NEET RESULT
Ludhiana: The result of NEET-2020 was declared on Friday evening. Though it was expected to be announced at 4pm, the website crashed due to huge traffic, giving students and parents anxious moments. The website resumed around 9pm.
Ayushi Gupta topped the city with 695 marks, securing AIR 140, followed by Samridhi Manchanda with AIR 217 (690 marks). Among other students who got more than 600 marks are Yajat Singla with AIR 515, Bhavdeep Singh AIR 811, Harshul Sood AIR 1,151, Hargun Kaur Kaira AIR 1,234, Jashanjot Singh Mangat AIR 1,311, Daiwik Goyal AIR 1,604 and Pranav Monga AIR 1,905. Ekjot Kaur got AIR 1,964, Megha Kumari AIR 2,421, Harshita AIR 3,053 and Ritvik Gupta AIR 4,977.
In 2019, Mayank Anand and Arshneet Kaur Selhi had secured highest marks in the city, 663 out of 720 each, securing AIR 423 and 431, respectively. Their general category ranks were 332 and 335, respectively
This year, 2,164 appeared for the exam in three district centres, out of 2,566 registered students, marking 84.33% attendance. The three-hour exam was conducted on September 13 at SGND Convent School, Andlu, Raikot; Amrit Indo-Canadian Academy, Ladian Khurd, Bagga Khurd, and Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School, Doraha.
NEET SHEET
The exam is conducted by National Testing Agency. It was conducted on September 13, after getting postponed twice due to Covid-19
The exam was of 720 marks, with 180 questions carrying four marks each. There was 25% negative marking for a wrong answer
The answer keys were uploaded on September 26 and students could challenge the answer key from September 27 to 29.
A few questions from biology invited a row
Cut-off marks for unreserved (general) category is 147 and for SC/ST/OBC is 113
BFUHS, Faridkot, is expected to open applications in the next few days, after which they will declare merit lists with Punjab state ranks
National and state counselling for admission to MBBS and BDS seats are expected to start after the declaration of results. MCI will finalise and declare counselling calendar and rules
Tie-breaking formula
If two or more candidates score the same marks, candidates obtaining higher marks in biology (botany and zoology) will be given preference
If the tie exists after calculating biology scores, preference will be given to candidates who scored higher marks in chemistry
Next, candidates with less number of wrong answers in all the subjects of NEET will also be given an advantage. If the tie remains, the aspirants older in age will be preferred