NTA Drops 9 Questions in JEE Main 2026 Final Answer Key; Here’s How It Affects Your Score
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the final JEE Main answer keys today. As per the revised final keys, based on which the JEE Main 2026 result will be announced soon, candidates are eligible for bonus marks as 9 questions have been dropped. Know more below.
Dropped Questions in JEE Main 2026 Final Answer Key; Here’s How It Affects Your Score
NTA has dropped a total of 9 question from the final JEE answer keys released today at jeemain.nta.nic.in. As per the revised key, all candidates will receive a bonus of +4 for each dropped question, irrespective of whether they attempted it. Note that the candidates will be eligible for bonus marks only for thoise question that have dropped from their shifts.
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List of Questions Dropped from JEE Main 2026 Final Answer Key (For Exam Held at India Centres)
Check below the subject and shift-wise list of question IDs that have been dropped from the JEE Main final key. Candidates in these shifts will receive bonus marks irrespective of whether they attempted that particular question.
| Date & Shift |
Subject |
Dropped Question ID |
|---|---|---|
| January 22 - Shift 1 | Physics | 444792191 |
| January 22 - Shift 2 | Maths |
860654995 |
| Physics | 8606541010 8606541017 |
|
| January 23 - Shift 1 | Physics | 8606541395 |
| January 23 - Shift 2 | Physics | 444792476 444792479 |
| January 24 - Shift 2 | Physics | 444792647 |
| January 28 - Shift 1 | Maths |
444792698 |
List of Questions Dropped from JEE Main 2026 Final Answer Key (For Exam Held at Centers Outside India)
For the centres outside of India, the following question Ids have been dropped from the final keys:
| Date & Shift |
Subject |
Dropped Question ID |
|---|---|---|
| January 22 - Shift 1 | Physics | 44479294 |
| January 22 - Shift 1 | Maths | 8606541895 |
| January 22 - Shift 2 | Physics | 8606541910 8606541917 |
| January 23 - Shift 1 | Physics | 8606541995 |
| January 23 - Shift 2 | Physics | 4447921151 4447921154 |
| January 24 - Shift 1 | Physics | 4447921322 |
| January 28 - Shift 1 | Maths |
4447921829 |
NTA will release the JEE Main 2026 session 1 results anytime soon, now that the final answer keys have been released. The session 1 result will be available as a scorecard under the respective logins of the candidates at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
Candidates should keep their JEE Main 2026 session 1 application number and password ready to check the result.
Read More: JEE Main 2026 Final Key PDF Link @ jeemain.nta.nic.in
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