NEET 2025 Question Paper with Solution: Download PDF & Answer Key

NEET 2025 Question Paper PDF With Solution — Free Download

You can download the NEET 2025 question paper PDF below, with the NTA answer key and the video solutions. Use the answer key for the code printed on the top right of your booklet, because the same question number can carry a different correct option in each code. Official notices are on the NTA NEET website.

💡 Expert Tip by eSaral NEET Faculty: Don't just read the NEET 2025 paper once. Print it, sit for the full three hours with a timer and an OMR sheet, and only check the answer key after you finish. This is the single most realistic mock test you can take for free.

NEET 2025 Subject Wise Question Paper PDF With Solutions

Students can also download the NEET 2025 subject-wise question papers with solutions for Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. These PDFs make it easier to practise each subject separately, review important questions, and check the correct solutions while preparing for NEET.

Practising the NEET 2025 Physics, Chemistry, and Biology question papers separately can help students analyse their subject-wise preparation, identify weak areas, and revise important concepts before attempting full-length NEET mock tests.

NEET 2025 Paper: Exam Details and Pattern

The NEET 2025 paper was held on 4 May 2025 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM IST in pen-and-paper (OMR) mode. It had 180 compulsory questions for 720 marks, with 45 questions each in Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology. From 2025, NTA dropped the optional Section B that NEET 2021 to 2024 had carried.

Read more about the NEET exam pattern and the NEET syllabus.

NEET 2025 Answer Key: How to Calculate Your Score

Your NEET 2025 score is (4 × correct answers) − (1 × wrong answers). Unattempted questions score 0. Follow these steps with the NEET 2025 answer key for your code.

1. Find your code. It is printed on the top right of your booklet. Open the NEET 2025 answer key and look up that code.
2. Check each answer. Write C next to every correct answer, X next to every wrong one and U next to every unattempted one.
3. Apply the formula. With 130 correct and 30 wrong, your score is (4 × 130) − 30 = 490 marks.
4. Compare with the cutoff. See the cutoff table further down this page.
5. Estimate your rank. Enter your marks in the NEET marks vs rank predictor.

💡 Expert Tip by eSaral NEET Faculty: If you attempt 160 questions and get 130 correct, 30 incorrect, your score is (4×130) − (1×30) = 490 marks. Based on NEET 2025's actual cutoff data, that score comfortably cleared the qualifying bar and would have been competitive for several state-quota government colleges.

NEET 2025 Paper Analysis — Subject-Wise Difficulty

NEET 2025 — Overall Difficulty: Moderate to Tough. Roughly 28% of questions were tough, 38% moderate, and 33% easy across the paper. Physics was reported by most test-takers as the toughest of the three subjects, while Biology remained the most scoring.

PHYSICS | 45 questions | 180 marks | Difficulty: Tough

Numerical-heavy and time-consuming. Mechanics, Modern Physics, and Electrostatics carried the bulk of the weightage, with several multi-step problems.

CHEMISTRY | 45 questions | 180 marks | Difficulty: Moderate

A balanced mix of Class 11 and Class 12 topics, with a slightly heavier lean toward Organic and Physical Chemistry.

BOTANY | 45 questions | 180 marks | Difficulty: Easy

Mostly drawn from the Class 12 curriculum, with a few lengthy, diagram-based questions.

ZOOLOGY | 45 questions | 180 marks | Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Direct, concept-based questions with a few lengthy ones.

NEET 2025 vs NEET 2024 — Which Was Tougher?

Was NEET 2025 harder than NEET 2024?

Yes — on balance, NEET 2025 was considered somewhat tougher than NEET 2024, largely because of a more numerical-heavy Physics section. This is also reflected in the final cutoff, which dropped for every category compared to 2024.

NEET 2025 Final Cutoff — Category-Wise Qualifying Marks

NTA released the NEET 2025 cutoff along with the results on June 14, 2025. Out of 22,09,318 candidates who appeared, 12,36,531 qualified — a qualification rate of 55.96%. Mahesh Kumar from Rajasthan topped the exam with AIR 1 and a score of 686/720.

Important: This qualifying cutoff decides eligibility for counselling only — it does not guarantee a government MBBS seat. Seat allotment depends on the separate, much higher admission cutoff set during MCC and state counselling rounds.

Government MBBS admission cutoff (All India Quota, Round 3, indicative):

• General category: last seat allotted around AIR 26,178
• OBC category: last seat allotted around AIR 26,231
• SC category: last seat allotted around AIR 136,445
• ST category: last seat allotted around AIR 162,975

These figures vary by round and by college, so treat them as a directional benchmark rather than an exact prediction for any single institution.

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Why Solve the NEET 2025 Question Paper for 2026/2027 Prep?

Is the NEET 2025 paper still useful if I'm preparing for a later attempt?

Yes. The NEET 2025 paper is the closest available mirror of the current 180-question, no-choice format, and solving it under timed conditions exposes exactly where your speed and accuracy break down.

1. Attempt it like a real exam. Use an OMR sheet, set a three-hour timer, and don't pause midway.
2. Score it honestly using the formula above, without looking ahead at the answer key.
3. Log every wrong answer by topic — not just the final score — so you can see whether Physics numericals or Biology recall is your weak point.
4. Cross-check against the analysis section above to see if NEET is shifting weightage toward certain chapters year on year.
5. Repeat with NEET 2024, 2023, and earlier papers to build a pattern across multiple years rather than one data point.

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