The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday (May 4) conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) for 22.7 lakh medical aspirants. According to students who took the test and experts in the field, the questions in the NEET UG 2025 exam were notably more difficult compared to previous years.
Many candidates found the overall paper more time-consuming and conceptually demanding. The questions followed the pre-Covid pattern, and the increased complexity, especially in Physics and Chemistry, made scoring high marks more difficult. According to Dr Brajesh Maheshwari, Director, Allen Career Institute, the difficulty level this year will likely affect the number of very high scorers.
Nitin Vijay, CEO of Motion Education analysed that NEET 2025 was a break from the past. Rather than the usual 24 paper sets, the NTA released only four sets, all four of which had a uniformly more difficult format, setting the bar higher on analytical and application-oriented learning.
