Another miss-happening with NTA- The NTA had to drop a record 12 JEE-Main questions from the final answer key due to errors. This is the highest in recent history and it raises serious concerns about the National Testing Agency’s ability to conduct a fair and transparent exam of such a large scale.
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The total number of questions from 90 to 75 but the error rate surged to 1.6%, far exceeding historical 0.6% threshold. Adding to the concern is NTA’s lack of transparency, with inconsistencies in its claims about the number of dropped questions
Out-of-syllabus questions erode NTA credibility further
An examination of past answer keys contradicts NTA’s claims, revealing multiple instances of error-free papers in previous years. Before 2025, the highest number of dropped questions was six in Session 1 of 2024 and four in Session 2.
NTA claimed that six questions were dropped in Session 1 of 2023, 2024 and 2025, but the official answer key for 2025 lists 12 dropped questions. TOI’s analysis found five questions were dropped in Session 1 of 2023, while 2022’s Session 1 and 2 had four and six dropped questions, respectively. No questions were dropped in the Feb and March 2021 exams. Despite this, the agency defended itself, stating, “This year’s record-low challenge rate and minimal errors reaffirm NTA’s commitment to ensuring a fair, transparent, and error-free examination process for engineering aspirants nationwide.
Despite assurances of a well-structured exam, students encountered multiple out-of-syllabus topics.
“For example, the Carnot Cycle, removed from the syllabus years ago, appeared unexpectedly in the paper. Likewise, Newton’s Law of Cooling, omitted for the past two years, suddenly had 22 related questions. This misalignment between the syllabus and the actual exam content further added to students’ distress,”
. Physics questions also contained errors, while translation inconsistencies and marking mistakes persisted.
Both the educators and students expressed frustration, stating, “In a such a prestigious exam like JEE, where future of the students are at stake, such mistabke is unacceptable.” Errors led to confusion, such as a logic gate question from the 22nd Shift 2 paper being dropped after being deemed invalid.
Result of this error was that students lost their valuable time on incorrectly asked question. Even students said they spent 10 to 15 minutes in solving them
The problem for NTA started last year when NEET UG and UGC NET episode took place. NEET UG was reconducted in some centre and UGC NET June 2024 had be cancelled and dates were rescheduled.
Though NTA took all the security measure that paper leak incident does not happen as it coordinated with state local functionaries.
Some inputs taken from TOI
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