Around 11 lakh aspirants appeared for The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2017 (NEET UG 2017) for the admission to MBBS/BDS courses, at over 1,900 centres across the country on Sunday.
A total number of 11,38,890 students that appeared for the exam include 1,522 NRIs and 613 foreigners. Around 490 officials at centres spread across 103 cities have been appointed by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which conducts the exam.
A senior board official reported, "The exam was conducted from 10 AM to 1 PM in offline mode in 10 languages i.e. English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Oriya and Kannada at 1,921 centres in 103 cities for 65,000 MBBS and 25,000 BDS seats". A total of 11,38,890 candidates appeared for the exam. The exam was held for admissions to MBBS/BDS courses in medical/dental colleges run with an approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
Display of OMR sheets:
The CBSE will display the images of OMR answer sheets and responses at cbseneet.nic.in For exact date of display the images of OMR answer sheets and responses, candidates are requested to remain in touch with the official website.
Candidates will be given an opportunity to submit representation against the OMR grading on the payment of Rs 1,000 per response challenged.
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