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NEET 2025 against NEET 2022

What one sitting asked that the other did not — as a share of each paper, because NEET 2025 carries 178 questions and NEET 2022 carries 175. Comparing raw counts across papers of different sizes invents a trend in every row.

Asked more in NEET 2025

  • Chemical Coordination and Integration+1.7 pp

    2.2% (4) in NEET 2025 · 0.6% (1) in NEET 2022

  • Human Health and Disease+1.7 pp

    2.8% (5) in NEET 2025 · 1.1% (2) in NEET 2022

  • Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants+1.7 pp

    2.8% (5) in NEET 2025 · 1.1% (2) in NEET 2022

Asked more in NEET 2022

  • Principles of Inheritance and Variation-1.7 pp

    1.7% (3) in NEET 2025 · 3.4% (6) in NEET 2022

  • Cell Cycle and Cell Division-1.7 pp

    0.6% (1) in NEET 2025 · 2.3% (4) in NEET 2022

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 2025

  • Redox Reactions · 1
  • Principles Related to Practical Chemistry · 1
  • Thermal Properties of Matter · 1

Only in NEET 2022

  • Mechanical Properties of Solids · 1
  • Motion in a Plane · 1
  • Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers · 2
  • Neural Control and Coordination · 1
  • Nuclei · 2
  • Locomotion and Movement · 2

Every chapter, both papers

ChapterNEET 2025NEET 2022Change
Molecular Basis of InheritanceBotany4.5% (8)4.0% (7)+0.5 pp
BiomoleculesChemistry3.4% (6)2.9% (5)+0.5 pp
Biotechnology: Principles and ProcessesZoology3.4% (6)2.9% (5)+0.5 pp
Principles of Inheritance and VariationBotany1.7% (3)3.4% (6)-1.7 pp
Plant KingdomBotany2.8% (5)1.7% (3)+1.1 pp
Human ReproductionZoology2.8% (5)1.7% (3)+1.1 pp
Current ElectricityPhysics1.7% (3)2.3% (4)-0.6 pp
Units and MeasurementsPhysics1.7% (3)2.3% (4)-0.6 pp
Morphology of Flowering PlantsBotany1.7% (3)2.3% (4)-0.6 pp
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsChemistry1.7% (3)2.3% (4)-0.6 pp
Structural Organisation in AnimalsZoology2.2% (4)1.7% (3)+0.5 pp
Organisms and PopulationsBotany2.2% (4)1.7% (3)+0.5 pp
Human Health and DiseaseZoology2.8% (5)1.1% (2)+1.7 pp
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsBotany2.8% (5)1.1% (2)+1.7 pp
Biotechnology and its ApplicationsZoology1.7% (3)1.7% (3)-0.0 pp
System of Particles and Rotational MotionPhysics1.7% (3)1.7% (3)-0.0 pp
Moving Charges and MagnetismPhysics1.7% (3)1.7% (3)-0.0 pp
EcosystemBotany1.7% (3)1.7% (3)-0.0 pp
Cell: The Unit of LifeBotany2.2% (4)1.1% (2)+1.1 pp
Animal KingdomZoology2.2% (4)1.1% (2)+1.1 pp
Cell Cycle and Cell DivisionBotany0.6% (1)2.3% (4)-1.7 pp
Biological ClassificationBotany1.1% (2)1.7% (3)-0.6 pp
Chemical Bonding and Molecular StructureChemistry1.1% (2)1.7% (3)-0.6 pp
Photosynthesis in Higher PlantsBotany1.1% (2)1.7% (3)-0.6 pp
Biodiversity and ConservationBotany1.1% (2)1.7% (3)-0.6 pp
Plant Growth and DevelopmentBotany1.1% (2)1.7% (3)-0.6 pp
Electrostatic Potential and CapacitancePhysics1.1% (2)1.7% (3)-0.6 pp
The p-Block ElementsChemistry1.1% (2)1.7% (3)-0.6 pp
Ray Optics and Optical InstrumentsPhysics1.1% (2)1.7% (3)-0.6 pp
EquilibriumChemistry1.7% (3)1.1% (2)+0.5 pp
HydrocarbonsChemistry1.7% (3)1.1% (2)+0.5 pp
Dual Nature of Radiation and MatterPhysics1.7% (3)1.1% (2)+0.5 pp
Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and TechniquesChemistry1.7% (3)1.1% (2)+0.5 pp
ThermodynamicsChemistry1.7% (3)1.1% (2)+0.5 pp
Chemical Coordination and IntegrationZoology2.2% (4)0.6% (1)+1.7 pp
Anatomy of Flowering PlantsBotany0.6% (1)1.7% (3)-1.2 pp
Semiconductor ElectronicsPhysics0.6% (1)1.7% (3)-1.2 pp
Motion in a Straight LinePhysics1.1% (2)1.1% (2)-0.0 pp
Electromagnetic WavesPhysics1.1% (2)1.1% (2)-0.0 pp
AminesChemistry1.1% (2)1.1% (2)-0.0 pp
Structure of AtomChemistry1.1% (2)1.1% (2)-0.0 pp
Chemical KineticsChemistry1.1% (2)1.1% (2)-0.0 pp
Coordination CompoundsChemistry1.1% (2)1.1% (2)-0.0 pp
Work, Energy and PowerPhysics1.1% (2)1.1% (2)-0.0 pp
The d- and f-Block ElementsChemistry1.1% (2)1.1% (2)-0.0 pp
SolutionsChemistry1.7% (3)0.6% (1)+1.1 pp
Microbes in Human WelfareBotany1.7% (3)0.6% (1)+1.1 pp
Reproductive HealthZoology0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
Breathing and Exchange of GasesZoology0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
Respiration in PlantsBotany0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
Alternating CurrentPhysics0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
Electromagnetic InductionPhysics0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
EvolutionZoology0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
ElectrochemistryChemistry0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
Body Fluids and CirculationZoology0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
Mechanical Properties of FluidsPhysics0.6% (1)1.1% (2)-0.6 pp
OscillationsPhysics1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in PropertiesChemistry1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Kinetic TheoryPhysics1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Purification and Characterisation of Organic CompoundsChemistry1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Laws of MotionPhysics1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Some Basic Concepts of ChemistryChemistry1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
GravitationPhysics1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Wave OpticsPhysics1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Haloalkanes and HaloarenesChemistry1.1% (2)0.6% (1)+0.6 pp
Alcohols, Phenols and EthersChemistry0.0% (0)1.1% (2)-1.1 pp
NucleiPhysics0.0% (0)1.1% (2)-1.1 pp
Locomotion and MovementZoology0.0% (0)1.1% (2)-1.1 pp
Electric Charges and FieldsPhysics0.6% (1)0.6% (1)-0.0 pp
AtomsPhysics0.6% (1)0.6% (1)-0.0 pp
WavesPhysics0.6% (1)0.6% (1)-0.0 pp
Excretory Products and their EliminationZoology0.6% (1)0.6% (1)-0.0 pp
The Living WorldBotany0.6% (1)0.6% (1)-0.0 pp
Mechanical Properties of SolidsPhysics0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
Motion in a PlanePhysics0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
Neural Control and CoordinationZoology0.0% (0)0.6% (1)-0.6 pp
Redox ReactionsChemistry0.6% (1)0.0% (0)+0.6 pp
Principles Related to Practical ChemistryChemistry0.6% (1)0.0% (0)+0.6 pp
Thermal Properties of MatterPhysics0.6% (1)0.0% (0)+0.6 pp

74 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.