National Testing Agency (NTA) which conducts the NEET exam will be declaring the result. Sources say, NEET UG exam result was expected on October 12 as per the earlier planned schedule.

As per the sources, children who missed NEET UG exam on September 13 will be getting an opportunity to write the medical entrance exam on October 14.

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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has also confirmed the news about NEET UG exam result.

‘@DG_NTA will be declaring the results of NEETUG 2020 on 16th October 2020. Exact timing of the results will be intimated later. I wish all the best to the candidates.’

The above was the message of Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

Supreme Court also is said to have allowed students who missed the NEET exam on September 13 either due to being infected by COVID-19 or being in a containment zone to attend the exam on October 14.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde said students who missed the NEET UG 2020 exam can appear on October 14 and added that NEET UG exam result can be declared on October 16.

This decision has come taking into consideration request by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to permit students who could not appear for NEET 2020 exam on September 13.

CBSE requested to allow students who could not attend NEET exam this year either owing to their testing as positive for COVID-19 or to due to their stay in a containment zone.

Interestingly various sources are making different types of guesses when it comes to declaring NEET UG exam result this year.

As per one such estimate, NEET UG exam result is likely to be declared by 1 pm on the result day (October 16).

Also sources further say, NEET UG exam result will be on display on the official website of the exam owned by NTA for a period of 90 days from the day of the result declaration.

After the official website downloads upon clicking anyone of the two links mentioned above, candidates can look for the link related to NEET UG exam result.

Once the link is found candidates have to click that. Usually, the link for accessing the exam results is made available below and applicants can scroll down the page and access the link for the result.

Soon after clicking the result link, a seperate webpage will download and candidates have to enter their roll number, admit card, date of birth and other related information and press ‘submit’ button.

Post clicking of ‘submit’ the result page will be displayed and once the result page is displayed candidates must check for errors on it.

In case they find any errors on it, they must take it to the notice of authorities concerned for rectification.

If no errors, candidates can go ahead with downloading of the score card. Post download, candidates must take a printout and preserve it for future purpose.

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NEET UG exam result can also be checked on the mobile phone. Students have to open the browser on their cellphone and type the url of official website of NEET exam ‘ntaneet.nic.in’ and click the result link after the page downloads.

Post click of the result link, students must provide their login details and press ‘submit’ button.

Post declaration of NEET UG exam result, candidates who have the required cutoff marks or above it can attend the counselling conducted by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) which comes under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Post declaration of NEET UG exam result, DGHS will be conducting NEET counselling for 15 percent All India Quota (AIQ) seats.

Reservation for the 85 percent quota seats is subject to policies of each state.

The cutoff marks in the NEET exam will be announced either shortly before the release of the result or along with the release of the NEET UG exam result.

Each of the subject will have 45 questions, Biology also comprises Botany and Zoology and the total marks in NEET exam is 720.

Question papers for NEET exam are available in English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Telugu, Gujrati, Tamil, Bengali, Assamese and Kannada.

As per NEET UG exam result of last year, Nalin Khandelwal of Rajasthan topped NEET last year with a score of 701 out of 720. Similarly, Madhuri Reddy G. of Telangana stood NEET topper among girls with and all India rank of seven and a score of 695 out of 720.

Maximum number of aspirants to take up NEET last year were from Maharashtra. Sources say about 2,28,914 candidates attended NEET in Maharashtra.

Those who are wishing to join management courses in XLRI (Xavier School of Management) can concentrate on this exam which is one of the most popular ones in the country.

Those who take up XAT 2025 Registration from 28 September 2024 onwards, can choose to write exam from the new test centers.

The Newly Added Test Centers Are: Ajmer, Aligarh, Anantapur, Arrah, Baddi, Balasore, Bareilly, Bhagalpur, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Chikkaballapur, Darbhanga, Davanagere, Dhenkanal, Haldwani, Hazaribagh, Hisar, Jodhpur, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Kalyani, Karimnagar, Kolhapur, Kurukshetra, Mehsana, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Muzaffarpur, Nanded, Patiala, Salem, Shimla, Sikar, Ujjain, Vellore.

