2025 by giving four marks for each correct option and subtracting one mark for every incorrect answer.

Candidates can check the table below to know about the NEET marking scheme 2025:

Candidates can follow the steps mentioned below for the NEET 2025 answer key PDF download:

• Visit the official website of NTA NEET 2025, neet.nta.nic.in, and click on the "download OMR sheet and provisional answer keys" link under the candidate activity section.
• Log in by entering the NEET 2025 application ID and password. 
• The answer key will appear, download, and save it.

The NEET 2025 answer key will be released at the NTA official website, neet.nta.nic.in. Candidates can check the answer key when it's released.