NEET PG 2023 Examination Pattern & Syllabus, Recommended Books, Preparation Tips, etc.

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NEET PG is a Master’s level entrance examination which you can participate in after completion of your M.B.B.S. degree. This examination is conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Science every year to offer candidates admission into various medical universities for master’s degree courses.  In this article, we will discuss NEET PG 2023 Examination Pattern & Syllabus, Recommended Books, preparation tips, etc.

NEET PG Examination Pattern

The question asked in the NEET PG examination will be Computer-based MCQ questions. Each correct answer will gain 4 marks and for a wrong answer, 1 mark will be dedicated. A total of 200 questions will be asked in the NEET PG Entrance examination. The following are the examination pattern for the NEET PG entrance examination-

Part-A

Subject	Subject-Wise Weightage of Questions
Anatomy	17
Physiology	17
Biochemistry	16

Part-B

Subject	Subject-Wise Weightage of Questions
Pathology	25
Pharmacology	20
Microbiology	20
Forensic Medicine	10
Social and Preventive Medicine	25

Part-C

Subject	Subject-Wise Weightage of Questions
General Medicine Including Dermatology & Venereology & Psychiatry	45
General Surgery Including Orthopaedics, Anaesthesia and Radiodiagnosis	45
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	30
Paediatrics	10
ENT	10
Ophthalmology	10

NEET PG Syllabus

The following is the examination syllabus for the NEET PG Entrance examination-

Pre-clinical Subjects

• Anatomy
• Physiology
• Biochemistry

Para-Clinical Subjects

• Pharmacology
• Microbiology
• Pathology
• Forensic Medicine
• Social and Preventive Medicine

Clinical Subjects

• Medicine Dermatology and Venereology
• Surgery, Orthopaedics and Anaesthesia,
• Radiodiagnosis
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Paediatrics
• Ophthalmology
• ENT

NEET PG Recommended Books

The following are the recommended books for the preparations for the NEET PG entrance examination-

Subjects	Author’s Name	Book Name
Microbiology	Rachana Chaurasia & Anshul Jain	Self-Assessment & Review Microbiology & Immunology
Pathology	Robbins & Vinay Kumar	Pathologic Basis of Disease
Pharmacology	Gobind Rai Garg & Sparsh Gupta	Review of Pharmacology
Forensic Medicine	Arvind Arora	Self-Assessment & Review of Basic Subjects (Anatomy & Forensic Medicine)
Paediatrics	O P Ghai	Essential Pediatrics
Anatomy	Rachana Chaurasiya	Self-Assessment and Review of Microbiology and Immunology
Social and Preventive medicine	Vivek Jain.	Review of Preventive & Social Medicine (Including Bio-Statistics)
Medicine Dermatology And Venereology	Saumya Shukla, Anurag Shukla.	Across: A Complete Review of Short Subjects Volume – 1, Dermatology (Skin and Venereal Diseases), Anaesthesia, Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Radiodiagnosis, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics
Surgery, ENT, Orthopaedics, Anaesthesia	Shibbu George	Smart Study Series: ENT and Head & Neck Surgery
Radiodiagnosis and Radiotherapy	Narender Rohilla	Smart Study Series Radiology
Ophthalmology	Across	Across: A Complete Review of Short Sub (Skin, Anae.Radi.Nuclear Med.Psych, Opthal, Ortho)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Amit Tripathi/ Ashish Gupta/ Arvind Arora.	Review of Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examinations (Medicine, Gynae & Obs. Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Radiology) Vol 3
Psychiatry	Mohan Sunil Kumar	Smart Study Series: Psychiatry
Physiology	Vivek Nalgirkar	Smart Study Series: Physiology
Biochemistry	Rebecca James Perumcheril	Self-Assessment and Review of Biochemistry

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