According to the students and experts, the overall difficulty level of NEET 2023 has been termed as easy to moderate. Chemistry is considered as the toughest section followed by Biology. Unlike the last two years, Physics was the easiest section. More than 50 per cent of questions were from NCERT. Some were analytical in nature, which made the questions tough to crack. On the other hand, The Chemistry and Physics questions were not much calculation intensive and were formula-driven.
According to the expert analysis, the questions were direct and the question types were assertion reason type questions, statement type questions, and matching types questions. As far as the distribution of questions in terms of Class 11 and Class 12 syllabus is concerned, majority of the questions were from Class 12. Only in the Biology section, more weightage was given on the Class 11 questions. Let us now take a look at the subject-wise NEET 2023 analysis.
The Chemistry section was the toughest among the three subjects. Majority of the questions were on Organic Chemistry, followed by Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry. 54 per cent of the questions were from Class 12 whereas 46 per cent were from Class 11. The topic-wise weightage for the Chemistry section is given in the table below.
Unit & Topic | Number of Questions | Weight age of Questions |
Organic Chemistry | 18 | 36% |
Environmental Chemistry - Gaseous Air Pollutants | 1 | 2% |
Aromatic Compound - Aromaticity | 2 | 4% |
Reaction Mechanism - Solvent, Electrophile, Nucleophile and Leaving group ability | 3 | 6% |
Biomolecule & Polymer - Carbohydrate: Monosaccharide, Disaccharide, Polysaccharide | 2 | 4% |
Hydrocarbon Part I - Alkane | 1 | 2% |
General Organic Chemistry - Inductive Effect | 1 | 2% |
Chemistry in Everyday Life | 1 | 2% |
Carboxylic acid and Derivatives - Preparation of Carbonyl Compounds | 3 | 6% |
Grignard Reagent | 1 | 2% |
IUPAC nomenclature - Fundamental of Organic Chemistry | 3 | 6% |
Inorganic Chemistry | 17 | 34% |
Chemical Bonding - Introduction to Bonding and Ionic bond | 4 | 8% |
Metallurgy - ORES and method of concentration | 2 | 4% |
Periodic Table - Development of Periodic Table, Period, Group and Block | 2 | 4% |
S-Block Element - Electronic configuration and Physical Properties of alkali metals | 2 | 4% |
P-Block Element (B and C) - Physical and chemical properties of Group 13th elements | 1 | 2% |
Coordination Compound - General introduction of complex salts and definitions to be used | 2 | 4% |
Hydrogen Compounds - Position of hydrogen in the periodic table; methods of preparation and properties | 1 | 2% |
p-Block (Nitrogen and Oxygen) - Physical and Chemical properties of Group 15th elements | 1 | 2% |
d-f Block Element - Electronic configuration, atomic and ionic size, density, melting | 2 | 4% |
Physical Chemistry | 15 | 30% |
Chemical Equilibrium -Properties of Equilibrium, Law of mass action, Equilibrium constant and its properties, Factors affecting Equilibrium constant, Unit of KC and KP | 1 | 2% |
Chemical Kinetics - Rate of reaction, Factors affecting rate of reaction | 2 | 4% |
Electrochemistry - Basic Terminology, Construction of Electrochemical Cell and Its | 2 | 4% |
Gaseous State - Gas Laws (Boyle, Charles, Gaylussac, Avogadro’s Law, Ideal Gas | 1 | 2% |
Mole Concept - Units, Atoms, Molecules, Atomic mass, Molecular mass, Gram atomic mass, Gram molecular mass, RAM, Average atomic mass | 1 | 2% |
Solid State - Basics of Solid State | 2 | 4% |
Surface Chemistry - Adsorption | 1 | 2% |
Solution Colligative Properties - Concentration Terms | 1 | 2% |
Atomic Structure - Cathode, Anode rays, Basic definitions and Rutherford atomic | 2 | 4% |
Redox Reaction - Calculation of oxidation number | 1 | 2% |
Thermodynamics - Basic definition | 1 | 2% |
Physics was the easiest section among the three subjects. Almost all questions were formula/definition based and were easier than last year. The topic-wise weightage of the Physics section is given in the table below.
