NEET UG 2025: Students Take Digs on Social Media; Call It Toughest Paper Since 2016
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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:
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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