Ahmedabad: After much anticipation, the re-NEET for admissions to undergraduate medical courses was held on Sunday amid tight security. The verdict on the exam’s difficulty was mixed, with some students rating the physics and chemistry sections as moderately tough to hard.Some students found the biology section easy. Experts associated with coaching said that compared to last year, the merit may rise.Pankaj Baldi, associated with a coaching institute in the city, said that the overall NEET-UG exam was moderate to difficult, but easier than the highly challenging 2025 paper.“The paper was heavily based on NCERT textbooks, but remained lengthy and conceptual,” he said. “In physics, the numerical problems were calculation-intensive, making time management challenging.”Baldi said, “Most questions tested formula applications directly from the classroom notes. In chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry were predominantly NCERT-based and relatively direct.”He added that physical chemistry, however, leaned heavily on tricky, calculation-based questions.Govind Tiwari, a NEET coach, said that biology, considered the highest-scoring part of the exam, was easy to moderate for most students. “There were many direct NCERT-based questions. The overall paper pattern was more conceptual and application-based, especially in the physics section,” he said. “The impact could be relatively higher cutoffs riding on biology scores. The performance of physics may work as the deciding factor for top ranks.”Parents were seen outside various prominent educational institutes that served as examination centres for NEET. Overall, the exam was peaceful and free of any major controversy, said officials at city-based coaching classes.Rhythm Maheshwari, a student who appeared for the re-NEET, said that the physics section was exceptionally rigorous, featuring lengthy, multi-step problems.Maheshwari said the problems were akin to JEE Advanced questions that required deep conceptual understanding and significant time to solve.“The chemistry section shifted away from numerical problem-solving, offering very few physical chemistry questions,” he said. “It was heavily dominated by organic and inorganic chemistry, testing students’ mastery of mechanisms and factual recall.”
