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20 February 2024- Latest Updates on NEET Exam Centers Outside India: NEET UG 2024 Overseas Exam Center Cities List Added by NTA: Check Details
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the NEET UG 2024 application form on 9 February 2024. This year, the NTA made NEET UG 2024 Major Updates in exam centers, syllabus, and others. In this blog, we will cater all the important changes that are made by the NTA.
| Events | Date |
| Application Form | 09 February 2024 to 09 March 2024 (up to 05:00 PM) |
| Last date of fee submission | 09 March 2024 (up to 11:50 PM) |
| Exam Date | 5th May 2024 |
| Time Duration | 03 Hours 20 minutes |
| Timing of Exam | 2:00 PM to 05:20 PM (IST) |
| Declaration of Result | 14 June 2024 |
| NEET Application Fees | ● For General/ NRI category, the registration fee will be Rs. 1700/-
● For General-EWS/OBC-NCL category the registration fee will be Rs. 1600/- ● For SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender category the registration fee will be Rs. 1000/- |
The NEET UG 2024 application form has been released and with it the list of exam centers in Indian cities. This year, the exam will not be conducted in centers outside India. However, the number of exam cities within India has increased from 499 to 554. Last year, NTA conducted NEET in 14 exam centers abroad for admission to MBBS, BDS, and UG courses in Indian medical colleges. The NEET UG 2024 information also states that details of the exam fees for centers outside India have been removed.
| State | Exam Centers in 2023 | Exam Centers in 2024 |
| Assam | 12 | 17 |
| Bihar | 27 | 34 |
| Chhattisgarh | 13 | 19 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1 | 1 |
| Daman and Diu | 2 | 2 |
| Delhi | 1 | 1 |
| Goa | 2 | 2 |
| Gujrat | 25 | 31 |
| Haryana | 8 | 19 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 9 | 10 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 10 | 10 |
| Jharkhand | 18 | 22 |
| Karnataka | 29 | 31 |
| Kerala | 16 | 16 |
| Lakshadweep | 1 | 1 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 30 | 31 |
| Maharashtra | 35 | 34 |
| Manipur | 1 | 3 |
| Meghalaya | 2 | 5 |
| Mizoram | 1 | 2 |
| Nagaland | 2 | 3 |
| Odisha | 26 | 26 |
| Puducherry | 1 | 4 |
| Punjab | 15 | 16 |
| Rajasthan | 24 | 25 |
| Sikkim | 2 | 2 |
| Tamil Nadu | 31 | 31 |
| Tripura | 2 | 2 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 59 | 60 |
| Uttarakhand | 10 | 13 |
| West Bengal | 19 | 19 |
| Telangana | 21 | 24 |
| Ladakh | 2 | 2 |
The NEET Physics syllabus has been updated by the authority. Refer to the tables below to know which topics have been added or reduced in the NEET Physics, Chemistry and Biology syllabus for 2024.
| Unit name | NEET Deleted Topics | NEET Added Topics |
| Physics and measurement | Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology, and society Need for measurement: Length, mass, and time measurements, accuracy and precision of measuring instruments. | |
| Kinematics | Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion, Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number | |
| Laws of Motion | Equilibrium of concurrent forces, lubrication | |
| Rotational Motion | Momentum conservation, centre of mass of uniform rod | |
| Gravitation | Geostationary satellites | Motion of a satellite, time period and energy of a satellite |
| Properties of Solids and Liquids | Shear, modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy, Reynold’s number, Qualitative ideas of Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and Green House effect, Cp, Cv, Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law | Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal’s law and its applications. Effect of gravity on fluid pressure |
| Thermodynamics | Heat engines and refrigerators | |
| Oscillations and Waves | Free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), Resonance, Doppler effect | |
| Electrostatics | Free charges and bound charges inside a conductor, Van de Graaff generator | |
| Current Electricity | The flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, Carbon resistors, color code for carbon resistors, Potentiometer-principle and applications to measure potential difference, and for comparing emf of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell | |
| Magnetic effects of current and magnetism | Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment, Cyclotron, Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron, Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements, Permanent magnets | Effect of temperature on Magnetic Properties |
| Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current | LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only) | |
| Optics | Reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts, Scattering of light- blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset, Optical instruments: Human eye, image formation and accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and hypermetropia) using lenses, Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers. | |
| Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation | Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained) | Dual nature of radiation |
| Atoms and Nuclei | Isotopes, isobars; isotones, Radioactivity- alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties decay law | |
| Electronic Devices | Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators, Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor; transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator, Transistor as a switch | |
| Kinetic Theory of Gases | RMS speed of gas molecules, Avogadro’s number |
| Unit name | NEET Deleted Topics | NEET Added Topics |
| Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry | General Introduction: Important and scope of chemistry | |
| Atomic Structure | Atomic number, isotopes and isobars. Concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of light | Nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect; Spectrum of the hydrogen atom. Bohr model of a hydrogen atom – its postulates, derivation of the relations for the energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr’s model |
| Chemical Thermodynamics | Third law of thermodynamics- Brief introduction | Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties’ state functions, types of processes |
| Some p-Block Elements | Atomic number, isotopes and isobars, Concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of matter and light | |
| Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen | Cyanides and Isocyanides- will be mentioned at relevant places | |
| Polymers | Classification- Natural and synthetic, methods of polymerization (addition and condensation), copolymerization. Some important polymers: natural and synthetic like polyesters, bakelite; rubber, Biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers. | |
| Chemistry in Everyday Life | Chemicals in medicines- analgesics, tranquillisers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamines.
