NEET 2022- Paper Analysis

 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET - UG 2022 on July 17. Because of the concerns raised last year regarding increased question count, 20 minutes were given extra to students.  Over 16 lakhs of students attempted this year.

 

Exam date- July 17, 2022

Exam timings - 2 pm to 5:20 pm

NTA NEET 2022 official website- neet.nta.nic.in, nta.ac.in

Mode of NEET UG paper- Pen and paper based (offline) mode

Number of languages- English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi and Urdu

Total number of questions- 200 (Any 180 to be attempted)

Type of questions- Multiple choice questions

Overall Marks Distribution

Since many topics have been deleted from syllabus to give some relaxation to students, the exam pattern has been modified since last year. In section B of all the subjects, Students can choose to attempt any 10 questions out of 15 questions in each subject.

 

Subjects	Sections	No. of questions	Section-wise Marks
Physics	Section A	35	140
	Section B	15	40
Chemistry	Section A	35	140
	Section B	15	40
Botany	Section A	35	140
	Section B	15	40
Zoology	Section A	35	140
	Section B	15	40
Total Marks			720

According to our experts, the level of paper was easy to average. There were different paper codes in India and outside India. Paper codes in India were Q,R, S and T while outside India it was U,W,W,X. Some parents were showing concern since the Indian paper was in 28 pages and other papers are in 32 pages. But let us tell you, the level of paper was not difficult. In fact, we felt that it was easier! Number of pages in the test doesn't make any difference. 

Minor errors were also found in some questions in all sections. You can raise concern once the NTA Error reporting window is open. 

 

Let's take a look at the analysis provided by our experts-

 

According to us, none of the subjects were very difficult. According to average feedback of students, they found physics difficult as compared to other subjects. Some concepts of chemistry were also doubtful for the students. 

 

Subject	Easy Level		Medium Level		Difficult Level
	No of Questions	Total Marks	No of Questions	Total Marks	No of Questions	Total Marks
Physics	29	116	18	72	3	12
Chemistry	28	112	20	80	2	8
Zoology	19	76	26	104	5	20
Botany	25	100	19	76	6	24
Grand Total	101	404	83	332	16	64

 

NEET Analysis 2022 - Biology 

 

A total of 100 questions were there in this section. Zoology and botany, both had a total of 50 questions each. 

 

Zoology                                                                         Botany

 

Chapter-Wise Analysis

Zoology

Botany

 

NEET Analysis 2022 - Chemistry 

 

Difficulty Level Distribution

Chapter-Wise Analysis

NEET Analysis 2022 - Physics

 

Difficulty Level Distribution

 

 

Chapter-Wise Analysis

 

- No questions were asked from Thermal Properties of Matter, Motion in a Straight Line and Atomic Physics
 

-Most number of questions were asked from Current Electricity and Magnetic Effects of Electric Current
 

- Highest number of “easy questions” were asked from Magnetic Effects of Electric Current.
 

- Questions from Units and Dimensions were relatively more difficult than in past years.

NEET 2022 Expected Cut-off

 

As per the analysis of last year’s data, expected cut off is given:

 

Category	NEET 2022 Expected Cut off Score	NEET 2022 Expected Cut off Percentile
General	720-138	50th
OBC/ SC/ ST	137-108	40th
General - PH	137-122	45th
OBC/ SC/ ST- PH	121-108	40th

 

Year-wise Cut-off Trend
 

Category	2021 Cut off	2020 Cut off	2019 Cut off	2018 Cut off	2017 Cut off
General Category	720-138	720-147	701 – 134	691 – 119	697 – 131
OBC/ SC/ ST	137-108	146-113	133 – 107	118 – 96	130 – 107
General Category - Physically Handicapped	137-122	146-129	133 – 107	118 – 96	130 – 118
OBC/SC/ST/-PH	121-108	128-113	133-107	118 – 96	130 – 107