NEET Answer Key 2026: Provisional and Final Answer Key PDF for all codes

NEET UG Answer Key 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the NEET UG answer key a few weeks after the completion of the exam. The provisional answer key for the NEET UG 2026 will be made available in the form of a PDF for all codes. Candidates can download the answer key and response sheet from the official website, neet.nta.nic.in, to check their responses and calculate their tentative raw score.

Last year, the NEET UG exam was conducted on May 4, 2025. NTA had published the provisional NEET UG answer key on June 3, 2025. The NEET provisional answer key is open to challenges by the candidates. Students can challenge the NEET UG provisional answer within the stipulated time. Last year, the answer key objection window was open till June 5, 2025.

NTA will release the NEET Final Answer Key 2026 at neet.nta.nic.in. To download the NEET answer key 2026, students have to enter their valid login credentials. The answer key contains the correct responses to the questions asked in the NEET exam. Students can raise objections against the provisional NEET answer key for a limited period. A challenge can be submitted by paying a non-refundable sum of INR 200 (per question). After reviewing all the objections, the final NEET UG 2025 answer key will be released by the exam conducting authority. Along with the final answer key, NTA also releases the NEET UG Result on the official website. Candidates must note that no objections against the final answer key will be accepted. 

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NTA NEET UG Provisional Answer Key 2026 

The National Testing Agency will release the NEET UG provisional answer key on the official website a few weeks after the exam. The answer key PDF for all codes and the response sheet will be made available to the candidates. Candidates can review their responses and raise objections, if any, against the official answer key within the stipulated time. The NEET UG final answer key will be based on the objections raised during the provisional answer key, after review by experts. The NEET UG 2026 result will be based on the NEET UG 2026 final answer key. Meanwhile, the provisional answer key for the NEET UG 2025 exam is provided below.

NEET UG Answer Key 2025 PDF - Download 

NEET UG Answer Key 2026: How to Download?

Candidates can download their NEET UG answer keys from the official website. The steps to download the NEET provisional answer key are as follows: 

• Visit the official website of NEET, neet.nta.nic.in.
• Click on the ‘NEET UG Answer Key 2025 link’ available on the homepage
• Enter the login details, like the application number and password
• Click on the 'Submit' button
• The answer key and response sheet will appear on the screen
• Match your responses with the answer key and allot marks
• Download the answer key PDF.

NEET Answer Key 2026: How to Raise Objections?

Candidates who are not satisfied with the NEET answer key can object to any question with documents supporting their objection. The procedure to challenge the answer key is as follows:

• Go to the official website - neet.nta.nic.in
• Click on the link ‘ Apply for Answer Key Challenge
• Select the Test Booklet Code
• Enter your Application Number and Date of Birth, and the Security Code displayed.
• Click on the Submit Button, and the form for challenging the key will be displayed.
• The questions with the correct option will be listed.
• If you wish to challenge a question, select any of the four boxes given in the next four columns.
• Support your answer claim by uploading the supporting document.
• Click on the tab ‘Save your Claim and Pay fee Finally’.
• Make the payment of INR 200 for each question challenged.
• Save and print the Answer Key challenge receipt.

NEET 2026 Answer Key: OMR Response Challenge

NEET UG Candidates are provided with a scanned image of the OMR Answer Sheet at their registered email address. They can challenge the OMR grading by paying a non-refundable processing fee of INR 200 per question challenged. The procedure for the same is given below.

• Go to the official website - neet.nta.nic.in
• Click on the tab given for login.
• Enter your credentials, including Application Number and Date of Birth.
• Fill in the security code provided and click on the submit button.
• Look for the OMR Challenge Link under the tab OMR Challenge.
• Select the question you wish to challenge.
• Under the Candidate’s Claim Section, click the option of your claim.
• Submit the form, and your challenge will be displayed.
• Move on to the next screen for payment.
• Make an online payment of INR 200 for each question challenged.
• Save your OMR Response Challenge Receipt.

NEET Final Answer Key 2026

NTA releases the NEET UG final answer key after the provisional answer key challenge is over. Challenges made by the candidates will be verified by the panel of subject experts. If any objection to the answer key is found to be valid, the necessary corrections are made in the final answer key. For more information, candidates need to visit the official website, neet.nta.nic.in.  

The NEET UG final answer key will be based on the objections raised during the provisional answer key, after review by experts. The NEET UG 2026 result will be based on the NEET UG 2026 final answer key. Meanwhile, the provisional answer key for the NEET UG 2025 exam is provided below. 

NEET Final Answer Key 2025 PDF (Download)

NEET UG Answer Key 2026: Previous Years' Unofficial Key by Aakash Institute

Students can check and download the NEET UG answer keys for the 2024 exam from the table below. These answer keys are for codes Q, R, S, and T. 

NEET Answer Key (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6) 

NEET Answer Key (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6)

NEET Answer Key (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6)

NEET Answer Key 2024 (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6)

NEET UG 2026: Past Years' Unofficial Answer Key by Allen Institute

Allen Institute also releases an unofficial answer key for NEET UG once the exam is concluded. Students can download the unofficial answer key for past years' exams from the link provided below.

NEET Unofficial Answer Key by Allen Institute