Questions from Medicine, Surgery, Anaesthesia, Radiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics dominated NEET PG 2020 question paper, say candidates who appeared for the exam. Read below NEET PG 2020 exam analysis by candidates themselves.
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for postgraduate courses (NEET PG) was conducted on January 5, across 162 cities in India. The question paper of NEET PG 2020 comprised 300 questions, divided into three sections. The total duration of NEET PG 2020 was 3 hours and 30 minutes.
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Shiksha.com approached a few candidates who appeared for the exam to get insights into the NEET PG question paper. Test-takers share their exam-day experience and NEET PG exam analysis. Readers must note that the test-takers of NEET PG are covered by a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), barring them from disclosing the contents of the question paper. Hence, the exact questions asked in the examination are unknown.
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NEET PG Exam Analysis: Students' Reaction
Dr Mukherjee, a young NEET PG aspirant, feels that as opposed to the previous year, this year’s question paper was very clinical (practical). Nearly 80% of the NEET PG 2020 question paper was based on clinical knowledge, which is why students found it lengthy. Many questions could not be solved based on memory and needed practical knowledge of the subjects. Candidates who had mugged up facts believing that it would help found themselves in a difficult situation.
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Dr Kumar says that the NEET PG 2020 question paper was focused on clinical scenarios. There were a lot of image-based questions related to instruments, investigation films and ultrasounds. When asked about the difficulty level of NEET PG 2020, he said that the overall difficulty level of the question paper was medium.
NEET PG 2020 Exam Analysis: Subject-wise Weightage
Maximum questions in the question paper of NEET PG 2020 were from General Medicine, Preventive and Social Medicine, and Pharmacology. Other favourites in NEET PG 2020 question paper were questions from General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Least number of questions were from Forensic Medicine, Ophthalmology and ENT. All these combined together did not have more than 10 questions. Ophthalmology and ENT combined had around six questions on them.
NEET PG 2020 Exam Analysis: Changes vis-a-vis Last Year
According to Dr Kumar, there were a lot of changes in this year’s question paper when compared to the previous years. Until last year the question paper of NEET PG was fact-based and comprised many direct questions (one-liners). However, NEET PG 2020 question paper had fewer one-liners/direct questions and more of conceptual/image-based questions.
Subjects such as Anatomy and Pharmacology have always been theory-oriented, however, this year even these subjects had conceptual/clinical questions. Forensic Medicine, too, had image-based questions this year.
NEET PG 2020 Exam Analysis: Topics/Types of Questions
| Subject |
Topics/types of questions |
|---|---|
| Medicine |
Grading, classification types, image-based, management of disease according to lab findings or pathology slides Emergencies, their management. next best investigation, confirmatory tests, the drug of choice Staging of cancer (Lung) |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Partographs, USG based findings and clinical scenarios |
| Forensic Medicine |
IPcC, CrPC, post mortem findings and images |
| Community medicine |
Biostatistics, communicable/non-communicable diseases (causative agent, primary/secondary host, modes of prevention, health programmes, and diagnostic clinical findings of a disease) |
| Paediatrics |
Clinical based Side effects of drugs |
| Orthopaedics |
Questions based on a given x-ray (image) |
| Radiology |
MRCP image of the liver |
| Biochemistry |
Theory-based direct questions |
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 5 days ago
With 485 marks in NEET PG 2026, your eligibility depends on your All India Rank (AIR) and category, though a score of 485 comfortably clears the general qualifying cutoff (262 out of 720).
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Answered a week ago
Yes, a 20K rank could be considered a good rank for admission to NITTE University to the MD and MS courses via the NEET PG exam. For the General AI category, the maximum admitted rank was 228775 for the MD course (MD in Physiology) and 69763 for the MS (MS in General Surgery) course via the NITTE Un
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Answered 2 weeks ago
Hi.
The MD Forensic Medicine cut-off in NEET-PG 2026 is, honestly, one of the most rank-friendly in the entire MD table — which makes this para-clinical branch a serious government-college route for candidates sitting on a lower rank. NEET-PG 2026 results were declared by NBEMS on 24 September 2026,
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Answered 4 weeks ago
Candidates can check the expected NEET PG 2026 qualifying marks below.
| Category | Qualifying Percentile | Expected Qualifying Marks |
| General | 50th | 295–315 |
| General PwBD | 45th | 275–295 |
| SC/ST/OBC (including PwBD) | 40th | 255–275 |
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Answered 4 weeks ago
470 is an average mark in NEET PG. Candidates can qualify the exam but securing admission to the clinical courses is not possible.
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Answered 4 weeks ago
NBEMS declared NEET PG 2026 result on September 24. NEET PG result link is activated on the website natboard.edu.in. Candidates can check their rank and marks obtained. They will also know the NEET PG cutoff marks.
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Answered a month ago
The rank needed for MSU Baroda admission would depend on the category, round and course chosen. For the General AI category, the maximum rank accepted for admission was 75765 for the MD in Microbiology course. Hence, students need to attain a rank of at least 75765 to be eligible for admission. Refe
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Answered a month ago
Yes, the NEET PG exam is tough. The exam is designed to test the knowledge of MBBS graduates in 19 subjects. Moreover, the number of seats are limited.
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Answered a month ago
Yes, this is a decent rank in NEET PG. Candidates have a high chance of getting admission to the clinical seat in medical colleges.
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Answered 2 months ago
Yes, NEET PG city intimation slip was released on August 11, 2026. Candidates can check the city intimation slip through login portal. They can know the exam city name through the NEET PG city intimation slip.
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