
NEET 2022 Answer key updates: The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the answer key for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG, 2022 on August 31. The entrance exam was conducted on July 17. It is available on the official website – neet.nta.nic.in.
Candidates can download the NEET official answer key for all codes. Along with the answer key, NTA will also release the NEET OMR answer sheets of the candidates. Using the NEET answer key and OMR answer sheet, candidates can calculate their approximate scores. Candidates can now challenge the NEET answer key 2022.
The candidates can challenge the answer key or recorded responses on the website official website neet.nta.nic.in. For every challenge to the answer key, the candidate will have to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs. 200 for each answer key challenge. Similarly, for every challenge to recorded response candidates will have to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs. 200.
The NEET UG 2022 exam was held on July 17 and the result will be announced by September 7. A total of 18.72 lakh candidates registered for the entrance test. As per the NTA, 95 per cent of the candidates appeared for the NEET UG. The medical entrance examination was held across 3,570 centers in 497 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. “The number of candidates within India were maximum in Jaipur (52,351) and minimum in West Sikkim (105). Similarly, the number of candidates outside India were maximum in Dubai (646) and minimum in Thailand (6),” an official statement said.
How to challenge OMR Answer Sheet Grading and Recorded Responses
Go the official website- neet.nta.nic.in
Enter the application number along with date of birth and security pin and submit.
In the left pane, select OMR challenge
Click on the link 'OMR Challenge'
Questions will appear in sequential order
The candidate should select the question they wish to challenge the recorded response.
The number next to question under the captured response as per OMR sheet column is the option opted by candidates in OMR answer sheets.
Once the candidate select any question for challenge, there will be three options under 'candidate's claim'.
To challenge the option, the candidate may use the options given in candidate's claim
After clicking on the option for any of the subjects, candidate have to scroll down and submit and move to the next screen.
A page displaying the challenges by the candidate will appear.
Click on submit and Pay fee
Select the mode of payment and download the receipt after payment.
Challenges will not be entertained after September 2, (up to 11:50 pm). Candidates have to have receipts of the challenge otherwise it won't be considered.
If the challenge of any candidate is found correct then the answer key will be revised and the result will be based on the final answer key. The candidate will not be told whether or not their challenge was correct.
The payment for challenges can be only via Debit card, Credit card, net banking or PayTM, no other mode of payment will be accepted.
How to challenge answer key
Go to official NEET UG website neet.nta.nic.in
Click on ‘Apply for Answer Key Challenge (s)’
Select the code of the Test Booklet .
Enter your Application Number and Date of Birth and enter Security Pin and login
Few questions will appear in sequential order
Question under the column 'correct option' will be the most appropriate Answer Key
Options will be given in the next four columns to challenge the option. The option can be challenged by clicking the check box.
In case candidate wants to put documents supporting the claim, they can choose file and upload. (All documents need to be put together in a single PDF file).
The candidate needs to click on their desired option for any of the subject and click on 'Save your Claim' and move to the next screen.
A screen will then appear displaying all the challenges
The candidate has to click on 'Save your Claim and Pay fee'
The candidate will then have to select the mode of payment and download the receipt.
As per the marking scheme, four marks are awarded for every correct answer and one mark is deducted for an incorrect one. Using the NEET marking scheme and formula below, students can calculate their aggregate NEET 2022 scores.
The answer key for NEET UG 2022 has been released by NTA. The students can check the answer key on the official website neet.nta.nic.
Students can click on the tab reading answer key for NEET UG.
Click on the link
Students can check the answer key by entering their application number and password or application number and date of birth
National Testing Agency has released the answer key for NEET UG 2022.
The provisional answer key for NEET UG 2022 will be available by 7 pm.
"We are uploading the answer key and it will be available on the official website latest by 7 pm," NTA DG Vineet Joshi confirmed indianexpress.com. Once released, it will be available on the official website – neet.nta.nic.in
The answer key for NEET UG 2022 which was suppose to be out by 12:15 has not been released yet.
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The National testing agency will shortly release the answer key NEET UG 2022
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The NEET UG answer key which was supposed to be released at 12:15 pm is not out yet
From this year, the NTA as removed age as tie-breaking. That means, if a tie occurs between two students, the NTA will resolve it based on marks obtained in biology. If it persists, a student gaining higher marks in chemistry gets preference followed by the candidate with fewer incorrect answers.
NTA will release the NEET UG Answer key and response sheet at the official website today. 'Uploading of data of 18 lakh candidates will take some more time. Hence, display of OMR Answer Sheet, Recorded Responses, and Provisional Answer Key will become available only by 12.15 P.M. today,' the official website reads.
