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NEET PG Previous Year Question Papers: Official Status, 2015–2026

Where to find NEET PG previous year papers, what NBEMS has and has not made public for each exam from 2015 to 2026 as far as its records can be checked, and the official qualifying cut-offs behind each result. Every fact is labelled Official, Reported or Unverified.

Status by year Cut-offs by year

The short answer

Where can you find NEET PG previous year question papers?

Not from NBEMS, as far as we could check. As of 4 November 2026, we found no complete NEET PG question paper made publicly available by NBEMS in the records we could search: its current NEET-PG exam page, its notice board (which goes back to December 2019) and the bulletins for 2019 to 2026. For 2015–2018 we could not check NBE's records from that time. For 2019 we located the bulletin but no other NBE records, so the paper's public-release status remains unverified. For 2015–2019, availability is therefore unconfirmed either way.

  • Official · none found

    Complete question papers

    No public release found. Every NEET PG bulletin we checked (2019 to 2026) describes the exam content as "confidential, proprietary" and owned by NBE or NBEMS. For 2019 that bulletin is our only record, and the clause alone does not show that the paper was never released, so 2019's public-release status is unverified. We could not check the bulletins for 2015–2018.

  • Official · candidate login

    Question-wise records (2026; announced for 2025)

    NBEMS's notice of 1 October 2026 says each NEET PG 2026 candidate can see, in their own applicant login, the question ID numbers, the correct option number, the option they marked and the score for each question. NBEMS calls this the answer key; it does not show the questions and is not a public download. For 2025, NBEMS announced a similar record on 21 August 2025; news reports say it was released with the scorecards, but we have not found an NBEMS notice confirming that.

  • Official · public

    Other official records

    Information bulletins, schedule notices, result notices with qualifying cut-offs, and notices lowering those cut-offs. These are public, and this page links each one.

  • Not official

    Papers circulating online

    Papers offered online as NEET PG previous year papers are, as far as we could find, not NBEMS documents. The ones we looked at describe themselves as recall-based, that is, reconstructed from candidates' memories; others may be mock or practice papers. None can be checked against an official paper. Revisable does not publish or link to them.

Year by year

NEET PG paper, answer key and result status by year

What NBEMS made available for each exam, and the dates of the official result and revised cut-off notices.

Official records available for each NEET PG session, 2015–2026
SessionExamComplete question paperQuestion-wise record (candidate login)Result and qualifying cut-offRevised qualifying cut-offYear page
2015AIPGMEE 2015UnverifiedUnverifiedUnverifiedUnverified2015–2017 page
2016AIPGMEE 2016UnverifiedUnverifiedUnverifiedUnverified2015–2017 page
2017NEET PG 2017UnverifiedUnverifiedUnverifiedUnverified2015–2017 page
2018NEET PG 2018UnverifiedUnverifiedUnverifiedUnverified2018–2020 page
2019NEET PG 2019No official question paper located; public-release status unverifiedUnverifiedUnverifiedUnverified2018–2020 page
2020NEET PG 2020No public release found (bulletin: confidential)None found30 Jan 202014 Jul 20202018–2020 page
2021NEET PG 2021No public release found (bulletin: confidential)None found28 Sep 202112 Mar 2022NEET PG 2021
2022NEET PG 2022No public release found (bulletin: confidential)None found1 Jun 202220 Oct 2022NEET PG 2022
2023NEET PG 2023No public release found (bulletin: confidential)None found14 Mar 202320 Sep 2023NEET PG 2023
2024NEET PG 2024No public release found (bulletin: confidential)None found23 Aug 20246 Jan 2025; 25 Feb 2025NEET PG 2024
2025NEET PG 2025No public release found; question-ID records announced for candidate loginAnnounced 21 Aug 2025 (Official); release reported with scorecards (Reported)19 Aug 202513 Jan 2026 (third counselling round)NEET PG 2025
2026NEET PG 2026No public release found; disclosure question before the Supreme Court (Reported)Announced in NBEMS notice of 1 Oct 2026 (Official)24 Sep 2026None as of 5 Nov 2026NEET PG 2026

Dates are of official NBEMS notices, linked under References. "No public release found" means that year's bulletin describes exam content as confidential and we found no public paper in the records we searched; it is not proof that none was ever released. "None found" means we searched NBEMS's records for that year (its notice board covers December 2019 onwards) and found no such document; it is not proof that none exists. "Unverified" means the NBE records needed to confirm that cell were not available to us; for 2019 we have the bulletin but no result or answer-key records.

