NEET or the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, is an annual medical entrance test, conducted by the NTA (National Testing Agency). While AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) is a medical science institute with its centre in New Delhi. It carried out separate entrance tests for admissions to its many AIIMS institutes across various cities until 2019.
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Now, since the academic session of 2020, the entrance test by AIIMS institutes as well as JIPMER institutes, has been scrapped. Consequently, admissions to undergraduate medical courses presented to candidates by the AIIMS will now be based on the marks one score in NEET. NEET is now the one-tier national entrance test for admissions to medical programmes across India.
Upon successfully qualifying for NEET by clearing the minimum NEET cut-off specified in that particular year for each category, students can register themselves for further counselling rounds through the online mode. Shortlisted candidates are then called for counselling and offered seats based on merit. One can seek admissions through the AIQ (All India Quota – 15% seats reserved under this quota) or state quota seats (85% seats reserved under this quota).
Comparing NEET and AIIMS
Though the entrance test conducted by AIIMS has been scrapped since 2020, just for the curious minds, we have collated some key differences between both NEET and AIIMS tests that students experienced when they took up these tests:
Difference In Assessing
- Speed, time management skills, conceptual understanding, and presence of mind are assessed in NEET. This balanced test is a cumulative effort to extract the most and the best acquired knowledge from students
- AIIMS, on the other hand, assesses your conceptual comprehension and application skills. Questions could be relatively lengthier
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Difference In Pattern
- AIIMS is a computer-based test carried out in online mode unlike NEET, which is an offline test
A brief on the difference in their exam pattern can be seen in the table below:
Exam Pattern – NEET Vs. AIIMS
| Pattern | NEET | AIIMS |
| Mode of exam | Offline | Online |
| Duration | 3 hours 20 min | 3½ hours |
| Subjects | Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology | Physics, Chemistry, Biology, General Knowledge and Aptitude |
| Type of Questions | Objective type questions | Multiple choice and reason-assertion type |
| Total Number of Questions | 180 | 200 |
| Distribution of questions | Physics – 45
Chemistry – 45 Botany – 45 Zoology – 45 |
Physics – 60
Chemistry – 60 Biology (Botany and Zoology) – 60 General Knowledge – 10 Aptitude & Logical Thinking – 10 |
| Marking Scheme | Correct response: +4 marks
Incorrect response: -1 mark |
Correct response: +1 marks
Incorrect response: -1/3rd mark |
Difference In Syllabus
The syllabus for NEET and AIIMS is the same for subjects – Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The difference pitches in when the two other sections come into the picture, viz., Aptitude and General knowledge. AIIMS asks assertion-reasoning based questions, whereas the GK sections deal with current affairs usually.
In detail: NEET Syllabus
Difference in Preparation
- Preparation for core subjects is more or less the same in both these tests aligning with similarity in the syllabus. AIIMS, however, requires more time to prepare for additional subjects – GK and Aptitude
- Complete command over NCERT for both tests is a must
- Solving previous years’ question papers in NEET is a basic resource for preparation. However, previous years’ questions are not released in the case of AIIMS. Hence, students practice mock tests
- The complexity offered by AIIMS Physics is much more compared to NEET
This article enlightened students about the differences between NEET and AIIMS. Explore more related articles on NEET at BYJU’S.
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