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What Does Drop Question Mean in JEE Mains?- NTA has released the final JEE Main 2026 Answer Key today, February 16, 2026. The final JEE Main answer key pdf is available on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. As per the final answer key, the authority has dropped 9 questions for Indian exam centres and 9 for international exam centres. JEE Main dropped questions indicate that aspirants will be awarded a bonus of +4 for each question who has appear for that particular shift. Full marks will be awarded to students who have attempted or not attempted the dropped question. Candidates can check the JEE Main 2026 final answer key PDF file and cross-verify their answer and find out the actual marks they have secured before the release of JEE Main 2026 session 1 result today, February 16, 2026. Check the JEE Main 2026 percentile calculator to estimate their performance in the exam.
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The NTA JEE Main 2026 exam cities have been increased to 323 this year. Students can find the complete list of examination cities on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.
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Due to human error or technical error, 9+9 questions from the JEE Main 2026 session 1 B.E. / B.Tech questions have been dropped. However, candidates must not worry, since they will be given 4+ marks for each question irrespective of the fact whether the dropped question has been attempted or not attempted. Candidates cross-check the final answer key pdf to see if they have attempted any question from the 9+9 dropped questions. They can also check the JEE Main 2026 Rank Predictor to analyse their final result.
As per the final JEE Main answer key released today, a total of 9 questions were dropped for exam centres inside India. And 9 questions were dropped for the exam centres outside India. Candidates check the exact number of numbers questins and their IDs below.
Find below the dropped question IDs shift-wise and subject-wise in the JEE Main final answer key for the centres in India.
Date and Shift | Subjects Name | Dropped Questions ID |
January 22 - Shift 1 | Physics | 444792191 |
January 22 - Shift 2 | Maths | 860654995 |
Physics | 8606541010 8606541017 | |
January 23 - Shift 1 | Physics | 8606541395 |
January 23 - Shift 2 | Physics | 444792476 444792479 |
January 24 - Shift 2 | Physics | 444792647 |
January 28 - Shift 1 | Maths | 444792698 |
Find below the dropped question IDs shift-wise and subject-wise in the JEE final answer key for the centres outside India.
Date and Shift | Subjects Name | Dropped Questions ID |
January 22 - Shift 1 | Physics | 44479294 |
January 22 - Shift 1 | Maths | 8606541895 |
January 22 - Shift 2 | Physics | 8606541910 8606541917 |
January 23 - Shift 1 | Physics | 8606541995 |
January 23 - Shift 2 | Physics | 4447921151 4447921154 |
January 24 - Shift 1 | Physics | 4447921322 |
January 28 - Shift 1 | Maths | 4447921829 |
Candidates can calculate their marks score using the JEE Main answer key and response sheet before the release of the JEE Main 2026 result. Follow the instructions below to calculate the final score for session 1 of the JEE Main exam 2026.
First, take the answer key and response sheet.
Add 4 marks to each correct answer.
Deduct -1 mark for every incorrect answer.
Give 0 marks for each unanswered question or unattempted one.
Add 4 marks to the dropped question.
Finally, add all the scores and the raw score of the candidate.
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Now, candidates can determine their expected percentile and rank with the previous years' JEE Mains marks vs percentile data based on their raw score.
Also, check how to calculate your JEE Main rank using your percentile scores
Candidates can check the previous years' marks vs percentile trends to calculate their probable JEE Main score along with the JEE Main final answer key 2026.
Percentile | 22nd Jan Shift 1 | 22nd Jan Shift 2 | 23rd Jan Shift 1 | 23rd Jan Shift 2 | 24th Jan Shift 1 | 24th Jan Shift 2 | 28th Jan Shift 1 | 28th Jan Shift 2 | 29th Jan Shift 1 | 29th Jan Shift 2 |
99.50+ | 200 | 190 | 193 | 200 | 198 | 185 | 184 | 186 | 196 | 189 |
99.00 - 99.49 | 190 | 175 | 177 | 185 | 183 | 168 | 165 | 170 | 180 | 173 |
98.00 - 98.99 | 172 | 154 | 158 | 165 | 162 | 149 | 145 | 150 | 160 | 153 |
97.00 - 97.99 | 155 | 138 | 142 | 148 | 145 | 132 | 128 | 133 | 144 | 136 |
96.00 - 96.99 | 142 | 125 | 128 | 133 | 131 | 118 | 115 | 120 | 130 | 121 |
95.00 - 95.99 | 132 | 114 | 117 | 120 | 119 | 107 | 103 | 110 | 118 | 111 |
94.00 - 94.99 | 124 | 105 | 107 | 110 | 109 | 100 | 95 | 101 | 108 | 102 |
93.00 - 93.99 | 115 | 98 | 99 | 102 | 102 | 95 | 91 | 95 | 100 | 97 |
92.00 - 92.99 | 108 | 93 | 93 | 96 | 96 | 88 | 86 | 90 | 95 | 92 |
91.00 - 91.99 | 103 | 88 | 89 | 92 | 93 | 85 | 82 | 86 | 91 | 89 |
90.00 - 90.99 | 99 | 85 | 86 | 90 | 89 | 80 | 77 | 82 | 88 | 85 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A drop question in JEE Main means the question has been removed from the exam shift due to technical errors. A full bonus mark of 4 is awarded to the dropped question to all the students who have attended the shift.
Yes, a full bonus mark of 4 is awarded to the dropped question to all the students who has attended the shift.
NTA has dropped 9 questions for both domestic and international exam centres across the shifts in the JEE Main 2026.
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