NEST 2025 Exam Analysis: Section Wise Paper Analysis, Difficulty Level, Student Reactions
National Entrance Screening Test 2024 ( NEST )
NEST 2025 exam analysis comprises the average number of questions attempted by the students, expected cutoff marks, memory-based questions and toughness of the exam. By checking the exam analysis of NEST 2025, students will be able to assess their scores and compare them with other students.
The NEST 2025 exam was conducted on June 22, 2025, across various exam centres in India. The overall exam toughness level of the exam was moderately easy. Questions from the physics domain were quite difficult to solve and had high-order thinking questions. The Mathematics subject's difficulty level was moderate to tough. Some of the topics were Probability and limits, among others.
Last year Physics was the toughest, followed by Mathematics. Chemistry and Biology were on the easier lines. The exam questions 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 Exam Pattern
- NEST 2025 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme
- NEST 2025 Section-wise Analysis
- NEST 2025 Sectional Weightage
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 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.
NEST 2025 Sectional Weightage
Students must go through the following table to check the exam structure for each subject.
| Subject | Marks | |
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| 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 Exam
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a week ago
If a students fails to submi the expression of interest, it will be considered as they are no longer interested to get admision to NEST NISER institute and there seat will be given to another deseving students. Therefore, it is manadatory for students to submit the Expresison of Interest (EoI) befor
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Answered a week ago
The NEST 2025 Counselling for round 1 started on July 11, 2025, for those students who qualified the NEST Entrance exam. The last date for all the selected students to submit their expression of interest (EoI) was July 16, 2025.
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Answered 2 weeks ago
Counseling for LPU NEST is mainly related to allotment of seats on the basis of the merit of a candidate in the entrance exam, and preferences of the candidate for courses and programs. After the announcement of results, candidates were able to fill in their choice of courses online. The allotment o
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Answered 4 weeks ago
Allotment of seats in LPU NEST-wise counseling will depend on the merit rank of candidates, their eligibility, and the online filling of course and specialisation preferences. The procedure consists of download rank card, filling of preferences for seats, and finally, seat allotment. Seat allotment
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