NEET Revised Answer Key 2024 Out, Download Official PDF Here

The National Testing Agency, NTA, has released the NEET Revised Answer Key 2024 today, July 26, 2024 (Friday). The NEET UG 2024 answer key issued by the NTA on the official website has been revised after one question from the Physics section of the NEET 2024 exam was found to be wrong in the final answer key of NTA. Candidates who appeared for the NEET UG 2024 exam can download the NTA NEET revised answer key 2024 PDF below.

NEET Revised Answer Key 2024

The NEET revised answer key 2024 has been made available online at exams.nta.ac.in/NEET. The revised answer key has been issued in the form of a PDF which can be downloaded without the requirements of any login details. The NTA conducted the NEET UG 2024 exam on May 05, 2024 while the retest for candidates affected with time loss was held on June 23, 2024. The NEET final revised answer key 2024 for May 05 exam has been published now.

NEET 2024 Revised Answer Key

The NTA was instructed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to correct its mistake in awarding marks to students based on an ambiguous question for which the NTA allowed 2 correct options. 44 students who had received grace marks due to this question scored full marks, 720 out of 720. The NTA in its final answer key said that Option 2 and Option 4, both are correct.

But after expert review report submitted to the Supreme Court, it was found that only option number 04 is correct. During the NEET UG hearing, CJI DY Chandrachud suggested that students who correctly answered the contentious question in the Physics section of the question paper with option 4 receive full marks, while those who correctly answered with option 2 receive no deductions. Following this, the NTA released the NEET revised answer key 2024.

Why NTA Has Released the NEET Revised Answer Key 2024

As we all know that the NTA had earlier published the NEET final answer key 2024 for May 05 exam on June 04 along with the result and the answer key for June 23 exam was published on June 30. The NTA has now released the revised final answer key for May 05 exam correcting the answer key published on June 04.

The question arises, why NTA released the revised answer key? The revised answer key has been issued in pursuant the Supreme Court Order regarding NEET UG 2024. There was ambiguity in one answer of physics section in NEET UG 2024 exam. The question was based on atoms for which both options 2 and 4 were deemed correct. However, after the deliberation of experts, the option number 4 came to be correct which has been revised in accordance.

NEET Revised Answer Key 2024: Controversial Question

During hearing on the NEET UG 2024 irregularities the SC had asked the Director of IIT Delhi to set up a team of three experts for going into the particular question of physics and submit a report on the correct answer. The question reads:

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Atoms are electrically neutral as they contain equal number of positive and negative charges.

Statement II: Atoms of each element are stable and emit their characteristic spectrum.

“In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(1) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

(3) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

(4) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

Upon the release of the answer key, choice (a) or option (1) was displayed as the correct response on the NEET website. On the other hand, a number of students challenged the answer key, arguing that both claims were accurate based on material from an earlier NCERT edition.

Therefore, NTA granted grace marks to students who selected option (d) or (4) as their response based on this reasoning. As per the new NCERT material, option (04) or (d)  is the correct answer while the old NCERT textbook mentions option (01) or (a) as the correct answer. As a result, 44 students , who ideally ought to have scored 715 out of 720, achieved a flawless 720.

Over 4.20 lakh students selected option (d) or (4) based on an older NCERT textbook edition, while 9.28 lakh students chose an answer (option 4) aligned with the latest NCERT edition.

NTA NEET Revised Answer Key 2024 PDF Download

Candidates who appeared for the NEET UG 2024 exam held on May 05 can download the NTA revised answer key 2024 PDF below. It must be noted that the NTA has revised the answer key only for the May 05 exam and not for June 23 exam. It is because, the contentious question was present in the paper sets of May 05 exam. Download the NTA NEET revised answer key 2024 PDF below for free.

NEET Revised Final Answer Key 2024 PDF

Can I Challenge NEET UG Final Revised Answer Key 2024

The NTA NEET revised final answer key issued cannot be challenged by any candidate. This is the final answer key for NEET 2024 exam held on May 5th. The revised answer key has been revised out of the judicial order given on NEET Re-Exam petitions. Also after the release of this revised response key, the NTA will be no further release any answer key. Along with the NEET revised answer key 2024, the NTA also published the NEET re-revised scorecard 2024.

How to Download NEET Revised Answer Key 2024

Candidates can download the NEET UG 2024 revised answer key directly from the PDF download link given above in the article or from the official website by following the steps mentioned below.

Step 1: Visit the official website of the NEET 2024 exam at exams.nta.ac.in/NEET

Step 2: On the home page, click on the link that says, “FINAL ANSWER KEY (REVISED ON 26.07.2024) FOR NEET (UG) – 2024 EXAM HELD ON 05.05.2024”

Step 3: The NEET UG revised answer key 2024 combined PDF will be shown on the screen for all the question paper sets

Step 4: Download the official PDF for future use

What After NEET UG Revised Answer Key 2024

After the release of the NEET revised answer key 2024, the NTA has finally published all the resources that is compulsory before the start of the admission process. Candidates who took the exam on May 05 should visit the official website to download their re-revised scorecard. The NTA will now hold the NEET counselling 2024 for all the qualified applicants.

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