Two students, Soyeb Aftab from Odisha and Akansha Singh from Delhi, scored 720 out of 720 points. However, Aftab ranked first and Singh second according to the NTA’s tiebreaker policy, authorities said.
From Ahmedbad, Ajinkya Nayak and Karm Jayesh Shah made the top 100. While Nayak was ranked 42nd in the country, Shah took AIR 83.
Other Ahmedabad qualifiers included Hirakani Krishil with AIR 211, Khush Joshi with AIR 286, Dhyanee Patel with AIR 479 and Jay Patel with AIR 497.
A total of 7.71,500 candidates have qualified for the exam for which more than 13.66 lakh candidates were taken.
The highest number of qualified candidates is from Tripura (88,889) followed by Maharashtra (79,974).
The NEET was held on September 13 amid strict precautions in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Starting this year, admissions to the MBBS course at 13 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, will also be done through NEET following the amendment in the National Medical Commission Act of 2019, approved by Parliament for the last time. year.
The exam was postponed twice due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the government decided to go ahead, despite opposition from a section, to mitigate any further academic losses. The NEET-UG was originally scheduled for May 3, but was postponed to July 26 and then scheduled for September 13.
The test was offered in 11 languages: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Hate, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu, this year.
With inputs from agencies.
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