What is the list of NEST 2026 examination centres?
There are 140 exam cities proposed for the NEST 2026 exam. Students can check the list of NEST exam centres here. Candidates must choose 3 centres in order of their preference while filling out the NEST 2026 application form.
| State/UT | City Name |
| AN | Port Blair |
| AP | Guntur |
| AP | Kurnool |
| AP | Rajahmundry |
| AP | Tirupathi |
| AP | Vijayawada |
| AP | Visakhapatnam |
| AP | Vizianagaram |
| AR | Naharlagun |
| AS | Dibrugarh |
| AS | Guwahati |
| AS | Tezpur |
| BR | Bhagalpur |
| BR | Patna |
| CG | Bhilai Nagar |
| CG | Raipur |
| DL | New Delhi |
| GA | Panaji |
| GJ | Ahmedabad |
| GJ | Bhuj |
| GJ | Rajkot |
| GJ | Surat |
| HR | Hisar |
| HR | Kurukshetra |
| HR | Hamirpur |
| HP | Shimla |
| JK | Jammu |
| JK | Srinagar |
| JH | Bokaro Steel City |
| JH | Dhanbad |
| JH | Jamshedpur |
| JH | Ranchi |
| KA | Bengaluru |
| KA | Hubballi (Hubli) |
| KA | Mangaluru |
| KA | Mysuru (Mysore) |
| KL | Alappuzha |
| KL | Ernakulam |
| KL | Idukki |
| KL | Kannur |
| KL | Kasaragod |
| KL | Kollam |
| KL | Kottayam |
| KL | Kozhikode |
| KL | Malappuram |
| KL | Palakkad |
| KL | Pathanamthitta |
| KL | Thiruvananthapuram |
| KL | Thrissur |
| KL | Wayanad |
| LA | Leh |
| MP | Bhopal |
| MP | Gwalior |
| MP | Indore |
| MP | Jabalpur |
| MH | Aurangabad |
| MH | Jalgaon |
| MH | Kolhapur |
| MH | Mumbai |
| MH | Nagpur |
| MH | Nanded |
| MH | Pune |
| MH | Ratnagiri |
| MH | Solapur |
| MN | Imphal |
| ML | Shillong |
| MZ | Aizawl |
| NL | Dimapur |
| NL | Kohima |
| OD | Angul |
| OD | Balangir |
| OD | Balasore |
| OD | Bargarh |
| OD | Baripada |
| OD | Berhampur |
| OD | Bhadrak |
| OD | Bhawanipatna |
| OD | Bhubaneswar |
| OD | Boudh |
| OD | Cuttack |
| OD | Deogarh |
| OD | Dhenkanal |
| OD | Jagatsinghpur |
| OD | Jajpur |
| OD | Jeypore |
| OD | Jharsuguda |
| OD | Kendrapara |
| OD | Keonjhar |
| OD | Malkangiri |
| OD | Nayagarh |
| OD | Nuapada |
| OD | Paralakhemundi |
| OD | Phulbani |
| OD | Puri |
| OD | Rayagada |
| OD | Rourkela |
| OD | Sambalpur |
| OD | Sonepur |
| OD | Sundargarh |
| OD | Umerkote |
| PY | Puducherry |
| PB | Bhatinda |
| PB | Jalandhar |
| PB | Chandigarh |
| PB | Mohali |
| RJ | Bikaner |
| RJ | Jaipur |
| RJ | Jodhpur |
| RJ | Kota |
| RJ | Udaipur |
| SK | Gangtok |
| TN | Chennai |
| TN | Coimbatore |
| TN | Madurai |
| TN | Salem |
| TN | Tiruchirappalli |
| TN | Tirunelveli |
| TS | Hyderabad |
| TS | Karimnagar |
| TS | Warangal |
| TR | Agartala |
| UP | Agra |
| UP | Aligarh |
| UP | Gorakhpur |
| UP | Kanpur |
| UP | Lucknow |
| UP | Noida |
| UP | Prayagraj |
| UP | Varanasi |
| UK | Dehradun |
| UK | Haldwani |
| UK | Roorkee |
| WB | Asansol |
| WB | Berhampur |
| WB | Burdwan |
| WB | Durgapur |
| WB | Hooghly |
| WB | Kalyani |
| WB | Kolkata |
| WB | Siliguri |
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The authority releases the NEST answer key online. The answer key is released in pdf formation. The process to download the answer key for NEST 2026 is mentioned below.
- Visit NEST website, nestexam.in.
- Click on the Answer key link
- NEST answer key pdf will appear
NEST question paper comprises 4 sections. Each section has 20 multiple-choice questions. The questions are based on Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology. Each question will comprise 3 marks. Negative marking is done for wrong answers.
Based on exam analysis, NEST is of a moderate difficulty level. Students whose conceptual knowledge is good can easily crack the exam. To prepare for the test candidates must follow the exam syllabus.
All the candidates who qualify in LPU NEST entrance exam can participate in the counselling. In order to appear for the entrance, candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria. Candidates must check the eligibility criteria before appearing for the exam.
Candidates need not register for LPU NEST counselling. All the LPU NEST qualified candidates can participate in the counselling process. Candidates must fill the course preference during counselling. The results will be announced based on the seat preference selected by the candidates.
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