KEAM Answer Key 2026: Date, Steps to download Answer Key PDFs & How to raise objections

KEAM Answer Key 2026: The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) Kerala will soon issue the KEAM 2026 answer key on its official website. Candidates who will appear for the KEAM exam 2026 will be able to download the answer key at cee.kerala.gov.in. The examination-conducting body will release the subject-wise KEAM answer key PDFs on its website. The officials hasn't announced the KEAM exam date yet but it is expected to be conducted in April 2026.

Candidates must note that only those who will register for the KEAM exam will be able to download the KEAM 2026 answer key. After downloading the KEAM answer key, candidates must check the responses marked in it. This will help the candidates to estimate the score they are getting in the KEAM exam. However, if the candidates want to raise objections against the provisional answer key, they can challenge the KEAM answer key 2026 by paying a nominal sum. It must be noted that candidates will be able to raise their objections against the provisional answer key for KEAM exam within the specified time in online mode. After the consideration of all the challenges made by the candidates, the CEE Kerala will issue the final answer key. 

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In order to challenge the KEAM 2026 answer key, candidates will be required to submit their objections along with supporting documents to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala with the fee payment of the requisite fee of Rs 100/- per question. The complaints must be sent to CEE via post or hand delivery only. 

KEAM Answer Key 2026 - Release Date

Candidates appearing for the KEAM exam 2026 can check the expected release date for KEAM answer key along with the last year's release dates in the table below.

KEAM Answer Key 2026: Steps to download 

The KEAM answer keys for both papers (Paper I and Paper II) will be released on the official website of CEE Kerala. Candidates can download the KEAM answer key and use it to calculate their score in the entrance examination. The steps to download the KEAM 2026 answer key pdf have been mentioned below:

• Visit the official website of CEE Kerala
• Click on the link for “KEAM 2026 - Candidate Portal”
• Next, click on the link for “Answer Key” available on the profile page
• From here, you can download the answer key PDFs for both papers

Note - In case, a candidate finds any discrepancy in the KEAM answer key, they can challenge the answer key by following the due procedure that has been explained below.

KEAM Answer Key 2026 - How to challenge?

In case of any discrepancy in the KEAM 2026 answer key, candidates can raise objections against the answer key with the help of the following steps:

• Candidates have to send their complaints regarding the KEAM answer key to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) Kerala
• They must send the documents supporting their claims or objections against the KEAM answer key
• Candidates must also pay Rs 100/- per question as the fee for challenging the answer key
• The requisite fee has to be paid via demand draft (DD) that will be drawn in favor of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, payable at Thiruvananthapuram
• Candidates have to send their complaint along with the requisite fee to the CEE by post or hand delivery on or before the given deadline
• It must be noted that complaints received via fax/e-mail will not be entertained
• If a complaint is found to be genuine, the fee charged for that question will be refunded
• Complaints received after the stipulated time and/or without the required fee will not be considered by the authorities

Note: All the objections received against KEAM 2026 answer key will be referred to the subject expert committees that will be constituted by the CEE. The decision of the committee will be final and binding. After that, the required changes will be made in the answer keys and accordingly, marks will be given to the candidates, wherever applicable.

KEAM Answer Key 2026: How to calculate marks using answer key?

Candidates can use the below-given formula to calculate their score in the KEAM entrance examination. As per the latest KEAM marking scheme.

• 4 marks are awarded for every correct answer
• 1 mark is deducted for every incorrect answer
• No mark is deducted for unanswered questions

Thus, candidates can calculate their score in the KEAM entrance examination with the help of the following formula:

KEAM Answer Key 2025 PDF

KEAM Answer Key  - Last year's PDF

Candidates who appeared for the KEAM exam 2024 can download the paper-wise final answer key pdfs for KEAM entrance exam from the table given below -

KEAM Answer Key PDF: Previous Years

Candidates can download the previous year’s KEAM answer key PDFs from the links given below:

KEAM 2023 Answer Key PDF

Candidates can check the last year's KEAM Answer Key pdfs for both Paper I (Physics and Chemistry) and Paper II (Mathematics) below:

KEAM Answer Key 2020

KEAM Answer Key 2019

KEAM Answer Key 2018

KEAM Answer Key 2017

KEAM Answer Key 2016

KEAM Answer Key 2015

KEAM Answer Key 2014