NEET 2018 in pictures: Students do last-minute revision, go through security check

More than 13.3 lakh students across the country are expected to appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 on May 6.

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 began at 10am on May 6. More than 13.3 lakh students across the country are vying for 66,000 medical and dental seats. This means that for every seat there will be 20 students.

Students and parents check the seating plan schedule for the NEET exam at Kerala School in New Delhi. (Sushil Kumar/HT Photo)

The exam will consist of one paper containing 180 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology. NEET will be conducted in 11 languages across the country.

NEET was first introduced in May 2013 and was quickly scrapped in 2014, paving way for states to introduce their separate exams for medical and dental institutes. In 2016, the Supreme Court reintroduced NEET, making it the single window entrance exam for admission to all medical and dental institutes in the country.

Students doing last-minute preparations, long queues as students waited to enter the exam centres and anxious parents holding belts, metal jewellery and other personal effects (not allowed inside the exam centre) were a common sight outside exam centres on Sunday morning.

Parents of a NEET candidate wish her luck before the entrance exam at the Jawaharlal Nehru School exam centre in Bhopal, MP. (Mujeeb Faruqui/HT Photo)

Students do last-minute revisions outside the NEET examination centre at Alhcon International School in Mayur Vihar, Delhi (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

A NEET aspirant removes her locket before entering the Carmel Convent school exam centre in Bhopal, MP. (Mujeeb Faruqui/HT Photo)

A parent removes the nose pin of a student at the Government Model Senior Secondary School exam centre in Sector 23, Chandigarh. (Sikander Singh Chopra/HT Photo)

A team of teachers remove a button from the dress of a female candidate while frisking at an exam centre in Bhopal, MP. (Mujeeb Faruqui/HT Photo)

A student enters the NEET examination centre at Alhcon International School in Mayur Vihar, Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Parents wait outside Carmel Convent School exam centre while their wards take NEET 2018 in Bhopal, MP. (Mujeeb Faruqui/HT Photo)

A student removes her belt before entering the exam centre to take the NEET exam at Bal Mandir School in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

A student removes his metal jewellery before entering the NEET exam centre at Kerala School in Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Students queue up to enter the exam centre at Alhcon International School in Mayur Vihar, Delhi (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

A student removes her earrings before entering the Government Model Senior Secondary School NEET exam centre in Sector 23, Chandigarh. (Sikander Singh Chopra/HT Photo)

Students hold their admit cards while waiting in line to enter the exam centre at ASN Senior Secondary School in Mayur Vihar, Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

A student outside the NEET examination centre at Alhcon International School in Mayur Vihar, Delhi (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

NEET aspirants pass tight security arrangements at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gomti Nagar, in Lucknow. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)

Student enter the NEET examination centre at Alhcon International School in Mayur Vihar, Delhi (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Parents of a NEET candidate wish her luck before the entrance exam at Jawaharlal Nehru School in Bhopal, MP. (Mujeeb Faruqui/HT Photo)

Students do last-minute revision outside the Kerala School in New Delhi (Sushil Kumar/HT Photo)

As per rules, a student removes jewellery and sacred threads from her wrist before entering the exam centre at Bal Mandir School in East Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)