Chemicals in food- preservatives, artificial sweetening agents, elementary ideas of antioxidants. Cleansing agents- soaps and detergents, cleansing action |
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| Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure | Kossel – Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, the concept of ionic and covalent bonds, Elementary idea of metallic bonding, Fajan’s rule | |
| Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry | Electrolytic and metallic conduction, conductance and their in electrolytic solutions, molar conductivities variation with concentration: Kohlrausch’s law and its applications
Electrochemical cells – Electrolytic and Galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half-cell and cell reactions, emf of a Galvanic Cell and its measurement: Nernst equation and its applications, Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs’ energy change: Dry cell and lead accumulator, Fuel cells |
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| Chemical Kinetics | Pressure, collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation) | |
| d and f Block Elements | Transition Elements | |
| Purification and Characterization of Organic Compounds | Purification – Crystallisation. sublimation, distillation, differential extraction, chromatography – principles and their applications
Qualitative analysis – Detection of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and halogens Quantitative analysis (basic principles only) – Estimation of carbon. hydrogen. nitrogen. halogens. sulphur. phosphorus. Calculations of empirical formula and molecular formulae: Numerical problems in organic quantitative analysis |
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| Hydrocarbons | Classification of isomerism. IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions | |
| Organic Compounds Containing Halogens | General methods of preparation, properties, and reactions; Nature of C-X bond: Mechanisms of substitution reactions
Uses; Environmental effects of chloroform, iodoform freons, and DDT |
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| Principles Related to Practical Chemistry | Detection of extra elements (Nitrogen, sulphur, halogens), in organic compounds; Detection of the following functional group, hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketones) carboxyl, and amino groups in organic compounds.
The chemistry involved in the preparation of the following: Inorganic compounds: Mohr’s salt. potash alum Organic compounds: Acetanilide. p-nitro acetanilide, aniline yellow, iodoform The chemistry involved in the titrimetric exercises – Acids. bases and the use of indicators. oxalic-acid vs KMnO4. Mohr’s salt vs KMnO4 Chemical principles involved in the qualitative salt analysis Cations Anions Chemical principles involved in the following experiments: 1. Enthalpy of solution of CuSO4 2. Enthalpy of neutralisation of strong acid and strong base 3. Preparation of lyophilic and lyophobic sols 4. Kinetic study of the reaction of iodide ions with hydrogen peroxide at room temperature. |
| Unit name | NEET Deleted Topics | NEET Added Topics |
| Diversity in Living World | Three domains of life, Tools for study of Taxonomy – Museums, Zoos, Herbaria, Botanical gardens, Angiosperms, Angiosperms classification up to class, characteristic features and examples | |
| Structural Organization in Animals and Plants | Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (cockroach). (Brief account only) | Family (malvaceae, Cruciferae, leguminoceae, compositae, graminae)
Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (frog). (Brief account only) |
| Plant Physiology | Transport in plants: Movement of water, gases and nutrients; Cell to cell transport-Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport; Plant – water relations – Imbibition, water potential, osmosis, plasmolysis; Long distance transport of water – Absorption, apoplast, symplast, transpiration pull, root pressure and guttation; Transpiration-Opening and closing of stomata; Uptake and translocation of mineral nutrients-Transport of food, phloem transport, Mass flow hypothesis; Diffusion of gases (brief mention)
Mineral nutrition: Essential minerals, macro and micronutrients and their role; Deficiency symptoms; Mineral toxicity; Elementary idea of Hydroponics as a method to study mineral nutrition; Nitrogen metabolism-Nitrogen cycle, biological nitrogen fixation
Seed dormancy; Vernalisation; Photoperiodism |
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| Human Physiology | Digestion and absorption; Alimentary canal and digestive glands; Role of digestive enzymes and gastrointestinal hormones; Peristalsis, digestion, absorption and assimilation of proteins, carbohydrates and fats; Caloric value of proteins, carbohydrates and fats; Egestion; Nutritional and digestive disorders – PEM, indigestion, constipation, vomiting, jaundice, diarrhea
Reflex action; Sense organs; Elementary structure and function of eye and ear |
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| Reproduction | Reproduction in organisms: Reproduction, a characteristic feature of all organisms for continuation of species; Modes of reproduction – Asexual and sexual; Asexual reproduction; Modes-Binary fission, sporulation, budding, gemmule, fragmentation; vegetative propagation in plants | |
| Biology and Human Welfare | Tobacco abuse, Improvement in food production; Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein, Biofortification; Apiculture and Animal husbandry | |
| Ecology and Environment | Habitat and niche, Population and ecological adaptations, Nutrient cycling (carbon and phosphorous); Ecological succession; Ecological Services-Carbon fixation, pollination, oxygen release.
Environmental issues: Air pollution and its control; Water pollution and its control; Agrochemicals and their effects; Solid waste management; Radioactive waste management; Greenhouse effect and global warning; Ozone depletion; Deforestation; Any three case studies as success stories addressing environmental issues. |
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| Cell Structure and Function | Classification and nomenclature of enzymes | |
| Genetics and Evolution | Protein biosynthesis | |
| Biology and Human Welfare | Dengue, Chikungunya |
It is advised to the students to regularly check the official website for the NEET UG 2024 Major Updates and notices. It’s time to buckle up and prepare for the exam.
Hope the above information will help you. ALLEN Overseas wishes all the NEET-UG 2024 aspirants the best of luck.
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