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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