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How to Calculate Marks Using JEE Main Answer Key 2026? - Aspirants can calculate their marks using the JEE Mains answer key very easily. Along with the answer key, candidates will need to know the marking scheme as well. The JEE Main 2026 answer key will be released on February 4. Until then, aspirants can use the unofficial answer key of JEE Mains 2026 to calculate the marks. The authority will upload the JEE response sheet as well. Since NTA does not publish raw marks in the JEE Main result, candidates can use the data in this article to derive marks. The NTA JEE Main 2026 exam was held from January 21 to 29.
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NTA will release the JEE Main 2026 answer key on February 4. The final JEE Main answer key will be released right before the result.
Event | Date |
JEE Main 2026 Answer Key Release Date | Provisional- February 4, 2026 |
JEE Main Answer Key Challenge | February 4 to 5, 2026 |
JEE Mains Final 2026 Answer Key | February 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 Session 1 Result | By February 12, 2026 |
Candidates need to keep the following details before starting to calculate marks using JEE Main answer key.
JEE Main provisional answer key 2026 (to be released on February 4, 2026).
JEE Main question paper 2026
JEE Main 2026 marking scheme
JEE Mains response sheet 2026
Before calculating the marks, candidates need to download the answer key and response sheet. Here are the steps to download the JEE Main answer key 2026 to calculate the marks.
Go to the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in
Click on the link for JEE Main answer key 2026 provided under the ‘Candidate Activity’ section.
It will lead to the login page.
Enter login details, application number and password.
Click on the view answer key/challenge tab in the candidate portal
The JEE Main answer key will be displayed
The given step-by-step procedure can be used for JEE Main 2026 marks calculation.
Open the JEE mains answer key in one tab
Keep the JEE response sheet 2026 open as well.
Note down the number of correct and incorrect answers.
Refer to the JEE Main marking scheme.
Assign 4 marks for each correct answer.
Deduct 1 mark for every wrong answer.
The final sum will be total marks in JEE Main 2026.
It is important to refer to both the answer key and JEE response sheet 2026 together. NTA will release the JEE Mains response sheet along with the answer key and questions. Candidates will be able to know the ID of answers marked by them. By cross-referencing with the official JEE Main 2026 answer key, they can check how many questions are right or wrong. Thereafter, students can calculate raw marks in the exam.
Note that JEE mains result only mentions the percentile and ranks. Hence, just by knowing the marks, one cannot exactly know their performance in the test. Therefore, we have provided the JEE Main marks vs percentile vs rank below to provide an idea of where the candidates stand in terms of competition. The following data is tentative only. It will assist students predict their result before it is officially released.
JEE Main Marks | JEE Main Percentile | JEE Main Rank |
300-291 | 100-99.999 | 1 - 15 |
292-280 | 99.99890732 - 99.99617561 | 16 - 56 |
279-271 | 99.99417236 - 99.99153171 | 86 - 125 |
268-259 | 99.99034797 - 99.97687156 | 142 - 341 |
258-250 | 99.97413985 - 99.95228621 | 381 - 704 |
249-240 | 99.95028296 - 99.91549924 | 733 - 1246 |
239-230 | 99.91395128 - 99.87060821 | 1269 - 1909 |
229-220 | 99.86150253 - 99.78191884 | 2043 - 3217 |
219-210 | 99.77499852 - 99.69159044 | 3319 - 4549 |
209- 200 | 99.68494329 - 99.57503767 | 4647 - 6269 |
199-190 | 99.56019541 - 99.40858575 | 6488 - 8724 |
189- 180 | 99.39319714 - 99.17311273 | 8951 - 12197 |
179-170 | 99.1567225 - 98.87981861 | 12439 - 16524 |
169-160 | 98.85149993 - 98.52824811 | 16942 - 21710 |
159-150 | 98.49801724 -98.09290531 | 22156 - 28132 |
149-140 | 98.07460288 - 97.54301298 | 28402 - 36243 |
139-130 | 97.4927496 - 96.87838902 | 36985 - 46047 |
129-120 | 96.80927687 - 96.0687115 | 47066 - 57991 |
119-110 | 95.983027 - 95.05625037 | 59254 - 72925 |
109-100 | 94.96737888 - 93.8020333 | 74236 - 91426 |
99-90 | 93.67910655 - 92.21882783 | 93240 - 114780 |
89-80 | 92.05811248 - 90.27631202 | 117151 - 143434 |
79-70 | 90.0448455 - 87.51810893 | 1468491 - 184121 |
69-60 | 87.33654157 - 83.89085926 | 186799- 237626 |
59-50 | 83.5119717 - 78.35114254 | 243215 - 319343 |
49-40 | 77.81927947 - 69.5797271 | 327188 - 448730 |
39-30 | 68.80219265 - 56.09102043 | 460200 - 647703 |
29-20 | 54.01037138 - 36.58463962 | 678394 935442 |
19-10 | 35.2885364 - 18.16647924 | 954561 - 1207129 |
9-0 | 17.14582299 -5.71472799 | 1222184 - 1390805 |
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The final answer key of JEE Main 202 will be released only after the challenges are settled. There is a possibility of the answer key to be revised due to the objections. Hence, the JEE Main result 2026 will be released based on the final answer key only. NTA will declare the session JEE Main 2026 results by February 12.
On Question asked by student community
A score of 32 in JEE Main generally corresponds to a percentile range of about 50 to 60, making it difficult for general category students to secure admission to NITs or IIITs, but you still have good chances in GFTIs and state colleges, especially with the Home State quota, OBC/SC/ST/EWS,
JEE Mains 2026 result for session 1 will be declared by February 12. For more details check
Below are the day-wise JEE Main session 1 questions and answers
https://engineering.careers360.com/download/ebooks/jee-main-2026-analysis-january-session
The complete analysis for JEE Main Jan 29 shift 1 exam 2026 will be updated soon at https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-2026-january-29-question-paper-with-solutions-pdf
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