Thiruvanananthapuram: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has invited applications for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET UG) 2018 examination for admission to undergraduate medical and dental courses scheduled for May 6. The online submission of application for NEET which began on Friday will continue until 11.50 pm on March 9. The last date for successful payment of fee online is March 10 till 11.50 pm, the admission notice stated.
The application fee is Rs 1,400 for general candidates and Rs 750 for SC/ST/PH candidates. Candidates can apply only online through the Board website cbseneet.nic.in. CBSE has also made Aadhaar mandatory for all candidates except those from Assam, Jammu and Kashmir and Meghalaya. Further, the applicants need to give their consent to the CBSE to validate the same. The NEET (UG) will consist of one paper containing 180 objective type questions with four options with a single correct answer from Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology. The duration of paper would be three hours from 10 am to 1 pm.
A candidate must have completed the age of 17 at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before December 31, 2018, that is the year of his/ her admission to first year of MBBS/ BDS course, according to the eligibility criteria.
The upper age limit for candidates seeking admission to these courses will be 25 years as on the date of the examination with a relaxation of five years for candidates belonging to SC/ST and OBC categories and persons entitled for reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.
Students who have passed subjects physics, chemistry, biology/biotechnology and English and obtained a minimum of 50 per cent marks taken together in physics, chemistry and biology/ biotechnology will be eligible to apply. Candidates belonging to SC/ ST and OBC category who have obtained 40 per cent marks in physics, chemistry and biology/ biotechnology taken together will be eligible.
