5,541 students appear for NEET 2020 in Vadodara

Vadodara: Over 5,500 students appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 in the city on Sunday.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) had implemented a comprehensive plan to hold the NEET, the entrance exam for the admission to MBBS/ BDS and other undergraduate medical courses, at 13 exam centres in the city.
Of the 7,040 students who were supposed to appear in the undergraduate exam, 5,541 students remained present, while 1,499 students were absent in the undergraduate examination.
For conducting the examination in a hassle-free manner, a majority of the centres in the city, which were school premises, stringent checks and protocols in view of the Covid-19 pandemic were adopted.
The exam centre gates closed for entry after 1.30 pm, while the exam started at 2 pm.
The centres were equipped with disposable masks and gloves, sanitizers, thermal guns and jammers. The contactless frisking of all candidates was carried out at the centres.
The arrangements were made to ensure that only 12 students could sit in one classroom to maintain social distance and avoid crowding.
A majority of students found biology a bit lengthy but physics was the toughest of all the three sections. Chemistry, on the other hand, was moderate, the students said, adding that a majority of questions of all the three sections were NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) based only.