The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that the NEET (UG) 2026 examination held on May 3 has been cancelled. After the permission of the Central Government, it has been decided to cancel this examination and conduct the examination afresh. Earlier, questions were raised about the exam as about 130 out of 410 questions came from a guess paper. The candidates had raised the demand that this examination should be cancelled. The Central Government has also ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate this matter. NTA has also said that those whose exams are to be re-conducted will be given a refund of their fees.
The main reason for the cancellation of this examination is that the questions from the paper which appeared in the examination held on 3rd May were going viral since 1st May. There have been allegations of selling it for Rs 20 thousand to Rs 2 lakh. The surprising thing was that when the paper came in front of the students on 3rd May, 140 marks were exactly the same as those in that guess paper. Even the order of many questions was exactly as it appeared in the paper.
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What did NTA tell?
The official statement issued by NTA said that after investigation by the central agencies and NTA, it has been decided that the examination held on May 3 will be canceled and the examination will be conducted again. According to NTA, the new date of examination and date of release of admit card will be announced soon. Not only this, it has also been said that the investigation of this case is now being handed over to CBI and CBI will be given full assistance in this investigation.
NTA says that this decision has been taken keeping in mind the interests of the students. It has also been made clear that the students whose exams are to be held again will not need to re-register and will not have to pay the exam fees again. Students who have already paid fees will be refunded.
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There was an uproar since the exam
It is alleged that in the guess paper that went viral, 90 questions from Biology and 35 from Chemistry were the same questions which appeared in the real paper. Its investigation was started by the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police but now it has been handed over to CBI. SOG has so far arrested more than 45 people and raids have also been conducted in many states. There are allegations that questions have been leaked during the printing of the paper.
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