NEET MDS Exam pattern 2023: The National Board of Examination is going to organize the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) MDS 2023 on 8th January 2023. This national level entrance exam is being conducted in the online mode. Interested and eligible candidates who want to pursue Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) programme need to appear in NEET MDS 2023 exam. The paper of NEET MDS exam will include the questions from the main subjects taught in BDS. The result of NEET MDS 2023 will be declared in the month of January 2023. Based on NEET MDS 2023 Result, the admission will be granted into the MDS courses of the medical colleges located in India. For complete information on NEET MDS 2023 Exam pattern, read the article below.
NEET MDS Exam Pattern 2023
The exam pattern of NEET MDS 2023 is the Performa according to which the structure of the paper will be designed. The NEET MDS 2023 exam pattern will give the idea on number of questions, questions divided in the different section, marks allocation of the test paper, exam duration etc. It is essential for all the candidates to have detail information of the NEET MDS paper pattern 2023 so that they can prepare accordingly. The details of exam pattern are explained below:
- The Online exam of NEET MDS 2023 will be held in two shifts i.e. Morning shift and afternoon shift.
- It is a computer-based test (CBT)
- The NEET MDS entrance exam will be based on the major subject of BDS course.
- Candidates have to complete the exam in three hours.
- The exam will consist of 240 multiple choice type questions with having four alternate choices. Candidates have to select one right answer among all the given options.
- The questions will be asked from the subjects studied in BDS standard as prescribed in the DCI Revised BDS Course Regulations, 2007 as changed from time to time. To know the details about topics /subjects covered in the exam, candidates can go through the NEET MDS syllabus 2023 available on the official website.
- There will be no provision of negative marking in the NEET MDS 2023 exam
- The test will be conducted in English language only.
Subject-Wise distribution of questions for NEET MDS 2023 is given below
| Subjects | Subject wise Weightage in NEET- MDS 2023 |
| General human physiology and Biochemistry | 14 questions |
| General and Dental Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 14 questions |
| Dental Anatomy, Embryology & Oral Histology | 14 questions |
| General Anatomy including embryology and histology | 14 questions |
| General Pathology and Microbiology | 14 questions |
| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 14 questions |
| General Surgery | 14 questions |
| Dental Materials | 14 questions |
| Oral Pathology and Oral Microbiology | 15 questions |
| Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics | 14 questions |
| General Medicine | 14 questions |
| Oral Medicine and Radiology | 15 questions |
| Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry | 14 questions |
| Public Health Dentistry | 14 questions |
| Periodontology | 14 questions |
| Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics | 14 questions |
| Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge | 14 questions |
NEET MDS Result 2023
- It is expected that the National board of Examinations (NBE) will announce the result of the NEET MDS 2023 probably on January 2023 in the online mode
- A merit list will be prepared for the qualified candidates based on their score in the exam. On the basis of NEET MDS Merit list 2023, seats will be allotted to the candidates in the various medical colleges.
- It should be noted that, 50% seats in the colleges are reserved for the state quota and remaining 50% seats are filled under the All India Quota.