NEST 2024 cut-off announced; check passing marks and FAQs here

NEST 2024 cut-off update: The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar has released the National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) 2024 cut-off. Candidates, who have appeared for the exam, can now access the NEST 2024 cut -off available on the official website (nestexam.in). However, the NEST 2024 counselling dates are yet to be announced.

While the NEST 2024 examination was conducted on June 30 in online mode, the result was declared on July 12 and the NEST 2024 answer key was out on July 5. Candidates, not satisfied with the answer key, were allowed to submit objections by emailing the relevant NEST authorities before 11 am on July 7.
 
NEST 2024: 2 questions dropped

It should be mentioned that based on the objections submitted regarding the NEST 2024 provisional answer key, exam officials have removed two questions from the NEST 2024 question paper. While one question from Biology (Question ID 733898484, shift 1) was ambiguous with multiple correct answers, another question from Physics (Question ID 733898466, shift 2) had no correct answer among the options. Apart from this, the subject-total marks obtained by students in Biology (shift 1) and Physics (shift 2) have been scaled so that the total marks are adjusted to 180.
 
Factors determing the NEST cut-off

Factors determing the NEST cut-off are number of applicants, difficulty level of the exam, previous year cut-offs, number of available seats, performance and reservation policies.

NEST 2024 Cut-off: Section-wise Minimum Admissible Score (SMAS)

Subject: Biology
General: 
General-EWS: 
Shift I  - 9.2947
Shift II- 8.054
OBC-NCL: 
Shift I - 8.3652
Shift II- 7.2486
SC, ST, Divyangjan, JK: 
Shift I - 4.6473
Shift II- 4.027


Subject: Chemistry
General: 
General-EWS:
Shift I - 8.198
Shift II- 8.504
OBC-NCL: 
Shift I - 7.3782
Shift II- 7.6536
SC, ST, Divyangjan, JK: 
Shift I - 4.099
Shift II- 4.252


Subject: Mathematics
General:
General-EWS:
Shift I - 6.358
Shift II- 6.824
OBC-NCL: 
Shift I - 5.7222
Shift II - 6.1416
SC, ST, Divyangjan, JK: 
Shift I - 3.179
Shift II- 3.412


Subject: Physics
General: 
General-EWS:
Shift I - 5.534
Shift II- 6.1010
OBC-NCL: 
Shift I - 4.9806
Shift II- 5.4909
SC, ST, Divyangjan, JK: 
Shift I - 2.767
Shift II- 3.0505