Results

Qualifying cut-offs, revised cut-offs and counselling closing ranks

Three different numbers are often all called the NEET PG cut-off. Only the first two come from NBEMS.

Qualifying cut-off (published with the result)

The minimum percentile a candidate needs to qualify for admission counselling, set in that year's bulletin. In every year from 2020 to 2026 it was the 50th percentile for General/EWS, the 45th for General-PwBD and the 40th for SC/ST/OBC (including PwBD of those categories). NBEMS publishes the equivalent score with the result, except for 2024, when it published percentiles only. Qualifying does not by itself mean a seat.

Revised qualifying cut-off (published later)

On directions from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NBEMS has lowered the qualifying percentile after the result in every year from 2020 to 2025. Each revision notice says candidates' ranks do not change. The 2025 notice is the only one that names a counselling stage: it applied to the third round of counselling.

Counselling closing ranks (not published by NBEMS)

The last rank allotted a particular course, institute and category in a counselling round. For All India quota seats these come from the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services; state quota merit lists are prepared by the states. Closing ranks vary by round and seat, and we do not reproduce them here.

Cut-offs by year

NEET PG qualifying cut-offs, 2020–2026

Official figures from NBEMS result and revision notices, using each notice's own category names. A score of −40 is possible because of negative marking.

Original and revised qualifying cut-offs by session and category
Session · categoryMaximum marksQualifying cut-off (with result)Revised qualifying cut-offSource
2020 · General (UR/EWS)1,20050th percentile = 36630th percentile = 275Official — NBE notices, 30 Jan and 14 Jul 2020 (archived copy)
2020 · UR-PwD1,20045th percentile = 34225th percentile = 252Official — NBE notices, 30 Jan and 14 Jul 2020 (archived copy)
2020 · SC/ST/OBC1,20040th percentile = 31920th percentile = 230Official — NBE notices, 30 Jan and 14 Jul 2020 (archived copy)
2021 · General (UR/EWS)80050th percentile = 30235th percentile = 247Official — NBEMS notices, 28 Sep 2021 and 12 Mar 2022
2021 · UR-PWD80045th percentile = 28330th percentile = 229Official — NBEMS notices, 28 Sep 2021 and 12 Mar 2022
2021 · SC/ST/OBC (incl. PWD)80040th percentile = 26525th percentile = 210Official — NBEMS notices, 28 Sep 2021 and 12 Mar 2022
2022 · General (UR/EWS)80050th percentile = 27525th percentile = 201Official — NBEMS notices, 1 Jun and 20 Oct 2022
2022 · UR-PwD80045th percentile = 26020th percentile = 186Official — NBEMS notices, 1 Jun and 20 Oct 2022
2022 · SC/ST/OBC (incl. PwD)80040th percentile = 24515th percentile = 169Official — NBEMS notices, 1 Jun and 20 Oct 2022
2023 · General/EWS80050th percentile = 291Zero percentile (no score published)Official — NBEMS notices, 14 Mar and 20 Sep 2023
2023 · General-PwBD80045th percentile = 274Zero percentile (no score published)Official — NBEMS notices, 14 Mar and 20 Sep 2023
2023 · SC/ST/OBC (incl. PwBD)80040th percentile = 257Zero percentile (no score published)Official — NBEMS notices, 14 Mar and 20 Sep 2023
2024 · General/EWS80050th percentile (no score published)15th (6 Jan 2025), then 5th percentile (25 Feb 2025)Official — NBEMS notices, 23 Aug 2024, 6 Jan and 25 Feb 2025
2024 · General-PwBD80045th percentile (no score published)10th (6 Jan 2025), then 5th percentile (25 Feb 2025)Official — NBEMS notices, 23 Aug 2024, 6 Jan and 25 Feb 2025
2024 · SC/ST/OBC (incl. PwBD)80040th percentile (no score published)10th (6 Jan 2025), then 5th percentile (25 Feb 2025)Official — NBEMS notices, 23 Aug 2024, 6 Jan and 25 Feb 2025
2025 · General/EWS80050th percentile = 2767th percentile = 103Official — NBEMS notices, 19 Aug 2025 and 13 Jan 2026
2025 · General PwBD80045th percentile = 2555th percentile = 90Official — NBEMS notices, 19 Aug 2025 and 13 Jan 2026
2025 · SC/ST/OBC (incl. PwBD)80040th percentile = 2350th percentile = −40Official — NBEMS notices, 19 Aug 2025 and 13 Jan 2026
2026 · General/EWS72050th percentile = 262None as of 5 Nov 2026Official — NBEMS notice, 24 Sep 2026
2026 · General PwBD72045th percentile = 244None as of 5 Nov 2026Official — NBEMS notice, 24 Sep 2026
2026 · SC/ST/OBC (incl. PwBD)72040th percentile = 226None as of 5 Nov 2026Official — NBEMS notice, 24 Sep 2026

