NEET6 October 20265 min
How many hours a day should you study for NEET?
The honest answer is a range, and the number matters less than three other things: what the hours contain, whether they repeat, and when the questions start.
- Planning
- NEET
Blog
Short reads on the exams, checked twice.
What the pattern is this year, how the marking really works, and how to plan the year. Facts from the bulletins and the papers; nothing goes out before a second person has read it.
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Both6 October 20265 min
Can you prepare for NEET and JEE at the same time?
Physics and Chemistry are shared; Biology and Mathematics are not, and they decide each exam. What the overlap costs, and how to decide by the end of Class 11.
- Planning
- NEET
- JEE Main
NEET20 September 20262 min
NEET (UG) in 2026: the pattern, and what changed since 2024
180 compulsory questions, 720 marks, three hours — and why the papers from 2021 to 2024 look different. What to practise on, and what to ignore.
- NEET
- Pattern
JEE18 September 20262 min
JEE (Main) numericals: why a right value can still be marked wrong
Five questions per subject take a typed number instead of an option. The bulletin's rounding rule catches people every year. Here is the rule, the marking, and how to practise it.
- JEE Main
- Marking
JEE14 September 20263 min
JEE (Advanced) marking, explained with the last five papers
The pattern is withheld until exam day, but the recent papers show what to expect: five kinds of question, each marked its own way, including partial credit that rewards leaving options out.
- JEE Advanced
- Marking
- Pattern
Both10 September 20263 min
How to plan fifty-two weeks: the shape of a year that works
Build, consolidate, revise, papers. Why the year has four phases, what each week needs to name, and what to do if you are starting late.
- Planning
Both5 September 20262 min
Negative marking: when to guess, and when to leave it
The arithmetic of +4 / −1, worked out honestly. Guessing after ruling out even one option pays on average — but average is not the whole story.
- Marking
- NEET
- JEE Main
- JEE Advanced
Tick every chapter.
Reading about the exam is the easy part. The plan does the rest.