15 Wrong Questions In JEE Main 2019; Will Students Get Bonus Marks?

NTA conducted JEE Main 2019 January session and thereafter released its official question paper and answer key. Students, teachers, coaching centres, have claimed that some questions and/or answers were incorrect. Students were given an opportunity to submit discrepancies with a fee of Rs 1000 per question. Here is a breakdown of questions, answers that were supposedly incorrect in JEE Main 2019 January a.k.a. first attempt and what is likely to happen to them.

Note that number preceding questions here are not actually question numbers, since question paper of JEE Main 2019 was online, it entails that every student got same question in different number.

JEE Main 09 Jan 2019 First Shift

PHYSICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (4)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

CHEMISTRY

Question:

Answer by NTA: (4)
Answer claimed: (3)
Solution proposed:

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JEE Main 09 Jan 2019 Second Shift

PHYSICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (3)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

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JEE Main 10 Jan 2019 First Shift

PHYSICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (4)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed: Work done = 2 MB = 0.02 J

MATHEMATICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (2)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed: 

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JEE Main 10 Jan 2019 Second Shift

PHYSICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (3)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

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JEE Main 11 Jan 2019 First Shift

PHYSICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (3)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

Question:

Answer by NTA: (4)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

Question:

Answer by NTA: ()
Answer claimed: (4)
Solution proposed:

Question:

Answer by NTA: (2)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

CHEMISTRY

Question:

Answer by NTA: (4)
Answer claimed: (3)
Solution proposed: –

MATHEMATICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (3)
Answer claimed: (1), (3)
Solution proposed:

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JEE Main 11 Jan 2019 Second Shift

PHYSICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (3)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

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JEE Main 12 Jan 2019 Second Shift

PHYSICS

Question:

Answer by NTA: (2)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

Question:

Answer by NTA: (4)
Answer claimed: No option correct.
Solution proposed:

Solutions are as proposed by reputed coaching centres FIITJEE and Resonance.

As per this analysis, there could be an overall number of 15 incorrect questions, with highest (11) in physics, and 2 each in chemistry and mathematics.

Do students get bonus marks for incorrect questions and/or answers is that question which arises next. As to that, there are no written rules, at least not available in public domain. However NTA makes it clear in its information brochure that all challenges against JEE Main 2019 answer key are looked into, and results shall only be as per final answer key.

An old article by a reputed news daily, dated April 2015 on Wrong Question In JEE, says that in that year CBSE (earlier CBSE used to conduct JEE) awarded bonus marks for wrong question / answers.

As per it, if a question was wrong, or no option was correct, then all students got bonus marks of +4. If a question had more than one correct answer, and if candidate had answered any one of those, then that candidate would have got marks.

Decision of National Testing Agency (NTA) in this regard shall be final and binding. Students whose claims are found correct shall get their fee refunded.

NTA JEE Main 2019 Result will be announced by 31 Jan 2019 at jeemain.nic.in. It will only be on basis of final answer key decided by National Testing Agency.