There are plans to merge the national level engineering and medical entrances with the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG) from the next academic year, with the University Grants Commission (UGC) set to form a committee of experts to explore ways to do it. UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said Friday that bringing JEE (Main) and NEET under the larger umbrella of CUET will reduce the burden on students, adding that the idea is in tune with the National Education Policy, 2020. Read more
NTA will publish the provisional answer key and will give time to aspirants to raise objections. The last date and process of challenging the answer key will be released by the NTA along with the answer key.
Step 1: Visit the official NTA NEET website — neet.nta.nic.in
Step 2: Click on ‘View and challenge answer key, OMR and response sheet’ link
Step 3: Enter the application number, password and security pin and click on ‘view/challenge answer key’.
Step 4: The NEET UG 2022 answer keys will be displayed on the screen.
Step 5: Go through the answer key of the code and verify answers.
Step 6: Using the NEET official answer key by NTA, evaluate the scores to be obtained in the medical entrance exam.
Using the NEET answer key and OMR answer sheet, candidates can calculate their approximate scores. Candidates will be given time to challenge the NEET answer key 2022.
"We will be sending out a release soon, but the NEET UG answer key is likely to be released today soon," the NTA Chief told indianexpress.com
As per the NTA notice, the NEET UG 2022 answer key will be released today, i.e. August 30. However, the NMC or the NTA have not given any specific time for the release of the answer key. Once released, the answer key will be available on the official website – neet.nta.nic.in.
According to the marking scheme, four marks are awarded for every correct answer and one mark is deducted for an incorrect one.
— The respective state authorities will release the merit list for the 85 per cent state quota counselling.
— Candidates will have to first register themselves on the respective state portals.
— After the registration is done, aspirants will have to fill the choices of courses and colleges and pay the requisite fee.
— Based on the NEET rank, filled preferences, availability of seats, and reservation criteria, seat allotment will be done.
— Candidates must report the allotted institute within the stipulated time to secure the seat.
The answer key will be available on the official website – neet.nta.nic.in. Alternatively, candidates cna also check the link at official NTA website — nta.ac.in.
This year, experts have pointed out that the NTA has made some errors in the NEET UG exam.
— In the Botany section, two questions have been raised to be incorrect, belonging to Living World and Anatomy of flowering plants.
— In Chemistry section, one question may have a typing error, leading to no match for the correct answer.
— Similarly, one question in the Physics section, based on the photoelectric effect, had controversial language wherein stopping potential values were interchanged.
“In some questions, Hindi translation was not provided. In one question, all the options were correct. In such a situation, there is a possibility of getting bonus points,” observed Brajesh Maheshwari, Director of Allen Career Institute. “Similarly, in another question, the answer was not in the option.”
“The Physics exam was quite easy this year, and the questions were expected. Overall, the exam was easy too,” Ritakshi, who appeared for the NEET UG exam in Ludhiana, told The Indian Express.
Another aspirant from Ludhiana, Aryan Ahuja said the exam was “quite easy, especially the Physics section as the questions were predictable. The Chemistry section was average”.
The NTA will upload the provisional answer keys, scanned images of OMR answer sheet and recorded responses for NEET (UG) – 2022 on the website for candidates to challenge.
Candidates will be able to raise objections after paying Rs 200 for each answer key challenge (non refundable). They will also be given an opportunity to submit representation against the OMR grading by paying a non-refundable processing fee of Rs 200 per question challenged.
According to the government data, the number of candidates within India were maximum in Jaipur, i.e. 52,351. However, West Sikkim reported only 105 registrations, which is the minimum this year. Similarly, the number of candidates outside India were maximum in Dubai (646) and minimum in Thailand (6).
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that the result for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2022 will be announced on September 7. The NEET UG 2022 exam was held on July 17 and a total of 18.72 lakh candidates registered for the exam, out of which the NTA claims that 95 per cent of the candidates appeared for the nation-wide medical entrance exam.
Step 1: Visit the official NTA NEET website — neet.nta.nic.in
Step 2: Click on ‘View and challenge answer key, OMR and response sheet’ link
Step 3: Enter the application number, password and security pin and click on ‘view/challenge answer key’.
Step 4: The NEET UG 2022 answer keys will be displayed on the screen.
Step 5: Go through the answer key of the code and verify answers.
Step 6: Using the NEET official answer key by NTA, evaluate the scores to be obtained in the medical entrance exam.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has postponed the NEET PG counselling in order to add more seats.
“National Medical Commission (NMC) is in the process of issuing new LoPs for the current academic year and the same will be concluded till September 15. Hence, in order to include more seats in the counselling for the benefit of the candidates, it has been decided by the Competent Authority to re-schedule the NEET-PG Counselling, 2022,” said a notice from the Medical Counselling Committee, which conducts the counselling. Read full report by Anonna Dutt
From this year, the NTA as removed age as tie-breaking. That means, if a tie occurs between two students, the NTA will resolve it based on marks obtained in biology. If it persists, a student gaining higher marks in chemistry gets preference followed by the candidate with fewer incorrect answers.
