Chemistry for NEET is tough or a high scoring paper?

Chemistry is one of three compulsory subjects for the NEET examination along with Physics and Biology. It is high scoring subject, yet students feel it is tough because of the lengthy syllabus and scattered topics. Though Chemistry for NEET is considered a tough nut to crack, there are some strategies that may help to score more in the paper while attempting the NEET exam.

The chemistry syllabus for medical exams is slightly lengthy. A NEET paper consists of 180 questions. Out of these 180 problems listed in a NEET question paper, 45 are from Chemistry. An average student can easily score 80 to 100 marks in the paper, but these are insufficient for getting into the merit for the government medical colleges. Students need to make some extra efforts to score 150 to 170 marks in the Chemistry paper of the NEET exam. Interestingly, most of the students who crack the NEET exam score more than 140 marks in Chemistry for NEET.

Razi Akhtar, a faculty at Delhi-based coaching institute, The Hind Guru Academy suggests, “One should score somewhere between 100 to 120 marks in the Chemistry paper if he or she wants to succeed in an attempt to clear NEET exam”. “Candidates with a decent hold on the subject can easily do this unless he or she is very careless or have some phobia related to the examination”, he adds.

Why do students score low in Chemistry papers while attempting the NEET examination despite this being an easy paper? Manju Sinha, a Chemistry teacher with a senior secondary school in Ghaziabad says,” Students rely on NCERT books for the NEET exam. It is true that NCERT book is enough and sufficient for the paper of Biology but unfortunately for physics and chemistry they need to get some additional study material”.

Here comes the real problem for the aspirants of the medical entrance examination. Chemistry is really a tough and vast subject. Sometimes students ignore it for the sake of Biology and think that they may score 300 plus in Biology to compensate for the losses in Chemistry. This proves to be insufficient. Physics holds similar issues and only those who are numerically good manage to get out of the troubled waters.

So, what’s the solution? The solution lies either in a good teacher, a good coaching institution, or in the quality study material. The student should source some quality books in consultation with their teacher. It is recommendable not to ignore the possibility of scoring every single mark in the NEET exam. For more such articles visit our blog here.