The AIAPGET 2026 answer key challenge window closes today, September 5, at 11:59 PM. Candidates who want to dispute a provisional answer must complete the prescribed online challenge process and payment before the cutoff. NTA has set a non-refundable processing fee of ₹200 per question challenged.
AIAPGET 2026 answer key challenge: what must be completed today?
The current reader problem is not simply whether the provisional answer key has been released. Candidates who disagree with an answer need to know whether their objection has been completed correctly before the deadline expires.
NTA’s published procedure allows candidates to inspect their question paper and recorded responses, identify the answer they want to challenge and submit an objection through the official candidate activity. The challenge fee is charged separately for each question challenged.
Candidates can access the official AIAPGET candidate activity through the NTA AIAPGET answer-key challenge page.
1. Check the Question ID before selecting an answer
This is one of the most important parts of the process. NTA’s published challenge procedure indicates that Question IDs in the answer-key list are not necessarily presented in a simple sequential order. A candidate should therefore open the question paper or recorded response and identify the exact Question ID before making the challenge.
Do not rely only on the visible order in which questions appear. Match the disputed Question ID with the corresponding answer-key entry and then select the Option ID that represents the answer you believe should be treated as correct.
2. Understand what the ₹200 fee applies to
The AIAPGET 2026 answer key challenge carries a ₹200 non-refundable processing fee for each question challenged. It is not a single ₹200 fee covering an unlimited number of objections.
For example, a candidate challenging one question would face one ₹200 processing charge. Challenging more than one question increases the payable amount according to the number of questions selected.
The fee is for processing the challenge. Paying it does not mean NTA has accepted the candidate’s proposed answer as correct.
3. Add supporting evidence where it helps the challenge
The published procedure permits candidates to upload supporting material for their objection. Where evidence is being submitted, the documents should be prepared in the format prescribed by NTA; the reviewed 2026 procedure calls for the supporting material to be combined into one PDF.
The evidence should relate directly to the disputed answer. The article does not establish a universal rule that every challenge will succeed merely because supporting material is attached.
4. Review every selected claim before final submission
Before paying, review the challenged Question IDs, selected Option IDs and any uploaded evidence carefully. The published process allows claims to be reviewed or modified before the final submission stage.
This review matters because the answer-key challenge is a formal objection to a specific provisional answer. A mistake in the Question ID can cause the candidate to challenge a different item from the one they intended.
Check the question paper and locate the disputed Question ID.
Find the same ID in the answer-key challenge list rather than assuming sequential order.
Choose the Option ID you believe should be treated as correct.
Combine supporting material into one PDF where evidence is being submitted.
Recheck Question IDs, selected answers and uploaded material before proceeding.
Pay ₹200 for each challenged question through the prescribed payment route before the deadline.
5. Payment is part of completing the challenge
The published 2026 procedure lists debit card, credit card and net banking as payment methods. The challenge is treated as finally saved only after successful payment through the prescribed process.
That distinction is important on the final day. A candidate should not assume that merely selecting questions or reaching the payment page means the objection has been completed.
6. What if payment fails or the portal does not complete the submission?
The reviewed NTA material establishes the normal challenge route and the hard cutoff, but it does not establish a universal post-deadline remedy for every payment failure, technical error or incomplete submission.
No fresh extension of the September 5 challenge deadline was identified in the official material reviewed for this article. Any later reopening or extension should be treated as available only when NTA confirms it through an official notice or re-enables the facility.
7. What happens after an AIAPGET answer-key challenge?
Submitted challenges are examined by subject experts. If a challenge is found correct, NTA can revise the answer key and apply the correction appropriately. Result preparation then uses the final answer key.
Payment of the challenge fee does not decide the outcome. It submits the objection for consideration. NTA’s published rules also state that candidates are not individually informed whether their challenge has been accepted or rejected.
Is the old AIAPGET correction window relevant to this challenge?
No. The answer-key challenge is a separate examination-stage process. The earlier AIAPGET application-correction facility closed in August and dealt with application particulars rather than objections to provisional answers.
Candidates looking for the earlier application-editing rules can read the TPS explainer on the AIAPGET 2026 correction window.
What should candidates check before 11:59 PM?
- Confirm that the disputed question matches the exact Question ID in your recorded question paper.
- Check the Option ID selected as your proposed correct answer.
- Attach supporting evidence where appropriate and prepare it in the prescribed format.
- Review all selected claims before final submission.
- Confirm the number of challenged questions and the total fee payable.
- Complete the prescribed payment before the published deadline.
- Save confirmation and payment evidence after submission.
Verification and unresolved points
CONFIRMED: the AIAPGET 2026 provisional answer-key challenge and payment window closes on September 5 at 11:59 PM under the published NTA schedule.
CONFIRMED: the processing fee is ₹200 per challenged question and is described as non-refundable.
CONFIRMED: candidates should carefully match Question IDs, may upload supporting material through the prescribed process, and must complete payment for final submission.
CONFIRMED: subject experts decide challenges, the final answer key is used for result preparation, and individual challenge acceptance or rejection is not separately communicated to candidates.
UNRESOLVED: no exact final-answer-key date or AIAPGET 2026 result date was established from the reviewed evidence, and no universal post-deadline remedy for an incomplete payment or portal failure was identified.