NBEMS's own link to the 14 July 2020 notice now returns an empty file; the revised 2020 figures come from the Internet Archive's capture of that notice (12 August 2020), titled "Revised Result of NEET-PG 2020". Category wording for 2020: the 30 January 2020 notice lists "General Category (UR/EWS)", "SC/ST/OBC (Including PWD of SC/ST/OBC)" and "UR-PWD"; the 14 July 2020 notice lists "General(UR/EWS)", "SC/ST/OBC" and "UR-PWD". Each row of the July notice repeats that row's original percentile and score (50th = 366, 40th = 319, 45th = 342), so the shorter labels refer to the same three categories; the notice does not say that any category definition changed. The 2025 revision was made for the third round of counselling for the 2025–26 session. Cut-offs for 2015–2019 are not shown because we have not found the official result notices.

How the exam changed

NEET PG exam pattern by year, 2015–2026

Where we could confirm them, the papers had 300 questions up to 2020, 200 from 2021 to 2025 and 180 in 2026. Time-bound sections arrived in 2024. Cells we could not confirm are marked Unverified.

Exam name, date, question count and marking for each admission session
SessionExamHeld onQuestionsNegative markingWhat changedSource
2015AIPGMEE 20151–6 Dec 2014 (multi-day CBT)300UnverifiedComputer-based AIPGMEE run by NBE; 3 h 30 min answering time plus a 15-minute tutorialReported; one cell Unverified
2016AIPGMEE 20162–8 Dec 2015 (multi-day online test)300None—Reported
2017NEET PG 20175–13 Dec 2016 (multi-day online test)300NoneNEET PG name returns; 3 h 30 minReported
2018NEET PG 20187 Jan 2018Unverified+4 / −1First year with negative marking (2017 had none)Reported; one cell Unverified
2019NEET PG 20196 Jan 2019, single session300 in Parts A, B and C (50 / 100 / 150)+4 / −1—Official
2020NEET PG 20205 Jan 2020, single session300 in Parts A, B and C (50 / 100 / 150)+4 / −1—Official
2021NEET PG 202111 Sep 2021200+4 / −1Cut from 300 to 200 questions; postponed from 18 Apr 2021 because of COVID-19Official
2022NEET PG 202221 May 2022, single session200+4 / −1Moved from 12 Mar 2022; internship cut-off extended to 31 Jul 2022Official
2023NEET PG 20235 Mar 2023, single session200+4 / −1Internship cut-off extended twice, to 11 Aug 2023Official
2024NEET PG 202411 Aug 2024, two shifts200+4 / −1Time-bound sections introduced (exact split not officially confirmed); results across shifts prepared with the AIIMS multi-shift processOfficial
2025NEET PG 20253 Aug 2025, single shift200+4 / −1Five 42-minute sections of 40 questions; single shift on Supreme Court directions; question-wise records announced for candidate loginOfficial
2026NEET PG 202630 Aug 2026, single shift180+4 / −1Cut from 200 to 180 questions; five sections of 36; re-exam at two Jaipur centres on 5 Sep 2026Official

Official: NBE/NBEMS bulletins for 2019 to 2026 and NBEMS notices. Reported: CareerIndia (2015, 2016) and Medical Dialogues (2017, 2018).

