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NEST Exam Date 2025: Application Form Dates, Admit Card Release
November 29, 2024National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhuvaneshwar (NISER), and UM-DAE CEBS released the NEST 2023 answer key on June 26, 2023. The answer key and the response sheet will be mailed to candidates on their registered email IDs. The answer key will have answers to all the questions asked in NEST 2023 exam. If candidates find any mistakes or discrepancies in the answer key, they can raise objections against it within the specified day.
Candidates could compare their responses with the correct options provided in the NEST 2023 answer key. They can also use the answer key to predict their NEST 2023 scores and All-India rank. This will help them determine their chances of selection to the institute. Read the complete article to learn more about NEST 2023 answer key and the steps to download and challenge the answer key.
Latest Updates:
– The NEST answer key has been issued on June 26, 2023. We have added direct PDF download links below for all subjects, shift wise.
– NEST 2023 results will be announced online on July 10, 2023.
The candidates need to keep track of NEST 2023 important events. So, before getting to NEST 2023 answer key, let us have a look at the important dates related to NEST 2023:
Events | Dates 2023 |
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NEST Exam Date | June 24, 2023 |
Release of Provisional Answer Key | June 26, 2023 (Released) |
Last Date to Challenge NEST Answer Key | June 28 to 30, 2023 |
Release of NEST 2023 Result | July 10, 2023 |
The exam was conducted on June 24, 2023, and the authorities released the answer key on June 26, 2026. We have updated the download links in this section:
The authorities will release NEST 2023 answer key in June 2023. Here are the steps to check and download the answer key:
Note: The answer key and the answer scripts are e-mailed by the authorities to the registered email ids of the candidates. Candidates could also download the answer key from the mail.
The instructions for raising queries about NEST answer keys and answer scripts, as per the official notice released by the authorities, are provided below:
The details about NEST exam patterns, like the mode of the exam, languages, duration of the exam, total marks, the total number of sections, etc., are provided in the table below:
Particulars | Details |
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Exam duration | 3.5 Hours |
Type of questions | Multiple Type Questions |
No. of sections | 4 |
Total marks | 150 |
Marking scheme | 1 Mark Is Awarded for Every Correct Answer, and 1/4 Mark Is Deducted for Every Incorrect Response |
Sections | Number of MCQs |
Biology | 50 (Single or Multiple Correct Answers) |
Chemistry | 50 (Single or Multiple Correct Answers) |
Physics | 50 (Single or Multiple Correct Answers) |
Mathematics | 50 (Single or Multiple Correct Answers) |
Note: Candidates must attempt at least 3 out of the 4 sections.
Candidates can go through the exam pattern and marking scheme of NEST 2023 provided above to estimate the NEST scores. They should compare the correct options on the answer key with the responses available in the answer scripts. Noting down the number of correct attempts and subtracting the negative marks will give the NEST score.
Note: The score calculated is just a raw score. As NEST is conducted in two sessions, to account for the variation of difficulty level in both the papers, the officials normalize the score and release the NEST percentile score to prepare the NEST merit list.
Candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps to attempt the NEST mock test at Embibe:
NEST 2024 Mock Tests | |
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NEST Full Test – 1 | NEST Full Test – 2 |
NEST Full Test – 3 | NEST Full Test – 4 |
NEST Full Test – 5 | NEST Full Test – 6 |
The following are frequently asked questions related to NEST 2023. Candidates can check them and find answers to all their doubts and queries.
Ans: The NEST answer key was released by NISER on June 26, 2023.
Ans: Candidates can download the PDFs of NEST answer keys 2023 from the page above or the official site.
Ans: The last date to raise objections against NEST answer key 2023 is June 28 to 30, 2023.
Ans: ¼ mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer; however, there is no negative marking for unattempted questions.
Ans: Candidates can check their answers separately from each section and calculate based on the NEST marking scheme 2023.
Also, check:
NEST Mock Test | NEST Exam Date |
NEST Important Topics | NEST Important Chapters |
NEST Eligibility Criteria | NEST Application Form |
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