NEET 2020 Results: Check out Analysis, Percentile Cut-offs
New Delhi: After releasing the results of the prestigious MBBS and BDS entrance exam, NEET 2020, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has now published the in detail analysis of the NEET.
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET is the gateway to MBBS and BDS admissions in the country. The students who intend to pursue MBBS and BDS in India need to qualify the mandatory test.
The result of the NEET 2020 was announced on October 16th with over 7.7 lakh candidates qualifying the exam. An All India merit list has been prepared in percentile determined on the basis of highest marks secured in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to MBBS/BDS courses as per Para V (II), Chapter II of Graduate Medical Education Regulations issued under Medical Council of India Act & Dental Council of India Act.
15,97,435 candidates had registered for the exam, 13,66,945 were present taking the percentage to 85.57 per cent and 2,30,490 candidates were absent during the NEET 2020 exam.
The NEET was conducted across 3,862 centres in 155 cities. The exam was held in 11 languages. As many as 2,66,240 invigilators and over 5818 observers, 9680 Deputy centre superintendent, 195 city coordinators were involved in conducting the test.
Of the 6,18,075 male candidates who took the exam, 3,43,556 cleared it, while of the 7,48,866 female candidates, 4,27,943 qualified. Of the 4 transgender candidates who appeared in the exam, 1 cleared it.
NEET 2020 Cutoff Percentile
Percentile stands for a number where a certain percentage of scores fall below that specific number. Hence, it relies on the candidates' performance when compared to the performance of others. For example, if the NEET Cut off is 50th percentile for particular category candidates, a candidate is required to score more than 50% of candidates belonging to that category.
General with 50th Percentile - 720-147
Unreserved - Physically Handicapped (UR PH) and EWS with 45th Percentile- 146-129
Scheduled Caste (SC) with 40th Percentile is 146-113
Scheduled Tribe (ST) with 40th Percentile is 146-113
Other Backward Classes (OBC) with 40th Percentile is 146-113
SC PH with 40th Percentile is 128-113
ST PH with 40th Percentile is 128-113
OBC PH with 40th Percentile 128-113
Qualified candidates:
The maximum number of qualified candidates are from the state of UP with 88889 NEET 2020 qualified followed by Maharashtra with 79974 and Rajasthan with 65758.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka follow the list of topper states with 59404, 57215 and 55009 candidates.
46327 aspirants qualified NEET from Bihar this year. 33841 from Andhra Pradesh. 23554 candidates from Delhi. 36398 from Gujarat and 22395 from Haryana.
20654 aspirants from Odisha passed NEET 2020 while 28093 from Telangana and 37301 candidates from West Bengal passed the test.
Assam has 11052 qualifiers, Chhattisgarh has 12792, J&K has 14743, Jharkhand has 10811 and Punjab has 8614 qualified candidates of NEET this year.
413 qualified the test from Andaman and Nicobar islands, 1642 from Arunachal Pradesh, 1096 from Chandigarh, 288 from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 144 from Daman and Diu, 1582 from Goa, 7622 from Himachal, 105 from Lakshadweep, 3548 from Manipur, 587 from Mizoram, 731 from Nagaland, 2362 from Puducherry, 317 from Sikkim, 1738 from Tripura, 7323 from Uttarakhand, 367 from Ladakh and 699 from others.
Section 14 of the National Medical Commission Act (NMC Act), 2019 provides for holding of a common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to the undergraduate medical courses in all medical institutions including those governed under any other law. Thus, admission to MBBS course in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) and all AIIMS like Institutions will also be made through NEET (UG) (NMC Act, 2019).
Mentioned below are the in detail analysis NEET 2020:
1. Admissions to all seats of Undergraduate Medical Courses will be done through NEET (UG) - 2020. Category of seats to be filled through NEET (UG)-2020 are
• All India Quota Seats
• State Government Quota Seats
• Central Institutions/Universities/Deemed Universities
• State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical / Dental /Ayurveda /Siddha /Unani /Homeopathy Colleges or any Private University
• State/Management/NRI Quota Seats in Private Medical/ Dental Colleges or any Private/ Deemed University
• Central Pool Quota Seats
• All seats including NRI Quota as well as Management Quota, in private unaided/aided minority / non- minority medical colleges
(a) Indian Citizens/Overseas Citizens of India intending to pursue Undergraduate Medical Courses from a foreign (Medical/Dental/Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani/Homeopathy) Institute need to qualify NEET (UG) - 2020.
