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Odisha’s Soyeb Aftab gets perfect score in NEET as 7.71 lakh candidates qualify

The highest number of qualifying candidates are from Tripura (88,889) followed by Maharashtra (79,974).

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New Delhi: The result of the medical entrance exam NEET was announced on Friday night, with Odisha’s Soyeb Aftab bagging the top rank attaining a perfect score and Delhi girl Akansha Singh securing the second rank, according to officials of the National Testing Agency.

A total of 7,71,500 candidates have qualified the exam for which over 13.66 lakh candidates had appeared.

The highest number of qualifying candidates are from Tripura (88,889) followed by Maharashtra (79,974).

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) was conducted on September 13 amid strict precautions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From this year, the admissions to MBBS course in 13 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, will also be made through NEET following the amendment in National Medical Commission Act, 2019, passed by Parliament last year.

The test was offered in 11 languages — English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu — this year. Based on the initial report, more than 77 per cent aspirants took the test in English, around 12 per cent in Hindi and 11 per cent in other languages.

The exam was earlier postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the government decided to go ahead with it, despite opposition by a section, to mitigate any further academic loss.


Also read:Common entrance tests for all undergraduate courses across India likely from next year


 

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  1. Hearty congratulations to the 1st and 2nd toppers of NEET 2020; congratulations also to all others who got qualified for admission in higher institutes.

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