NEET PG
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test — Postgraduate
India's single entrance exam for MD, MS and PG diploma seats.
About the exam
NEET PG is a ranking exam: your percentile decides which specialty and which college you can reach in counselling. Every mark moves thousands of ranks, so accuracy under time pressure matters as much as knowledge.
The paper is clinically oriented — case vignettes, images, and applied reasoning rather than direct recall.
Exam pattern at a glance
- Conducted by
- National Board of Examinations (NBEMS)
- Frequency
- Once a year
- Questions
- 200 multiple-choice questions
- Duration
- 3 hours 30 minutes
- Marking
- +4 correct, −1 incorrect
- Mode
- Computer-based, single session
Syllabus & sections
Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine.
Medicine and allied, Surgery and allied, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics.
Epidemiology, biostatistics and national programmes with current-year updates.
Who can apply
- MBBS degree recognised by the national medical regulator.
- Completed or soon-to-complete compulsory rotating internship by the cut-off date.
- Permanent or provisional registration with a state or national medical council.
Study timeline
- 1. Phase 1
Subject-wise video lectures with question-solving on the same day.
- 2. Phase 2
Q-bank marathon — 150 questions daily, with revision of every wrong answer.
- 3. Phase 3
Weekly grand tests, image banks and rapid revision modules.
Frequently asked
Strong scorers typically finish 25,000–35,000 quality questions, with each mistake logged and revisited at least twice.
Recorded lectures plus a disciplined Q-bank routine work well; live doubt-solving is what usually closes the last 20 percentile.