NEST Answer Key 2025: Download Answer Sheet, Direct PDF Links

National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhuvaneshwar (NISER), and UM-DAE CEBS will release the NEST 2025 answer key on the official website. The answer key and the response sheet will be mailed to candidates on their registered email IDs. The answer key will have answers to all the questions asked in the NEST 2025 exam. If candidates find any mistakes or discrepancies in the answer key, they can raise objections against it within the specified day.

Candidates could compare their responses with the correct options provided in the NEST 2025 answer key. They can also use the answer key to predict their NEST 2025 scores and All-India rank. This will help them determine their chances of selection to the institute. Read the complete article to learn more about NEST 2025 answer key and the steps to download and challenge the answer key.

Latest Updates:
– Application Form will be available from April 2025 and the last date to submit the application is June 2025.
– NEST 2025 results will be announced online in July 2025 (Tentative).

NEST Answer Key 2025: Important Dates

The candidates need to keep track of NEST 2025 important events. So, before getting to NEST 2025 answer key, let us have a look at the important dates related to NEST 2025:

NEST 2025 Application Dates:

NEST Answer Keys 2025:

The NEST 2025 exam is not conducted. You can check the previous year’s 2023 answer key We have updated the download links in this section:

How To Download NEST Official Answer Key 2025?

The authorities will release NEST 2025 answer key in June 2025. Here are the steps to check and download the answer key:

• 1st Step: Go to the official website, nestexam.in.
• 2nd Step: Click on the login window.
• 3rd Step: Enter your login credentials and click the ‘Submit‘ button.
• 4th Step: Find the NEST 2025 Answer Key of the subject you are interested in and click on it.
• 5th Step: The answer key will be displayed on the screen in PDF format.
• 6th Step: Download the NEST answer key and compare your responses with the correct options provided in it.

Note: The answer key and the answer scripts are e-mailed by the authorities to the registered email ids of the candidates. Candidates could also download the answer key from the mail.

How To Challenge NEST 2025 Answer Key?

The instructions for raising queries about NEST answer keys and answer scripts, as per the official notice released by the authorities, are provided below:

• All candidates who appear for NEST 2025 will receive links to their corrected answer scripts. The correct answers to the questions will be clearly marked with a green tick.
• Each candidate will have a “Participant ID” at the top of the answer script. These IDs will be required to raise queries.
• There are four email ids for addressing candidate queries:
  • For Biology: [email protected] 
  • For Chemistry: [email protected] 
  • For Mathematics: [email protected] 
  • For Physics: [email protected]

NEST 2025 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme

The details about NEST exam patterns, like the mode of the exam, languages, duration of the exam, total marks, the total number of sections, etc., are provided in the table below:

Note: Candidates must attempt at least 3 out of the 4 sections.

How To Calculate NEST 2025 Score Using the Answer Key?

Candidates can go through the exam pattern and marking scheme of NEST 2025 provided above to estimate the NEST scores. They should compare the correct options on the answer key with the responses available in the answer scripts. Noting down the number of correct attempts and subtracting the negative marks will give the NEST score.

Note: The score calculated is just a raw score. As NEST is conducted in two sessions, to account for the variation of difficulty level in both the papers, the officials normalize the score and release the NEST percentile score to prepare the NEST merit list.

NEST 2025 Mock Tests

Candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps to attempt the NEST mock test at Embibe:

• 1st Step: Visit Embibe’s official website, i.e., embibe.com.
• 2nd Step: Login using your mobile number/email.
• 3rd Step: Select your ‘Goal’ as ‘NEST’ under Science.
• 4th Step: Click ‘Next’ and select your preferred language.
• 5th Step: Refer to the below-mentioned links to attempt mock tests.

FAQs on NEST Answer Key 2025

The following are frequently asked questions related to NEST 2025. Candidates can check them and find answers to all their doubts and queries.

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