Deadline to challenge official NEET 2019 answer key ends today; students aggrieved because OMR not released

New Delhi, May 31 : Candidates who have grievances related to any keys mentioned on the NEET official answer key have until 5 pm today to register their complaints; no complaints will be entertained after the deadline. For making a complaint, one has to pay a fee of Rs. 1000 per key. This means if the candidate makes “n” number of challenges, then the fee amount to be paid will be Rs. 1000 x n.

The official answer key was released by NTA on May 29 for all the paper codes for which NEET 2019 entrance exam was conducted. Elsewhere, many students are aggrieved because the recorded OMR sheet has not been released.

No trace of Recorded OMR sheet

The recorded OMR sheet which was supposed to be released alongside the official NEET 2019 answer key hasn’t been released yet. Consequently, candidates are not able to check their responses before matching them with official keys. Also, in the absence of the recorded responses, these candidates are forced to rely on their memory of a question and their response, which is not the same as checking the recorded OMR sheets and can be laced with errors.

This has lead to anger and frustration among many candidates, as without the recorded OMR sheet there is no other way to know for sure how they performed in the exam. For example, when the results of NEET 2019 will be declared on or before June 5, they have to take it more or less on face value.

How to make challenges to official answer key

A candidate is allowed to challenge any or all of the 180 answer keys. For challenging each key, the candidate has to pay a fee of Rs. 1000. Som for “n” number of challenges, Rs. 1000 x n has to be paid.

• To make a challenge go to official website - ntaneet.nic.in

• Login by entering NEET registration number and password

• Click on ‘’Apply for key challenge” tab

• All 180 keys will be displayed on screen

• Select the keys for which challenge has to be made by clicking on the boxes given against the key

• Next click on the answer option which the candidate considers to the right option.

• Justification remarks also have given

• Click on submit

• Next the fee for making the challenges have to be paid.

• Once fee is paid, confirmation page will appear. Download and take a printout of it.