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NEET 2024 against NEET 2020

What one sitting asked that the other did not — as a share of each paper, because NEET 2024 carries 200 questions and NEET 2020 carries 158. Comparing raw counts across papers of different sizes invents a trend in every row.

Asked more in NEET 2024

— nothing moved this way

Asked more in NEET 2020

  • Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter-1.5 pp

    1.0% (2) in NEET 2024 · 2.5% (4) in NEET 2020

Present on one paper and absent from the other

Absent from one sitting is not absent from the syllabus. A chapter carrying one question one year and none the next has told you almost nothing.

Only in NEET 2024

  • Motion in a Plane · 1
  • Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties · 2
  • Electromagnetic Induction · 2
  • Principles Related to Practical Chemistry · 2
  • Work, Energy and Power · 2
  • Neural Control and Coordination · 2

Only in NEET 2020

  • Electric Charges and Fields · 1
  • Waves · 1

Every chapter, both papers

ChapterNEET 2024NEET 2020Change
BiomoleculesZoology3.5% (7)4.4% (7)-0.9 pp
Biotechnology: Principles and ProcessesZoology2.5% (5)3.8% (6)-1.3 pp
Principles of Inheritance and VariationBotany3.0% (6)2.5% (4)+0.5 pp
Molecular Basis of InheritanceBotany3.0% (6)2.5% (4)+0.5 pp
Cell Cycle and Cell DivisionBotany2.0% (4)2.5% (4)-0.5 pp
EvolutionZoology2.0% (4)2.5% (4)-0.5 pp
ThermodynamicsChemistry2.0% (4)2.5% (4)-0.5 pp
Animal KingdomZoology2.0% (4)2.5% (4)-0.5 pp
Current ElectricityPhysics2.0% (4)2.5% (4)-0.5 pp
Human Health and DiseaseZoology2.5% (5)1.9% (3)+0.6 pp
Morphology of Flowering PlantsBotany2.5% (5)1.9% (3)+0.6 pp
Plant Growth and DevelopmentBotany2.5% (5)1.9% (3)+0.6 pp
Human ReproductionZoology2.5% (5)1.9% (3)+0.6 pp
Semiconductor ElectronicsPhysics1.5% (3)2.5% (4)-1.0 pp
Electrostatic Potential and CapacitancePhysics2.0% (4)1.9% (3)+0.1 pp
Biodiversity and ConservationBotany2.5% (5)1.3% (2)+1.2 pp
Dual Nature of Radiation and MatterPhysics1.0% (2)2.5% (4)-1.5 pp
Cell: The Unit of LifeBotany2.0% (4)1.3% (2)+0.7 pp
Chemical Bonding and Molecular StructureChemistry2.0% (4)1.3% (2)+0.7 pp
Structural Organisation in AnimalsZoology2.0% (4)1.3% (2)+0.7 pp
Biotechnology and its ApplicationsZoology1.0% (2)1.9% (3)-0.9 pp
Chemical Coordination and IntegrationZoology1.0% (2)1.9% (3)-0.9 pp
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsBotany1.0% (2)1.9% (3)-0.9 pp
HydrocarbonsChemistry1.0% (2)1.9% (3)-0.9 pp
Coordination CompoundsChemistry1.5% (3)1.3% (2)+0.2 pp
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsChemistry1.5% (3)1.3% (2)+0.2 pp
Units and MeasurementsPhysics1.5% (3)1.3% (2)+0.2 pp
Chemical KineticsChemistry1.5% (3)1.3% (2)+0.2 pp
Photosynthesis in Higher PlantsBotany1.5% (3)1.3% (2)+0.2 pp
The d- and f-Block ElementsChemistry1.5% (3)1.3% (2)+0.2 pp
Some Basic Concepts of ChemistryChemistry1.5% (3)1.3% (2)+0.2 pp
Anatomy of Flowering PlantsBotany1.5% (3)1.3% (2)+0.2 pp
Kinetic TheoryPhysics0.5% (1)1.9% (3)-1.4 pp
Plant KingdomBotany0.5% (1)1.9% (3)-1.4 pp
System of Particles and Rotational MotionPhysics1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
ElectrochemistryChemistry1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
Reproductive HealthZoology1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
Body Fluids and CirculationZoology1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
Ray Optics and Optical InstrumentsPhysics1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
Wave OpticsPhysics1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
Breathing and Exchange of GasesZoology1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
SolutionsChemistry1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
Alternating CurrentPhysics1.0% (2)1.3% (2)-0.3 pp
Magnetism and MatterPhysics1.5% (3)0.6% (1)+0.9 pp
EquilibriumChemistry1.5% (3)0.6% (1)+0.9 pp
Alcohols, Phenols and EthersChemistry1.5% (3)0.6% (1)+0.9 pp
EcosystemBotany0.5% (1)1.3% (2)-0.8 pp
Microbes in Human WelfareBotany0.5% (1)1.3% (2)-0.8 pp
NucleiPhysics0.5% (1)1.3% (2)-0.8 pp
Mechanical Properties of SolidsPhysics0.5% (1)1.3% (2)-0.8 pp
AminesChemistry1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Respiration in PlantsBotany1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
OscillationsPhysics1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
AtomsPhysics1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Organisms and PopulationsBotany1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
The p-Block ElementsChemistry1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Structure of AtomChemistry1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
GravitationPhysics1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and TechniquesChemistry1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Electromagnetic WavesPhysics1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Biological ClassificationBotany1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Excretory Products and their EliminationZoology1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Laws of MotionPhysics1.0% (2)0.6% (1)+0.4 pp
Thermal Properties of MatterPhysics0.5% (1)0.6% (1)-0.1 pp
Purification and Characterisation of Organic CompoundsChemistry0.5% (1)0.6% (1)-0.1 pp
Moving Charges and MagnetismPhysics0.5% (1)0.6% (1)-0.1 pp
Motion in a Straight LinePhysics0.5% (1)0.6% (1)-0.1 pp
Locomotion and MovementZoology0.5% (1)0.6% (1)-0.1 pp
Redox ReactionsChemistry0.5% (1)0.6% (1)-0.1 pp
Mechanical Properties of FluidsPhysics0.5% (1)0.6% (1)-0.1 pp
Haloalkanes and HaloarenesChemistry0.5% (1)0.6% (1)-0.1 pp
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in PropertiesChemistry1.0% (2)0.0% (0)+1.0 pp
Electromagnetic InductionPhysics1.0% (2)0.0% (0)+1.0 pp
Principles Related to Practical ChemistryChemistry1.0% (2)0.0% (0)+1.0 pp
Work, Energy and PowerPhysics1.0% (2)0.0% (0)+1.0 pp
Neural Control and CoordinationZoology1.0% (2)0.0% (0)+1.0 pp
Electric Charges and FieldsPhysics0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
WavesPhysics0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
Motion in a PlanePhysics0.5% (1)0.0% (0)+0.5 pp

78 of 79 chapters moved by less than 1.5 percentage points and are greyed out — at these chapter sizes, a swing of one or two questions is noise, not a signal.

Two sittings are two sittings. Everything above describes what these two papers contained. None of it predicts the next one, and a chapter that fell here is not a chapter to drop — the examiners are not running a trend. The aggregate across every complete paper is the more reliable number.