Recently the National testing Agency Or the NTA had released the official answer key of the NEET 2021 Examination which is held on the 12th of September, 2021. The Conduction body of this examination is NTA or the National Testing Agency, the NTA had recently on 15th of October released the Answer key of this examination.
The Answer key contains all the answers to all the sets of questions of the NEET 2021 Examination, Along with the official answer key of the question paper sets the NTA had also released the OMR answer sheets of the Question papers.
The NEET or the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is one of the most popular examinations all over India, This examination is held for the allotment of the Medical Colleges all over India and for the admissions in the medical colleges for the MBBS and BDS degrees in the colleges all across India. A few years back there were various medical entrance examinations held in India as like-NEET, AIIMS, and JIPMER. But from the year 2020, the Indian Government had merged all these examinations into a single entrance examination known as the NEET or the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.
Under this NEET Examination, all the Government and the Private Medical College seats will be allotted to the candidates, including the top medical Colleges as- AIIMS(All India), State Government Colleges, JIPMER, CMC Vellore, and all other major renowned medical colleges of the Country.
The NEET NTA 2021 Question papers contain 200 questions out of which the candidates had to attempt 180 questions and the total marks of the NEET examination is 720 marks.
The students/candidates can now download the official answer key issued by the NTA on the 15th of October, 2021. And check their scores as well, to download and get more information about this, please read the full article.
To get some key points information about the NEET 2021 Examinations, Please go through the below-mentioned table-
| Name of Examination | NEET 2021 |
| Conducting body | NTA (National Testing Agency) |
| NEET 2021 exam date | 12th September 2021 |
| Aim of the Examination | For Admission in the Medical Colleges across India. |
| Total No. of | 541 |
| Total Number of seats in NEET 2021 | 82,926 |
| NEET 2021 Result Date | To be announced soon |
| NEET 2021 Final Answer key release date | 15th October 2021 |
| Official Website of NEET 2021 | https://neet.nta.nic.in/ |
Important Dates Related to NEET 2021
Some of the Important dates of the NEET 2021 Examination are as follows-
- Official Notification of NEET 2021 Examination- 12th July 2021
- Application Process starting date of the NEET NTA 2021- 13th July 2021
- Last Date of Online application process of the NEET NTA 2021 Examination- 7th August 2021
- NEET 2021 Admit Card Release Date- 9th September 2021
- NEET 2021 Exam Date- 12th of September 2021
- NEET Phase 2 Registration process starting date- 1st of October 2021
- NEET Phase 2 registration process last date- 10th of October 2021(later on extended till 14th October 2021)
- NEET 2021 Answer Key Release date- 15th of October,2021.
- NEET UG 2021 Result date- To be Declared soon.
Documents required to download the Official Answer key of NEET 2021
The candidates who want to download the official answer key of the NEET 2021 Examination need to keep the following Documents with themselves while downloading the answer key-
- Admit Card of NEET 2021
- Registration Form of the NEET 2021
- Registered Mobile Number
- Registered Email Address
- Question paper of the NEET 2021
How To challenge NEET 2021 Answer key
After downloading the NEET 2021 Answer key if you find an answer like that is wrongly published by the NTA or the concerned authorities then after verifying with the trusted sources you can claim for a challenge to the Official Answer Key of NEET 2021.
To officially challenge the Answer Key of NEET 2021 you need to pay an amount of Rs.1000/- at the official NTA site and then you can proceed with your further queries and issues to the concerned NTA authorities.
What is the Answer key code of NEET 2021
The Answer key code is the same for the question paper set you get in the NEET 2021 Examination like-
- NEET Answer key O1,O2,O3,O4,O5,O6
- NEET Answer Key N1,N2,N3,N4,N5,N6
- NEET Answer Key M1,M2,M3,M4,M5,M6
- NEET Answer Key P1,P2,P3,P4,P5,P6
How to Download the Official Answer Key of the NEET 2021
The candidates who are interested to download the Answer Key of NEET 2021. Then the Candidates are requested to follow the steps given below-
Step 1- Open the official website of the NEET NTA 2021.
Step 2- Look for the “NEET 2021 Answer Keys ” link in the notice section of the official homepage of NEET NTA.
Step 3-You will be redirected to another page select the Question paper code
Step 4-download the Answer key from the website.
Step 5- check your responses from the official Answer key.
How to calculate marks from the Official Answer key 2021
After downloading the official answer keys you can check your responses and the official formula for calculating the marks is-
Total Marks- 4 x No. of correct Questions – 1 x No. of wrong Questions.
Marking Scheme of NEET 2021
The Marking Scheme for the NEET 2021 Examination is also mentioned below-
| Name of the Examination | NEET NTA 2021 |
| Total Number of questions | 200(180 to be attempted) |
| Total Marks | 720 |
| Marks for the correct answer | +4 |
| Marks for the wrong answer | -1 |
| Marks for Unattempted Questions | 0 |