{"id":1503,"date":"2023-06-15T06:52:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T06:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mycareer.matrixedu.in\/\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:30:32","slug":"national-exit-exam-next-exam-for-mbbs-exam-pattern-cutoff-and-latest-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matrixedu.in\/blog\/national-exit-exam-next-exam-for-mbbs-exam-pattern-cutoff-and-latest-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"National Exit Exam (NExT Exam) for MBBS: Exam Pattern, Cutoff and Latest Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Those MBBS students who want to start their clinical practice for post-graduation courses in medical science will have to clear the NExT exam from now onwards. The NExT exam will be a combined exam that will replace NEET PG, JIPMER, FMGE, and other similar medical exams. It\u2019s a significant change where some students are now confused in understanding the NExT exam pattern, syllabus, rules and regulations, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, everything is available on the <\/span>National Medical Commission’s official website<\/span><\/a>. However, <\/span>Matrix Academy<\/span><\/a> shall also keep you updated with the latest news. This blog has brought detailed information about the NExT exam question paper pattern, syllabus and some new updates. <\/span><\/p>\n

NExT Exam Pattern<\/b><\/h2>\n

The NExT exam for MBBS students will not only set a standard for PG medical courses but will also ensure that the new clinical practitioners in India will be efficient in practical knowledge and complex case-solving. <\/span>Further, AIIMS Delhi will organize the NExT exam in two stages- NExT Paper-1 and NExT Paper-2.<\/p>\n

1.<\/b>  <\/span>NExT Paper-1: NExT Exam Updates<\/b><\/h3>\n

This exam will be a replacement for the final-year MBBS exam. NExT Paper-1 will be a theoretical exam, and it will be an All-India level exam.  <\/span>So, the MBBS students must appear for the NExT Paper-1 at the end of their MBBS final year or before they start the internship. After passing Paper-1, the candidates can start their internship.<\/p>\n

The most important thing to remember here is that NExT Paper-1 is of qualifying and competitive nature, as the minimum qualifying cut-off will be equivalent to 50 per cent. Also, admission to PG courses will include the weightage of the NExT Paper-1 score.<\/span><\/p>\n

 NExT Question Paper Pattern and Syllabus: NExT Paper-1<\/b><\/h3>\n

 NExT Paper-1 will have theory-based single option correct type MCQs (multiple-choice questions). All the 19 subjects taught in the MBBS program from the first to the final year will make up the exam. <\/span>But, the weightage of subjects and chapters will be widely different from that we have witnessed in the NEET-PG, JIPMER, and FMGE exams. <\/p>\n

In NExT Paper-1, the clinical subjects like-Psychiatry, Gynaecology, Dermatology, Obstetrics, and Paediatrics will have more weightage than pre and para-clinical subjects.  R<\/span>egarding the number of questions in paper-1, there will be 540 MCQs in the NExT Paper-1.<\/p>\n

Here is the subject-wise distribution of questions according to the official draft that NMC recently shared-<\/span><\/p>\n