JEE Mains 2026 LIVE: Session 1 final answer key soon at jeemain.nta.nic.in; calculate raw scores

Candidates can expect the JEE Mains 2026 Session 1 Final Answer Key along with the result on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. They will be required to enter the application number and password to download the JEE Mains 2026 results for session 1.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to issue the JEE Main 2026 Session 1 final answer key today, along with the result, on its official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates can check the final answer key and result once it is out on the website.

Candidates can check the details mentioned on the final answer keys of JEE Mains:

• Exam date
• Exam time
• Question id
• Correct answer id
• Dropped question id

The JEE Main 2026 Session 1 final answer key is expected to be announced by February 12, 2026. Candidates can find the final answer key along with the result on the official website once it is out. 

The JEE Mains Result 2026 will be published soon on the official website, along with the JEE Mains 2026 final answer key. Candidates are advised to keep checking the website for the latest updates.

The JEE Mains Final Key 2026 for session 1 is not out on the official website. Candidates will soon be able to check and download their JEE Mains result 2026 along with the answer key.

The NTA will announce the JEE Main 2026 final answer key in the form of a PDF format. Candidates will be able to check and download the JEE 2026 answer key PDF without using any login credentials.

Candidates can expect the final answer key of JEE Main 2026 to be uploaded on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in, by February 12, 2026.

The JEE Mains 2026 Session 1 final answer key will be declared soon by the NTA on its official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates can check their JEE Main 2026 results by logging in with their application number and password.

Yes, 97 percentile in JEE Mains 2026 is a very good score, placing you in the top 3% of candidates and opening doors to good colleges.

No, NTA has not issued the JEE Mains 2026 answer key 2026 yet. The Final answer key for JEE Mains 2026 session 1 will be released shortly on the official website.

The NTA will announce the JEE Mains 2026 session 1 Final Answer Key, along with the Result, shortly on the official website. The JEE Mains 2026 Session 1 result will be published for more than 13 lakh candidates soon on the official website.

Yes, NTA can drop a question if it is found to be incorrect, ambiguous, or outside the syllabus. In such cases, full marks are awarded to all candidates who appeared in that particular shift, regardless of whether they attempted the question or not.

Candidates should carefully match question IDs from their response sheet with the final JEE Main answer key. They should then apply the official marking scheme (+4 for correct, –1 for incorrect, 0 for unattempted) to estimate their raw score. This helps in predicting expected percentile before the official result is declared.

Not necessarily. Only valid challenges backed by evidence are incorporated into the JEE Main final answer key.

No. Since JEE Main is conducted in multiple shifts, separate final keys are released shift-wise.

Yes, if any question is awarded bonus marks or nullified, it is clearly reflected in the JEE Main final answer key.

No external body decides the JEE Main final answer key; NTA finalizes the key after expert committee review.

Yes, the percentile derived from marks based on the JEE Main final key determines eligibility for JEE Advanced.

Yes, if any question is cancelled, it is reflected in the JEE Main final key and candidates typically receive full marks for it.

Candidates estimate their marks by matching their responses with the final JEE Main answers and applying the official marking pattern, they can compute their raw score.

Yes, usually the provisional answer key is withdrawn from dashboards before the final PDF is published.

NTA converts raw marks into percentile scores using a normalisation formula. The percentile reflects the percentage of candidates who scored equal to or less than a particular candidate in that session. This ensures fairness across shifts.

The provisional key allows objections, while the final key incorporates accepted corrections and is binding for result preparation.

It determines the exact raw marks a candidate will receive. The results are prepared strictly on the basis of this finalized key.

The final answer key is the officially corrected version of answers released after reviewing all objections submitted by candidates. It becomes the definitive reference for calculating scores.

The JEE Main scorecard about to be released on jeemain.nta.nic includes subject-wise percentiles, overall percentile, and eligibility status for JEE Advanced (if applicable).

No, once the final answer key is released, no further objections or changes are allowed

Once the final answer key is published, your raw marks are fixed and cannot be changed. However, the percentile score may differ because JEE Main results are announced in percentile form rather than raw marks. 

NTA applies a normalisation method to balance variations in difficulty across different shifts. As a result, candidates with nearly the same raw scores in separate shifts might receive different percentiles. In short, while your marks remain final, your percentile is determined after normalisation and that is what appears in the result.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will likely announce JEE Mains 2026 result by Feb 12.

