NEET Analysis- Paper pattern, Difficulty level, Chapterwise weightage and repeated questions

NEET 2019 will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) on 5th May 2019.
Examination will be offline pen and paper test. It will be of three hours duration, starting from 2.00 pm and ending on 5.00 pm.

Paper pattern

Paper will contain 180 questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Biology will contain 90 questions (45 Zoology and 45 Botany) and Physics and Chemistry will contain 45 questions each.
Questions will be MCQ type with single correct answer. Right answer will reward you with +4 marks and wrong answer will cause a negative marking of -1 marks (25% penalty).
80% questions will come from syllabus of NCERT Books of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, taught in 11th and 12th class. So commanding NCERT is a must and you will have to read it as a holy book for sure success in NEET.

An analysis of difficulty level and Chapterwise weightage is given below:
(Note: The following analysis is done by looking at all the papers from 2008 to 2018. Please do not relate it with a particular year paper.)

Difficulty level

Difficulty level of NEET paper is overall moderate. Difficulty wise distribution of questions:
● 10% questions (about 18 out of 180) are difficult.
● 35% questions (about 63 out of 180) are moderate.
● 55% questions (about 99 out of 180) are easy.
About 70 questions in Biology are of easy level.

Chapterwise weightage of Physics

1. Error, Unit and Dimensions- 1 question
2. Kinematics- 2 questions
3. Newton's law of motion- 1 or 2 questions
4. Work, power and energy- 3 questions
5. Rotational dynamics- 3 questions
6. Gravitation- 2 questions
7. Elasticity and Fluid Mechanics- 2 questions
8. Thermal properties of Matter- 2 questions
9. Thermodynamics and KTG- 3 questions
10. SHM and Waves- 3 questions
11. Electrostatics- 2 questions
12. Current Electricity- 2 questions
13. Magnetism- 5 questions
14. EMI and AC- 2 questions
15. EM waves- 1 question
16. Optics- 3 or 4 questions
17. Modern Physics- 4 questions
18. Semiconductor Electronics- 2 questions

(Now according to new changes by MCI, no any questions will be asked from Fluid Mechanics and KTG)

Chapterwise weightage of Chemistry

1. Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry- 1 question
2. Atomic structure- 2 questions
3. Periodicity in properties and classification of elements- 1 question
4. Chemical Bonding- 3 questions
5. States of Matter- 0 or 1 question
6. Themochemistry- 1 or 2 questions
7. Equilibrium- 2 or 3 questions
8. Redox reaction- 1 question
9. Hydrogen- 0 or 1 question
10. s- block- 1 question
11. p- block (group 13 to 18)- 3 questions
12. General Organic Chemistry- 4 questions
13. Hydrocarbon- 2 questions
14. Environmental Chemistry- 0 or 1 question
15. Solid State- 1 or 2 question
16. Solutions- 2 questions
17. Electrochemistry- 2 questions
18. Chemical Kinetics-  2 questions
19. Surface Chemistry- 1 question
20. Extraction of metals (Metallurgy)- 1 question
21. d and f block- 3 questions
22. Coordination compounds- 2 or 3 questions
23. Haloalkanes to Amines- 6 questions
24. Biomolecules- 2 questions
25. Polymers- 1 question
26. Chemistry in Everyday Life- 1 question

Chapterwise weightage of Biology

1. Living world- 1 question
2. Biological Classification- 2 questions
3. Plant Kingdom- 3 questions
4. Animal Kingdom- 3 questions
5. Morphology of Flowering plants- 4 questions
6. Anatomy of flowering plants- 2 questions
7. Structural organisation in Animals- 1 or 2 questions
8. Cell: The Unit of Life- 5 or 6 questions
9. Biomolecules- 1 or 2 questions
10. Cell cycle and cell division- 2 questions
11. Transport in plants- 2 questions
12. Mineral Nutrition- 1 question
13. Photosynthesis in Plants- 1 or 2 questions
14. Respiration in Plants- 1 or 2 questions
15. Plant Growth and development- 2 questions
16. Digestion and Absorption- 2 questions
17. Breathing and Exchange of gases- 1 question
18. Body Fluids and Circulation- 3 questions
19. Excretory Products and their elimination- 1 questions
20. Locomotion and Movement- 2 questions
21. Neural Control and Coordination- 2 questions
22. Chemical Coordination and Integration- 2 questions
23. Reproduction in organisms- 1 question
24. Sexual Reproduction in flowering plants- 5 questions
25. Human Reproduction- 4 questions
26. Reproductive Health- 2 questions
27. Principles of Inheritance and Variation- 5 questions
28. Molecular Basis of Inheritance- 3 questions
29. Evolution- 3 questions
30. Human Health and Disease- 3 questions
31. Strategies for enhancement in food production- 2 questions
32. Microbes in Human Welfare- 1 question
33. Biotechnology and its Applications- 3 questions
34. Organisms and Population- 1 or 2 questions
35. Ecosystem- 4 or 5 questions
36. Biodiversity and Conservation- 2 or 3 questions
37. Environmental Issues- 3 or 4 questions

So you can see, in Physics, 22 questions come from 11th syllabus and 23 questions come from 12th syllabus.
In Chemistry, 23 questions come from 11th syllabus and 22 questions come from 12th syllabus.
In Biology, 46 questions comes from 11th syllabus and 44 questions comes from 12th syllabus.
So overall, 91 questions (50.5% part) come from 11th syllabus and 89 questions (49.5% part) come from 12th syllabus.
So 11th is very important for NEET and you will have to revise it regularly along with your 12th syllabus.

Repeated questions

● In Biology, about 40% questions are repeated (not exactly, but in some modified form) questions of past year NEET/AIIMS/State-PMTs papers.
● In Physics, about 30% questions are repeated (not exactly, but in some modified form) questions of past year NEET/AIIMS/JEE-Main/State-PMTs papers.
● In Chemistry, about 35% questions are repeated (not exactly, but in some modified form) questions of past year NEET/AIIMS/JEE-Main/State-PMTs papers.

So solving past 10 years questions of NEET/AIIMS/JEE-Main/State-PMTs papers is very important.

I hope this article will be helpful for you. If you still have any queries, please ask it in comments.