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JEE Main 2025 Faces Criticism Over Alleged Errors and Response Discrepancies

Students, educators, and parents raise concerns about at least nine factual errors in the exam paper and inconsistencies in response sheets, while NTA defends its answer key challenge process.

Aspirants standing in queue before appearing in the JEE Mains exam at an examination centre in Patna.
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“NTA has always followed a transparent examination process, which allows candidates to view their recorded responses as soon as the provisional answer keys are released, the apex examination body said
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Overview

  • Students and experts from Kota have flagged nine alleged factual errors in JEE Main 2025's physics, chemistry, and mathematics sections, citing specific inaccuracies in key questions.
  • Parents and students report discrepancies in response sheets, with some claiming their attempted answers were misrepresented or omitted entirely.
  • The National Testing Agency (NTA) has defended its procedures, emphasizing the transparency of its 'Answer Key Challenge' process and urging candidates to await the final answer key.
  • Experts warn that the alleged errors could impact the scores and futures of lakhs of candidates, calling for corrective measures such as awarding bonus marks or dropping flawed questions.
  • This controversy adds to past criticisms of NTA's management of national exams, following technical glitches and errors in NEET UG and CUET-UG in 2024.