Those who took the pen and paper mode of JEE Mains 2016 are more confused than they ever have been. All thanks to the recently uploaded OMR sheets and answer keys of all the four sets of JEE Mains question paper. The errors in the question papers have added to their woes. Most of the students are planning to challenge the answers, but this comes at a price. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) authorities will charge Rs 1,000 for each answer that a student will challenge. If the student’s answer is correct, then he gets his money back and if the answer released by JEE Office of CBSE is right, then no refund. CBSE will release the final answer key on April 27, 2016.
PaGaLGuY spoke to aspirants to know their take on the issue.
Arham Jain, an engineering aspirant from Kota, said, “I am challenging question numbers 17, 57, 79, 81 in Set G of the question paper. I went through many answer keys, and everyone has a different answer. It has created a lot of confusion. I will be challenging only those of which I am confident of.”
Another aspirant, Anurag from Mumbai said that his teachers have advised him to wait for the official response from CBSE.
On the other hand, Prof. R.L. Trikha, Director, FIITJEE, said that students should get bonus marks. “We feel, question number 17 in Set F had two answers. If a student has marked either, they should be given marks. After going through questions challenged by students, CBSE will announce the final answer key on April 27, 2016.” He added, “CBSE is the final authority for this exam. Whatever changes they make has to be accepted by the students. Students should wait for the final answer key to be released.”
The final answer key is released along with the result by April 27, 2016.