NEET SS 2025 Detailed Exam Analysis

NEET SS 2025 was just conducted on 29th and 30th March, 2025 by the National Board of Examination. Now that the exam has been successfully concluded, it's time for exam analysis.

In the blog below, you'll read a detailed NEET SS exam analysis as we conducted a survey wherein we asked candidates about various aspects of this year's NEET SS examination.

Navigate further to know about the difficulty level of the exam, the types of questions asked, and most importantly, the new exam pattern.

NEET SS 2025 Detailed Exam Analysis

Overall Difficulty Level of the Exam

According to 50.9 % of the candidates who filled our survey, the NEET SS 2025 exam was moderately difficult. At the same time, 45.5% aspirants found it to be on the difficult side, and the rest, 3.6% of aspirants deemed the exam to be easy. 

Preferred Group

Among our surveyors, 65.2% aspirants chose Pediatrics as their preferred specialty while 31.3% opted for Medical. 2.7% aspirants preferred Surgical. The least preferred group was Respiratory Medicine, opted by 0.9% aspirants. 

General Pattern of Questions

NEET SS 2025 exam constituted a mixed bag of questions, including one liners, clinical and concept based questions. As per our aspirants -

• 52.7% of the questions were clinical questions
• 31.3% of the questions were concept based
• 16.1% of the questions were one liners

Number of Questions Attempted by Candidates

Out of the total 150 questions, the survey revealed that 90.2% of students attempted 126-150 questions, while 9.8% chose to attempt 101-125 questions.

Was the exam easy to finish within the allocated time?

Effective time management is a vital factor when it comes to taking competitive exams. In our survey of NEET SS aspirants, we inquired about their opinion on the adequacy of the allocated time for the test.

A significant 70.5% of the students expressed that the provided time was ample, enabling them to successfully complete the test within the allotted timeframe.

On the other hand, 29.5% of the students believed that the allotted time was insufficient to fully complete the test.

Were the Questions Easy, Moderate, or Difficult?

How were Difficult Questions Framed?

Our survey revealed that the majority of aspirants found the NEET SS 2025 exam to be moderate in difficulty. However, we wanted to understand how the difficult questions were framed. Here's what our students revealed -

• 53.6% were easy questions with confusing options
• 42% were difficult clinical scenario based questions
• 4.5% were unheard of one liners

How Many Repeats Did You Encounter?

Specific Strategies Employed by Students

For those aspiring to qualify the next NEET SS exam, here are some strategies used by our aspirants -

Was the NEET SS Champions Exam by PrepLadder helpful?

We conducted FREE Mock Tests before the NEET SS exam so that students could have a chance to gauge their preparation and get to understand the exam pattern better. And 89.3% aspirants admitted that attempting the Champions Exam NEET SS helped with their exam preparation. 

Overall Exam Experience

Here's what our aspirants had to say about their overall exam experience -

We hope you found this NEET SS exam analysis helpful and will be able to use the insights to improve your exam preparation. 

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