NEET UG Previous Papers Analysis

The NEET UG 2021 was conducted by the National Testing Agency on September 12, 2021 in pen and paper mode. Almost 16 lakh candidates appeared for this all India level medical entrance exam.

The NEET UG question paper 2021 was divided into three sections – Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, and was of total 720 marks. According to students, the NEET 2021 exam paper was moderately difficult but lengthy. As far as the subject-wise difficulty level is concerned, Chemistry and Biology were easy-to-moderate, whereas Physics had challenging questions. The NEET UG 2021 question paper had the match and column type of questions along with assertion and reasoning questions. Overall, the question paper was based on NCERT.

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Here is a subject-wise analysis of the NEET UG question paper for the year 2021.

NEET UG 2021 Highlights

Let’s have a look at the highlights of the NEET UG 2021:

• The NEET UG 2021 entrance exam was held on September 12, 2021
• There were two different sections for each subject- Section A consisted of 35 questions and Section B consisted of 15 questions
• There was negative marking of 1 mark for every wrong answer

Physics Question Paper Analysis

Here are the highlights of the NEET UG 2021 Physics question paper:

• The Physics section of the question paper was considered between moderate to difficult
• The majority of questions were from Mechanics
• Some of the questions demanded in-depth knowledge of concepts
• The questions from Semiconductors, Optics and Photoelectric effect needed extra focus of students
• There were more numerical-based questions as compared to the previous year question paper
• Around 4-5 questions were tricky

Let’s understand the chapter-wise breakup of questions:

Chemistry Question Paper Analysis

The highlights of the chemistry section of the NEET UG 2021 are given below:

• Chemistry question paper was of moderate difficulty level
• A total of 19 questions came from inorganic chemistry
• Majority of the questions were NCERT based in which there was a mix of statement-based and numeric questions
• There was a repetition of questions from acidic strength of halogen acids
• 3 questions were graphical and 5 questions were matrix match type 

Here is a section-wise breakup of the chemistry part of the question paper-

Here is a comprehensive and chapter-wise breakup of each section of the chemistry paper-

Organic Chemistry 

Inorganic Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Biology Question Paper Analysis

There were two sections in the Biology section of the NEET UG 2021 question paper- Botany and Zoology.

Here are the highlights of both of the subsections of Biology in the question paper-

For the Botany section-

• The section had easy to moderate level of questions
• Majority of the questions were NCERT based
• There were a few tricky questions that required in-depth knowledge of concepts
• A good amount of questions were factual, whereas others were concept centric

For Zoology section-

• This was a moderately difficult section
• A few questions appeared easy were actually tricky type questions and demanded complete focus on particular keywords of questions
• The particular question on the earthworm took students by a surprise
• Students who were thorough with NCERT concepts were able to answer the question
• A few questions were interconnected
• Approximately 12 questions were asked from Biotechnology section
• 4 questions were from the Locomotion and Movement section of human physiology

 Here is a chapter wise breakdown of questions of the entire Biology section-

In order to thoroughly prepare for the upcoming NEET UG exam 2022, candidates must solve various NEET UG sample papers that are available online and offline.

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