Current pattern

NEET PG 2026 exam pattern and marking scheme

The latest exam, held on 30 August 2026, cut the paper from 200 to 180 questions. The marking scheme, duration and 42-minute sections carried over from 2025.

NEET PG 2026 scheme of examination
ItemNEET PG 2026Source
ModeComputer-based test (CBT) at designated centresOfficial
Date and shifts30 August 2026, single shiftOfficial
Re-examination5 September 2026, for candidates at two Jaipur centres whose exam could not be completed because of a power failureOfficial — NBEMS notices, 30 Aug and 24 Sep 2026
Questions180 MCQs, 4 options each, English onlyOfficial
Duration3 hours 30 minutesOfficial
Sections5 time-bound sections (A–E) of 36 questions, 42 minutes eachOfficial
Moving between sectionsNext section starts only when the current section's time ends; no going back to review or change answersOfficial
Marking+4 for a correct answer, −1 (25%) for an incorrect answer, 0 for an unattempted questionOfficial
Maximum marks720Derived — 180 × 4
SyllabusSubjects as per the MBBS curriculum issued by the NMC / erstwhile MCIOfficial

Source: NEET-PG 2026 Information Bulletin, section 5, and NBEMS notices of 30 August and 24 September 2026. NBEMS notes the number of time-restricted sections may vary with the number of questions.

The exam

What is NEET PG?

NEET PG is the single entrance exam for MD, MS and PG Diploma courses in India, conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) under Section 61(2) of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. One result is used for All India 50% quota and state quota seats, and it is valid only for that year's admission session.

For the 2015 and 2016 sessions the national PG entrance was held as AIPGMEE by the National Board of Examinations; the NEET PG name returned with the exam for the 2017 session, held in December 2016.

Sources: NEET-PG 2026 Information Bulletin (Official); CareerIndia and Medical Dialogues for AIPGMEE and NEET PG 2017 (Reported).

Who can apply

NEET PG eligibility at a glance

This summary follows the NEET-PG 2026 Information Bulletin. Rules and cut-off dates change every year, so check the bulletin for the year you are applying in.

Candidates with an MBBS from India

  • An MBBS degree or provisional MBBS pass certificate recognised under the NMC Act, 2019 and the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023.
  • A permanent or provisional registration certificate for the MBBS qualification from the National Medical Commission (or the erstwhile Medical Council of India) or a State Medical Council.
  • One year of internship completed, or due to be completed on or before the cut-off date. For NEET PG 2026 the cut-off was 30 September 2026.

Indian citizens and OCIs with a medical degree from abroad

  • Must have qualified the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) screening test conducted by NBEMS.
  • Must be registered with the NMC (or erstwhile MCI) or a State Medical Council, and have completed internship by the same cut-off date.

Foreign nationals

  • Their basic medical qualification, equivalent to MBBS, must be recognised by the NMC. Those who need it must obtain security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs before applying.

Source: NEET-PG 2026 Information Bulletin, sections 4.1 and 4.11, NBEMS (Official).

Preparation

How to prepare using past exam patterns

You do not need the actual questions to learn from past exams. The official patterns and marking rules tell you how to practise.

  1. Start with this year's bulletin

    Confirm the number of questions, sections, timing and eligibility dates in the current NBEMS information bulletin before planning anything. The pattern changed in 2021, 2024 and 2026.

  2. Cover every subject first

    NEET PG draws on the whole MBBS curriculum. Practise subject by subject while you build concepts, and move to full-length mock tests once you have covered everything once.

  3. Simulate the timed sections

    Take full-length mocks in one sitting, in five 42-minute blocks, without going back to earlier blocks. For 2026-style practice, use 36 questions per block.

  4. Calibrate negative marking

    A correct answer earns 4 marks and a wrong one costs 1. Track how often your educated guesses are right in mock tests, so you know when to answer and when to skip.

  5. Review every error the same day

    For each wrong or guessed answer, note the concept you missed and turn it into a flashcard. The review matters more than the score.

