Topic-Wise Weightage in NEET-SS/INI-SS Radiology: An Honest Prioritisation
By Dr. Bharath Korrapati, MD Radiodiagnosis, AIIMS Bhubaneswar · Last verified: 2026-07-04
Neither NBEMS nor AIIMS publishes an official topic-wise weightage for the radiology super-specialty papers — any page that gives you exact percentages is guessing. What follows instead is transparent: a faculty prioritisation of subspecialties based on preparing for and teaching toward these exams, plus the actual subspecialty composition of RadioQBank’s question bank as a disclosed dataset. Use it to order your study blocks, not as a blueprint of the paper.
Methodology — what this data is and is not
The table below is the real subspecialty distribution of the 3,033 published questions in the RadioQBank bank as of 4 July 2026, computed directly from the question database. It reflects where we have invested question-writing effort — weighted toward what recurs in recalled papers and toward interventional radiology (a deliberate DM-IR emphasis) — and it is not a tally of actual past-paper questions.
A genuine past-year-question weightage would require tagging every recalled NEET-SS/INI-SS radiology question by subspecialty across multiple cycles. Until such a dataset exists publicly, treat all percentage claims — ours included — as study-planning aids.
RadioQBank bank composition by subspecialty (4 July 2026)
Counts are of published questions only, grouped by the bank’s subspecialty coding. The interventional radiology share is intentionally high — the bank doubles as DM-IR preparation — so read the remaining rows as the diagnostic-radiology core.
| Subspecialty | Published questions | Share of bank |
|---|---|---|
| Interventional radiology | 1,026 | 34% |
| Neuroradiology | 382 | 13% |
| Body imaging (incl. GI & hepatobiliary) | 360 | 12% |
| MSK radiology | 300 | 10% |
| Chest & cardiovascular | 269 | 9% |
| Imaging physics | 231 | 8% |
| Breast imaging | 170 | 6% |
| Paediatric radiology | 150 | 5% |
| Emergency radiology | 75 | 2% |
| Nuclear medicine | 50 | 2% |
| General / mixed | 20 | <1% |
Faculty prioritisation for a diagnostic-radiology attempt
Setting the IR emphasis aside, this is the order in which consistent daily practice pays off for the written papers, based on recalled-question patterns and teaching experience — qualitative by design, because that is all the evidence supports:
| Priority tier | Subspecialties | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — daily | Neuroradiology; chest & cardiovascular; body imaging | Consistently the largest recalled-question clusters; deep differential-diagnosis questions live here |
| Tier 2 — alternating days | MSK; paediatric radiology; breast imaging; interventional radiology | Reliable presence every cycle; finite high-yield topic lists that reward completion |
| Tier 3 — focused sprints | Imaging physics; nuclear medicine; emergency radiology | Concept-dense and compact — a well-drilled small set of principles converts to marks out of proportion to question count |
How to convert this into a schedule
Allocate roughly half your question-practice time to Tier 1, a third to Tier 2, and the remainder to Tier 3 sprints — then let your own error data override the defaults. After four weeks of tracked practice, your personal accuracy-by-subspecialty table is a better weightage source than anything published, including this page.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an official subject-wise weightage for NEET-SS radiology?
No. NBEMS does not publish a topic-wise blueprint for the radiology paper, and AIIMS does not publish one for INI-SS. Any exact percentages you see online are estimates — this page discloses exactly what its own numbers measure instead.
Why does the bank composition show so much interventional radiology?
RadioQBank deliberately over-weights IR because it also serves DM Interventional Radiology aspirants. For a diagnostic-radiology attempt, use the faculty prioritisation table, which sets that emphasis aside.
Will this page be updated?
Yes — the bank-composition table is regenerated from the live question database whenever this page is revised, and the last-verified date above changes with it.