JEE Main Session 1: How to calculate scores as NTA releases answer key? Check step-by-step guide
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the JEE Main 2026 Session 1 Final Answer Key for Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech). Candidates who had raised objections to the provisional answer key by 6 February 2026 can now access the updated final answer key on the official website. The JEE Main 2026 Session 1 Final Answer Key PDF is available at jeemain.nta.nic.in. It has been finalised after carefully checking the submitted student concerns against the provisional key. The JEE Main Session 1 Result 2026 will be determined based on this revised final answer key. Multiple questions across different shifts have been marked as “Drop”. On 21 January 2026 – Shift 2, Question ID 860654995 from Mathematics and Question IDs 8606541010 and 8606541017 from Physics were dropped. On 22 January 2026 – Shift 1, Physics Question ID 444792191 was marked as Drop, according to reports. Similarly, on 23 January 2026 – Shift 1, Physics Question ID 8606541395 was dropped, and during 23 January 2026 – Shift 2, Physics Question IDs 444792476 and 444792479 were also dropped. On 24 …








