Scam in NEET! 4 serious allegations against NEET 2024, now NTA has given clarification on each one

NEET News Today: The uproar over the country’s biggest and second most difficult exam NEET UG is not stopping. Since the day of NEET exam on May 5, serious allegations are being made one by one on NEET Exam 2024. First the NEET paper leak and now the NEET result scam case. Finally NTA has broken its silence and has responded to the allegations on NEET 2024. This can also be called NTA’s clarification. There are a total of 4 major allegations and NTA has responded to all of them. You should also understand.

First allegation- How is NEET Cut Off 2024 so high?

Since the introduction of National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) for medical entrance, for the first time the cutoff has gone so high. In response to this, NTA has said- ‘NEET cutoff depends on the overall performance of the candidates. Increase in cutoff means that the exam was competitive and the children performed better.’

This is how NEET cutoff has been in the past years

Second allegation- How did you get the numbers 719 and 718?

NEET total marks are 720. Each question is of 4 marks. 1 mark is deducted for each wrong answer. If a student answers all the questions correctly, he/she will get 720 out of 720. If he/she does not answer a question, he/she will get 716. If he/she gets one question wrong, he/she should get 715. But how can he/she get 718 or 719?

In response to this, it is said on nta.ac.in that- ‘Several petitions were filed in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh High Court in which students complained about wastage of time at some centers in the examination held on May 5. After checking the CCTV footage and investigation, NTA found that it was not the fault of the candidates. In such a situation, on the basis of the judgment of the Supreme Court of June 13, 2018, those children were given compensatory marks for loss of time. The two candidates who got 718 and 719 are among them.’

Third allegation- How come 6 NEET toppers are from the same exam centre?

In the NEET topper list PDF, 6 candidates have the same roll number series. That means their NEET exam center was the same. Out of these, 4 got a total of 720, 1 got 719 and 1 got 718 marks. Allegations were made that some irregularity was definitely done at that center. In response to this, NTA has said-

‘13,373 challenges were received on a Physics question in NEET Answer Key 2024. This was due to the new and old NCERT book. Subject experts declared two options correct instead of one. Out of the 67 toppers, 44 were given NEET Compensatory Marks for the revised answer key and 6 for losing time. NEET toppers have come from all over the country.’

Fourth allegation- NEET Paper Leak 2024 case

News of NEET paper leak started coming on the day of the exam itself. Investigation also started in other states including Bihar, which is still going on. But NTA had rejected these allegations then. Now the National Testing Agency has said-

‘NTA has registered cases against the violators. Some cases are also registered with the state police. Wherever required, NTA is extending full cooperation to these investigating agencies in the matters of NEET UG 2024 Cases. However, the results of these investigations are yet to come. NTA denies any case of paper leak.’