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Students who have appeared for class 12th Board exams in the year 2017 and again appeared for an Improvement exam in the session 2019 are eligible to apply for NEET in the upcoming session or not?

Yes, you are eligible to appear for NEET. It is conducted by NTA for admission in various medical courses such as MBBS, BDS etc.

There is no upper age limit or limitation on number of attempts.

The minimum age limit is 17 years. Required educational qualification is std 12th with PCB with minimum 50% aggregate.

Candidates who are appearing for the class 12 or equivalent exam are also eligible to apply for NEET 2020. Candidates must have completed 17 years as on December 31, 2020.

12th boards marks are not counted in calculating your NEET Score but they are needed to help you appear for the exam. NEET Score is the sole basis to help you fetch your MBBS seat. The class 12th Boards marks does not have any impact on the medical aspirant's position in the merit list of the medical colleges.

The minimum education required for appearing in the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is a Class 12th in Science stream with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as main subjects with at least 50% marks in aggregate from a recognised board of education. Marks relaxation upto 10% is allowed in case of reserved category candidates.

So, if you satisfy the above mentioned educational requirement for appearing in the same examination, then you are eligible for appearing in NEET irrespective of number of attempts taken by you to qualify your Class 12th board examinations.

For complete details regarding NEET, you can refer to the link www.ntaneet.nic.in.

The full form of NEET is National Eligibility cum Entrance Test. NEET is conducted by National Testing Agency for admission in MBBS and BDS courses.

There is no upper age limit for appearing for this exam at present. You can apply for NEET exam if you have studied PCB subjects and secured minimum of 50% marks in board examination of 12th.

The minimum age required to appear for this exam is 17 years.

It depends on your age rather than your 12th class passing time .

The upper age limit for NEET UG 2020 for General category students is 25 years and 30 years for reserved category and PWD candidates.

Yes, you are eligible for NEET examination this year , if you fulfil age criteria.

°°°You can appear for as many as time you want to appear in NEET examination and untill and unless you cross the upper age limit.

°°°Age limit for general and OBC category students is 25 years and 30 years for reserved category students.

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Candidates who are appearing for the class 12 or equivalent exam are also eligible to apply for NEET 2020. Candidates must have completed 17 years as on December 31, 2020.

In order to be eligible for NEET 2020, candidates must qualify 12th class examination with Chemistry, Biology, Physics and English subjects. For General category candidates, it is mandatory to score 50% marks in 12th grade, whereas SC/ST/OBC category candidates must score 40% marks to become eligible for NEET 2020.

Yes, Improvement exam candidates are also eligible to appear for NEET exam. There is no such limitations.

Note that candidates who wish to appear for NEET exam should have passed 10+2 with PCB stream with English as subjects.

To appear for NEET exam, following percentage in 12th is required wrt category candidates

• UR: 50%
• OBC/SC/ST: 40%
• PwD: 45%

Minimum age must be at least 17 years (on Dec 31, 2020) to be eligible for NEET exam. No upper age limit.

NEET is National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test. It is conducted by NTA.

The eligibility to appear for the examination is that candidate must have passed 12th from a recognised in Physics, Chemistry and Biology as main paper.

The age limit is 17 years and no upper age limit and no bar on maximum number of attempts.

So, you can appear in the upcoming examination.

You are only eligible to NEET exam when you had cleared 12TH Standard or you are appearing for Class 12.

Below is the qualification criteria-
1. Candidate must have cleared Class 12 or equivalent from a recognized institute
2. Candidates who are appearing for Class 12 or equivalent in summer 2020 can also apply for NEET 2020.
3.Candidates who have completed Class 12 or equivalent from an open school are also eligible
4. Candidate must have cleared Class 12 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
5. Candidates who have passed Class 12 or equivalent with Biology as an additional subject are also eligible

Minimum marks required in the qualifying examination:
General category: 50%
PWD category: 45%
SC/ST/OBC: 40%

No. of attempts-
As per the regulatory board for NEET exams, the NTA (National Testing Agency), there is no restriction on the number of attempts for the NEET 2020 exams. This is in conformity with the statement on the NEET official website by the CBSE – “There is no cap for the number of attempts”.

Yes, you are eligible to apply for NEET in upcoming session. Candidates who are appearing for the class 12 or equivalent exam are also eligible to apply for NEET 2020. Candidates must have completed 17 years as on December 31,2020.

so,you are eligible for NEET.

Yes, you are eligible. Year in which you completed 12th doesn't matter. You should be above 17 years of age and have passed 12th or equivalent from a recognized board with physics,chemistry and biology as main subjects.
Also, you need to score minimum 50% aggregate in PCB subjects if you are in general category otherwise minimum 45%aggregate Mark's are required.