  6. Revisit on a schedule

    Re-attempt the questions you got wrong after a few days, then again after a few weeks. Spaced repetition is what makes the corrections stick.

FAQ

NEET PG previous year papers: frequently asked questions

Are NEET PG previous year question papers officially released?

Not as complete public papers, as far as we could check. As of 4 November 2026, we found no complete NEET PG question paper made publicly available by NBEMS in its current exam page, its notice board (December 2019 onwards) or the bulletins for 2019 to 2026, and those bulletins describe exam content as confidential and proprietary. We could not check NBE's records for 2015–2018; for 2019 we located the bulletin, but the paper's public-release status remains unverified. NBEMS does publish bulletins, schedule notices, results and cut-offs, and for 2026 its notice says each candidate can see a question-wise record in their own login. Medical Dialogues reported (3 November 2026) that on 2 November the Supreme Court directed NBEMS to file written submissions on why question papers should not be disclosed with the answer keys after the exam; no order to release them had been reported when this page was updated.

What is the NEET PG "answer key" that NBEMS gives candidates?

For NEET PG 2026, NBEMS's notice of 1 October 2026 says each candidate can see, through their applicant login, the question ID numbers, the correct option number, the option they marked and the score for each question. NBEMS calls this the answer key, but it does not include the questions and it is not a public download. NBEMS announced a similar record for NEET PG 2025 on 21 August 2025; its release is reported in the news but we have not found an NBEMS notice confirming it. We found no such record for earlier years.

Are NEET PG papers found online official?

Not as far as we could find. We found no complete paper released by NBEMS, so papers offered online are not NBEMS documents. The ones we looked at describe themselves as recall-based, reconstructed from candidates' memories; others may be mock or practice papers. None can be checked against an official paper, and Revisable does not publish or link to them.

What does the NEET PG bulletin say about coaching services sharing exam questions?

Clause 9.9 of the NEET-PG 2026 Information Bulletin states that it is "strictly prohibited for any exam preparation service, coaching institute, or individual to use, disclose, distribute, or solicit content from recent NEET-PG examinees, or to otherwise provide access to actual questions or answers from the NEET-PG in any form". It also says candidates found to have used such a service can have their candidature cancelled. This is a summary of the bulletin's wording, not legal advice; read the current bulletin for the exact terms.

What is the difference between the qualifying cut-off and the closing rank?

The qualifying cut-off is the minimum percentile, published by NBEMS with the result, that makes a candidate eligible for counselling. A closing rank is the last rank allotted a particular seat in a counselling round, published by the Medical Counselling Committee for All India quota seats and by state authorities for state quota seats. Qualifying does not guarantee a seat.

Why are NEET PG cut-offs lowered after the result?

In each year from 2020 to 2025, NBEMS lowered the qualifying percentile after the result on directions from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Each notice states that candidates' ranks do not change. The notices themselves do not give a reason.

What is the NEET PG 2026 exam pattern?

NEET PG 2026 had 180 multiple choice questions in 3 hours 30 minutes, split into five time-bound sections of 36 questions with 42 minutes each. A correct answer earns 4 marks, a wrong answer loses 1 mark and an unattempted question scores 0, for a maximum of 720 marks.

How many questions did older NEET PG papers have?

The NBE/NBEMS bulletins show 300 questions in 2019 and 2020, 200 from 2021 to 2025, and 180 in 2026. News reports give 300 questions for AIPGMEE 2015 and 2016 and for NEET PG 2017. We have not confirmed the question count for 2018.

When was negative marking introduced in NEET PG?

Reports from the time show no negative marking in NEET PG 2017 and a deduction of 1 mark per wrong answer in NEET PG 2018, held on 7 January 2018. Every NBE/NBEMS bulletin we checked from 2019 onwards applies +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one and 0 for an unattempted question.

Are the 2015 and 2016 papers NEET PG papers?

Strictly, no. The national PG entrance for the 2015 and 2016 sessions was held as AIPGMEE by the National Board of Examinations. The NEET PG name returned for the 2017 session. We cover those years because many candidates search for them as NEET PG papers.

References

References

Every document this page relies on. NBEMS documents are the official record; news reports are labelled as such.