NEET question paper easy; MBBS cut-off may go up

NEET question paper easy; MBBS cut-off may go up

A Few Tricky Questions In Chemistry 

Ragu.Raman@timesofindia.com 04.05.2026

Chennai : Medical aspirants who wrote the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday said the question paper was easy compared to last year. Experts rated the question paper as easy to moderate, with a few tricky questions in chemistry. They predict an increase in cut-off marks for MBBS seats in govt medical colleges this year. Overall, more than one lakh students appeared for the NEET exam throughout the state.

In Chennai, more than 20,000 students attended the test at 42 centres. In Madurai and Coimbatore, more than 14,000 students took the exam, while in Trichy, around 6,000 appeared for the entrance test. In Salem, two students — Sanjeevi from Salem and Ganesh Babu from Mettur Dam area — reached their exam centre in Belur at around 1.50pm and were not allowed to enter the exam hall as the gates were closed by 1.30pm. They said the delay was caused due to an error in a navigation app. 

In Chennai, Avani Tripathi of Maharishi Vidya Mandir Higher Secondary School, who wrote the exam in Army Public School in Nandambakkam, said the biology questions were very easy. “If we know lessons in NCERT textbooks, all questions in the biology section were easy. I found some physics questions time-consuming, but they were better than last year,” she said. 

Gokul from Velammal School, who wrote the exam at Chennai Boys Higher Secondary School in Nungambakkam, said the question paper was easy except for a few questions in chemistry. “The physics questions were not as tough as last year. I expect more students to get high scores this year,” he said. 

Tanushka from Jaigopal Garodia Govt Girls Higher Secondary School in Virugambakkam said she attended all questions in the biology section and found physics and chemistry questions tough. “I attended a one-month crash course. If I had prepared for two years, I would have done very well,” she said. 

Experts said the questions were lengthy. “Chemistry was lengthy and physics had more calculation-based questions. But, there were no twisted questions and most of them were direct. So, I expect the medical cut-off to go up and top scores may breach 700 of 720,” said Sourav Mondal, academic head, FIITJEE Global School. 

Last year, due to a tough NEET question paper, the cutoff for medical admissions dropped by around 100 marks from 650 to 550 marks for general category students. Santosh Singh, academic head, Allen Career Institute, TN and Puducherry, said physics and chemistry questions were balanced this year. “One question in chemistry was debatable. With easy biology questions, we are expecting more students to get above 650 marks,” he said. 

A Few Tricky Questions In Chemistry 

Ragu.Raman@timesofindia.com 04.05.2026

Chennai : Medical aspirants who wrote the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday said the question paper was easy compared to last year. Experts rated the question paper as easy to moderate, with a few tricky questions in chemistry. They predict an increase in cut-off marks for MBBS seats in govt medical colleges this year. Overall, more than one lakh students appeared for the NEET exam throughout the state.

In Chennai, more than 20,000 students attended the test at 42 centres. In Madurai and Coimbatore, more than 14,000 students took the exam, while in Trichy, around 6,000 appeared for the entrance test. In Salem, two students — Sanjeevi from Salem and Ganesh Babu from Mettur Dam area — reached their exam centre in Belur at around 1.50pm and were not allowed to enter the exam hall as the gates were closed by 1.30pm. They said the delay was caused due to an error in a navigation app. 

In Chennai, Avani Tripathi of Maharishi Vidya Mandir Higher Secondary School, who wrote the exam in Army Public School in Nandambakkam, said the biology questions were very easy. “If we know lessons in NCERT textbooks, all questions in the biology section were easy. I found some physics questions time-consuming, but they were better than last year,” she said. 

Gokul from Velammal School, who wrote the exam at Chennai Boys Higher Secondary School in Nungambakkam, said the question paper was easy except for a few questions in chemistry. “The physics questions were not as tough as last year. I expect more students to get high scores this year,” he said. 

Tanushka from Jaigopal Garodia Govt Girls Higher Secondary School in Virugambakkam said she attended all questions in the biology section and found physics and chemistry questions tough. “I attended a one-month crash course. If I had prepared for two years, I would have done very well,” she said. 

Experts said the questions were lengthy. “Chemistry was lengthy and physics had more calculation-based questions. But, there were no twisted questions and most of them were direct. So, I expect the medical cut-off to go up and top scores may breach 700 of 720,” said Sourav Mondal, academic head, FIITJEE Global School. 

Last year, due to a tough NEET question paper, the cutoff for medical admissions dropped by around 100 marks from 650 to 550 marks for general category students. Santosh Singh, academic head, Allen Career Institute, TN and Puducherry, said physics and chemistry questions were balanced this year. “One question in chemistry was debatable. With easy biology questions, we are expecting more students to get above 650 marks,” he said.