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The Negative Merit: How to Become a Surgeon by Getting Questions Wrong

12 February 2026 - Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana

Record date
12 Feb 2026
Location
Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana
The odd part

Securing a postgraduate medical seat with a score of minus 8 marks.

What happened

In a spectacular display of 'seat utilization' over common sense, the NEET-PG 2026 counseling has seen candidates securing specialized medical seats with scores as low as 1, 4, and even -8 out of 800. While most students study to get answers right, the Indian medical education system has successfully innovated a way to reward those who get them spectacularly wrong, ensuring that no chair in a government hospital remains empty, even if the person sitting in it thinks the humerus is a type of joke.

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