NEST 2025 Exam Analysis: Section Wise Paper Analysis, Difficulty Level, Student Reactions
National Entrance Screening Test 2024 ( NEST )
Result - 10 Jul '25
The NEST 2025 exam will be conducted on June 22, 2025, across various exam centres in India. The overall exam difficulty level of the examination was moderately easy. Questions from the physics domain were quite difficult to solve and had high-order thinking questions. The difficulty level of Mathematics subjects was moderate to tough. Some of the topics were Probability and limits, among others.
The NEST 2025 exam analysis comprises the difficulty level of the exam, the average number of questions attempted by the students, expected cutoff marks, and memory-based questions. By checking the exam analysis of NEST 2025 students will be able to assess their scores and compare with other students also. Many coaching institutes will release the NEST 2025 answer key after the conclusion of the exam while the official answer key will be released in a few days.
Last year Physics was the toughest, followed by Mathematics. Chemistry and Biology were on the easier lines. The exam pattern and question types were similar to those of last year. The NEST 2025 answer keys will be released a week after the conclusion of the exam. The NEST result 2025 will be declared in the second week of July 2025, in online mode, tentatively. This page provides the necessary details of the analysis of NEST 2025, marks allotted to individual sections, marking scheme etc.
- NEST 2025 Exam Timings
- NEST Exam Pattern
- NEST 2025 Sectional Weightage
- NEST 2025 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme
- NEST 2025 Section-wise Analysis
NEST 2025 Exam Timings
The exam timings are such that candidates will have to reach the exam centre on time so that there is no overcrowding at the security check-in. Candidates have to carry their NEST admit card and government-authorized ID to the exam centre. The exam timings were as follows:
| Feature | Morning Shift | Afternoon Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting Time | 8:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| Gate Closes | 8:30 AM | 1:30 PM |
| Exam Commences | 9:00 AM | 2:30 PM |
| Exam Concludes | 12:30 PM | 6:00 PM |
NEST Exam Pattern
The NEST question paper had two formats i.e. in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Multiple Select Questions (MSQs). The mode of the exam was online or Computer Based Test (CBT). The exam duration was 3 Hours 30 minutes. The medium of the entrance exam was English. A total of four sections were asked which were - Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.
NEST 2025 Sectional Weightage
The section-wise allotment of questions and marks are mentioned below as per the previous year, once the NEST 2025 section-wise allotment of questions and marks is released the information on this page will be updated.
| Subject | Marks | |
|---|---|---|
| I - Biology | 17 questions (12 MCQs + 5 MSQs) | 50 marks |
| II - Chemistry | 17 questions (12 MCQs + 5 MSQs) | 50 marks |
| III - Mathematics | 17 questions (12 MCQs + 5 MSQs) | 50 marks |
| IV - Physics | 17 questions (12 MCQs + 5 MSQs) | 50 marks |
| Total | 68 questions | 200 marks |
NEST 2025 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme
The evaluation of the NEST exam will be done as under:
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NEST 2025 Section-wise Analysis
Once the NEST 2025 exam is conducted, the information will be updated here till the time students can check the NEST exam analysis of the previous year and accordingly, they can prepare for the exam. The questions were from the given syllabus of NEST, which was along the lines of the Board exam syllabus. The topics were on the expected lines. Let us take a look at the section-wise topics.
Chemistry - The questions were on the NCERT level. However, there were a lot of questions from previous years' JEE Main question papers. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy. The questions were more on the lines of Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.
Mathematics - The majority of the questions were of Class 11 level. The difficulty level was moderate to tough. Some of the topics were Probability and limits, among others.
Physics - The Physics section was the toughest. The topics were calorimetry, current electricity, capacitor, kinematics, unit and dimensions, etc.
Biology - The difficulty level of this section was easy. The topics were from the expected lines like Botany, Human Physiology, and Human Reproduction, among others.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 22 hours ago
The NEST 2025 Result will be declared on the official website of NEST on July 10, 2025. Candidates who appeared for the NEST Entrance Exam need to visit the officilal website to check out their NEST result and to download their scorecards.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
The NEST 2025 Result will be out on the official website on July 10, 2025. The notification was released along with the NEST Answer Key. Candidates need to visit the official website to download the NEST 2025 Result.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 weeks ago
The exam is scheduled to held on 22nd of June 2025
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 weeks ago
Candidates need to visit the official website to download the NEST 2025 Answer PDF. With the help of NEST Response sheet candidates can evaluate their NEST Scores and they can also rasie objection before June 25, 2025.
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Answered 2 weeks ago
The deadline for candidates to rasie objection against the NEST 2025 Answer Key is June 25, 2025, as per the official notification released on the official website. Also, the NEST Answer Key PDF was made available on June 23, 2025, for candidates to be able to challenge the answer key and to be able
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Yes, the NEST 2025 Answer Key PDF is now available on the official website on June 23, 2025. Candidates can visit the official website to log in and to download the answer key PDF to check their responses and to rasie objection before June 25, 2025.
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Answered a month ago
The NEST Hall Ticket Download Link was activated on June 4, 2025, as per the notification on the official website of NEST. However, the release date was June 5, 2025.
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Answered a month ago
The NEST Hall Ticket Download Link was activated on June 4, 2025, as per the notification on the official website of NEST. However, the final release date was June 5, 2025.
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Answered a month ago
Yes, NEST Admit Card Donwload Link release date was June 5, 2025, but as per the official website notification the link was activated on June 4, 2025, at 1:00 pm.
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Answered a month ago
The NEST 2025 exam is scheduled to be held on June 22, 2025 (Sunday). NEST is a national level exam conducted once a year for al the cnadidates who wish to get admission to the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) and the University of Mumbai-Department of Atomic Energy Cent
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