What is the NEET Cutoff in past 5 years?

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is a succession of AIPMT (All India Pre Medical Test) which was organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and is now taken over by the National Test Agency (NTA) from 2018. NEET-UG was first held in 2016 dividing itself into two phases, the first one under the name AIPMT which was on the 1st of May 2016. This was considered as the first phase of NEET and the second phase was on the 24th of July 2016. Students who appeared for the first phase of the NEET-UG test can write the second only to give up the marks obtained in the first phase.

Cutoff marks from the past five years 

NEET UG has always been a challenge that tested the knowledge of students in subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Botony, and Zoology. The subjects carried 45 marks each, and each question carried 4 marks. The cutoff marks are the marks that are needed by students to qualify in the examination. As we discuss the cutoff marks from 2016 first and second phases of NEET, we also see how the marks are divided based on the category of the students applied for the examination. 

Percentile: a percentile is a number that falls below a group of a certain percentage of scores. 

Cutoff marks and percentile in 2016 (Overall)

Category	Qualifying percentile	Marks range
General or Unreserved	50th percentile	685-145
OBC	40th percentile	678-118
SC	40th percentile	595-118
ST	40th percentile	599-118
General or Unreserved (Physically Handicapped)	45th percentile	474-131
OBC (Physically Handicapped)	40th percentile	510-118
SC (Physically Handicapped)	40th percentile	415-118
ST (Physically Handicapped)	40th percentile	339-118

Cutoff marks and percentile in 2017 (Overall) 

Category	Qualifying percentile	Marks range
General or Unreserved	50th percentile	697-131
OBC	40th percentile	130-107
SC	40th percentile	130-107
ST	40th percentile	130-107
Genereal or Unreserved (Physically Handicapped)	45th percentile	130-118
OBC (Physically Handicapped)	40th percentile	130-107
SC (Physically Handicapped)	40th percentile	130-107
ST (Physically Handicapped)	40th percentile	130-107

Cutoff marks and percentile in 2018 (Overall)

Category	Qualifying percentile	Marks range
General or Unreserved	50th percentile	691-119
OBC/SC/ST	40th percentile	118-96
General or Unreserved (Physically Handicapped)	45th percentile	118-107
OBC/SC/ST (Physically handicapped)	40th percentile	106-96

Cutoff marks and percentile in 2019 (Overall)

Category	Qualifying percentile	Marks range
General or Unreserved	50th percentile	701-134
OBC/SC/ST	40th percentile	133-107
General or Unreserved (Physically Handicapped)	45th percentile	133-120
OBC/SC/ST (Physically Handicapped)	40th percentile	119-107

The NEET cutoff percentile for BDS has decreased by 10.00 percentile, thus lowering the qualifying percentiles of General, OBC/SC/ST, General (PH), OBC/SC/ST (PH) coming down to 40th, 30th, 35th, and 30th respectively.