NEET PG is a single paper — every one of the 720 marks counts straight toward your All-India Rank, and there is no interview. The syllabus is the entire MBBS course, so the real question is not what to study but what to study first. The split below is distilled from previous-year analyses, since NBEMS publishes no official subject-wise breakdown.
Medicine88 marks · 12%
~22 questions and the largest single block. Clinical vignettes dominate, and Medicine also underwrites the Pharmacology and Pathology stems — the highest-leverage subject in the paper.
Surgery76 marks · 11%
~19 questions. Trauma and ATLS priorities, acute abdomen and hepatobiliary work recur every year, usually as management-sequence questions rather than recall.
Pathology60 marks · 8%
~15 questions and the most reliably scoring para-clinical subject. Hematology and neoplasia are the two biggest blocks, and both reward mechanism over memorised lists.
Obstetrics & Gynaecology56 marks · 8%
~14 questions with heavy protocol content — hypertensive disorders, postpartum haemorrhage and partogram decisions are near-certain appearances.
Pharmacology52 marks · 7%
~13 questions. Drug-of-choice and adverse-effect stems are the fastest marks in the paper once the mechanism is understood rather than the list memorised.
Microbiology44 marks · 6%
~11 questions. Bacteriology and virology carry most of it, and Indian epidemiology — TB, dengue, rabies — shapes what actually gets asked.
PSM / Community Medicine44 marks · 6%
~11 questions and the most under-prepared subject relative to its yield. Biostatistics and national health programmes are pure, learnable marks.
Anatomy40 marks · 6%
~10 questions, weighted toward neuroanatomy, head and neck, and clinically-applied embryology rather than exhaustive attachments.
Physiology40 marks · 6%
~10 questions. Cardiovascular, renal and nerve-muscle physiology dominate, and they underpin the Medicine stems as well.
Biochemistry40 marks · 6%
~10 questions. Metabolism, inborn errors and vitamin deficiencies are the recurring three; molecular biology techniques are the modern addition.
Pediatrics36 marks · 5%
~9 questions. Neonatology, immunisation schedule and developmental milestones are the reliable core, and the immunisation schedule overlaps directly with PSM.
Forensic Medicine & Toxicology24 marks · 3%
~6 questions from a small, closed syllabus. Poison antidotes and thanatology are almost guaranteed and cost very little time to secure.
Orthopedics20 marks · 3%
~5 questions. Fractures with their eponyms and complications, plus compartment syndrome, account for most of them.
ENT20 marks · 3%
~5 questions, concentrated in otology and head-and-neck tumours. A compact syllabus with an unusually high recall-to-effort ratio.
Ophthalmology20 marks · 3%
~5 questions. Glaucoma, cataract and retina are the standing three, and current trial evidence has moved the answers in glaucoma and keratitis.
Radiology16 marks · 2%
~4 questions, usually classic sign recognition and modality choice. Small, but among the easiest marks in the paper to secure.
Psychiatry16 marks · 2%
~4 questions. Psychopharmacology side effects and the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 provisions are the reliable stems.
Dermatology & Venereology16 marks · 2%
~4 questions. Hansen's disease and the genital ulcer differential recur annually, and Indian dermatophyte resistance has changed the drug answers.
Anesthesia12 marks · 2%
~3 questions, but they are formulaic: airway algorithms, local anaesthetic toxicity and neuraxial complications come up in predictable shapes.
