5 Advantages of Solving Previous Years' NEET PG Question Papers
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NEET PG previous year's question papers help candidates to know all about the exam pattern and many other aspects. Read to know the five most important advantages of solving NEET PG previous year's question papers.
Solving NEET PG Question papers is one of the most crucial aspects of preparation strategy which enables candidates to score well in the exam. Candidates should solve previous question papers of NEET PG to understand the exam pattern and many other aspects related to the exam.
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There are many advantages of solving the previous year’s NEET PG question papers and the most important one is that this exercise gives a major boost to the confidence level before the exam. Candidates who will be appearing for NEET PG 2025 exam must refer to five advantages of solving question papers of NEET PG which have been listed below.
Objective questions are asked in NEET PG exam. tpe of the question is multiple choice where one question can have multiple answers. keeping this in mind, candidates have to select best option of correct response.
No. As per time bound section limit, candidates will have to answer questions or exhausts time of previous section before proceeding for next section in NEET PG exam. Each section has particualar allotted time, i.e 42 minute in NEET PG exam. For an example, supppose a candidate wants to answer questions of B section, he/she can do only when he exahusts allotted 42 minute of section A.
Why is it important to solve NEET PG question papers of previous years?
1. Understand Exam Pattern
One of the advantages of solving the NEET PG previous year’s question paper is that candidates get to know about the NEET PG 2024 pattern. This is crucial as it helps them to make strategies accordingly. Candidates are better prepared if they have a prior idea about the type of questions and weightage from a particular topic. Practising NEET PG questions papers, again and again, helps candidates to predict the difficulty level of the questions in the exam as well.
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2. Time management and speed
As NEET PG is one of the toughest exams, candidates must not leave any stone unturned to answer the maximum correct response in the NEET PG 2025 exam. Candidates are provided 210 minutes to solve 200 questions in the exam that implies that they get around 1.05 minutes for each question. With more practise of previous year’s question paper of NEET PG, candidates get a better hold on speed and management of time. They get to learn to answer maximum questions in the given time.
3. Accuracy
Another important thing is to maintain accuracy while answering questions in NEET PG 2025 exam. There is a provision of negative marking in the exam that implies that for every wrong answer one mark will be deducted from the total. Solving NEET PG question papers, candidates get an idea of how to manage accuracy in the exam. Candidates should aim for answering maximum questions with accuracy, that’s very important.
No marks will be deducted for unanswered questions as per existing NEET PG pattern. Such questions will not be taken into account while calculating marks. Students are advised to attempt only those questions where they are confident of right answer. If there is iota of doubt of correct answer, candidates are advised to leave that question.
Candidates can't mark more than one answer as NEET PG is computer-based exam. Moreover, in the official information brochure, there is no mention of whether candidate will be deducted marks or not for marking two options. NEET PG 2026 exam pattern will be released by National Board of Examinations (NBE). The exam is conducted in computer-based mode. Candidates are provided total 3.5 hours to answer the question paper.
No. Usullay NBE doesn't release the official question paper for NEET PG exam but for 2025-26 session, it released question ID and answer key. Candidates can download question Id, answer key and response sheet after login to the application page. NBE also released NEET PG 2025 scorecards on August 29, 2025. NEET PG 2025 result was announced on August 19, 2025.
4. Better prepared for the exam day
Another advantage of solving NEET PG previous papers is that candidates become habitual of solving questions and exam paper doesn’t come as a surprise to them. These NEET PG question and mock test papers are designed like a replica of the actual test papers with the same number of questions and time. Candidates are advised to solve these papers in the same manner like they will be appearing in the actual exam. They should appear for these test papers in a single sitting and try to solve the paper in 3.5 hours. This practice gives a major boost to their confidence level before the D-day. Candidates get a better hold on every aspect prior to the exam.
5. Evaluation of performance and preparation strategy
After finishing the NEET PG 2025 syllabus, candidates are advised to solve as many as NEET PG 2025 mock test and previous year’s NEET PG question papers. This helps them to analyse their performance. Candidates must note the score every time and do a deep analysis of the performance. This practice enables them to know about their weakness and strengths. NEET PG previous year’s question papers help them to identify those particular topics where candidates have to work more. Once candidates get to know what needs to be done, they tweak their preparation strategy accordingly.
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NEET PG 2025 counselling involves different steps starting with registration. Only those who qualify the exam can participate in counselling process. After registration, candidates ahve to declare choices. Thereafter seat allotment result is announced based on choices, reservation criteria, NEET PG
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MCC had revised round-2 dates for NEET PG 2025 counselling. Registration for round-2 counselling will begin on December 5, 2025. Deadline for round-2 registration and choice filling is December 9, 2025. November 5, 2025. Seat allotment result for round-1 was uploaded online on November 22, 2025.
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Yes. Candidates will have to declare preferences of choices for each round of NEET PG counselling after registration. It must be noted registration and choices can be declared online. At the same time, choices must be locked in the given deadline otherwise it gets locked automatically. Based on decl
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Yes. If you will be allotted seat in round-2 NEET PG counselling, your round-1 allotted seat will be automatically get cancelled. In case you don't get allotted seat in round-2, then round-1 seat will not be cancelled. Candidates have to register online and declare preferences of choice for NEET PG
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No, candidates should answer only those questions where they feel confident about the right answer. The reason being there is a provision of negative marking in the NEET PG 2025 exam. Candidates are advised to choose not to answer rather than marking wrong option. Negative score may take a toll on overall score of a candidate.