Mangaluru (The Hindu): While some students found questions in Physics to be tough, others found questions in Biology and Chemistry hard to answer.

Students thus gave a mixed reaction to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) conducted in seven centres here on Sunday.

NEET scores will be the basis for admission to medical, dental and AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Sidda and Homoeopathy) courses.

Candidates were divided into two groups, A and B, with those in A asked to report between 7.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m., while those in group B to report between 8.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. This was done to make it easy for examination personnel frisk every student before they entered the examination hall.

Among those who came early at the St. Agnes College centre by 7.30 a.m. included Fathima Shabnam, a student of St. Aloysius College from Farangipet.

“I was in the A group and I thought we will be the first to be checked before those in group B. But we entered the examination hall only around 9 a.m,” she said. Though not facing any difficulty in answering questions, Ms. Shabnam rued the lack of opportunity to have a last-minute look at the preparatory material since they were made to sit outside the hall without any study material. Welcoming the move to divide students into two groups, II PU student Naman K.S. from Expert PU College said that entering the centre early helped ease tension. “The one-hour-long wait outside the examination hall helped me to relax myself,” he said. Naman found questions in Physics and Biology easy, while those in Chemistry to be tough. Another student from Expert PU College Harini B.K. said that there were a lot of questions in Physics that involved elaborate calculation. The elaborate do’s and don’ts, including insisting students to wear plain dress and slippers, did not cause anxiety, she said.