CUET UG 2024: Various Candidates Alleged Errors in Released Answer Key, NTA to Address Grievances

CUET UG 2024: The National Testing Agency (NTA) issued the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG) 2024 provisional answer key on July 7, 2024. The candidates who attended the CUET UG 2024 examination, have reported significant discrepancies and errors in the CUET UG 2024 answer key on various social media platforms. Candidates are allowed to challenge the CUET UG 2024 provisional answer key till today, July 9 upto 5 pm. To challenge each question, candidates will need to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs 200 per challenge. Several candidates who attended the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG) 2024 have alleged the provisional answer key released by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Candidates have argued that the CUET UG 2024 provisional answer key contains incorrect responses. These claims were raised after one day of the CUET UG 2024 provisional answer key release.

The NTA will address grievances and if found to be valid, then the NTA will conduct the re-examination for all the candidates of CUET UG 2024 from July 15 to 19, 2024. The Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG) 2024 was organised on May 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24 and 29, 2024. The examination was conducted in a hybrid format means both online (Computer Based Test Mode) and offline (Pen and Paper). This year, the CUET exam in Delhi was cancelled just one night before the exam due to logistical reasons and was later conducted.

This year, 2024, approximately 13.4 lakh candidates registered for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG) 2024 to get admission into the undergraduate courses in a total of 261 institutions.

A candidate, Rishabh, wrote on X “Sir I found multiple errors in the cuet ug answer key and know if I challenge all errors (that I think those are errors ) the cost of challenging is much more than my CUET application,”

Bishal, a candidate, wrote on X, “When I checked my GEOGRAPHY OMR sheet with the CUET(UG) answer key. I am shocked because 80% of the answer key was wrong. When I calculated the number with the wrong answer key that NTA provides, I only got 26 but in reality, I will get 122. Where my 17 questions are correct,”

When I checked my GEOGRAPHY OMR sheet with the CUET(UG) answer key. I am shocked Because 80% of the answer key was wrong. When I calculated the number with the wrong answer key that NTA provides,I only got 26 but in reality I will get 122 . Where my 17 questions are correct. pic.twitter.com/nVyXZGv8ZU

— Bishal Bhowmik (@BishalB73540991) July 7, 2024

One another candidate, Karishma wrote on the same platform, “Just checked my CUET UG 2024 Answer Key for Mass media. A question to NTA do you make your answer keys while sleeping? The entire mass media answer key except for a few questions is wrong. What are you doing?”

Just checked my CUET UG 2024 Answer Key for Mass media. A question to NTA do you make your answer keys while sleeping? The entire mass media answer key except for few questions is wrong. What are you doing? #cuetug2024#nta

— KK💖🌈🥂 (@kkarishmagrawal) July 7, 2024

Congress spoke person, Ragini Nayak said on Twitter, and shared a screenshot of a Psychology paper that posed the question; “What is it called when an accident happens on a road and many people gather at a place?” She noted, “The correct answer according to the NCERT book is ‘crowd,’ but the NTA’s answer key lists it as ‘audience.’ This discrepancy leaves students in a difficult situation.”

NTA ने अभ्यार्थियों का भविष्य नष्ट करने का बीड़ा उठा लिया है
और मोदी सरकार चादर तान सो रही है

अब CUET में धांधली देखिए

सवाल-जैसे ही सड़क पर दुर्घटना हुई, उस जगह बहुत लोग इकट्ठे हो गए

ये किसका उदाहरण है?

NCERT की किताब में जवाब है Crowd
NTA की Answer Key में जवाब है Audience… pic.twitter.com/mniFaLW2YV

— Dr. Ragini Nayak (@NayakRagini) July 7, 2024

NTA has said that “Challenges made by the candidates will be verified by a panel of subject experts. If the challenge of any candidate is found correct, the Answer Key will be revised and applied in the response of all the candidates accordingly. Based on the revised Final Answer Key, the result will be prepared and declared. No individual candidate will be informed about the acceptance/non-acceptance of his/her challenge,”