NEET 2026 provisional answer key released, challenge round to be notified soon
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has uploaded the Provisional Answer Keys for the National Eligibility and Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET 2026) exam on its official website.
The exam was held on May 3, 2026, across centres in India and abroad.
According to the official notice issued by the NTA in this regard, the provisional answer keys for all question paper series have been made available on the NTA-NEET website, allowing candidates to review their responses and estimate their probable scores.
The agency has informed that candidates will be allowed to challenge the provisional answer keys after the scanned OMR answer sheets are uploaded on the website. The detailed schedule regarding the uploading of OMR sheets and the answer key challenge window will be notified separately.
NEET UG 2026 was conducted on May 3rd 2026 in pen-and-paper mode for admission to undergraduate medical courses, including MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, and related programmes. Over 22.7 lakh aspirants appeared for the national-level entrance examination this year.
The release of the provisional answer keys marks the beginning of the post-examination evaluation process, allowing candidates to raise objections before the final answer key and results are declared.
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Medical Dialogues had recently reported on the expected cut-off scores that will help candidates determine eligibility for admission into MBBS programmes across government medical colleges.
EXPECTED NEET CUT-OFF 2026 FOR MBBS GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
Based on Round 1 of the previous year's MCC NEET Counselling 2025, the expected NEET cutoff for admission to government MBBS colleges is presented in the table below-
S.NO | MEDICAL COLLEGES | OPENING RANK | CLOSING RANK |
1 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. | 1 | 48 |
2 | Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. | 54 | 103 |
3 | Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. | 49 | 132 |
4 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi. | 145 | 215 |
5 | Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry. | 50 | 258 |
6 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur. | 55 | 392 |
7 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal. | 148 | 531 |
8 | University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi. | 217 | 559 |
9 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh. | 230 | 685 |
10 | Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh. | 98 | 690 |
11 | Madras Medical College, Chennai. | 260 | 695 |
12 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar. | 60 | 706 |
13 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur. | 136 | 862 |
14 | Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai. | 96 | 868 |
15 | B J Medical College, Ahmedabad. | 229 | 889 |
16 | Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi. | 278 | 1128 |
17 | Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. | 235 | 1165 |
18 | Government Medical College, Kozhikode. | 309 | 1173 |
19 | Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur. | 331 | 1174 |
20 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur. | 710 | 1235 |
21 | Stanley Medical College, Chennai. | 709 | 1258 |
22 | Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore. | 398 | 1338 |
23 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri. | 286 | 1357 |
24 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna. | 702 | 1537 |
25 | King George's Medical University, Lucknow. | 188 | 1628 |
26 | Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. | 213 | 1695 |
27 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda. | 653 | 1733 |
28 | North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College, New Delhi. | 541 | 1744 |
29 | Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai. | 1084 | 1758 |
30 | Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi. | 505 | 1772 |
31 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. | 514 | 1782 |
Also Read: NEET 2026: Check out expected MBBS cutoffs for top govt medical colleges
