The RRB JE Answer Key will be released online on the official website of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) after the exam is conducted. Candidates who appeared for the RRB JE exam can refer to the answer key to verify their responses and calculate their estimated scores in the exam. The direct link, steps do download, objection process, and other details of the RRB JE Answer Key are given in this article.

• The board releases a provisional and a final answer key. 
• Candidates can submit objections only against the provisional answer key.

How to Download RRB JE Answer Key 2024?

The RRB answer key is released on the official website. The steps to download the same are as follows:.

Step 1: Visit the official website of RRB. 

Step 2: The candidate has to select his respective region (for eg: Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata etc) to which he belongs.

Step 3: The screen shall redirect to the RRB Regional website.

Step 4: Next, press the answer key link.

Step 5: The link shall then guide you to the ‘Answer Key’ Login window.

Step 6: The candidate has to enter his/her registration number, date of birth & security code.

Step 7: The screen shall then display the RRB JE answer key.

Step 8: You can now download & check your answer key.

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How to calculate the RRB JE Exam Marks 2024?

The RRB JE answer key will be released before the actual results are out. Candidates can estimate the approximate scores by calculating the total no. of correct and wrong answers marked by them. Let us look at the method of the calculation below so that you have to wait no further to make a quick estimation of your scores. 

Step 1: First, download the official answer key by referring to the steps given above.

Step 2: Note down the number of correct & incorrect numbers and answers from the RRB JE answer key.

Step 3: Add the up to get the overall number of correct and incorrect answers(+1 For correct answers & - 0.33 marks for wrong answers) 

Step 4: Use the formula provided below to get the estimated scores for the RRB JE exam.

Formula - Total estimated Scores = (Number of correct answers x 1 mark for correct answer) – (number of incorrect answers x {0.33} for incorrect answer)

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RRB JE Minimum Qualifying Marks 2024

Both the computer-based tests or CBT I & II for RRB JE will be qualifying in nature, as per the previous recruitments. CBT II is given preference in the merit list as well. You have to satisfy these cutoff marks for proceeding from CBT I to CBT II as well as to the proceeding stage of document verification. Let us look at the minimum qualifying marks for various categories below & applicants can plan their exam strategies accordingly. 

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Note : In case of a shortage of candidates for the PwD category against the vacancies reserved for them, the passing percentage shall be relaxed by 2% marks for them.

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How to Challenge the RRB JE Answer Key 2024? 

Once the RRB JE Aswer Key is released, the authority shall also provide the provision to raise challenges/issues in case of any discrepancy. For raising objections, candidates can follow the steps given below & get the errors fixed.

Step 1: First, visit the RRBs official website mentioned above. 

Step 2: Then click on the objection link which shall open a new window.

Step 3: Press the ‘Question Paper & Response” button.

Step 4: Select ‘raise objection’ option which shall be available near the question.

Step 5: Choose the type of objection you have from the dropdown menu.

Step 6: Lastly, fill in the supporting details or upload the required documents.

Note: Candidates should remember that they can raise objections for only one question at a time & make a payment of Rs. 50 per question. The authority shall screen the provisional answer key after which the final answer key shall be released. The results shall then be announced on the basis of the final answer key which is again released by the examining authorities at a later date. Stay tuned for more updates. 

Normalization of RRB JE Marks

CBT is conducted in multiple sessions so the raw marks obtained by the candidates in different sessions will be converted to normalized marks. 

A suitable normalization method is applied to take into account any variation in the difficulty levels of the question papers across different sessions conducted. The formula for normalized marks calculation for the multi-session papers is detailed below: 

Normalization mark of jth candidate in the session is given by : 

Mij = (Mt - Mq/ Mti - Miq) * (Mij - Miq) + Mq

where,

• Mij : Actual marks obtained by the jth candidate in ith session. 
• Mt : Average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates considering all sessions. 
• Mq : Sum of mean and standard deviation marks of the candidates in the paper considering all sessions. 
• Mti : Average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates in the ith session or marks of topper if session strength is less than 1000. 
• Miq : Sum of the mean marks and standard deviation of the ith session
• Miq : Sum of the mean marks and standard deviation of the ith session.

Calculation of Merit Index for RRB JE

Merit index will be computed in order to generate a common merit list of candidates who gave examination from different Exam Groups, but eligible for a common post. For papers conducted only one session, actual marks obtained by the candidates will be used for calculating Merit Index, while for papers in multi-sessions, normalized marks will be calculated and the Merit Index will be calculated based on the normalized marks. 

The formula used for computing the Merit Index is as given below : 

Merit Index = Sq+(St-Sq) 

(Merit Index is the relative score within the discipline.) 

Where,

• M: Marks scored by the candidate (actual/raw marks for single session exam and normalized marks for multi session exam. 
• Mq : Qualifying marks for general category candidates i.e., 40 marks. 
• Mt : The mean marks of top 0.1% or top 10 whichever is larger of the candidates who appeared in the paper in case of multi session exam.
• Sq: 350 is the score assigned to Mq . 
• St: 900 is the score assigned to Mt . 

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