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NEST Answer Key 2025: The NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS will soon release the NEST final answer key on the NEST website. The NISER, Bhubaneswar has closed the NEST 2025 answer key challenge window on June 26 at 2 PM. Candidates are required to raise objections before the NEST 2025 objection window is closed. The NEST answer key objection window 2025 opened on June 25. The NEST 2025 provisional answer key was released on June 23, 2025.
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Candidates who have taken the exam, can check their answer through its official website. The answer key comprises the correct options to the questions asked in the NEST exam. The expert committee at the conducting body will analyse the objections and then release the final NEST 2025 answer key. The NISER, Bhubaneswar will announce the result on July 10, 2025. For more details on NEST answer key dates, objection process, read this article.
| Particular | Link |
| NEST Question and Answer 2025 | Click Here |
Events | Dates |
NEST exam date 2025 | June 22, 2025 |
NEST answer key release | June 23, 2025 |
Objection against NEST 2025 answer key | June 25, 2025 |
| NEST objection window 2025 closes on | June 26, 2025 (2 PM) |
NEST 2025 final answer key release | July, 2025 |
Announcement of NEST result | July 10, 2025 |
Here is the step that candidates need to follow to check the NEST 2025 answer key released by the exam conducting bodies.
Step 1. Candidates can visit the official website of NEST.
Step 2. Click on the "NEST 2025 Answer Key" link.
Step 3. Enter the login credentials.
Step 4. NEST answer key 2025 will be displayed on the screen.
Step 5. Candidates can review the answer key.
The exam authority published the answer key of NEST 2025 for the convenience of the candidates. The main features of the answer key are as under:
Provides the correct solution for the NEST question paper for Set A, B, C and D
Useful in calculating the estimated scores to be obtained by the candidates
Reporting objections related to errors on the answer key (if any) and question paper
There are many important things that candidates need to check on the NEST 2025 answer key. Here we are going to make a list of these things which are important to check for the candidates. The candidates can check the details given below on the answer key of NEST displayed on the screen.
● Correct answers.
● Question paper set.
● Question number.
● Section (general, biology, chemistry, etc.).
● The revised answers will be highlighted.
Question Paper | Answer Key |
If you want to get an idea about the mark’s calculation scheme in the NEST 2025 exam, then you can check the NEST marking scheme 2025. With this information, you can understand the marks calculation policy.
1. For each correct answer 3 marks will be awarded to candidates.
2. For each incorrect answer, 1 mark will be deducted.
Once the exam conducting body releases the NEST answer key on the official website, then candidates get the choice to challenge the answer key.
If any candidate finds any answer is not correct to the question as per the NEST exam answer key, then candidates can challenge the answer key.
Candidates must send an email to NEST authorities regarding this concern. However, official emails are different for each section query.
Candidates are required to add the NEST roll number and question ID while writing an email to challenge the answer key.
There will be a particular deadline period or last date to submit an objection on NEST answer key 2025. Candidates are required to raise objections before the last date released by the official agency.
If the official agency found any objections correct after review, then the NEST 2025 final answer key will be revised and released on the official website.
The NEST exam 2025 response sheet released on June 25 at the official website. Candidates can check the response sheet to calculate the marks scored in the NEST exam 2025.
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NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS will announce the NEST 2025 result on July 10. Candidates can visit the official website of the exam conducting body to check the NEST result by using a login ID and password. Once you enter the required information, then you can download the NEST scorecard 2025.
Candidate’s name | Category Rank |
Candidate’s roll number | Qualifying Percentile |
Merit/Rank | Category of the candidate |
Percentile | Numbers of candidates qualified |
Marks obtained | Numbers of candidates appeared |
Once the NEST exam result is declared by the authority, then the NEST 2025 merit list will be released on the official website. NEST merit list is prepared according to the exam result and only those candidates' names listed in the merit list who qualified for this exam. NISER and UM-DAE CEBS both merit lists will be released separately. The minimum admissible percentile is important because candidates’ marks should be equal to or more than this score. Same as minimum admissible percentile score is important for each section as well. The seat allotment and admission process will be based on a score of candidates and seat availability.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The conducting body has released the NEST answer key 2024 on July 5, at nestexam.in.
Candidates can evaluate the scores of NEST answer key based on the NEST 2024 marking scheme, which is by adding 3 marks for every correct answer and calculating a negative marking of 1 mark for every incorrect response.
The exam authority of NEST will determine the requirements for objections on the official website at nestexam.in.
No, the exam authority will not accept the objections received through post. It will accept only through email.
No, there is no fee for filing objections on the NEST answer key.
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