JEE Main 2021 answer key live : Answer keys released, check it here

NTA has released the answer keys for the JEE main May session exam 2021. Here is the direct link to check the answer keys and question paper. 

• Go to the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in
• Click on the answer key link
• Download the answer key relevant to your shift
• Check it carefully
• Challenge it, if there are errors

Considering the registration of JEE advanced, it is likely that candidates may get a shorter duration to challenge the answer key of JEE main 2021. In such case, candidates should immediately download the answer key as and when it is released and check it carefully.

• Since JEE advanced registration begins on September 11, the JEE main result should be finalized by September 10.
• In the past sessions of JEE main, NTA had released the provisional answer keys within 3-4 days of the completion of the exam

The last session of JEE main saw over 7 lakh candidates participating in the exam. These candidates are waiting for the provisional answer key of the exam.

Candidates who had appeared for the JEE main 2021 exam in August-September can expect the answer key anytime soon.

The JEE main answer key will be available on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.

• Evaluation of multiple choice questions of B.E./B.Tech, B.Arch and B.Planning will be carried out using final answer keys and the raw (actual) marks obtained by a candidate
• For multi-shift papers, raw marks obtained by the candidates in different shifts/sessions will be converted to NTA Score

The result of JEE (Main) - 2021 of the candidate(s) who indulge in Unfair means Practices will be cancelled and will not be declared. Similarly, the result of those candidates who appear from the Centre other than the one allotted to them or allow another candidate/person to write the exam on his behalf will be cancelled.

After the JEE main answer key is out, the final result of the exam will be released. The NTA has said that students will not be given any chance to request for re-evaluation of the JEE main result.

The record of Joint Entrance Examination JEE (Main)-2021 would be preserved upto 90 days from the date of declaration of result.

Admission to B.E. / B.Tech / B.Arch / B.Planning. Courses in NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs participating though Central Seat Allocation Board will be based on All India Rank.

The All India Rank shall be compiled and declared after the final result of JEE main is out.

Apart from being an entrance exam for admission to undergraduate engineering courses, JEE main also serves to be the screening test for IIT entrance exam known as JEE advanced.

This year, JEE advanced is scheduled on October 3.

As Congress on Saturday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the alleged JEE Main scam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted that the nation owes a fair exam to the students who prepare very hard for such competitive exams, "battling difficulties of various kinds". The Centre is better at providing cover-ups, Gandhi said.

Amid reports of scam in the JEE main exam, it is speculated that the answer key and result of the exam may be delayed. 

However, the NTA has not said anything regarding this.

After the provisional answer key is out, the NTA will release the final answer key and then the final result of JEE main. 

The final result of JEE main will be released on jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Since the registration for the JEE advanced 2021 will begin on September 11, it is highly expected that the result of JEE main will be released on or before September 10.

JEE main answer key will be available on jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Candidates can download the JEE main answer key using their registration details.

• Only provisional answer key can be challenged
• Candidates have to pay ₹200 per question challenged
• Only paid challenges made during stipulated time through key challenge link will be considered. 
• Challenges without justification/evidence and those filed on any other medium other than the prescribed link will not be considered.
• The subject experts will examine all the challenges received and then a final answer key will be displayed and declared.

After the provisional answer key formalities are over, the NTA will release the final answer key. The final result of JEE main 2021 fourth session exam will be based on the final answer key.

The NTA will display Provisional Answer Key of the questions on the NTA website: jeemain.nta.nic.in, with a Public Notice issued to this effect on the said website, to provide an opportunity to the candidates to challenge the Provisional Answer Keys with a non-refundable online payment of Rs. 200/- per question challenged as processing charges. The provisional Answer Keys are likely to be displayed for two to three days.

In this year’s IIT entrance exam, JEE advanced 2021, candidates of the previous batch, who had registered for the exam but had missed it, have also been allowed to sit.

“As a special case for JEE advanced 2021, candidates who successfully registered for JEE (Advanced) 2020 but were absent in both the papers, i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2, of JEE (Advanced) 2020 are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2021,” the information brochure released by IIT Kharagpur, on September 3, reads.

The registration for JEE advanced 2021, the IIT entrance exam, will begin on September 11. The registration will be done at jeeadv.ac.in. 

IIT Kharagpur will organise the IIT entrance exam this year. 

• Students will be given a chance to challenge the answer key, if they have  relevant documents to support it
• After considering the challenges raised by candidates in the answer key,    NTA will release a final answer key
• The JEE Main result will be finalized based on the new answer key
• The all India rank of the JEE Main 2021 will be released

• Go to the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in
• Click on JEE main 2021 answer key
• Download the answer key
• Check the answers and the questions
• Raise objections, if there is any
• Submit the objection along with representation
• Wait for the final answer key to be released by the NTA

JEE main answer key is expected soon. The answer key will be released on the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Candidates should refer to the official websites for updates on the exam and should avoid social media messages.