How was NEET 2025 Paper? Check Subject-wise Difficulty Level and Analysis

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Content Writer | Journalism Graduate | Updated On - May 4, 2025

NEET 2025 exam has been conducted on May 4, 2025 from 2 PM to 5 PM in pen-and-paper mode. Based on the initial reaction, the NEET 2025 paper was moderate to difficult, with Physics being toughest and Biology was the easiest.

NEET 2025 was conducted on May 4, 2025 from 2 PM to 5 PM. The exam was conducted for over 22.7 lakh candidates in 5453 exam centers in India and 13 cities abroad. Based on the initial feedback, NEET 2025 paper was moderate to difficult. Candidates reported that the Physics section was toughest and Biology was the easiest.

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NEET UG 2025 Paper Analysis

NEET 2025 Paper Analysis is available based on the appearing candidates reviews as the exam has been concluded successfully. The overall NEET 2025 paper was of moderate to tough difficulty level and lengthy:

Physics paper is being reported as the toughest in the last few years. It had some new questions which were not a part of any PYQs with some questions being asked from the JEE main practice papers as well.
Biology has been reported as easy with concept based lengthy questions and diagram based questions.
Chemistry is reported as moderate including a few lengthy numerical questions

Here is the NEET UG 2025 subject-wise analysis:

Subject	Difficulty Level	Most Asked Topics with Weightage	Remarks
Physics	Difficult	Electrostatics, Magnetism, Semiconductors	More numerical-based questions Lengthy 30% students found it difficult
Chemistry	Moderate	Organic Chemistry, d & f-Block	NCERT-based questions in Inorganic Chemistry Calculation-based questions in Physical Chemistry 40% of students rated it moderately difficult
Biology	Easy	Genetics, Human Physiology, Ecology	NCERT-based Diagram and theory-based 65% of students found it manageable

Is NEET 2025 tougher than 2024?

Yes! Based on the initial reaction, the overall difficulty level of NEET 2025 is difficult. Candidates and experts deemed it more difficult than the NEET 2024 paper.

NEET 2025 Answer Key PDF Download

NEET 2025 Answer Key for codes - 45, 46, 47 and 48 is available based on memory-based questions. Students can check their responses and predict their expected score based on the available answer keys.

Download NEET 2025 Question Paper PDFs with Solutions for all Codes

Paper Code	Question Paper PDF	Answer Key PDF	Solutions PDF
NEET 2025 Question Paper Set 45	Download PDF	Download PDF	Check Solutions
NEET 2025 Question Paper Set 46	Download PDF	Download PDF	Check Solutions
NEET 2025 Question Paper Set 47	Download PDF	Download PDF	Check Solutions
NEET 2025 Question Paper Set 48	Download PDF	Download PDF	Check Solutions

NEET 2025 Expected Cutoff

Category	NEET 2025 Expected Cutoff Marks	Qualifying Percentile
General (UR)	720 – 162	50th
General-PH	161 – 144	45th
OBC	161 – 127	40th
SC	161 – 127	40th
ST	161 – 127	40th
SC/OBC-PH	143 – 127	40th
ST-PH	139 – 127	40th

NEET UG 2025 Exam Pattern

Candidates had to answer 180 multiple choice questions (MCQs) in NEET 2025. All questions are compulsory; no options available in Section B. The questions are divided into three sections - Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (further divided into Botany and Zoology).

The exam duration is three hours (2 PM to 5 PM).
Candidates can attempt the NEET 2025 Question Paper in 13 languages – English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam.
NTA awards +4 marks for every correct answer in NEET 2025 exam. There is a negative marking of 1 mark for every incorrect answer. However, there is no marks awarded or deducted for unattempted questions.
The total marks for NEET 2025 is 720.

Check the subject-wise marks distribution below: