Several candidates who took the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG on Monday have alleged that the answer keys released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) contain incorrect responses. The complaints surfaced a day after the NTA announced the answer keys. The NTA also stated it will conduct a retest for CUET-UG candidates from July 15 to 19 if any grievances regarding the exam conduct are found valid.

Candidates can challenge the answers online until 5 pm on July 9 by paying a fee of Rs 200 per answer.

One candidate named Rishabh, wrote on X, “Sir, I found multiple errors in CUET UG answer key and if I challenge all errors (that I think those are errors), the cost of challenging is much more than my CUET application.” Another candidate, Bishal Bhowmik, shared, “When I checked my Geography OMR sheet with the CUET(UG) answer key, I was shocked because 80% of the answer key was wrong. When I calculated my score with the wrong answer key that NTA provides, I only got 26, but in reality, I should get 122 as 17 of my answers are correct.”

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A user on X criticized the NTA, saying, “Look @NTA_Exams, you provide so many wrong answers in the key. Who is going to pay thousands of rupees for your mistake? We are not going to pay or accept evaluation on this bogus answer key.”

Congress spokesperson Ragini Nayak also highlighted the issue on X, sharing a screenshot from a Psychology paper with an incorrectly phrased question about what it is called when an accident happens on a road and many people gather at the scene.

“The answer is in NCERT book Crowd and the answer in NTA’s Answer Key is audience. Now the student answering the question is stuck in limbo,” she said.

While the NTA officials did not comment on the grievances received by the agency, the candidates claimed there was loss of time at certain exam centres and technical issues.

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“Challenges made by the candidates will be verified by a panel of subject experts. Based on the revised final answer key, the result will be declared,” a senior official said.

The delay in CUET-UG results comes amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, including NEET and NET.

The CUET-UG exam conducted in a hybrid mode for the first time across the country was cancelled in Delhi a night before the exam, citing logistical reasons. The exam was conducted in the national capital later.

The NTA had earlier announced that the third edition of CUET-UG will be completed in seven days and there will be no normalisation of scores as all exams will be conducted in a single shift.

For 15 subjects, the tests were in pen-paper mode and for the other 48 subjects, the exam was held in computer-based mode.

Over 13.4 lakh candidates registered for the common entrance test for admission to undergraduate courses in 261 central, state, deemed and private universities this year.

In the first edition of the exam in 2022, the test was plagued by technical glitches. Also, as a result of tests for a subject being conducted over multiple shifts, the scores had to be normalised during the announcement of results.

(With inputs from PTI)