As per IIT Kanpur's JIC reports, the BTech CSE programme emerged as the most preferred at IIT Bombay, with 28,705 candidates opting for it, followed by Electrical Engineering, chosen by 24,123 students.

NTA will likely announce the JEE Main 2026 session 1 tomorrow, and the top 2.5 lakh JEE Mains qualifiers will be able to appear for JEE Advanced exam. 

NTA will announce JEE Mains 2026 session 1 final answer and results for both paper 1 and 2 likely tomorrow. The final answer key will be issued in the first half, as per a report on X.

The steps to download JEE Main 2026 results are as follows.

• Visit the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• Click on “JEE Main 2026 session 1 result” available on the homepage.
• You will be redirected to a new page. 
• Enter their application number and password or date of birth.
• JEE Mains 2026 session 1 scorecard will appear on the screen.
• Download and save the PDF for admission purpose.

NTA will likely declare JEE Main 2026 results by Feb 12. However, as per last year's trends JEE Main 2026 final answer key is expected tonight.

For IIT Bombay BTech admissions, a total of 1,006 seats were offered to candidates, and 51 seats are available for the PwBD category students for for the academic year 2025-26. 

NTA conducted the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exams from January 21 to 29 in two shifts. The forenoon shift was held from 9 am to noon, while the afternoon shift was held from 3 pm to 6 pm.

A total of 13,00,368 candidates appeared for JEE Main 2026 session 1, out of 13,50,969 registered candidates across 10 shifts.

The dates for JEE Main 2026 session 2 exams are shown in the table below.

The method of resolving ties for the JEE Main 2026 paper is given below.

• NTA JEE score in Mathematics
• NTA JEE score in Physics
• NTA JEE score in Chemistry
• Candidates with less proportion of negative responses in Mathematics
• Students with less proportion of negative responses in Physics
• Students with less proportion of negative responses in Chemistry

According to the minutes of the IIT Council meeting, IITs are discussing reforms for the IIT entrance JEE Advanced. IIT Kanpur and the IITs’ Joint Admission Board (JAB) have been asked with evaluating a proposal to shift to adaptive testing of quantitative and reasoning skills in which the exam generates questions based on a student's performance.

‘Student-friendly’ JEE Advanced? IITs plan adaptive-testing shift; IIT Kanpur, JAB to lead pilot mock-test

Maharashtra, Karnataka, and West Bengal recorded the highest enrolment in engineering and technology programmes during the 2024–25 academic year. As per the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), the overall intake across the country reached a five-year high of 75%. 

As per the NTA schedule, JEE Main 2026 session 1 results are expected today on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.

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According to the JEE Main marking scheme 2026, for every correct answer, candidates will be awarded four marks in MCQs, while one mark is deducted for each incorrect attempt. No marks are awarded or deducted for unattempted questions.

For numerical value–based questions, four marks are given for a correct answer, and there is no negative marking for wrong responses.

Once the evaluation is complete, the marks scored in each subject are added to determine a candidate’s JEE Main raw score. However, these raw marks are not used directly to prepare the final JEE Main results 2026, as the exam is held in multiple shifts with varying levels of difficulty.

NTA will likely declare JEE Main 2026 results by Feb 12. Only top 2.5 lakh students who qualify for the JEE Main will be eligible to apply for JEE Advanced 2026. 

The BTech seats offered at IIT Bombay for JEE Advanced 2026 qualifiers are shown in the table below. 

To calculate the JEE Main 2026 scores, candidates can compare the question IDs and answer IDs in their response sheet with those listed in the final answer key, which will be released soon on the official website. The marking scheme is as follows.

• Add +4 marks for every correct answer.
• Deduct –1 mark for each incorrect answer.
• 0 marks for unattempted questions.
• Add +4 marks for any question that has been dropped in your shift.

JEE Main 2026 Marks Calculation: How does NTA award scores? Raw marks to percentile process

A good score in JEE Main is generally considered to be around 150–160 out of 300 or higher. This typically corresponds to a 98+ percentile and a rank within the top 25,000, improving your chances of admission into leading NITs and IIITs, and also making you eligible for JEE Advanced.

