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Applicants who will appear in NEST exam will only be able to check their score card by entering the login credetials.
The NEST 2024 scorecard will contain the information like candidates's name, category, marks secured section wise subject and total marks, percentile score, and last merit rank.
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What login credentials are required to check NEST 2024 result?
Applicants who will appear in NEST exam will only be able to check the result of NEST 2024. The result will be out on the official website in online mode only.
To check the result and score card, students need to enter user ID & password. This user id and password will be generated after f
Upvote At what time do I need to go to exam centre if my exam starts at 9:30 AM?
If NEST exam begins at 9:30 AM then normally the reporting time is mentioned in the admit card is 8:00 AM. But many a times students gets confused with the name and location of exam centre.
Hence it is advisable to reach the exam centre in the time. Atleast 10-15 minutes before the reporting ti
Upvote When will the admit cards of NEST 2026 exam be released?
The NEST 2026 admit card has been postponed to May 18, 2026. Registered students can download it by entering their login details. The admit card will be available only in online mode. Students have to save and take printouts before the exam. It must be carried to the exam centre and counselling.
Upvote What will be the last date to pay the NEST application fee?
Candidates will be able to pay the application fee of NEST 2026 till April 12, 2026, by 11.30 PM. The last date to submit the application form is April 6, 2026. After all details on the NEST application form are filled, candidates need to pay the application fee. Candidates can make the payment of t
Upvote The NEST cutoff marks for session I, for NISER Bhubaneswar are mentioned below:
| Subject Category | UR/UR-Divyang | OBC/OBC-Divyang | SCST/SCST-Divyang |
| Biology | 8.83/8.39 | 7.95/7.50 | 4.41/3.97 |
| Chemistry | 11.26/10.70 | 10.14/9.57 | 5.63/5.07 |
| Mathematics | 9.63/9.15 | 8.67/8.19 | 4.82/4.33 |
| Physics | 9.44/8.97 | 8.49/8.02 | 4.72/4.25 |
Upvote What can be NEST cutoff marks this for NISER for General category?
Applicants who want to take admission in NISER and are from General category need to secure the passing marks in their category.
Since general category cut off marks are higher than other categories hence applicants who belong to this category need to put more effort to take admission.
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Upvote What are the factors considered for making NEST cutoff marks?
There are various factors which are taken into consideration while deciding the NEST cutoff marks. Some of them are mentioned below.
- Total number of test takers
- Total number of seats
- Difficulty level of the exam
- Minimum qualifying marks.
Upvote What is the Minimum Admissible Percentile (MAP) for NEST?
The MAP is the cutoff percentile overall obtained by the candidates in NEST. The highest MAP is 100th percentile, and for each category, it is 95 percentile for the General category, 90 percentile for OBC category and 75 percentile for SC/ ST/ Divyangjan categories. Applicants are advised to se
Upvote Applicants who want to take admission in NISER needs to secure the passing marks decided by the authorities for this. The NISER cut off marks can be less than or equall to cut off marks for CEBS.
Since last year passing criteria has been changed hence applicants need to just secure passin
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