RRB NTPC Answer Key 2021: Know how to calculate score

The Railway Recruitment Board will release the RRB NTPC 2021 answer key today at around 8 pm. Candidates can check how to calculate the marks here.

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Richa Kapoor | August 16, 2021 | 03:25 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The Railway Recruitment Board will today release the RRB NTPC answer key 2021 in online mode. Candidates who appeared in the RRB NTPC 2021 exam have to be aware of how to calculate the marks for each question. They must be aware of how many marks would be allotted for every correct answer and for every incorrect answer.

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The RRB NTPC exam 2021 for CBT 1 was held in seven phases amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the authorities ensured that the exam was conducted by strictly following all the guidelines.

Also Read: RRB NTPC Answer Key 2021 Live

How to calculate score using RRB NTPC Answer Key 2021

With the help of the provisional RRB NTPC answer key, candidates can calculate the marks that they would score. For every correct answer, candidates will get one mark and for every incorrect answer, one-third of the marks would be deducted.

Steps to calculate marks using provisional RRB NTPC 2021 answer key

  • First and foremost download the RRB NTPC answer key

  • For every question that has been answered correctly, candidates can award themselves one mark and deduct ⅓ if it has been wrongly answered

  • Now add all the marks for every question that has been correctly answered and total them

  • Total the marks for all the questions that have been incorrectly answered

  • Now the deduct the total marks for the correct answers with the incorrect answers

  • Candidates can get a rough estimate of the marks that they would score in the RRB NTPC 2021 exam

What after RRB NTPC Answer Key 2021?

The RRB will activate the link to raise objections against the answer key that has been released. The window to raise objections will open from August 18 at 8 pm and close on August 23 at 11:59 p.m. Once the objections are reviewed by the board, the final answer key of RRB NTPC 2021 will be released.

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