JEE Main 2025: NTA credibility at stake with out of syllabus, incorrect questions in exam

NTA released JEE Main Result 2025 Session 1 on February 11. A record 12.58 lakh candidates appeared in the session 1 exam this year with 14 students securing the perfect 100 percentile. In the final answer key released by NTA on February 10, 12 questions have been dropped.

The JEE Main 2025 Session 1 exam saw a record 12 questions dropped from the final answer key due to errors, raising serious concerns about the National Testing Agency's (NTA) credibility of conducting the fair and error-free exam. This is the highest number of errors in recent history, significantly higher than the previous years exams. The errors included out-of-syllabus questions and translation mistakes in questions to other languages, which confused students in understanding the intent of questions.

Students and educators have expressed their concerns, emphasizing that such errors are unacceptable in a prestigious exam like JEE Main, where students' futures are at stake. The inclusion of out-of-syllabus questions and translation errors has further damaged confidence in the NTA's ability to conduct a fair and transparent exam.

Shiksha spoke to many students who appeared in the exam in different shifts on January 22, 23, 24, 28 and 29 at Noida centre. Students reported a question in January 28 in Physics part from the topic that was removed years back from the NTA syllabus. Many other students had reported translational errors in questions of regional languages.

List of questions dropped from paper held at India centres

Subject	Date	Dropped Question ID
Physics	January 22- Shift 2 Paper	656445270
Physics	January 23- Shift 1 Paper	7364751025
Chemistry	January 28- Shift 2 Paper	656445728
Physics	January 29- Shift 1 Paper	65644556
Mathematics	January 29- Shift 2 Paper	6564451142
Physics	January 29- Shift 2 Paper	6564451161

List of questions dropped from paper held outside India centres

Subject	Date	Dropped Question ID
Physics	January 22- Shift 2 Paper	656445870
Physics	January 23- Shift 1 Paper	7364751250
Chemistry	January 28- Shift 2 Paper	6564451784
Physics	January 29- Shift 1 Paper	6564451847
Mathematics	January 29- Shift 2 Paper	6564451898
Physics	January 29- Shift 2 Paper	6564451917

What if a question is dropped from JEE Main

The NTA's lack of transparency and accountability has eroded trust in the examination process despite claims of minimal errors and a commitment to fairness, and inconsistencies in the exam.

When a question is dropped from the exam, students who appeared in that particular shift are awarded full marks to the dropped questions, irrespective of the questions were attempted or not by the student.

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