NEET 2022 LIVE Updates: How to calculate NEET percentile, Merit List, NEET Qualifying Criteria and more

Though medical aspirants, attempting NEET 2022, are allowed to wear hijab/burqa, it is important to have chosen 'the customary dress' option while filling the application forms. A girl, who came with her burqa to attend the test at a centre in Avadi near Chennai forgot to select the said option while applying. So, she had to remove her burqa before entering the exam hall.

• Four marks (+4) will be given for each correct answer.
• One mark (-1) will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• If a question is left unattempted then no marks will be given.

Additional marks will be given to candidates in the following cases, only if they have attempted the question

• Any question which have more than one correct option, then four marks (+4) will be given.
• A question in which all options are found to be correct, then four marks (+4) will be given.

In Madurai district, over 8000 candidates are writing the NEET exam 2022 at 13 exam centres.

K Rajyakkodi, a candidate from Madurai is writing NEET exam at 56 years of age at the exam centre in Velammal Vidyalaya School in Anuppanadi. He has prepared for a year to write the exam and hopes to create awareness about taking the exam to pusue MBBS. He previously studied agriculture and has a son who is a second year MBBS student.

The NEET 2022 exam is going to begin in a while and candidates have already entered the examination centres. The NEET exam will begin at 2 pm and will end at 5:20 pm.

• Practice social distancing.
• Mandatorily use N-95 masks being provided at the Centre.
• Use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer (for at least 20 seconds) can be made, wherever feasible.
• Strictly follow respiratory etiquette. This involves strict covering of one's mouth and nose while coughing/sneezing with a tissue/handkerchief/flexed elbow and disposing off used tissues properly;
• Self-monitor health by all and reporting any illness at the earliest.

Medical aspirants who are going to appear for the NEET UG 2022 Exam have started reaching at their examination centres in Chennai.

As almost two hours are left for NEET UG 2022 Exam to begin, many candidates must be on their way to the examination centres or maybe about to leave home for the centre. So before you leave home, make sure you have kept the following items in your bags;

• Ballpoint pen - Blue and Black
• Admit Card
• Photograph
• ID Proof
• Water Bottle

The NTA on Thursday (July 14, 2022) released an advisory for all the candidates going to appear in NEET UG exam mentioning all the important instructions they need to follow. Click

to read the full advisory now!