Unit & Topic | Number of Questions | Weight age of Questions |
Alternating Current - Average, peak and rms values | 3 | 6% |
Capacitance - Definition of capacitance | 1 | 2% |
Current Electricity - DefinItion of Current, Current Densities, Drift | 5 | 10% |
Electro Magnetic Field - Magnet and Magnetic field due to a moving charge | 3 | 6% |
Electro Magnetic Induction - Flux and Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction | 1 | 2% |
Electrostatics - Properties of charge and Coulomb's Law | 3 | 6% |
Friction - Kinetic friction | 1 | 2% |
Gravitation - Universal law of gravitation | 2 | 4% |
Modern Physics - Photoelectric Effect | 5 | 10% |
Rigid Body Dynamics - Kinematics | 5 | 10% |
Surface Tension - Surface tension, Surface energy and capillary rise | 1 | 2% |
Wave Optics - Principle of superposition, path difference, Wavefronts, and coherence | 1 | 2% |
Projectile Motion - Definition, Projectile on a horizontal plane | 1 | 2% |
Newton's Law of Motion - Type of forces, newton’s third law, free body diagram | 1 | 2% |
KTG and Thermodynamics - Kinetic Theory of gases | 2 | 4% |
Solid and Semiconductor - Semiconductor, Energy Band | 3 | 6% |
Measurement Error | 2 | 4% |
Sound Wave - Equation of sound wave, wavelength, frequency, pressure and displacement amplitude | 1 | 2% |
Geometric Optics - Plane Mirror | 3 | 6% |
Electromagnetic Waves | 2 | 4% |
Rectilinear Motion - Distance and Displacement | 2 | 4% |
Fluid Mechanics - Measurement and calculation of pressure | 1 | 2% |
Work, Power, Energy - Work Done By Constant Force | 2 | 4% |
Elasticity and Viscosity - Elastic behaviour longitudinal stress, young modulus | 2 | 4% |
Simple Harmonic Motion - Equation of SHM | 1 | 2% |
The difficulty level of the Biology subject was easy to moderate. According to the experts from Resonance, the maximum number of questions were NCERT-based and around 11 were analytical, which were tough. The following table brings the unit and topic-wise weightage for Botany and Zoology areas.
Unit & Topic | Number of Questions | Weight age of Questions |
Botany | 50 | 100% |
Cell Biology - Introduction, Prokaryotic Cell | 5 | 10% |
Ecology-Biodiversity and Conservation - Introduction, Level of biodiversity, Pattern of biodiversity, Loss of biodiversity | 2 | 4% |
Plant Kingdom-Algae | 2 | 4% |
Genetics I - Introduction, Mendelism, Monohybrid Cross, Dihybrid Cross, Back Cross, Test Cross, Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Multiple Alleflism, Pleiotropy | 3 | 6% |
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - Sexual Reproduction Introduction | 4 | 8% |
Ecology-Ecosystem - Introduction, Biotic components of ecosystem | 2 | 4% |
Anatomy of Flowering Plants - Plant Tissues, Tissue System | 3 | 6% |
Application Biology (Biotechnology) - Principles of Biotechnology | 4 | 8% |
Morphology of Flowering Plants - Root | 3 | 6% |
Plant Physiology-II-Plant growth and Growth Hormones - Growth and Development | 3 | 6% |
Plant Physiology-II-Photosynthesis In Higher Plants - Introduction (Early experiments), site of photosynthesis and photosynthetic pigments | 4 | 8% |
Ecology-Environmental Issues - Types of pollutants, Types of pollution-Air pollution, Noise | 1 | 2% |
Genetics II - Nucleic Acids (The Generic Material, DNA, RNA) | 4 | 8% |
Plant Physiology-I-Mineral Nutrition - Methods to study mineral requirements of plants, Essential | 2 | 4% |
Plant Physiology-I-Transport in plants - Diffusion, Facilitated diffusion, osmosis, Active transport, | 3 | 6% |
Biomolecule - I - Carbohydrates | 1 | 2% |
Ecology-Organisms and Population - Introduction, Abiotic factors, Responses to abiotic factors | 2 | 4% |
Plant Physiology-II-Respiration in plants - Introduction, Glycolysis and Fermentation | 1 | 2% |
Biomolecule-II - Nucleic Acids | 1 | 2% |
Zoology | 50 | 100% |
Cell Biology - Introduction, Prokaryotic Cell | 4 | 8% |
Genetics I - Introduction, Mendelism, Monohybrid Cross, Dihybrid Cross, Back Cross, Test Cross, Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Multiple Alleflism, Pleiotropy | 2 | 4% |
