NEET 2020 Analysis and Expected Cutoff by Bansal Classes

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et the NEET 2020 exam analysis and expert analysis by the experts from Bansal Classes coaching institute, along with the expected cutoff by the experts. Physics was the toughest section followed by Chemistry and Biology. Know the details here on this page of Shiksha.

Get the NEET 2020 exam analysis and expert analysis by the experts from Bansal Classes coaching institute, along with the expected cutoff by the experts.

NEET 2020 Analysis and Expected Cutoff by Bansal Classes

NEET 2020 has been conducted on September 13 in 2,546 test centres located in 155 cities across India. Over 16 lakh candidates have appeared for NEET exam. As the three-hour duration test concluded at 5 pm, candidates are interested to know about the expert opinion regarding the analysis of the exam and the expected cutoff. To answer several queries that the candidates must be undergoing at the moment, Shiksha brings to the detailed analysis by Bansal Classes, one of the noted NEET coaching institutes in India.

The following table brings the NEET exam pattern and structure.

Table of contents
  • NEET 2020 Pattern Highlights
  • NEET 2020 Structure
  • NEET 2020 Analysis by Bansal Classes
  • NEET 2020 Expected Cutoff by Bansal Classes

NEET 2020 Pattern Highlights

Factors

Details

Exam Mode

Offline

Duration

Three Hours

Total Number of Questions

180

Total Marks

720

Number of Sections

Three

Marking Scheme

+4 for correct answer| -1 for an incorrect answer

Language of test

English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Assamese, and Urdu

NEET 2020 Structure

Subject

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Physics

45

180

Chemistry

45

180

Biology

Botany

45

180

Zoology

45

180

Total

180

720

NEET 2020 Analysis by Bansal Classes

The NEET 2020 analysis by Bansal Classes will be updated as and when the experts release it officially. For now, we bring to you the detailed analysis of last year’s NEET by Bansal Classes experts. According to the experts, the difficulty level of the exam was moderate to tough. There was an equal distribution of questions from Class 11 and Class 12 NEET syllabus. Here we bring the section-wise analysis of NEET.

Physics

This was the toughest section in the NEET paper. The questions were calculation-intensive, which made the section lengthy and time-consuming. The topic-wise question distribution and difficulty level are presented in the below table.

Topic-Wise Questions in Physics

Unit

Number of Questions

Easy

Moderate

Difficult

Mechanics

17

0

16

1

Heat and Thermodynamics

3

0

3

0

Properties of matter

3

0

2

1

Electrostatics and Capacitor

4

0

4

0

Current Electricity

3

0

3

0

Magnetism, Magnetic Effect of Current and AC

5

0

4

1

Modern Physics

6

0

5

1

Ray and Way Optics

4

0

4

0

Total

45

0

41

4

Chemistry

This section was easy as compared to the other two sections and that of last year’s NEET paper as well. The numerical questions asked in this section were formula based.

Topic-Wise Questions in Chemistry

Units

Number of questions

Very Easy

Easy

Moderate

Inorganic

14

5

5

4

Physical

19

10

5

4

Organic

12

5

5

2

Total

45

20

15

10

Biology

The difficulty level of this section was moderate. As per the Bansal Classes experts, the Zoology questions were easier than the Botany questions. Botany area had more questions than Zoology area. The topic-wise distribution of questions is as follows:

Topic-Wise Questions in Biology

Units

Number of questions

Easy

Moderate

Difficult

Zoology

40

6

31

3

Botany

50

8

40

2

Total

90

14

71

5

NEET 2020 Expected Cutoff by Bansal Classes

The NEET cutoffs depend on various factors such as difficulty level of the exam, number of test-takers, number of seats, among others. Bansal Classes will announce the expected cutoff for NEET 2020 soon after the conduct of the exam.

The following table brings the NEET 2019 qualifying percentile and cutoff marks.

Category

Minimum Qualifying Percentile

Cut off marks (Range)

General

50

701-134

General - Physically Handicapped

45

133-120

SC/ ST/OBC

40

133-107

OBC/SC/ST- Physically Handicapped

40

133-107

NEET 2020 scores will be accepted by 529 medical colleges and 313 dental colleges across India offering 75,893 and 26,693 seats respectively. he NEET answer keys (provisional) are expected to be released in the last week of September and the final answer key will be released in the first week of October. NEET result is estimated to be announced in the second week of October 2020.

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