UGC NET 2025 candidates, your time is here! National Testing Agency (NTA) has now opened the answer key challenge window the last chance you have to contest the answers provided in the initial. Now is when you should take action, in case you have anxiously scanned your response sheet. There are only 1 year, 9 monthes and 15 days (11:50 PM IST) to June 15, 2025.
Just think: You are going over Question 47, you know that the answer you gave was right, yet, the key says it is wrong. So that sinking feeling? It is shared by thousands of aspirants right now. These 3 days do not represent only bureaucracy and red tape that you should go through before receiving your deserved marks and certificates; it is your opportunity to defend each mark you have earned.
A Step-by-Step guide to challenging UGC NET 2025 Answer Key
Archive Critical Deadlines Missing Which You CAN’T Miss
Activity Date
Windside June 13, 2025
Deadline to Object June 15, 2025 (11.50 PM)
Final Answer Key Late June 2025 (Expected)
Declaration Result 2025 Week 20 th July
Fee Reality Check:
There were 200 per question as a challenge of 200
Non-refundable except in case of objection held
Methods of payment: Credit/Debit/UPI/Net Banking
Why This Is More Important than You Can Imagine
Lesson of 2024: in 2023, corrections on challenged questions are applied as 11.04% of all challenged questions were corrected – 3,700+ results are changed.
Silent Impact: And anything more than zero marks will get you past cutoff (Commerce cutoff: 64.75%!).
emotional cost: I did not challenge Q82 last year… I missed the eligibility by 0.5 marks. Priya T. retake candidate
Red Candidates Alerts
No corrections after the deadline Jun 15 HARD deadline and no exceptions.
Vague Documents: The winners are written hardcopies. Append publicly-published sources!
Do Not enter Fake Portals: The official portal is currently ugcnet.nta.ac.in
Bigger Picture
It is not the part where you will suffer when you cannot decide on the answers to some questions.
This key determinant defines what you achieve but not what you are resilient in. Yesterday was the failure, certified by the (failed) candidate the same year, but today he is at the top.” Anil Kumar, Dr., NET Coordinator
What’s Next?
Result → Final answer key → Interviews to JRF/Assistant professor position
Pro Tip: Prepare to undergo interviews NOW- 40 percent of them pass but fail at this point.
✨Final Words
We love you, the tired academic staring at answer codes all night. Be wary of the challenge, be fervent with the hope and forget, this is one encounter in your war against school.
Official Website: UGC NET 2025 Login
UGC official portal: Visit ugcnet.nta.ac.in
Login: I am using application number/DOB (No password required!)
In candidate activity you can find Challenge Answer Key:
Rs 200 Per Question: Choose any disputed question -> Pay fee online
Upload Proof: Add PDF/docs of your objection e.g. NCERT page screenshot)
Heart-to-Heart: That good hurts to pay 200, doesn t it. And in case you are really sure, like it was in a textbook, it may fetch 2 additional marks. That is the distinction between Congratulations and Try again.” Retired professor Sharma, 5 time NET evaluator