NTA will publish the provisional answer key and will give time to aspirants to raise objections. The last date and process of challenging the answer key will be released by the NTA along with the answer key. Candidates will be able to calculate an approx score with the help of the answer key.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) collected over Rs 1.38 crore as an answer keys objection raising fee in 2019. This amount has been collected through Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). NTA conducts several national level entrance exams. Of the total fee, Rs 77,55,000 were collected from JEE Main and Rs 61,22,000 from NEET. Read more
The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses, which recorded the highest number of application ever this year, registered 95 per cent attendance. A total of 18.72 lakh candidates had registered for the exam, which is the country’s biggest common entrance held by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
There are plans to merge the national level engineering and medical entrances with the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG) from the next academic year, with the University Grants Commission (UGC) set to form a committee of experts to explore ways to do it. UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said Friday that bringing JEE (Main) and NEET under the larger umbrella of CUET will reduce the burden on students, adding that the idea is in tune with the National Education Policy, 2020. Read more
Upon the announcement of the NEET result, qualified candidates will be able to participate in the centralised counselling, conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for the 15 per cent All India Quota seats and 85 per cent state quota seats by respective state authorities. During the counselling process, candidates must register, fill in their course preferences and colleges, and pay the counselling session fee. Aspirants will be allocated seats based on their choices, NEET 2022 rank, available seats, and reservations.
This year, a total of 18.72 lakh candidates registered for the exam, which is the highest number of registered candidates for any entrance examination in the country. The number of candidates within India was maximum in Jaipur (52,351) and minimum in West Sikkim (105). Similarly, the number of candidates outside India was maximum in Dubai (646) and minimum in Thailand (6). The test was held across 3,570 centres in 497 cities in India and 14 cities abroad.
For the fifth time in a row, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi has topped in the medical category in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF 2022).
Rank 1: AIIMS Delhi
Rank 2: PGIMER
Rank 3: CMC. Vellore
Rank 4: NIMHANS, Bangalore
Rank 5: Banaras Hindu University
Rank 6: Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research
Rank 7: Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Rank 8: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Rank 9: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Rank 10: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Step 1: Visit the official NTA NEET website which is neet.nta.nic.in.
Step 2: Click on ‘View and challenge answer key, OMR and response sheet’ link
Step 3: Enter the application number, password and security pin
Step 4: Click on ‘view/challenge answer key’
Step 5: NEET answer key mentioning answers to the questions for particular code will be displayed on the screen
Step 6: Go through the answer key of the code and verify answers.
Step 7: Using the NEET official answer key by NTA, evaluate the scores to be obtained in the medical entrance exam
After the NEET UG results, the next crucial step in getting into a desired medical college is through counselling, which is conducted for two quotas; 15 per cent All India Quota and 85 per cent state quota. The counselling for NEET 15 per cent AIQ seats is conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) at mcc.nic.in for all government medical and dental colleges, as well as deemed and central universities. The counselling for NEET 2022 85 per cent state quota seats will be conducted by the respective state authorities on their websites.
NEET UG 2022 result will be announced on September 7. Candidates who appeared for the exam will be able to check the answer key and score at the official NEET website — neet.nta.nic.in. According to the official notification, the National Testing Agency will upload the provisional answer keys, scanned images of OMR answer sheet and recorded responses for NEET (UG) – 2022 on the website for candidates to challenge.
After the release of the provisional answer key, candidates will be given some time to raise objections against the provisional answer key. The last date and process of challenging the answer key will be released by the NTA along with the answer key. Candidates will be able to calculate an approx score with the help of the answer key.
The counselling for NEET-PG 2022, which was scheduled to begin September 1 onwards, has been further delayed in order to add more seats. The examination for the current session of post-graduation medical courses was held on May 21, with the results being announced within 10 days. Read more
This year, NEET UG was held across 3,570 centers in 497 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. The examination was also conducted for the first time in Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Colombo, Doha, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore along with Dubai and Kuwait City.
Candidates will be able to raise objections after paying Rs 200 for each answer key challenge (non refundable). They will also be given an opportunity to submit representation against the OMR grading by paying a non-refundable processing fee of Rs 200 per question challenged.
The NTA will upload the provisional answer keys, scanned images of OMR answer sheet and recorded responses for NEET UG 2022 on August 30. Candidates will be able to check the answer key at the official NEET website — neet.nta.nic.in. Additionally, a scanned image of the OMR answer sheet will also be sent on the registered e-mail address given by the candidates.
The NEET UG 2022 exam was held on July 17 and a total of 18.72 lakh candidates registered for the exam, out of which the NTA claims that 95 per cent of the candidates appeared for the nation-wide medical entrance exam.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the answer key of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2022 today i;e August 30. Once released, candidates who appeared for the exam will be able to check the answer key and score at the official NEET website — neet.nta.nic.in.