(b) The Counselling for successful candidates under 15% All India Quota seats and all seats of Deemed Universities/Central Universities/Seats of Employees' State Insurance Corporation(ESIC) & AFMC including Delhi University (DU), BHU, AMU, and AIIMS& JIPMER will be conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee of Directorate General of Health Services, Govt. of India(MCC/DGHS) for Undergraduate Medical Courses. The counselling for admission to the seats under the control of other States/Universities/Institutions shall be conducted as per the notifications issued separately by the authorities concerned.
(c) The result of NEET (UG) - 2020 may be utilized by other entities of Central/State Governments for admission purpose in accordance with their rules.
(d) During counselling, the eligibility criteria, self-declaration, various documents, etc. of the eligible candidates shall be verified as per norms specified by the respective authorities and/or Medical/Dental/Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani/Homeopathy Colleges. NTA does not have any responsibility towards correctness/genuinity of the uploaded information/documents during the application process.
| CANDIDATES | 2019 | 2020 | REMARKS (wrt 2020) |
| No. of candidates registered | 1519375 | 1597435 | 5.14% increase from 2019 |
| No of Candidates Present | 1410755 | 1366945 | 85.57% |
| No of Candidates Absent | 108620 | 230490 | 14.43% |
| Indian Nationals | 1516066 | 1593907 | 99.78% |
| NRIs | 1884 | 1869 | 0.12% |
| OCIs | 675 | 732 | 0.05% |
| PIO | 63 | 49 | 0.003% |
| Foreigners | 687 | 878 | 0.05% |
| Male | 680414 | 716586 | 44.86% |
| Female | 838955 | 880843 | 55.14% |
| Transgender | 6 | 6 | --- |
| Un Reserved | 534072 | 475534 | 29.77% |
| SC | 211303 | 221253 | 13.85% |
| ST | 96456 | 100519 | 6.29% |
| OBC | 677544 | 706214 | 44.21% |
| EWS | --- | 93915 | 5.88% |
| Number of Cities | 154 | 155 | 0.65% increase from 2019 |
| Number of Languages | 11 | 11 | --- |
| Number of centres | 2546 | 3862 | 51.69 increase from 2019 |
| Number of Centre / Deputy Centre Superintendent | 5970 | 9680 | 62.14 increase from 2019 |
| Number of rooms | 64000 | 133120 | 108.00% increase from 2019 |
| Number of invigilators | 128000 | 266240 | 108.00% increase from 2019 |
| Number of Observers | 3600 | 5818 | 61.61% increase from 2019 |
| No of City Coordinators | 163 | 195 | 19.63% increase from 2019 |
05 candidates were identified using unfair practices in the examination and 02 candidates were reported by Thana Bajaria, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The result of five candidates has been cancelled,
|
LANGUAGE | NEET (UG) 2019 | NEET (UG) 2020 | ||
| Registered | % of Candidates | Registered | % of Candidates | |
| ENGLISH | 1204968 | 79.31 | 1263273 | 79.08 |
| HINDI | 179857 | 11.84 | 204399 | 12.80 |
| ASSAMESE | 1796 | 0.12 | 5328 | 0.33 |
| BENGALI | 4750 | 0.31 | 36593 | 2.29 |
| GUJARATI | 59395 | 3.91 | 59055 | 3.70 |
| KANNADA | 2305 | 0.15 | 1005 | 0.06 |
| MARATHI | 31239 | 2.06 | 6258 | 0.39 |
| ODIA | 31490 | 2.07 | 822 | 0.05 |
| TAMIL | 1017 | 0.07 | 17101 | 1.07 |
