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NEET-UG 2026 (held 3 May 2026) was cancelled by NTA on 12 May 2026 after a Rajasthan SOG paper-leak investigation. A full reconduct (RE-NEET 2026) covered all ~22 lakh affected candidates. RE-NEET was held on 21 June 2026; results were declared on 16 July 2026.
The NEET UG 2026 cycle is over. This page is kept as a record of it — the exam that was cancelled, the RE-NEET reconduct that replaced it, and the dates each milestone actually fell on. For the current cycle, refer to nta.ac.in.
21 Jun 2026
RE-NEET, after the 3 May 2026 paper was cancelled
Closed
Window ran 8th Feb – 8th Mar 2026
Declared
16 July 2026, at neet.nta.nic.in
February 2026
Completed8th February 2026
Completed8th March 2026
Completed10th – 12th March 2026
CompletedApril 2026
Completed3 May 2026
Completed12 May 2026
Completed21 June 2026
Completed16 July 2026
CompletedNote: The NEET 2026 cycle is complete — every milestone above has been and gone. See the RE-NEET 2026 update at the top of this page for the full story, and refer to nta.ac.in for the current cycle.
| Subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Physics | 45 | 180 |
| Chemistry | 45 | 180 |
| Biology (Botany + Zoology) | 90 | 360 |
| Total | 180 | 720 |
All 180 questions are compulsory. The optional Section B — 15 questions per subject of which you attempted any 10 — has been withdrawn, so there is no longer any choice within the paper.
Duration
3 hrs 20 min
Correct Answer
+4 marks
Wrong Answer
-1 mark
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NEET UG 2026 was held on 3 May 2026. NTA cancelled that paper on 12 May 2026 after a Rajasthan SOG paper-leak investigation and reconducted the exam as RE-NEET 2026 on 21 June 2026. The RE-NEET sitting is the one that counted.
NTA declared the RE-NEET 2026 results on 16 July 2026 at neet.nta.nic.in. The results of the cancelled 3 May 2026 paper were never released.
No. The NTA application window for NEET UG 2026 ran from 8th February 2026 to 8th March 2026 and is closed. RE-NEET 2026 required no fresh registration — every existing candidature was carried forward. For the current cycle, check nta.ac.in.
NEET has 180 questions worth 720 marks — Physics 45, Chemistry 45, Botany 45, Zoology 45. Every question is compulsory: the optional Section B that once let candidates skip questions has been withdrawn.
+4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong answer, 0 for unattempted. With all 180 questions answered correctly the maximum score is 720.
NEET is conducted once a year by NTA. There are no multiple attempts in a single year, so students should prepare thoroughly for the one exam opportunity.
NEET is conducted in pen and paper (offline) mode. Students mark answers on an OMR sheet.
The NEET syllabus covers Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany + Zoology) from Class 11 and Class 12 NCERT. NTA publishes any revision alongside the official notification for each cycle.