The National Testing Agency (NTA) on August 28 released the final answer keys for the UGC-NET 2026 examination conducted across 84 subjects.
Candidates who appeared for the examination can now check the final answer keys for their respective subjects through the official UGC-NET portal by logging in with their credentials.
The final keys were released after the completion of the answer-key challenge process and a review by subject experts. These answers will be considered final for evaluating candidates’ responses and preparing the results.
The development comes a week after the NTA clarified the process for challenging provisional answer keys following concerns raised by several candidates. The agency had said that if a challenge was accepted, the revised answer would be applied to all candidates who appeared for that particular examination.
The NTA had also clarified that the Rs 200 fee charged for raising an objection would be refunded if the challenge was found to be correct after expert review. According to the agency, the fee is meant to discourage frivolous challenges and not genuine objections.
Earlier, the UGC-NET examination process came under scrutiny after the NTA announced fresh examinations for English, Commerce and Sociology. A committee set up by the agency had found several errors in the question papers of these three subjects.
The decision to conduct a re-test came amid criticism over the examination process and protests by student organisations, including the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and All India Students’ Association (AISA).
The re-examination is expected to be held without charging candidates any additional fee. The NTA has also said that the number of qualifying candidates and subject-wise allocations in the affected subjects will not be reduced because of the re-test.
Following the controversy, the agency said it is working to strengthen procedures related to question-paper preparation, moderation, translation and paper composition to prevent similar errors in future examinations.