JEE Main Final Answer Key 2026 (Soon): PDF Download Link @ jeemain.nta.nic.in

JEE Main 2026 session 1 final answer keys will be released soon. The final answer key is very important, as based on the final key, NTA prepares the percentile of the candidates for the result. Check all details on the NTA JEE final answer key below.

JEE Main Final Answer Key 2026 PDF Download

JEE Main 2026 Final Answer Key: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the JEE Main 2026 final answer key anytime soon at jeemain.nta.nic.in. To check the final answer key of NTA JEE Mains, candidates do not need any login details. The final JEE Mains answer keys will be uploaded directly on the home page of the official website in PDF format. On the final answer key. Candidates can check the day-wise, shift-wise and subject-wise question IDs with the correct answer IDs. The final answer keys will also have the dropped questions. The dropped question will lead to bonus marks for all candidates of that particular shift.

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JEE Mains Final Answer Key 2026 - Download PDF

Once the final JEE Mains answer key 2026 is out, the PDF download will be provided in the space below:

Download JEE Mains 2026 session 1 final keys - will be available soon

How to Download the JEE Main 20206 Final Answer Keys

Check the steps below to download the JEE Mains final keys:

1. Visit the official website of JEE Mains - jeemain.nta.nic.in 2026.
2. On the home page of the website, look for the "final answer key link"
3. Open the link, and the JEE Mains final answer key 2026 PDF will be displayed.
4. Download it and use it for the final raw marks calculation using the JEE Mains response sheet 2026.

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Challenging the JEE Main 2026 Final Answer Key

Candidates cannot challenge the JEE Main final keys. The answer Ids and the question Ids mentioned on the final answer keys will be the final information. Based on the answers on the final keys, the raw marks of the candidates will be calculated for the JEE Main result preparation.

NTA is not going to accept any further challenge on the key. The final keys are released only after considering the challenges of the students against the provisional keys, which are released a few days after the exam is held.

Dropped and Bonus Questions in JEE Main 2026 Session 1 Final Keys

As per the experts, based on the provisional JEE Mains answer key analysis, the following question will be changed or dropped from the final keys. The exact dropped questions and revised answers list will be updated here once the final answer key is released by NTA.

JEE Main 2026 Final Answer Key - How are Bonus Marks Awarded?

In JEE Main 2026, bonus marks are awarded when the National Testing Agency (NTA) officially drops a question from the final answer key due to errors, ambiguity, or multiple correct answers. If a question is dropped, all candidates who appeared in that specific shift are awarded +4 marks, regardless of whether they attempted the question. 

Check below how the nosus marks are awarded:

• Dropped Questions: If a question is found to be incorrect or has no correct options, NTA drops it. In this scenario, every candidate from that shift receives a full +4 marks, acting as bonus marks.
• Corrected Answer: If the NTA changes the official answer from the provisional to the final key instead of dropping the question, only candidates who marked the newly corrected option will receive the +4 marks.

JEE Main 2026 Result is Based on the Final Answer Key

The answers given on the JEE Mains final answer keys will be used for preparing the results of JEE Main 2026. The candidates can use their final answer keys and the response sheets to cross-check their answers. This will give them the exact raw score that NTA will use to convert into percentile scores.

The JEE Mains result will not display the raw score, but will show the percentile. The formula that NTA uses to convert raw scores into a JEE Main 2026 percentile is:

• Total Percentile (T1P): 100 × (Number of candidates in the session with a raw score equal to or less than T1) / (Total number of candidates in the session)

• Physics Percentile (M1P): 100 × (Number of candidates in the session with a raw score equal to or less than M1 in Mathematics) / (Total number of candidates in the session)

• Chemistry Percentile (P1P): 100 × (Number of candidates in the session with a raw score equal to or less than P1 in Physics) / (Total number of candidates in the session)

• Mathematics Percentile (C1P): 100 × (Number of candidates in the session with a raw score equal to or less than C1 in Chemistry) / (Total number of candidates in the session)

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