The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the release of answer keys for the ICAR 2020 exams. Students will be given the opportunity to challenge the answer key.

On October 29, 2020, NTA published the questions and provisional answer keys in respect of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Exam (ICAR). The exam was conducted in the month of September and the results were announced recently.

NTA has introduced the facility to challenge the answer key. The candidates will be able to Challenge OMR Answer Sheets and Recorded Responses for which they will be required to pay an amount via Net Banking/Debit Card or Credit Card for each question challenge. 

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No grievances with regard to answer keys will be entertained after the result has been declared. No personal communication will be sent to the students who have challenged the provisional answer keys. The students will be required to submit their challenges till October 30, 2020 till 1200 hours.

As per the facility, the amount will be refunded if the answer challenged is considered as correct. The challenges can only be posted online and not via post or emails.

Procedure for Challenging Answer Key

Candidates can follow the below easy steps to challenge the answer key:

  1. Visit the official website of ICAR 2020 Exam https://icar.nta.nic.in
  2. Log in with the Application number and password
  3. Select the OMR Challenge and the question you wish to challenge
  4. After selecting the question, choose to candidate’s claim column and click on submit
  5. The portal will take you the payment page
  6. Pay the amount for each question and download the OMR Challenge receipt

The expert committee will decide if the challenge is correct and will process the refund of the same amount.

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