NEET UG 2025 paper was tough/ Physics was tougher than IITJEE, aspirants and experts complain

A majority of aspirants who had appeared for the NEET-UG-2025 complained that Physics was extremely difficult. Many even pointed out that the difficulty level of questions in Physics was on par with IIT Advanced examinations

Hyderabad: A day after the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG-2025 was held on Sunday, medical aspirants and subject experts termed that this year’s question paper ‘tougher than previous years’.

A majority of aspirants who had appeared for the NEET-UG-2025 complained that Physics was extremely difficult. Many even pointed out that the difficulty level of questions in Physics was on par with IIT Advanced examinations.

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The overall toughness of NEET exam paper also triggered a flood of videos and reels across multiple social media platforms, where aspirants could be seen venting their ire on National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the exam.

A large number of experts and edu-influencers across multiple social media platforms claimed that this year’s NEET was tough. Based on assessment from experts, “the physics section featured high-standard questions, while chemistry was lengthy and included multiple correct-order questions, which ended up confusing a lot of students”.

Both botany and zoology sections were also lengthy, making time management difficult. With an overall tougher paper, scoring in NEET-UG-2025 will be challenging.

“What is the point of putting hard and high-level Physics questions for a UG examination? It is ironic that the Physics subject in NEET will decide who gets to become a doctor,” an angry aspirant said.

Many others pointed out that the NEET-UG-2025 paper was the toughest in the last two to three decades in the country. “Is it fair to make NEET Physics tougher than IIT-JEE, when it’s a medical examination and not an engineering one? Students deserve fairness,” another MBBS aspirant said.