NEET UG 2025: Students Take Digs on Social Media; Call It Toughest Paper Since 2016
The NEET UG 2025 cutoff is expected to rise following the nationwide entrance exam conducted on May 4. The increase is attributed to a particularly challenging Physics section and unusually lengthy Chemistry and Biology papers, which tested students’ time management and persistence.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduates (NEET UG) on May 4, 2025 from 2 pm to 5 PM. Right after the examination concluded, students shared the examination analysis, highlighting the difficulty level of the physics section in the examination. Further, several students found the Chemistry and Biology sections as lengthy. As per media reports, several experts have said that NEET UG 2025 was the toughest exam since 2016.
The examination was conducted across India on Sunday with over 20.8 lakh candidates attempting the question paper. As per the NEET UG 2025 exam analysis from students, the examination was lengthy and tough in comparison to the previous years. Meanwhile, several students took to the social media platform 'X', formerly Twitter, sharing their experience with the examination. Take a look at the post shared by several X users below.
An X user, Mohsin, shared that he found the examination toughest in 2025:
Another X user, Dr Edward Lawrie, shared that he found NEET UG 2025 as the toughest paper ever:
Commonly asked questions
The total number of exam cities for NEET is 566. The number of NEET exam cities in India are 552 and in abroad are 14. The number of exam cities in India changes every year. The exact number is known through the notification PDF.
The NTA has not released the NEET 2026 exam city list yet. The number of exam cities will be known after the release of NEET notification 2026. However, the NTA removed five cities from the list in 2025. The five cities which were removed from the NEET exam city list were Surampelam (Andhra Pradesh), Deoghar (Madhya Pradesh), Basar (Arunachal Pradesh), Mamit (Mizoram) and Kiphrie (Nagaland).
No, once the NEET city slip is issued by NTA, it is not permitted to request for change in the exam city. NTA tries to allot the NEET exam city based on candidates' first preference. However, there may be situations where it is not possible to allot the preferred city. Hence, candidates have to make the necessary travel or accommodation arrangements accordingly, instead of approaching NTA to change the exam city.
Another user, Armanpreet Singh, said that the NEET UG 2025 exam was not properly drafted as several topics from the biology section were not added. Besides, the examination was very lengthy.
Another X user, Smol-kid, asked NMC the reason for creating the examination this tough.
As the examination is now concluded, students are eagarly waiting for the answer key to release. However, several coaching institutes have already released the answer key at their website; NTA will release the official NEET UG 2025 answer key soon.
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