When you’re preparing for the NEET, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, the single entrance exam for medical courses in India. It’s not just another test—it’s the gate to becoming a doctor, dentist, or pharmacist in the country. Also known as UG NEET, this exam pulls questions straight from the Class 11 and 12 NCERT syllabus in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. If you’re serious about getting into a government medical college, you can’t afford to guess what’s important. The NEET topics are predictable, but only if you know where to look.
Most students waste time on rare, high-mark questions that show up once every five years. The real game is in the core topics that repeat every single year. In Biology, you can’t skip Human Physiology—especially the circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems. These make up nearly 25% of the paper. In Chemistry, Organic reactions like SN1/SN2, alcohol conversions, and biomolecules are non-negotiable. Physics? Focus on Mechanics, Electrodynamics, and Optics—they’re the heavy lifters. You don’t need to solve every problem ever published. You need to master the ones that actually appear.
It’s not just about knowing the topics—it’s about how they connect. A question on the human heart in Biology might require you to recall the physics of blood pressure. A chemistry problem on pH levels might tie into biology’s enzyme activity. That’s why top scorers don’t study in silos. They build mental maps: if this concept shows up here, it links to that one there. And yes, the exam tests your speed too. You’ve got 180 questions in 180 minutes. That’s one minute per question, including reading time. Practice with timed mocks. Not just any mocks—ones that mimic the real NEET pattern, with the same weightage and trick questions.
What’s missing from most prep plans? The small stuff. Like the exact number of cranial nerves, the names of all five phases of mitosis, or the difference between apoenzyme and holoenzyme. These are one-markers, but they’re the difference between a 650 and a 700. And they’re easy to memorize—if you review them daily for 10 minutes. Flashcards work. So does writing them out. Just don’t ignore them because they seem too small.
And don’t get distracted by the noise. You don’t need 10 books. You don’t need to join five coaching centers. You need one solid NCERT, one reliable question bank, and a plan that sticks. The NEET topics haven’t changed in a decade. The questions just get reworded. So if you’ve seen a topic in past papers, you’ve seen it in this year’s exam. Just not always in the same form.
