The NEET UG 2025 undergraduate medical entrance test was conducted on May 4 in a single shift from 2 PM to 5 PM, across 5,453 centres in over 500 cities nationwide, with more than 22.7 lakh candidates registered. According to the National Testing Agency (NTA), candidates will be able to access the provisional answer key, their recorded responses, and question papers. They will also have the option to challenge any answer by paying a non-refundable fee of ₹200 per question within a specified time period. These challenges will be reviewed by subject experts, and if a challenge is validated, the answer key will be revised for all candidates. The final revised answer key will serve as the basis for the results and will be published on the NTA’s website, without individual notifications regarding challenge outcomes.
As outlined in the official marking scheme, candidates will receive four marks for each correct answer and lose one mark for every incorrect response, while no marks will be deducted or awarded for unattempted questions. However, if the final answer key indicates more than one correct option, candidates selecting any of the correct options will be awarded four marks. If all options are deemed correct, all those who attempted the question will receive full marks. Similarly, if a question is dropped or found to have no correct answer, full marks will be granted to all candidates. This ensures fairness and uniformity in the evaluation process.
NEET UG 2025: Answer Key, Result date, Cut-Off, and Admission Details
This year, the undergraduate medical entrance test was held in a single shift on May 4, from 2 pm to 5 pm at 5,453 centres in over 500 cities across the country. Over 22.7 lakh candidates registered for the exam.
As per the exam’s information bulletin, NTA will display the provisional answer key, questions and candidates recorded responses and then give them an opportunity to challenge, in case of any doubt.
“Candidates will be given an opportunity to make an online challenge against the provisional Answer Key by paying a non-refundable processing fee of ₹200 per answer challenged, within a specified period as indicated in the Public Notice,” NTA said.
It added that challenges made by the candidates will be verified by the NTA with the help of a panel of subject experts and if a challenge is found correct, the answer key will be revised and applied in the response of all the candidates accordingly.
Based on the revised final answer key, NTA will prepare and announce the result. The agency will not inform candidates about the acceptance/non-acceptance of their challenges.
The key finalised after the challenges will be treated as final and displayed on the NTA website before the declaration of the result.
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About NEET UG 2025 marking scheme
If the NEET UG final answer key shows that more than one option to a question is correct, those who marked one of the correct options will get four marks for that question.
If all options are correct, those who attempted the question will get four marks.
If none of the options to a question is correct or the question is dropped, all candidates will get full marks.
Under normal circumstances, candidates will get four marks for each correct answer, minus one for an incorrect answer and no mark (0) for an unanswered question.
