JEE Main Session 2 Final Answer Key 2026 - The National Testing Agency has published the JEE Mains session 2 paper 2 final answer key on May 4, 2026. Candidates can now download the JEE Main session 2 final answer key 2026 on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The final JEE Main answer key 2026 is released after thorough consideration of all the challenges. Candidates can also know how to calculate JEE Main marks from the answer key online. Using the expected score, they can take help of the JEE Main college predictor tool to understand the chances of admission. The JEE Mains result 2026 for session 2 paper 2 will be declared in May 2026.
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The NTA has uploaded the session 2 JEE Mains 2026 final answer key for papers 1 and 2 separately. The JEE Mains final session 2 answer key 2026 are available in PDF format. Candidates can check the JEE Main 2026 session 2 paper 2 final answer key release date in the table below.
| Events | Dates |
|---|---|
JEE Main exam 2026 date | April 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 provisional answer key session 2 | Paper 1- April 11, 2026, Paper 1- April 12, 2026 (revised answer key) Paper 2- May 25, 2026 |
NTA JEE Main answer key challenge date | Paper 1- April 11 to 13, 2026 Paper 2- April 25 to 27, 2026 |
Final JEE Main session 2 answer key release date | Paper 1- April 20, 2026 Paper 2- May 4, 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 session 2 result date | Paper 1- By April 20, 2026 Paper 2- May 2026 |
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The exam conducting authority has released the JEE Main 2026 final session 2 paper 2 answer key in PDF format. There is no login required to get the JEE Main final answer key. Students can get the final answer key JEE Mains 2026 in a few simple steps as given below.
Go to the official website of JEE Main: jeemain.nta.nic.in 2026.
Click on the tab for ‘JEE Main Session 2 Final Answer Key’ under the Public Notices section.
The final JEE Mains 2026 answer key appears on the screen.
Download the JEE Mains official answer key 2026 PDF.
The process to calculate the marks using the JEE Main answer key 2026 for session 2 is very simple. As per the JEE Main exam pattern, there will be a negative marking for each incorrect answer. Hence, keeping in mind the marking scheme on the exam, candidates can calculate the marks using the JEE Main answer key.
Formula- Probable Score = (No. of correct answers x 4) - (No. of incorrect answers)
Type of Response | Marking Scheme |
Correct response | Four marks awarded |
Incorrect response | One mark deducted |
No answer | No marks |
Partial answer | No marks |
Marked for review | No Marks |
NTA follows the normalisation process to calculate the JEE Main percentile. The process is employed to promote equality since the shift wise difficulty varies a lot. TO calculate the scores from JEE Main answer key, they must use the given formula.

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With an SC rank of 40,604, you have no chance of securing admission into top-tier institutes like NIT Surathkal, NIT Calicut, or IIT Calicut. However, you have excellent chances of admission to IIITDM Kancheepuram and NIT Dharwad for core branches.
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Hello Dear Student,
With an OBC-NCL category rank of 16,007 in JEE Main, you have a good chance of securing admission to several IIITs, NITs, and GFTIs through JoSAA and CSAB counselling.
Based on previous years' cutoff trends, some institutes where you may have admission opportunities include:
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With
47.66 percentile in JEE Main
, if you are from the
General category
, getting CSE/AI-ML in NITs, IIITs, or top government colleges is extremely unlikely. Your best options are private universities and some state-level colleges through counseling. At this percentile, your rank is likely above
Hello Dear Student,
if you're a female candidate from Haryana with around 86 percentile in JEE Main .
Hello Dear Student,
Yes, with an SC category rank of 31,370, you have a very strong chance of getting admission to IIITDM Kancheepuram. While highly demanding branches like Computer Science and Engineering may close earlier (around 3,400 - 92,000 depending on the round), your rank is highly competitive for other
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