NEET UG 2025 chemistry chapter-wise weightage; high-scoring topics; sectional breakdown
Vikas Kumar Pandit | March 4, 2025 | 03:38 PM IST | 2 mins read
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Chemistry is one of the three core subjects in NEET UG medical entrance exam, alongside physics and biology . The subject carries significant weightage of chapters in NEET 2025, contributing to 180 marks out of the total 720. Medical aspirants will have to attempt 45 questions from chemistry.
Earlier, the National Testing Agency (NTA) notified the NEET UG 2025 syllabus and stated the NEET UG 2025 exam will be conducted based on the syllabus finalised by the National Medical Commission (NMC). The detailed NEET UG 2025 syllabus PDF is available to download on the official website at neet.nta.nic.in.
The NEET UG 2025 exam is conducted for admission to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), and other undergraduate medical programmes . The registration process for NEET UG 2025 is underway and the last date to fill out the application form is March 7, 2025, at 11:50 pm.
NEET 2025 Chemistry Weightage: High-scoring section
The chemistry section in NEET UG 2025 is further divided into three branches: physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and organic chemistry. While biology has the highest weightage in NEET UG 2025 exam, chemistry also plays a crucial role in determining overall NEET UG rank .
Among the three branches of chemistry, physical chemistry and organic chemistry weightage in NEET UG are considered to have higher, compared to inorganic chemistry. In organic chemistry, some basic principles and techniques and hydrocarbons are two chapters from where most of the questions are asked in NEET UG medical entrance exam.
In Physica chemistry, most of the questions are asked from chemical bonding and molecular structure, electrochemistry and thermodynamics. Inorganic chemistry is not high weightage chapters for NEET and considered relatively easier as straightforward questions are generally asked from this section.
NEET 2025 Chemistry Weightage: Chapter-wise important topics
NEET chapter-wise weightage for chemistry section is given in the table below. Medical aspirants can take reference from the chemistry chapter-wise weightage table to focus more on high weightage chapters for NEET 2025 exam.
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Class 11 NEET Chemistry chapter-wise weightage |
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Unit |
Chapters |
Weightage |
|
1 |
Basic Concepts of Chemistry |
1% |
|
2 |
Structure of Atom |
2% |
|
3 |
Classification of Elements & Periodicity in Properties |
2% |
|
4 |
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure |
5% |
|
5 |
States of Matter: Gases and Liquids |
2% |
|
6 |
Thermodynamics |
8% |
|
7 |
Equilibrium |
6% |
|
8 |
Redox Reactions |
3% |
|
9 |
Hydrogen |
- |
|
10 |
s-Block Elements |
2% |
|
11 |
Some p-Block Elements |
2% |
|
12 |
Organic Chemistry: Basic Principles & Techniques |
4% |
|
13 |
Hydrocarbons |
3% |
|
14 |
Environmental Chemistry |
2% |
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Class 11 NEET Chemistry chapter-wise weightage |
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Unit |
Chapters |
Weightage |
|
1 |
Solid State |
2% |
|
2 |
Solutions |
5% |
|
3 |
Electrochemistry |
2% |
|
4 |
Chemical Kinetics |
3% |
|
5 |
Surface Chemistry |
2% |
|
6 |
Isolation of Elements |
2% |
|
7 |
p-Block Elements |
5% |
|
8 |
d- and f-Block Elements |
4% |
|
9 |
Coordination Compounds |
9% |
|
10 |
Haloalkanes and Haloarenes |
3% |
|
11 |
Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers |
4% |
|
12 |
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids |
4% |
|
13 |
Organic Compounds containing Nitrogen |
2% |
|
14 |
Biomolecules |
3% |
|
15 |
Polymers |
3% |
|
16 |
Chemistry in Everyday Life |
2% |
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