May 2, the last date to raise objection on JEE answer key: CBSE

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has given deadline of May 2 to Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) takers this year to send their objection on the answer key released recently against the questions asked in the examination.

The board has released the answer sheets of new pattern of JEE examination, which was held for the first time on April 7. The candidates can highlight the discrepancy in the answer sheet displayed on the board website and send it to board office.

"The candidates who appeared for this examination are allowed to challenge the recorded responses if these differ from the one they had marked on the OMR sheet," stated the official circular of the board.

This year, the Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD) replaced all engineering entrance examination by a single JEE. A change in the selection process for IITs, NITs and other centrally funded institutes has come into action this year.