NEET 2025 Official Answer Key by NTA: PDF Download

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NEET 2025 exam was conducted on May 4, 2025. The NEET 2025 answer keys by NTA or the official answer keys were released on June 3, 2025. These were the provisional answer keys, which could be challenged by candidates. The final NEET 2025 answer keys were released on June 14.

NEET 2025 final answer key was released on June 14, 2025. The exam was conducted on May 4, 2025. Download here the NEET final answer key 2026. Also, download the NEET 2025 answer key and solutions PDFs released by various coaching centres below.

NEET 2025 Official Answer Key by NTA

NEET 2025 Official Answer Key by NTA

The NTA released the final NEET 2025 answer key on June 14, 2025. The final answer key was published along with the results. The final answer key was released for every set of the NEET question paper. Candidates who took the exam can download the official answer key by visiting the website. Moreover, the direct NEET answer key 2025 PDF download link is shared below. The provisional answer key was released on June 3, 2025 along with the scanned OMR answer sheets. Candidates could submit objections against the NEET provisional answer key till June 5, 2025. To download NEET OMR sheet 2025 PDF, candidates needed to log in on the official website using their application credentials. 

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The NEET exam was held on May 4, 2025 in pen and paper mode. A total of 22,09,318 candidates appeared for the exam in 566 cities across India and abroad. 

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NEET 2025 Provisional Answer Key by NTA

Table of contents
  • How to Download NEET Answer Key 2025 by NTA
  • How to Calculate NEET 2025 Scores Through Official NEET Answer Keys
  • NEET Marking Scheme 2025
  • How to Challenge NEET Answer Key?
  • NEET 2025 Answer Key PDFs by Coaching Institutes

How to Download NEET Answer Key 2025 by NTA

 Candidates need to use the process shared below to download the official NEET answer key-

  • Visit the official website- neet.nta.nic.in
  • Click on the tab indicating ‘Download OMR Sheet and Provisional Answer Keys’ under the Candidate Activity section
  • Login using the NEET application ID and password
  • View the answer key, download and save it

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What is the cutoff for NEET?
A: 

The NEET 2026 cutoff is released along with the results. The NTA released the NEET UG cutoff marks based on the difficulty level. Till then, take a look at the NEET 2025 cutoff for reference. 

CategoryCut off percentileCut off marks
UR/EWS50th Percentile715–213
OBC40th Percentile212–177
SC40th Percentile212–177
ST40th Percentile212–177
SC/OBC - PwD40th percentile193 - 177
ST - PwD40th Percentile191 - 178

 

Q:   What is the NEET counselling registration fee?
A: 

The NEET counselling registration fee varies for different candidate categories. For the AIQ seats and Central Universities, the fee for the General category candidates is INR 1,000 and for the SC, ST, OBC and PwD category candidates, the fee is INR 500. For participating in the NEET counselling process for Deemed Universities, the registration fee for all category candidates is INR 5,000. The registration fee is non-refundable. On the other hand, candidates will have to pay the tuition fee which is refundable. The amount for the General category candidates for the AIQ seats and Central Universities is INR 10,000. For the reserved category candidates, the amount is INR 5,000. For Deemed Universities, the tuition fee to be paid by all category candidates is INR 2,00,000. Those who would not be allotted a seat after the NEET counselling process will be refunded the tuition fee after the conclusion of the counselling rounds.

Q:   How many rounds are there in NEET UG Counselling?
A: 

The MCC conducts around 4 to 5 rounds for NEET UG Counselling process for MBBS, BDS, BHMS and other seats. The rounds of NEET counselling depends on seat matrix and number of vacant seats.

Q:   What does NEET counselling seat matrix mean?
A: 

NEET counselling seat matrix refers to the number of seats offered across the participating institutes for each course. The seat matrix is released by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) before the commencement of the counselling process. The seat matrix is released in institute-wise categories for the types of institutes, such as Deemed universities, AIIMS & JIPMER, etc. For NEET 2025 counselling, the primary seat matrix released by MCC for Round 1 was of for Deemed University, Central University, BSc Nursing and AIQ seats. After that, for the second and third rounds, MCC releases the list of newly added seats along with the clear vacancy and virtual vacancy. 

How to Calculate NEET 2025 Scores Through Official NEET Answer Keys

Once you have downloaded the NEET 2025 official answer key by NTA, use the process shared below to calculate the expected scores.

  • Compare each response to the subsequent answer key
  • For each correct answer, add four marks
  • For each incorrect answer, deduct one mark
  • Candidates can also calculate the mark using the formula
NEET Score = (Total number of correct answers x 4) – (Total number of incorrect)

Also Read: NEET 2026 Cutoff for General | NEET 2026 Cutoff for PwD | NEET 2026 Cut off for Government MBBS Colleges

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NEET Marking Scheme 2025

The table below brings the marking scheme of NEET.

Particulars

Marks Allotted

Correct Answer

+4

Incorrect Answer

-1

Unanswered

0

Multiple Answers

-1

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Q:   What is the category-wise NEET cutoff percentile?
A: 

 The category-wise NEET cutoff percentile is given in the table below:

Category

NEET Cut Off Percentile

 General Category/Unreserved (UR) Category

50

OBC/SC/ST

40

PwD (General/UR)

45

PwD (Reserved)

40

Q:   What is the NEET cutoff score?
A: 

The NEET cut off score generally changes every year, based on the exam difficulty level. The NEET 2025 cut off score was reduced from that of 2024. Have a look at the cut off scores of NEET 2025 exam below-

Category

NEET 2025 Cutoff percentile

NEET 2025 Cutoff score

UR/EWS

50th

686-144

OBC, SC, ST

40th

143-113

UR/EWS-PwD

45th

143-127

OBC/SC/St-PwD

40th

126-113

Q:   How many rounds of counselling are there in Karnataka NEET?
A: 

There are around four to five rounds of the Karnataka NEET Counselling for admissions to medical, dental, AYUSH and other undergraduate medical courses. The counselling rounds depend on the number of vacanct seats. 

Q:   What is the eligibility criteria to participate in Karnataka NEET Counselling?
A: 

Candidates need to fulfill the eligibility shared below to participate in the Karnataka NEET UG Counselling-

  • Qualify NEET UG exam by obtaining the cutoff marks.
  • Register on the KEA website.
  • Submit the choices of colleges.

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How to Challenge NEET Answer Key?

Candidates could challenge the NEET exam answer key using the process shared below- 

  • Visit NTA official website and click on ‘Challenge Answer Keys’ tab
  • Log in by entering the application ID and password
  • Click on ‘Key Challenge’ and select ‘Test Booklet Code’
  • Select all those questions that you want to challenge
  • Select the correct answer according to you and provide the necessary justification
  • Click on ‘Submit’
  • Pay the requisite fee of INR 200 through debit/credit card or net banking modes
  • Download and save the page.

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NEET 2025 Answer Key PDFs by Coaching Institutes

Get here the NEET question paper 2025 with answers PDF free download files by top coaching institutes.

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Candidates can compare the unofficial answer keys and solutions with those of the answer key PDF and NEET OMR sheet 2025 PDF download file and decide whether to file a challenge against any NEET 2025 NTA answer key or not.

In case the NTA’s expert committee finds any of the challenges to be valid after reviewing the received challenges, then marks will be awarded to all candidates. However, no candidate will be informed if their objection has been accepted or rejected by the NTA. Also, there will be no refund of the fee paid for raising objection on NEET 2025 answer key even if your objections have been rejected.

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