The National Medical Commission (NMC) has given the NEET-UG syllabus an update keeping the core approach same as before. It’s all about sticking to NCERT, building real understanding, and making sure students focus on what actually matters. No more endless memorization or obscure details. This time, the spotlight is decisively on concepts and practical skills.
Let’s break down what we need to know.
Physics: Get Hands-On
Physics isn’t just about solving equations on paper anymore. With the addition of Unit 20 – Experimental Skills, you’ll need to know your way around a lab as much as the textbook. The exam expects you to handle experiments and grasp the physical principles behind them.
Important topics?
Think measuring with vernier calipers and screw gauges, running pendulum experiments, using metre scales, and understanding the principle of moments. There’s Young’s modulus, surface tension, and viscosity. Speed of sound using a resonance tube shows up, and so does finding specific heat with mixtures.
On the electrical side: Ohm’s Law, metre bridge, and galvanometer resistance. Optics? You’ll need to work out the focal lengths of mirrors and lenses, plus nail refraction through a prism.
Bottom line: Physics is now more about doing and understanding, less about plugging numbers into formulas.
Biology: Still NCERT, Still Crucial
Unit 1: Diversity in Living World
This is your footing—classification, biodiversity, and the five kingdoms. Distinguish the main features of Monera, Protista, and Fungi. Revise plant and animal classification and get contented with taxonomy and binomial nomenclature.
Unit 2: Basic Organisation in Animals and Plants
We will learn about the structure of flowering plants like, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. Important plant families like Fabaceae, Cruciferae, Leguminosae, Compositae, and Gramineae are in. For animals, focus on tissues and organ systems, with the frog as your go-to example.
Unit 3: Cell Construction and Feature
Big weightage here. Know about cell theory, types, the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, organelles, the endomembrane system, and the cytoskeleton.
Unit 4: Human Physiology – The Scoring Zone
You can’t afford to skip this. Breathing and respiration (about howit works, gas exchange, and disorders), body fluids and circulation (blood, heart, cardiac cycle, diseases), the excretory system (kidneys, osmoregulation, dialysis), locomotion and movement (muscles, bones, joints), and neural and chemical coordination (nervous system, hormones, and related disorders) all matter.
Why this Matters for Students
The syllabus is very clear and still engrained in NCERT. If someone understands about concepts and can apply them, especially in practical or real-life situations. Biology has a powerful impression, so give it the attention it deserves. In Physics, don’t just memorize; get comfortable with experiments and real examples.
The Takeaway
NMC wants students who know their basics and can think on their feet. Stick to NCERT, zero in on these must-know topics, and keep your revision game strong. That’s how you walk into the NEET-UG exam ready for anything it throws at you.