The University Grants Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) provisional answer key 2025 has been officially issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam conducting body of UGC NET, today, January 14, 2026. Those candidates who appeared for the UGC NET 2025 December session exam can now check and download their UGC NET answer key 2025 from the official website – ugcnet.nta.nic.in. The UGC NET 2025 answer key will help candidates to calculate their scores before the final result.
The UGC NET 2025 exam was conducted from December 31, 2025 to January 7, 2026 in two shifts. The examination duration for the Shift-1 exam was from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and the Shift-2 exam was conducted from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Now that the UGC NET answer key 2025 is released, candidates are advised to carefully check and match their answers with the answer key. In case any candidate is not satisfied with their answer key, then they can raise an objection against it till January 17, 2026.
Also check: UGC NET December 2025 Answer Key Live Updates
UGC NET Answer Key 2025: Steps to Download
Those applicants who appeared for the UGC NET 2025 December session exam, can now check and download the answer key for their exam by following the given steps below:
Step 1: Go the official UGC NET website – ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Step 2: Now, click on the “UGC NET 2025 Answer Key” link present on the official website.
Step 3: Once clicked on the link, candidates must enter their application number, date of birth and password to access the answer key.
Step 4: After entering the credentials, click on the login button.
Step 5: The UGC NET Answer Key 2025 will appear on the candidate’s computer screen.
Step 6: Download the answer key and save it for future reference.
By following the above mentioned steps candidates will successfully be able to download the UGC NET 2025 answer key.
UGC NET 2025 Answer Key: Marking Scheme
To calculate the UGC NET 2025 scores, candidates first need to know the marking scheme of the UGC NET 2025 December session exam:
- Every correct answer in the exam will be awarded 2 marks.
- There is no negative marking in the UGC NET 2025 examination, so if any answers are wrong then no marks will be deducted for it.
- In case if any candidate has left a question un-attempted then also marks will be deducted for it.
It is important for all applicants to know the marking scheme, so that they can calculate their raw scores.
UGC NET Provisional Answer Key 2025: Steps to Challenge
Once the candidates have checked their answer key thoroughly and if they find any error in a particular question then they can raise a challenge against it, NTA will soon open a answer key challenge window. Provided below are some steps which will help candidates to know how to challenge the answer key:
Step 1: Visit the official website – ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Step 2: Select the answer key portal on the homepage and then click on the link.
Step 3: Now candidates must enter the application number, password/date of birth and then click on the submit button.
Step 4: The next move is to click on the challenge answer key button.
Step 5: The next step is to choose the correct answer option ID for the question.
Step 6: Once done with that, click on the save your claims button.
To complete the process of raising a challenge against the answer key candidates need to pay a challenge fee which can be submitted online using credit card, debit card, net banking, and UPI payment methods.
The National Testing Agency will release the UGC NET 2025 Final answer key after the objection window closes. The final answer key of UGC NET is prepared on the challenges received by the candidates.
