NEET-UG: Rajasthan, Maharashtra lead tally of 700+ scorers

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday declared the state-wise and centre-wise data of the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 - without roll numbers- on its official website, following Supreme Court orders.

Preliminary analysis of the data indicated that the highest number of students with highest scores are from Rajasthan- also home to coaching capital Kota and Sikar which has notched up several big scorers this time.

As many as 482 students from Rajasthan have notched a 700 plus score followed by 205 such students from Maharashtra and 194 and 184 respectively from Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. Haryana and Gujarat are next with 146 and 145 students in the 700 plus score segment. National capital Delhi counts 120 among 700 plus scorers while Tamnil Nadu and Karnataka were at 129 and 134 candidates, respectively.


The trend is maintained across score categories with Rajasthan also leading the tally on number of students with scores above 650 and 600.

Bihar, in the eye of the storm, over alleged NEET-UG leak reported 50 students with over 700 plus scores and 1,369 of them scoring over 650. The under-investigation school of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand and Godhra in Gujarat did not seem to indicate any major anomalies. The Oasis school in Hazaribag showed about 22 students with a 600 plus score while a handful crossed the number in Godhara, as per NTA data.

On the other hand, Rajkot in Gujarat stood out with 12 students in the 700 plus range and a high number in the 600 plus range. The data also showed that not a single student from Haryana's Jhajjar centre scored over 700. The initial results had shown eight exam toppers from a single centre in the city- a retest was held following grace mark controversy.