NEET Expected Cutoff Marks 2025 For MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BAMS Government College: The National Testing Agency (NTA) held the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) exam on May 4 and medical aspirants are awaiting the results and the cut-off. NTA will publish the provisional answer keys in May, followed by the final answer key and the NEET result by June. The NEET UG cut-off will be announced along with the NEET UG result 2025.
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Last year, the NEET UG cut-off percentile for the general category was 50 for MBBS and BDS candidates and 40 for OBC, SC and ST candidates. The NTA will determine the percentile of NEET UG based on the highest marks scored in the all-India common merit list for NEET UG 2025.
According to the academic desk, Vidyamandir Classes, students can expect similar qualifying scores to previous years. For the General category, the expected qualifying cut-off is around 720–162 marks, while for OBC, SC, and ST categories, it may range from 161–127 marks.”
“These are percentile-based cut-offs and may vary depending on the difficulty of the exam and overall student performance,” the academic desk added.
The NEET UG cut-off in 2024 for the general category increased to 720-162 from 720-137 in 2023. The same pattern was observed for other categories as well. The cut-off for SC, ST, and OBC candidates increased to 161-127 from 136-107 in 2023.
As per Nitin Vijay, founder and CEO, Motion Education: “The question paper was for a total of 720 marks. It included 45 questions each from Physics and Chemistry, and 90 questions from Biology (Zoology and Botany), making a total of 180 questions. The difficulty level of the paper was higher compared to last year. Due to the tougher paper, the cut-off for government medical colleges is expected to be 40 to 50 marks lower than last year.”
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As per the student reviews and NEET 2025 paper analysis, the paper was not easy, PhysicsWallah said. Based on this, the expected NEET UG 2025 cut off marks will be the following:
| Category | Expected NEET 2025 Cut-Off Marks |
| General/EWS | 720 to 155 |
| General-PH | 154 to 135 |
| SC | 154 to 125 |
| OBC | 154 to 125 |
| ST | 154 to 125 |
| SC/OBC-PH | 135 to 125 |
| ST-PH | 135 to 125 |
NEET UG 2025: Previous years’ cut-off trends
| Category | Cut-Off Percentile | Cut- Off 2024 | Cut-Off 2023 | Cut-Off 2022 | Cut-Off 2021 | Cut-Off 2020 | Cut-Off 2019 |
| General/ EWS | 50th | 720-162 | 720-137 | 715-117 | 720-138 | 720-147 | 701-134 |
| General-PH | 45th | 161-144 | 720-137 | 116-105 | 137-122 | 146-129 | 133-120 |
| SC | 40th | 161-127 | 136-107 | 116-93 | 137-108 | 146-113 | 133-107 |
| ST | 40th | 161- 127 | 136-107 | 116-93 | 137-108 | 146-113 | 133-107 |
| OBC | 40th | 161-127 | 136-107 | 116-93 | 137-108 | 146-113 | 133-107 |
| SC-PH/ OBC-PH | 40th | 143-127 | 120-107 | 104-93 | 121-108 | 128-113 | 119-107 |
| ST-PH | 40th | 142-127 | 120-107 | 104-93 | 121-108 | 128-113 | 119-107 |
NEET UG 2025 was held on May 4 for 22.7 lakh candidates, a year after the paper leak controversy rocked the medical entrance examination sending the Centre and the NTA into a tizzy. The exam was conducted in 5,453 centres in around 500 cities, compared to 4,750 centres last year.
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