The Minister of Health and Family and Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya took to the microblogging site Twitter where he announced that the NEET PG 2021 exam would be conducted on September 11. NEET PG exam date 2021 announced through an official tweet by MoHFW.
Earlier the NEET PG 2021 exam was postponed due to the second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic. Previously the NEET PG 2021 exam was supposed to be held on April 18, 2021. The admit cards were released on April 13, 2021, in online mode.
NEET PG 2021 Exam Pattern
Candidates who will appear for the NEET PG 2021 exam would have to answer 200 multiple-choice questions. Previously there were 300 MCQs that the candidates had to answer. The NEET PG 2021 exam will be conducted in computer-based mode and the exam will be for three hours and thirty minutes. The maximum number of marks out of which the candidates will be evaluated in the NEET PG 2021 exam is 800.
For every correct answer, candidates would be awarded 4 marks and for every wrong answer, -1 mark would be deducted. No marks will be deducted if the candidate does not attempt any question. The NEET PG 2021 exam is conducted for admission to 12,690 Master of Surgery (MS), 24,360 Doctor of Medicine (MD), and 922 PG Diploma seats.