JEE Main 2023: NTA drops five questions, rectifies answers for two; know how it will affect result

JEE Main 2023, Session 1: Candidates can check the final provisional answer key at — jeemain.nta.nic.in. Five questions have been dropped, two others have been rectified.

Except for one, all other questions that have been dropped are from Mathematics (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal/ Representational image)

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JEE Main 2023, Session 1: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday released the final provisional answer key of JEE Main 2023 session 1 for BTech and BE papers. The candidates who appeared for the exam can check their results at — jeemain.nta.nic.in.

This year, the NTA dropped five questions in the final provisional answer key. There was one question which had different answers for English and Hindi papers. Except for one question, all the questions that were dropped were from Mathematics.

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This year, the questions that have been dropped are:

Exam Day	Shift	Subject	Question ID
January 25	Second	Mathematics	7155051689
January 29	First	Mathematics	3666942082
February 1	First	Chemistry	3666942528
February 1	Second	Mathematics	7155051232
February 1	Second	Mathematics	7155051248

Two numerical type questions have different answers from what was published in the provisional answer key. The questions that have different answers are:

Exam Day	Shift	Subject	Question ID	Correct Answer
January 25	First	Mathematics	3666941257	120 (For Hindi 112)
January 25	Second	Mathematics	7155051702	6860 or 3

Candidates will not be awarded any marks for the dropped questions. Last year, the NTA issued a statement that read, “if none of the options is found correct or a question is found to be wrong or a question is dropped then percent equivalence is to be established on the remaining questions whether attempted or not attempted.”

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However, this is only if the question is in MCQ form. If the question would have been a numerical value question, then “four marks (+4) will be awarded to all those who have attempted the question.”