NEET Eligibility

You should either have completed or be completing 17 years of age as of 31st December 2025, to be eligible to write the NEET UG 2025 exam. That means, to be eligible for NEET-UG 2025, you should have been born on or before 31/12/2008.

A candidate must of at least 17 years as of December 31 of the academic year. Unless candidates meet the lower age limit criterion, they would not be considered eligible to appear for NEET for the particular year. The other factors of eligibility include studying Physics, Chemistry and Biology as core subjects.

To be eligible for NEET, candidates must fulfil criteria set by the National Testing Agency (NTA). For eligibility in NEET, you must have at least 50% aggregate marks in your 12th board examination in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (PCB) in case you are a candidate from the general category. However, if you fall under the reserved category SC/ST/OBC then the minimum percentage required is 40%. You would score 45 in Physics, 48 in Chemistry, and 46 in Biology. Your PCB percentage comes out to be less than 50%, which puts you out of the contention list for NEET unless you belong to some sort of reserved category.

Before,  if aspirants didn't take biology in Class 12, aspirants couldn't apply for NEET. But now applicants with the PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) background in their 11th and 12th grades have the opportunity to pursue a medical career.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has reformed the eligibility criteria for the NEET-UG examination, allowing class XII students without biology in their core subject combination to apply for the test. 

To sit for the NEET 2024, you must have satisfying the general requirement by the National Testing Agency (NTA). When applying for the general category candidate, you need to have passed PCB with 50% and overall aggregate of 50%. However, with regard to PCB percentage you stand below the cut off with 47% and the overall percentage of 57% you are not eligible to appear for NEET 2024. You might return for the Class 12 exams to have better marks or you might also opt for other fields of work.

No, you're not eligible with this score to sit for the NEET exam.

To appear in NEET exam, you must at least get 50% marks in physics, chemistry, and biology individually.

As you have scored less than 50% in physics you will not be eligible.

For candidates who did not participate in round 1, fresh registration has to be done for the NEET 2nd round counselling 2024. So yes you can participate fresh in round 2. But be careful on missing important dates of state counselling in further rounds.

Yes, you are eligible for Wb state counselling with 50% reservation in the state quota. If your caste comes under the reserved category then you will be offered category quota as well. You may refer to information bulletin for NEET PG to have a better understanding.

Scoring 510 marks and 91.6 percentile in NEET 2024 gives you a chance in some of the best colleges in West Bengal. You can use govt. NRS Medical College, Calcutta State Medical College, Medical College, Kolkata and other medical colleges. Some private colleges also prefer KPC Medical College. However, it all depends on the cutoffs which change from year to year. You should also try to find respected universities and other state seat offers. Be sure to check the official advisory website for accurate information and updates.