NEET Result 2020 Updates: NTA to release scores on 16 Oct; special exam to be held on 14 Oct

NEET Result 2020 LATEST Updates

NEET 2020 to be held on 14 Oct for students who missed exam, results on 16 Oct

Supreme Court allows NEET exam to be conducted on 14 October for students who could not appear for it due to COVID-19 infection or because of residing in containment zones and results are expected to be announced on 16 October, reports news agency ANI.

Result to be declared by 1 pm, claim reports

The NEET 2020 result is expected to be declared by 1 pm,  according to reports . Additionally, the NTA has said that the result will be available on official website ntaneet.nic.in for 90 days after declaration. Thus, if the result is declared today, it will be available on the website till 10 January, 2021.

NEET 2020 exam has 180 MCQs

The NEET 2020 question papers are available in English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Telugu, Gujrati, Tamil, Bengali, Assamese and Kannada languages.

The NEET 2020 exam had 180 multiple choice questions divided into three sections – Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology) with 45 questions each. The total marks for NEET 2020 is 720.

Woman topper scored 695 of 720 marks last year

Telangana’s Madhuri Reddy G was the NEET topper among women in 2019. Scoring 695 out of 720 marks, she came seventh in the all-India rank. There were 20 women in the top 50 merit list.

Topper scored 701 of 720 marks last year

Rajasthan’s Nalin Khandelwal topped NEET result 2019 by scoring 701 marks out of the total 720 marks. Overall, Rajasthan was the best-performing state in the NEET exam result last year.

NEET result expected on Monday or Tuesday: report

The National Testing Agency is expected to declare NEET Result 2020 in a day or two, NTA sources told Hindustan Times . Thus, candidates can expect their NEET Result by Monday or Tuesday.

Maximum aspirants from Maharashtra took NEET 2020

Six states had over one lakh candidates each in NEET 2020, according to NDTV , together accounting for over half the total number of NEET aspirants. These are the states:

Maharashtra: 2,28,914

Uttar Pradesh: 1,66,582

Karnataka: 1,19,587

Tamil Nadu: 1,17,990

Kerala: 1,15,959

Rajasthan: 1,08,537

Steps to check NEET 2020 results

Step 1: Visit the official website ntaneet.nic.in

Step 2: Click on the link for NEET result

Step 3: Enter roll number, date of birth and submit

Step 4: Results will appear on the screen

Step 5: Download and take a print out for future reference

Candidates infected with COVID-19 to be allowed to give test later

The NEET (UG) 2020 exams were conducted on 13 September amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. About 85-90 percent of 15.97 lakh candidates appeared for NEET 2020 exam, according to LiveMint .

Candidates who missed the exams after testing positive for COVID-19 will get another opportunity to sit for the test, the date for which will be announced later, according to officials.

NEET all-India, state quotas

NEET counselling under the 15 percent all-India quota (AIQ) include seats at government colleges (except those in Jammu and Kashmir), central and deemed universities, seats reserved for wards of insured persons (IP quota) in Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical colleges and seats available at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune. The remaining 85 percent seats are reserved for the state quota.

NEET qualifying criteria

Candidates under unreserved (UR) category will be required to score at least 50th percentile points, while candidates under reserved categories will be required to obtain the qualifying NEET marks and a minimum of 40th percentile points.

Over 1.5 lakh colleges to grant admission based on NEET results

NEET is held for admission to medical and allied courses across the country, on the basis of which students who meet the cut-off will get admission to 80,005 MBBS, 26,949 BDS, 52,720 AYUSH and 525 BVSc and AH seats in medical and dental colleges in India. As many as fifteen AIIMS and two JIPMER institutes will also consider the NEET 2020 results to provide admission to their institutes.

Results expected to be announced today

NEET result 2020 is expected to be announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) today on the official website – ntaneet.ac.in . NTA might also release the NEET final answer keys along with the exam results. 

Over 13 lakh medical aspirants took NEET 2020 this year. The NEET provisional answer keys of all the sections and NEET OMR sheets of the candidates have already been released.