JEE Main cut-offs for BTech Data Science, AI-related programmes across NITs for 50% other state, open, and gender neutral category seats are listed below

JEE Main 2026 |  NTA has come under scrutiny after the Coaching Federation of India (CFI) flagged 17 errors in the JEE Main 2026 session 1 answer key and asked for bonus marks for 10 questions. CFI has cited "ambiguity, numerical discrepancies, and multiple correct answers" in the JEE session 1 answer key. 

Of the 17 questions flagged, CFI said that 10 should be granted bonus marks, citing fundamental ambiguity or flaws. The remaining 7 had issues such as numerical errors, incorrect options, or multiple correct answers. Physics had the highest number of challenges among all subjects.

NIT Patna Cutoffs | The JEE Main NIT Patna closing rank for the open home state category for various BTech courses is given in the table below.

According to the data from the JoSAA, which conducts admission counselling based on the JEE Main results, NIT Warangal closed admissions for its BTech CSE – Artificial Intelligence and Data Science programme at the rank of 2952 for the other-state, open, gender neutral-seats. However, the cut-offs for other categories were high.

The closing rank for NIT Patna for BTech-MTech CSE with DS five-year dual degree specialised course was lowest at 17439, whereas for the 50% other state seats, the BTech AI and DS cut-off was at 16537. 

JEE Main 2026: BTech Artificial Intelligence, Data Science cut-offs highest at NIT Warangal

Candidates can check the expected marks vs percentile for JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam is as given below.

Candidates can compare their responses with the final answer key and calculate their raw marks using the official marking scheme to estimate their performance.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will issue the JEE Mains 2026 final answer key on the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in soon.

Candidates can follow the steps given below to download the JEE Mains 2026 session 1 final answer key.

• Go to the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• On the homepage, click on the JEE Main 2026 session 1 final answer key link.
• A new window will open.
• Enter JEE Mains 2026 application number and date of birth or password.
• Press the submit button.
• Question-wise status and selected option IDs will appear on the screen.
• Download JEE Mains 2026 final answer key.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the JEE Mains 2026 result on February 12. 

Over 13 lakh candidate will be able to download the JEE Mains 2026 final answer key through the National Testing Agency's official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Candidates can check the right way to calculate JEE Main marks below:

• Total Score = (Number of Correct Answers × 4) – (Number of Incorrect Answers × 1)

The NTA has not released the JEE Main 2026 Session 1 results yet. The authority will issue the JEE Main results by February 12, 2026, on the official website.

General category students need to score around 90 to 100 or more marks out of 300, which is roughly equal to a 93 to 95 or higher percentile to qualify for the JEE Advanced 2026 exam.

The JEE Main 2026 Session 2 will be administered over eight days, from April 2 to April 9, 2026. The examination is scheduled in two shifts each day, resulting in around 16 shifts in total across all paper types during the April session.

The NTA will activate the JEE Main 2026 result link soon at jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates can expect the JEE Mains 2026 session 1 result to be out soon on the official website.

Check the details that will be available on the final answer keys of JEE Mains:

1. Exam date
2. Exam time
3. Question id
4. Correct answer id
5. Dropped question id

The JEE Mains 2026 result is likely to be announced by February 12. Candidates are advised to keep checking the website for the latest updates regarding the results for session 1.

The NTA is expected to announce the JEE Mains final answer key 2026 soon on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates will soon be able to check the final answer key for session 1.

Candidates can access the answer key and their response sheets on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in, by logging in with their application number and password.

The result will be declared in the form of NTA percentiles after normalisation across shifts, and the scorecard will not display the raw marks obtained by candidates.

Candidates can compare their responses with the final answer key and calculate their raw marks using the official marking scheme to estimate their performance.

No, you cannot challenge the final answer key for JEE Main. The National Testing Agency (NTA) only allows challenges during the provisional answer key phase.

The Coaching Federation of India (CFI) has reported 17 errors in the JEE Main 2026 session 1 answer key and demanded bonus marks for 10 questions, citing ambiguity, numerical issues and multiple correct answers. The exam was held from January 21 to 29 for about 13 lakh candidates, while the provisional answer key was released on February 4 with objections accepted till February 6. The final answer key is expected to be released by today. Physics saw the highest number of disputed questions. 

Know more: 17 errors in JEE Main 2026 session 1 answer key; ‘one mark can change ranks’, says CFI

The JEE Main result is used for admissions to NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs, and the top 2.5 lakh candidates become eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.

JEE Main results will be declared in the form of NTA percentiles, not raw marks, after normalisation across different exam shifts