| TELUGU | 700 | 0.05 | 1624 | 0.10 |
| URDU | 1858 | 0.12 | 1977 | 0.12 |
| ENGLISH & HINDI | 1384825 | 91.14 | 1467672 | 91.88 |
| Regional Languages | 134550 | 08.86 | 129763 | 8.12 |
5. Gender wise No. of Candidates Registered, Appeared and Qualified during 2019 and 2020
|
Gender | NEET(UG)-2019 | NEET(UG)-2020 | ||||
| Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | |
| Male | 680414 | 630283 | 351278 | 716586 | 618075 | 343556 |
| Female | 838955 | 780467 | 445761 | 880843 | 748866 | 427943 |
| Transgender | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 1519375 | 1410755 | 797042 | 1597435 | 1366945 | 771500 |
|
Category | NEET(UG)-2019 | NEET(UG)-2020 | ||||
| Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | |
| OBC | 677544 | 631473 | 375635 | 706214 | 607230 | 359447 |
| SC | 211303 | 193188 | 99890 | 221253 | 190630 | 98809 |
| ST | 96456 | 86210 | 35272 | 100519 | 80455 | 33848 |
| UR | 534072 | 499884 | 286245 | 475534 | 402831 | 221952 |
| EWS | ---- | ---- | ---- | 93915 | 85799 | 57444 |
| Total | 1519375 | 1410755 | 797042 | 1597435 | 1366945 | 771500 |
|
Category | NEET(UG)-2019 | NEET(UG)-2020 | ||||
| Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | |
| PwD | 5411 | 4953 | 2186 | 5741 | 4922 | 2137 |
|
Nationality | NEET(UG)-2019 | NEET(UG)-2020 | ||||
| Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | |
| Indian | 1516066 | 1408051 | 795031 | 1593907 | 1365154 | 770201 |
| Foreigner | 687 | 483 | 315 | 878 | 424 | 256 |
| NRI | 1884 | 1612 | 1209 | 1869 | 854 | 600 |
| OCI | 675 | 552 | 441 | 732 | 481 | 418 |
| PIO | 63 | 57 | 46 | 49 | 32 | 25 |
| Total | 1519375 | 1410755 | 797042 | 1597435 | 1366945 | 771500 |
|
Category |
Qualifying Criteria | NEET(UG) 2019 | NEET(UG) 2020 | ||
| Marks Range | No. of Candidates | Marks Range | No. of Candidates | ||
| UR | 50th Percentile | 701-134 | 704335 | 720-147 | 682406 |
| OBC | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 63789 | 146-113 | 61265 |
| SC | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 20009 | 146-113 | 19572 |
| ST | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 8455 | 146-113 | 7837 |
| UR / EWS & PH | 45th Percentile | 133-120 | 266 | 146-129 | 99 |
| OBC & PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 | 142 | 128-113 | 233 |
| SC & PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 | 32 | 128-113 | 70 |
| ST & PH | 40th Percentile | 119-107 | 14 | 128-113 | 18 |
|
| 797042 |
| 771500 | ||
|
| NEET(UG)-2019 | NEET(UG)-2020 | ||||||
| State Name | Regd. | Appd. | Qualified | % Qualified w.r.t Appd | Regd. | Appd. | Qualified | % Qualified w.r.t Appd |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1063 | 987 | 512 | 51.87 | 914 | 816 | 413 | 50.61 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 57798 | 55200 | 39039 | 70.72 | 62051 | 57721 | 33841 | 58.63 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4509 | 3716 | 1619 | 43.57 | 4110 | 3276 | 1642 | 50.12 |
| Assam | 27183 | 24228 | 10716 | 44.23 | 29973 | 23648 | 11052 | 46.74 |
| Bihar | 83814 | 76536 | 44092 | 57.61 | 95150 | 83038 | 46327 | 55.79 |
