CTET Answer Key 2021: Know Details of Passing Criteria
Central Teacher Eligibility Test 2026 ( CTET )
CTET answer key is about to release by Central Board of Secondary Education, know details of CTET 2021 passing criteria.
Candidates are eagerly waiting for CTET answer key 2021. The same is expected to be released this week. The Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET 2021) was held on Sunday, January 31, 2021. The exam was held in 135 cities across the country. Once the CTET answer key is out, candidates can download it from the official website of the exam. Candidates can also raise objections against wrong answer key following due process. In the meantime, candidates can check the CTET passing criteria.
CTET Answer Key 2021: Passing Criteria
In order to pass the CTET exam, candidates are required to score at least 60%. This is the minimum qualifying marks in CTET. The passing criteria remains same for every year. This is the criteria for candidates belonging to the general category. Candidates belonging to OBC/SC/ST categories need to score 55 percent marks in the exam. Fid the table below to know derails of CTET passing criteria:
| Category |
Minimum Qualifying Percentage |
Passing Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General |
60% |
90 out of 150 |
| OBC/SC/ST |
55% |
82 out of 150 |
Candidates who will score above CTET passing marks will be considered qualified in the exam. Those candidates will be awarded the CTET scorecard 2021 and CTET Certificate 2021. The CTET certificate will remain valid for 7 years, means the candidate are eligible to apply for teacher recruitment in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya Vidyalaya, and Tribal Schools till 2027. Apart from that, CTET scores are accepted by many state government if fulfill some basic criteria. However, in most of the states, state conducts their own TET exams for the recruitment of teachers in primary and upper primary levels.
CTET 2021 examination was held in two phases. Paper–1 is for teacher eligibility for classes 1 to 5, while Paper–2 is for teaching classes 6 to 8. This year, over 22 lakh candidates appeared for the exam. Out of which around 12 lakh appeared in Paper 1 and nearly 10 lakh candidates appeared in Paper 2. After the release of CTET answer key, the board will accept online challenges from the aspirants against wrong answer keys. Once the board completes the scrutiny of the challenges received, they will prepare the final CTET answer key. CTET result will be based on that final answer key.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 weeks ago
As a teacher trainer, you may want to check these institutions.
For CTET, you have:
- Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad, its constituent colleges in Bhopal and Bihar. They are College of Teacher Education, Darbhanga (Bihar), and College of Teacher Education, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh). These
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Answered a month ago
The most important topics for the CTET exam in Environmental studies are family and friends, food, shelter, water, travel, environmental studies and its integration with other subjects, methods of teaching EVS, scope and importance of EVS in primary education, evaluation and assessment techniques in
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Answered a month ago
It has been said that for the CTET exam preparation around three to four months is required with dedicated study and practice of question papers. It also depends upon the candidate to candidate and their conceptual clarity of the topics.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
Yes, the CTET eligibility can be changed based on the NCTE regulations. The CBSE opened the online application form correction window for the CTET Feb 2026 examination on December 23, 2025. The CTET form correction 2026 link allows candidates to change the already submitted applications, in case of
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
The CTET exam generally held twice a year. The February session exam was conducted on February 7 and 8, 2026 at several centres across the country. The another session may be conducted later this year.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
The CTET exam is a eligibility test and does not have a centralized counselling process.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
According to the NCTE notification, candidates require 60% or more to pass the CTET examination. The minimum marks required by a candidate being a General category to qualify the CTET exam is 90 out of 150 and for SC, ST, OBC and PwD is 82 out of 150.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
Candidates can visit the official website at ctet.nic.in for the syllabus of the CTET. The entire syllabus is provided and candidates can download it for every topic together. The syllabus PDF is also provided on our Shiksha page.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
Yes, it is possible for a candidate to clear CTET exam in three months. All is required a dedicated and disciplined approach. Clear understanding of the syllabus and pattern of an exam. Frequent revision, practice and strategize the preparation.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
Candidates need to visit the official website to download the PDF of the CTET Syllabus at ctet.nic.in and check the information bulletin. The CTET syllabus is available in English as well as Hindi medium that covers both Paper 1 and 2 topics in detail. The CTET syllabus PDF is also available on our
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Does any university conduct coaching for CTET or state CET?