The Other Test Centers Are: Agra, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad City (Maharashtra), Allahabad, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhatinda, Bhilai Nagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh/Mohali, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi-NCR, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Durgapur/Asansol, Ernakulam, Gandhinagar, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hooghly, Hubballi(Hubli), Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur,Jalandhar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kannur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kurnool, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysuru(Mysore), Nagpur, Nashik, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Roorkee, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Siliguri, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Tirupathi, Tiruvallur, Udaipur, Udupi Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal, Tejpur, Jorhat, Rajkot, Shillong, Naharlagun.

The process of submitting the application started on 15 July 2024. Admit card for the exam will be available for download from 20 December 2024.

Exam will be conducted on 5 January 2025 from 2:00pm to 5:30pm. The process of application (XAT 2025 Registration) has begun.

The scores in the exam will be used by other well-known management institutions for admission into courses offered by them.

There are other prestigious B Schools that offer admission into management courses based on scores in XAT and these institutions are known as XAMI (Xavier Association of Management Institutes).

Point to remember

The official website for the exam is ready and it can be visited with the help of URL ‘https://xatonline.in/’ The candidates can read the information about the exam.

The link to take up XAT 2025 registration is active, candidates can take up XAT 2025 registration and apply for the test.

About the exam

The full name of the exam is Xavier Aptitude Test which is popularly known to all as XAT. It is conducted every year by XLRI of Jamshedpur.

It is a national level exam that has to be passed to gain admission into management courses offered by XLRI and other participating institutions.

XAT 2025 is meant to be conducted for the year 2025. The test will be conducted across 75 cities in India.

Even apart from participating institutions, many other b schools across India offer admissions based on scores in this exam.

Who can take up XAT 2025 registration?

Candidates willing to take up XAT 2025 registration must have passed Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent from a recognized educational institution located anywhere in India.

Candidates appearing for the final year of their qualifying degree examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also take up XAT 2025 registration.

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However, they have to pass the exam and provide a proof for it by the time of admission process commencement in XLRI or its associate institutions.

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can click the information brochure and know about the exam.

3. After reading the information, candidates can click the button Register.

4. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with URL ‘https://applications.xatonline.in/?_gl=1*17pi4n7*_ga*MTM4OTUzOTQ1NC4xNzIwODU1NjQw*_ga_44L83023B1*MTcyMDg1NTY0MC4xLjEuMTcyMDg1NTgyMC42MC4wLjA.’

5. When the webpage with above URL opens, candidates can provide the required information and create an account with username and password.

6. Post account creation, candidates can login and start applying for the exam.

Link to take up XAT 2025 Registration is Here

Registration fee

Candidates have to pay XAT 2025 registration fee of Rs 2200 while applying for the exam. Those applying for XLRI programmes, have to pay Rs 200 per programme.

How to download admit card?

Candidates who have successfully completed their XAT 2025 registration will alone be able to download admit card and its process is explained below:

1. Candidates have to visit the official website for the exam at ‘https://xatonline.in/’

2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to click the link for downloading hall ticket which may open another webpage.

3. When another webpage opens, candidates have to type their application number and other required information and submit them to obtain the admit card.

Exam pattern

XAT 2025 will be conducted online as a computer based test where the questions have to be answered on a computer screen at the test centre.

Duration to complete answering is 3 hours 30 minutes. The test will have questions related to Decision Making, Verbal & Logical Ability, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation, General Knowledge, and Essay Writing.

Candidates who have taken up XAT 2025 registration must remember that XLRI has decided to make changes in exam timings. XAT 2025 exam timing stands changed from morning to afternoon.

The exam has to be passed with required qualifying marks which is also known as cutoff scores.

Cutoff score is the minimum marks candidates have to get in the exam to be eligible for next phase of admission.

The score of the candidates in the exam must be either greater than cutoff or equal to it.

Those who pass can appear for the next stage which comprises group discussion, interview, document verification. Those who get the seat can pay the money and join the institution for classes.

Point to remember

It is to note that many institutions accept XAT scores for admission into management programmes offered by them, their admission process and schedule may vary from that of XLRI.

Candidates have to visit the websites of those institutions and obtain information about their admission process before submitting applications there.