JEE Mains 2026 session 2 answer key out for Paper 2 BArch, BPlanning; challenge by April 27

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Mains) 2026 session 2 answer key for BArch and BPlanning papers. Candidates who appeared for the computer-based JEE Mains 2026 session 2 for papers 2A and 2B, can download the answer key through the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

The JEE Mains session 2 answer key 2026 for BArch and BPlanning exams can be downloaded through the NTA’s official website using the candidate’s application number and password.

Along with the provisional answer key, the NTA has also published the response sheet for the JEE Mains session 2. BArch and BPlanning aspirants, who appeared for paper 2A and 2B, can challenge the JEE Mains session 2 answer key by April 27.

Candidates who wish to raise objections against the JEE Mains 2026 session 2 BArch and BPlanning answer key, should have to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs 200 per challenge. The NTA has clarified that no challenge against the JEE Main session 2 answer key will be accepted after 11:50 pm of April 27.

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NTA JEE Main 2026 Session 2: How to challenge answer key

Candidates can follow the steps given below to raise objections against the JEE Main session 2 provisional answer key for 2A and 2B papers.

• Go to the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• On the homepage, click on “Challenge regarding Answer Key.”
• A new page will open.
• Enter login details such as application number and password, and enter the captcha code as displayed and press submit.
• Then Click on “Challenge regarding Answer Key.”
• Question IDs will appear on the screen below in sequential order for JEE Main 2026 session 2 or April 2026.
• The ID next to the question under the column “correct option” stands for the most appropriate answer key by NTA.
• Use one or more of the option IDs given in the next four columns by clicking the check box.
• Upload supporting documents by selecting choose file and upload.
• Click on save your claim.
• All the option IDs you have challenged will appear on the screen.
• Click on save your claim and pay the requisite fee to submit the challenge.

“No challenge will be entertained without receipt of the processing fee. The fee towards the challenge will not be accepted through any other mode. If challenge(s) made by the candidate is found correct, the Answer Key will be revised and applied in the response of all the candidates accordingly,” NTA said.

“No individual candidate will be informed about the acceptance/non-acceptance of his/her challenge. The keys finalized by the Experts after the settlement of the challenge will be final,” NTA added.

The NTA will prepare and declare the JEE Main session 2 final answer key for BArch and BPlanning exams on the basis of revised final answer keys.