₹200 per question challenged, with the fee refundable if the objection was found to be valid.The NTA said all objections were reviewed by subject experts before the final answer key was prepared.Re-examination after paper leakThe final answer key pertains to the NEET UG 2026 re-examination, which was conducted after the original exam was affected by a paper leak.The initial NEET UG examination was held on May 3, while the provisional answer key for that test was released on May 6.Counselling to begin soonMerit lists, seat allocation and counselling will be handled by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for the All India Quota and by respective state counselling authorities.The NEET UG result will be used for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, B.Sc. Nursing, BVSc & AH and other undergraduate medical programmes.Candidates have been advised to rely only on official counselling portals and beware of fraudulent calls or websites offering admissions or score improvements.Result also declaredFollowing the release of the final answer key, the NTA also announced the NEET UG 2026 results.The scorecard includes:Subject-wise marksTotal scorePercentile scoreAll India Rank (AIR)Category rankQualification statusAdmission and counselling detailsCandidates can access both their final answer key and NEET UG 2026 result through the official NTA portal.NEET UG result 2026 declared: 11.21 lakh candidates qualifyThe National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday declared the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), NEET (UG) 2026, with 11.21 lakh candidates qualifying for admission to undergraduate medical, dental, AYUSH and allied courses across the country.Candidates can download their scorecards from the official website, neet.nta.nic.in.Nearly 20 lakh candidates appearedA total of nearly 20 lakh candidates appeared for NEET UG 2026, which was conducted on June 21 at 5,440 examination centres across 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. The exam was held in 13 languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and Urdu.More than 58% of the qualified candidates are women, with female candidates also recording a higher qualification rate than male candidates.Aryan Gupta, Panshul Bansal secure highest scoreThe highest score of 715 out of 720 was jointly secured by Aryan Gupta of Punjab and Panshul Bansal of Haryana.According to the NTA:19 candidates scored above 700 marks138 candidates scored above 690 marks1,492 candidates scored 650 or above10,160 candidates scored 600 or above90,780 candidates scored 500 or aboveMore than 93% of candidates scoring above 690 were first-time test takers, while 99% of them were between 17 and 19 years of age.
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