NEET 2020 Paper Analysis: Chapter-wise Questions and Weightage

Updated On - July 22nd, 2020

Karishma Khatri

Exams Prep. Master

NEET 2020 is now scheduled for September 13, 2020. The medical exam will be held in pen-paper mode. Approximately 16.84 lakhs students have registered for the coming session of NEET. As per the experts, the difficulty level of last year’s question paper varied between moderate to difficult.

Considering the trend over the years, students who devote most of their preparation time to NCERT books and Previous years papers may have an advantage in NEET 2020 as many questions are expected from these resources. The exam will have 90 questions from Biology (subdivided in zoology and Botany) and 45 questions each from Physics and Chemistry from the curriculum of classes 11 and 12. Check Exam Pattern 

NEET Paper Analysis 2020

NEET Paper Analysis is extremely helpful when it comes to analyzing past year trends. With such a high level of competition in NEET 2020, analyzing previous year question papers is a must for future candidates to plan the direction of their preparation and derive their own exam day strategy. NEET Paper Analysis 2020 will be updated here once the paper has been conducted. We will provide you with a section-wise expert analysis of NEET 2020 Question Paper

Must Read on NEET Exam Pattern:

• Detailed NEET Biology Exam Pattern
• Detailed NEET Physics Exam Pattern
• Detailed NEET Chemistry Exam Pattern

NEET Paper Analysis 2019

A detailed subject-wise paper analysis of NEET 2019 is described below:

NEET Physics Section Analysis

• Physics held its tag of being the toughest amongst the three subjects.
• As per the experts and the medical aspirants, questions were tricky and conceptual based.
• The question were complex and required heavy calculations.

NEET Chemistry Section Analysis

• Chemistry was, again, the easy section with some direct questions from NCERT books.
• This was a scoring subject with questions based on simple topics.
• Acamedicians say that this year’s paper was easier than previous years’.

NEET Biology Section Analysis

• As per the experts, this year Biology was not the easiest section as it usually did.
• The questions were descriptive and time consuming. 
• The paper was dominated with questions from Microbes in Human Welfare and Cell: the unit of life chapters of Botany and Zoology respectively.
• Most questions required deep knowledge of the concepts and tested students aptitude as well.

NEET 2019 – Distribution of Questions in Terms of Difficulty Level

Class XI and XII – Distribution of Questions in NEET Question Paper

Students are often confused about the weightage of class 11^th and 12^th syllabus, here is a subject-wise distribution of NEET 2019 question paper for the guidance of aspirants:

Overall, NEET 2019 was seen as easier when compared to NEET 2018 question paper. 

NEET Paper Analysis 2018

A brief about the paper analysis for NEET 2018 are listed below:

NEET Physics Section Analysis

• This section was the toughest amongst the three as per the experts and the medical aspirants.
• The questions were lengthy and conceptual based
• There were 24 questions asked from 12^th standard and 21 questions from 11^th standard.
• 2 difficult questions, 9 moderate questions and 34 easy questions.

NEET Chemistry Section Analysis

• It was the moderate section amongst the three sections namely Biology and Physics.
• This section was not lengthy.
• There were 20 questions from 12^th standard and 20 questions from the 11^th standard.
• Most of the questions were based on simple concepts.

NEET Biology Section Analysis

• As per the experts, it was the easiest section.
• There were 46 questions asked from 12^th standard syllabus and 44 questions from the 11^th standard.
• It had 9 difficult questions, 33 moderate questions and 48 easy questions.
• Most of the questions were directly from NCERT and were concept based.
• Most of the students expect marks ranging from 350 – 400 marks.

Other Facts about NEET 2018:

• A total of 13,26, 725 students registered for NEET of whom 5,80,648 were males and 7,46,076 females and one transgender
• Apart from Hindi and English, the board conducted the examinations in languages like Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada.

NEET Paper Analysis 2017

NEET 2017 was regarded as a moderately difficult exam. Last year, physics had tricky questions, while biology was slightly difficult as compared to previous years. In chemistry, inorganic section had more number of questions. Overall, the number of questions was divided equally among all the sections, i.e. 45 questions each (90 for biology). 

NEET Physics Section Analysis

• Physics is usually the toughest out of the three subjects.
• Students can expect lengthy calculations in this section.
• Class XI syllabus was given more weightage in NEET 2017. 
• A lot of questions came from class XI Mechanics, Modern Physics and Electrodynamics. 
• The paper had more questions from the syllabus of class XI than class XII.
• There were 8 difficult, 27 medium level and 10 easy questions from this section. 

Important topics in Physics

Mechanics and Magnetism are usually the most important topics that carry the maximum weightage. Check Question Papers of NEET to understand the type of questions asked in the exam. Here is a list of topics that students must spend more time on:

• Electrodynamics
• Wave Optics
• Semi conductors
• Modern Physics
• Rigid Body Dynamics
• KTG & Thermodynamics

Given below is a chapter wise weightage of every chapter

NEET Chemistry Section Analysis

• Unlike Physics, Chemistry had more questions from the class XII syllabus last year.
• Candidates can Download Answer Key of NEET for last year to check their answers after solving the paper.
• For many years, Inorganic Chemistry had the highest weightage but last year maximum questions were from Organic Chemistry.
• The questions from class XI were not very tough but the ones from class XII were quite tricky.
• Most of the questions were conceptual and application based so candidates must have total clarity about the basic concepts.

Important topics in Chemistry

Since Organic Chemistry had more weightage last year, students may expect the same to happen in NEET 2018 as well. The following topics should be on top of your priority list.

• Chemical Bonding
• Coordination Compounds
• Carbonyl Compounds
• Organic Chemistry-I

Here is a chapter wise distribution of questions and marks in Chemistry. 

NEET Biology Section Analysis

• Biology was a savior for students in NEET 2017.
• It was comparatively easier then Physics and Chemistry.
• However, students should not take it lightly since the difficulty level of Biology section has been on the rise.
• You can take a look at the Paper Analysis of last 10 years for Biology to grasp the exam trends and pattern. 
• This year’s biology paper is expected to be tougher.
• There will be 90 questions, 45 each from Botany and Zoology.
• Human Physiology and Plant Physiology were the two meaty topics carrying maximum marks. Most of the questions were from NCERT.

Important topics in Biology

NEET 2017 biology section had 46 questions from class XII and 44 from class XI. Zoology had more questions from class XII while Botany had more questions from class XI. Plant Diversity and Human Physiology should be covered thoroughly since maximum questions are expected from them.

• Plant Anatomy
• Pollination
• DNA Replication
• Photosynthesis
• PAGE Theory
• Endocrine System
• Excretory and Nervous System
• Digestive System

Refer to the following table for a chapter-wise breakup of marks.

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*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College