Application Biology - Principles of Biotechnology | 2 | 4% |
Ecology-Environmental Issues - Types of pollutants, Types of pollution-Air pollution, Noise | 1 | 2% |
Genetic II - Nucleic Acids (The Generic Material, DNA, RNA) | 3 | 6% |
Ecology-Organisms and Population - Introduction, Abiotic factors, Responses to abiotic factors | 2 | 4% |
Biomolecule-II - Nucleic Acids | 1 | 2% |
Body fluids and circulation - heart and conduction | 3 | 6% |
Animal Kingdom-1 - Porifera | 4 | 8% |
Human Reproduction and Reproductive Health - Male Reproductive System | 6 | 12% |
Excretory Products and Their Elimination - Homeostasis and Osmoregulation | 1 | 2% |
Neural Control and Coordination - Nervous Tissue | 2 | 4% |
Digestion and Absorption - Nutrition | 2 | 4% |
Structural organisation in animals - Connective tissue | 1 | 2% |
Locomotion and Movement - Muscles | 2 | 4% |
Biology In Human Welfare-Human Health and Disease - Diseases caused by virus | 3 | 6% |
Breathing and Exchange of Gases - Respiratory Organ | 1 | 2% |
Origin and Evolution - Origin of Life | 2 | 4% |
Chemical Coordination and Integration -Endocrine Gland | 3 | 6% |
Biology In Human Welfare - Microbes in Human Welfare | 1 | 2% |
Structural Organisation in Animal - Epithelial tissue | 1 | 2% |
Animal Kingdom-2 - Chordata | 2 | 4% |
Biology In Human Welfare-Strategies for Enhancement of Food Production in Animal - | 1 | 2% |
The NEET 2023 syllabus was covered uniformly for both Class 11 and Class 12 portions. However, in subjects like Chemistry and Physics, higher weightage was given to the Class 12 syllabus whereas Class 11 syllabus questions were more in the Biology subject. The following table brings the subject-wie ratio of Class 11 and Class 12 syllabus of NEET 2023.
Subject | Class 11 Syllabus Weight age | Class 12 Syllabus Weight age |
Physics | 40% | 60% |
Chemistry | 46% | 54% |
Biology | 53% | 47% |
NEET 2022 was conducted in an offline mode on July 17, from 2 pm to 5.20 pm. Each subject - Physics, Chemistry and Biology was divided into two sections, Section A and Section B carrying 35 and 15 questions respectively. In Section B, candidates had to attempt 10 questions only. Experts from various coaching institutes released their analysis post the conclusion of the exam. Candidates can read the detailed NEET 2022 analysis here.
The exam analysis of NEET question paper 2022 aims to help the candidates get an idea of the difficulty level of the examination. According to the feedback received from various students, NEET 2022 question paper was of moderate difficulty level. The section-wise NEET analysis is given below:
The Physics section of NEET 2022 was the most difficult section. It comprised 45 questions and was dominated by questions from Electricity, Modern Physics and Mechanics together comprising 65 per cent of the Physics section. The questions were mostly formula-based. According to the experts, the questions were lengthy in nature and hence time-consuming. The questions were numeric-based and around four to five questions were tricky in nature. The section covered the majority of the topics from the NEET 2022 syllabus and was NCERT-based.
Section A
The following table brings the topic-wise number and difficulty level of the Physics questions that appeared in Section A.
Topics | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Total |
Mechanics | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
Heat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
SHM & Waves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Electro-dynamics | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
Optics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Modern & electronics | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 22 | 12 | 01 | 35 |
Section B
The second section of Physics was dominated by Mechanics and Electrodynamics. The difficulty level of the questions was moderate to tough. The table below brings the topic-wise distribution of questions in terms of difficulty level.
