NEET PG 2023 Exam Analysis: Question Paper Moderately Difficult, Health Minister visits exam centre for surprise inspection
New Delhi: Amidst all the pleas for postponing the exam, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) successfully conducted the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) exam on the scheduled date March 5, 2023 and around 2,08,898 candidates appeared for the exam at 902 examination centres across 277 cities.
Admission to around 13,886 Master of Surgery (MS), 26,699 Doctor of Medicine (MD), and 922 PG Diploma seats will be on the basis of the NEET PG 2023 results.
The exam format included a total of 200 multiple-choice questions carrying a total of 800 marks. The paper was divided into 19 subjects.
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According to initial analysis, the question paper was moderately difficult. As per the latest media report by Telegraph India, students have revealed that the overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate.
The daily adds that the one-liner questions comprised 15-25% of the paper and around 60% of the questions were clinical in nature. Multiple questions on the same topic appeared in the paper including questions on vitamin B, arthritis, TORCH infection, CMV, and STDs.
Majority of the questions had been asked on topics including general medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, general surgery, biochemistry, physiology, pathology, microbiology, and pharmacology. More than 35 questions in the paper were based on images. Questions were also asked on HIV and alcohol-based topics. Besides, the clinical section was reportedly tougher than the pre-clinical and para-clinical sections.
Speaking about the NEET PG 2023 exam paper, the Co-Founder of CollegeDekhi, Saurabh Jain told India Today, "NEET PG 2023 seems to be moderately difficult this year. Around 60% of the questions were clinical-based and another 15-20 percent of the paper consisted of one-liner questions. Also, there were more than 35 image-based questions that, according to the students, were moderate to tough in difficulty."
Meanwhile, in order to review the security arrangements, the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya made a surprise visit at a NEET-PG exam centre in Patiala on Sunday. During the visit, the Union Health Minister also interacted with the candidates' parents.
Issuing a statement in this regard, the Union Ministry mentioned that this is the first time that the Union Health Minister has visited a National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) centre during an examination.
“Visited NEET-PG exam centre in Patiala, Punjab, and took stock of the arrangements,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
He appeared satisfied with the arrangements and extended his best wishes to the students appearing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG exams, adds PTI.
“I had the opportunity to interact with parents of students during my visit at the Patiala exam centre. I wish them all the best for the exam today,” Mandaviya said.
Mandaviya also paid obeisance at the Shri Kali Devi Mandir and Gurudwara Shri Dukhniwaran Sahib in Patiala.
NBEMS conducted NEET PG 2023 examination on a computer-based platform for 2,08,898 candidates at 902 examination centres in 277 cities.
As a part of NBEMS’s zero-tolerance policy against unfair means, strict vigilance is being observed at all the examination centres, including but not limited to biometric verification, CCTV surveillance, document verification, mobile phone jammers…, the Union Health ministry statement said.
NBEMS chief Dr Abhijat Sheth monitored the conduct of the exam from the command centre in Ahmedabad. A command centre was also set up at NBEMS’s Dwarka office to monitor the examination and resolve the issues of candidates. The command centre also received live feed from various test centres. A police checkpost and medical assistance rooms were also set up as part of an emergency response team.
A surveillance command centre set up by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Mumbai was manned by 10 associates with state-of-the-art technology.
A dedicated security command centre was also set up in Patna while regional command centres monitored operational parameters to ensure that the exam commenced and finished on time.
All the state governments were asked to provide adequate security and uninterrupted power supply at all exam centres.
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