How To Calculate JEE Main 2019 Marks using Official Answer Keys

JEE Main 2019 official answer keys were released on January 15. NTA, the exam conducting authority, published the official question papers of JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 and Paper 2 along with the recorded responses of candidates on January 14 on the exam website. Contrary to 2018, candidates who appeared for JEE Main 2019, would only be able to view their respective recorded responses along with answer keys of the 90 questions they answered in the exam. Along with the answer keys, the National Testing agency also opened the ‘Answer Key Challenge’ window.

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While, there are various tools to help you predict your expected JEE Main rank, there certainly are no tools to help you calculate your JEE Main 2019 score.  In this, article we would do exactly that and tell you how you can calculate JEE Main marks and score based on official answer keys of the exam.

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To calculate JEE Main marks using the official answer keys of JEE Main 2019, aspirants will have to follow the given below steps:

1. Download the JEE Main 2019 official answer keys from the website
2. Compare your recorded responses to the answer keys given by NTA
3. Refer to the marking scheme of JEE Main 2019 to calculate your expected score
4. According to JEE Main marking scheme, for every correct response, a candidate will be awarded 4 marks, while 1 mark will be deducted for any question answered incorrectly. No marks will be awarded or deducted for un-attempted questions. All you have to do is apply the formula below:

(Total number of correct answers X 4) – (Total number of incorrect responses X 1) = Expected score in JEE Main 2019 

5. The total mark calculated would be your probable JEE Main 2019 score.

Note: In JEE Main 2019, each candidate got the same question paper but the sequence of questions were different. Interestingly, the multiple choices/options given against each of the questions were jumbled too. Also, this year, both - the questions as well as the answers/answer key have IDs which was not the case in 2018. So, even though you might have appeared for the exam on the same day and same session as your peer, your answer keys might be completely different. Thus, stick to your own question paper, question IDs and Answer Key IDs. Do not rely or compare your JEE Main question paper to the question papers of other candidates.

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You can also check out JEE Main 2019 official answer keys along with solutions released by various experts below.

JEE Main 2019 results along with percentile score for Paper 1 has been published by NTA on January 19. With JEE Main overall score and cut-offs yet to be published, candidates have already started predicting their JEE Main ranks and percentile through JEE Main 2019 Rank predictor tools available online. Remember, to determine JEE Main results 2019 and ranklist, NTA will adopt the process of normalization which will based on percentile calculation.

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