Topics | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Total |
Mechanics | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SHM & Waves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Electro-dynamics | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Optics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Modern & electronics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
The following infographic brings the class-wise distribution of the Physics questions in both Section A and Section B.
This section of the NEET question paper 2022 was dominated by NCERT-based questions. The 45 questions that comprised this section had more theoretical questions, also, 31 per cent of the total number of questions asked were easy to moderate and candidates could score well in this section. According to the experts, the weightage of the Inorganic Chemistry section was high whereas that of the Physical Chemistry section was low. The questions were mostly fundamental but there were four to five graph-based and numerical questions in this section.
Section A
The following table brings the topic-wise number and difficulty level of the Chemistry questions that appeared in Section A.
Topics | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Total |
Organic Chemistry Class 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Organic Chemistry Class 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
Inorganic Chemistry Class 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Inorganic Chemistry Class 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Physical Chemistry Class 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Physical Chemistry Class 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Total | 13 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
Section B
This section was of easy to moderate difficulty level with a uniform distribution of questions.
Topics | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Total |
Organic Chemistry Class 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Organic Chemistry Class 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Inorganic Chemistry Class 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inorganic Chemistry Class 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Physical Chemistry Class 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Physical Chemistry Class 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
The following infographic brings the class-wise distribution of the Chemistry questions in both Section A and Section B.
The Biology section was the easiest section in the question paper for NEET 2022. This section comprised 90 questions, which were segregated into questions from Botany and Zoology. The experts stated that the Botany section was tougher than that of the Zoology section. On the other hand, the Zoology section was mostly asked from the Class 12 syllabus. Maximum questions were asked from the Human Physiology topic and the Ecology section had the lowest weightage.
The Zoology section of NEET 2022 was easy to moderate. Nearly 30 per cent of the questions can be considered difficult. This section was mainly dominated by questions from Animal Husbandry, Biotechnology, Human Reproduction and Biomolecules topics. The Botany section of NEET 2022 was comparatively tougher than the Zoology section. Nearly 30 per cent of the questions can be considered easy. This section was mainly dominated by questions from Genetics, cell and cell cycle, diversity of life and structural organisation of plants. Take a look at the topic-wise distribution of the Botany section of Biology asked in NEET 2022.
The following table brings the distribution of Botany and Zoology topic-wise questions from both sections.
Topics | Number of Questions |
Botany | |
Plant Kingdom | 3 |
Morphology of Flowering Plants | 3 |
Anatomy of Flowering Plants | 3 |
Cell: The Unit of Life | 1 |
Cell Cycle & Cell Division | 2 |
Biomolecules-I | 2 |
Mineral Nutrition | 2 |
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants | 3 |
Respiration in Plants | 2 |
Plant Growth & Development | 3 |
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants | 3 |
Principles of Inheritance and Variation | 4 |
Molecular Basis of Inheritance | 4 |
Biotechnology: Principles and Processes | 3 |
Biotechnology and Its Applications | 1 |
Organisms and Population | 2 |
Ecosystem | 2 |
Biodiversity and Conservation | 2 |
Environmental Issues | 2 |
Total Number of Questions | 50 |
Zoology | |
Animal Kingdom | 2 |
Cockroach | 1 |
Structural Organisation in Animals (Animal Tissue) | 3 |
Digestion and Absorption (Digestive System) | 2 |
Breathing and Exchange of Gases (Respiratory System) | 2 |
Body Fluids And Circulation (Circulatory System) | 2 |
Excretory Products And Their Elimination (Excretory System) | 1 |
Locomotion And Movement (Muscles, Skeletal System) | 2 |
Biomolecules | 2 |
Neural Control And Co-ordination (Nervous System, Sensory Organs) | 1 |
Chemical Co-ordination and Integration (Endocrine System | 2 |
Human Reproduction | 3 |
Reproductive Health | 2 |
Origin and Evolution | 2 |
Human Health and Disease | 2 |
Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production | 1 |
Microbes in Human Welfare | 1 |
The Living World | 1 |
Biological Classification | 3 |
Ecology | 3 |
The following infographic brings the class-wise distribution of the Chemistry questions in both Section A and Section B.
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