KEA Answer Key 2026 Out: Teacher, SDA, Pharmacy, Nursing

The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has published the provisional key answers of the competitive exams held on 26 and 27 October 2026 for the remaining vacant posts of Second Division Assistant in KEA, Residential School Teacher in the Social Welfare Department, and Pharmacy Officer (excluding Paper-2) and Nursing Officer in the Medical Services of the Employees State Insurance Scheme. The key answers of Paper-1 and Paper-2 were put on the KEA website on 28 October 2026 for the information of candidates.

Important Dates

• Exams held: 26 October 2026 and 27 October 2026
• Provisional key answers published: 28 October 2026
• Last date and time to submit objections: 30 October 2026, before 10:30 am

How to Raise an Objection

• Submit the objection only through the online portal on the KEA website (cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea).
• Give the details of the paper, the exam date, the version code and the question number, and attach the supporting documents in PDF form.
• A fee of Rs. 25 is payable for every objection, and the fee is not refunded.
• Objections without the question number or the version code, incomplete objections, objections without proof and objections for which the fee is not paid will not be considered.
• A subject expert committee will examine the objections and decide the key answers, and its decision will be final.

What Next

After the objections are decided, KEA will release the final key answers and then the result. Check your answers against the key and file any objection well before the deadline, because the window closes on 30 October 2026 at 10:30 am.

Posts and Papers Covered

• Second Division Assistant (SDA) in the Karnataka Examinations Authority, filled from the remaining vacant posts of the original cadre.
• Residential School Teacher in the Social Welfare Department.
• Pharmacy Officer in the Medical Services of the Employees State Insurance Scheme, where Paper-2 is left out of this notice.
• Nursing Officer in the same Medical Services department.
• The notice carries three KEA reference numbers, ED/KEA/07, ED/KEA/34 and ED/KEA/39, all dated 28 October 2026.

Tips for Candidates

• Keep your question booklet and note your version code, because an objection is valid only with the right version code and question number.
• Raise an objection only when you can back it up with a textbook page, a government publication or another proof in PDF form, since a weak objection costs Rs. 25 and the fee is never returned.
• Download the key from the official KEA portal only, and do not trust a key shared on social media.