| Chandigarh | 1657 | 1562 | 1144 | 73.24 | 1631 | 1449 | 1096 | 75.64 |
| Chhattisgarh | 28391 | 25984 | 12456 | 47.94 | 31027 | 26030 | 12792 | 49.14 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 619 | 604 | 261 | 43.21 | 776 | 671 | 288 | 42.92 |
| Daman & Diu | 321 | 312 | 125 | 40.06 | 386 | 317 | 144 | 45.43 |
| Delhi | 32048 | 30215 | 22638 | 74.92 | 34520 | 31202 | 23554 | 75.49 |
| Goa | 3776 | 3465 | 1677 | 48.40 | 3824 | 3135 | 1582 | 50.46 |
| Gujarat | 78318 | 75889 | 35177 | 46.35 | 79228 | 64791 | 36398 | 56.18 |
| Haryana | 33047 | 30649 | 22499 | 73.41 | 34163 | 30719 | 22395 | 72.90 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 13868 | 12646 | 8003 | 63.28 | 14565 | 12694 | 7622 | 60.04 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 26595 | 24744 | 13295 | 53.73 | 34615 | 31479 | 14743 | 46.83 |
| Jharkhand | 18285 | 16934 | 10297 | 60.81 | 19847 | 17214 | 10811 | 62.80 |
| Karnataka | 115931 | 102735 | 64982 | 63.25 | 118978 | 89359 | 55009 | 61.56 |
| Kerala | 117255 | 110206 | 73385 | 66.59 | 115480 | 92911 | 59404 | 63.94 |
| Lakshadweep | 306 | 262 | 136 | 51.91 | 300 | 239 | 105 | 43.93 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 58059 | 53391 | 26773 | 50.15 | 64110 | 55461 | 27134 | 48.92 |
| Maharashtra | 216176 | 206745 | 81171 | 39.26 | 227659 | 195338 | 79974 | 40.94 |
| Manipur | 6402 | 5794 | 3672 | 63.38 | 7049 | 5976 | 3548 | 59.37 |
| Meghalaya | 3421 | 3016 | 1094 | 36.27 | 3149 | 2149 | 978 | 45.51 |
| Mizoram | 1892 | 1654 | 592 | 35.79 | 1784 | 1359 | 587 | 43.19 |
| Nagaland | 2465 | 2057 | 710 | 34.52 | 2356 | 1805 | 731 | 40.50 |
| Odisha | 35093 | 32378 | 19244 | 59.44 | 38494 | 33945 | 20654 | 60.85 |
| Puducherry | 4911 | 4684 | 2281 | 48.70 | 4925 | 4474 | 2362 | 52.79 |
| Punjab | 14847 | 13783 | 9456 | 68.61 | 15070 | 13182 | 8614 | 65.35 |
| Rajasthan | 98757 | 93149 | 64890 | 69.66 | 104173 | 95752 | 65758 | 68.68 |
| Sikkim | 895 | 788 | 348 | 44.16 | 855 | 650 | 317 | 48.77 |
| Tamil Nadu | 138997 | 123078 | 59785 | 48.57 | 121617 | 99610 | 57215 | 57.44 |
| Telangana* | 51114 | 48996 | 33044 | 67.44 | 54872 | 50392 | 28093 | 55.75 |
| Tripura* | 4070 | 3702 | 1697 | 45.84 | 4273 | 3536 | 1738 | 49.15 |
| Uttar Pradesh* | 155556 | 144993 | 84982 | 58.61 | 174523 | 156992 | 88889 | 56.62 |
| Uttarakhand* | 13587 | 12531 | 7602 | 60.67 | 13933 | 12047 | 7323 | 60.79 |
| West Bengal* | 66924 | 62050 | 36846 | 59.38 | 74490 | 61887 | 37301 | 60.27 |
| Ladakh | --- | --- | --- | --- | 906 | 744 | 367 | 49.33 |
| OTHER | 1425 | 1092 | 802 | 73.44 | 1659 | 937 | 699 | 74.60 |
| Total | 1519375 | 1410755 | 797042 | 56.50 | 1597435 | 1366945 | 771500 | 56.44 |
Directorate of States are given in Appendix-IV of the Information Bulletin available on NEET website. The counselling would be conducted by the respective Counselling Authorities subject to prevailing rules and norms for admission in Medical Colleges/Dental Colleges under their ambit. Candidates are advised to be in touch with the respective Counselling Authorities and Institutions concerned for further details.
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