About This Answer Key

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the Tentative Answer Key and Response Sheet for the Phase-XIV/2026 Selection Posts Examination. Candidates who appeared in the computer-based test (CBT) held from 16 to 26 September 2026 and are searching for the SSC Selection Post Phase XIV answer key 2026 download will find both documents through the official candidate portal on ssc.gov.in. This is the tentative key, not the final key. A tentative key means SSC has published its provisional answers so that candidates can compare them with their own responses; the final answer key is prepared only after SSC reviews the objections received during the objection window.

If you are asking where the SSC Selection Post Phase 14 answer key can be downloaded from, the answer is the official website only. Go to ssc.gov.in, open the Answer Key / Candidate Login section, and click the link for "Phase-XIV/2026 Selection Posts – Tentative Answer Keys". You will then log in with your Registration Number and Password / DOB, and download the tentative answer key together with your response sheet. The response sheet is the record of the answers you marked in the CBT, and it is shown and downloaded together with the tentative key through the same candidate portal, so the candidates searching for how to download the response sheet follow exactly the same login route. Keep your registration details ready before logging in, because the response sheet and tentative key are available only through candidate login on ssc.gov.in.

Checking Your Responses and What Comes Next

Once you have downloaded both documents, open your response sheet and the tentative answer key side by side after logging in on ssc.gov.in, and match each answer you marked against the tentative key. Note how many answers are correct and how many are wrong, and keep a printout of your response sheet, because SSC has stated that it will not be available after the time limit. Candidates searching for how to check marks with the answer key should remember that this is only a tentative estimate. Your final score is calculated from the final answer key, after SSC reviews the objections received. One point needs care: the marking scheme, that is, the marks per question and any negative marking, is given in the official SSC exam notice and is not restated here pending verification against that notice, so please check the official notice before applying any score formula to your correct and wrong counts.

The objection window for this tentative key opened on 09 October 2026 at 4:00 PM and closed on 12 October 2026 at 4:00 PM. Candidates who wanted to challenge an answer had to log in on ssc.gov.in with their Registration Number and Password, open the Challenge Management portal for the Phase-XIV/2026 Selection Posts tentative keys, select the question or answer to challenge, and pay the fee of Rs 50 per question or answer challenged. The representation had to be submitted online only, within the window, and representations after the deadline, or in any other mode, were not entertained. Two details from the official notice matter here. In the challenge module, the sequence of questions and options could differ from the exam, although the answers selected by candidates were accurately reflected. And the saved Question Paper was for personal use and self-analysis only, as per the undertaking in the Challenge Management portal. That window is now closed, so new objections are not accepted, and candidates searching for the objection last date or the objection fee will find both recorded here for reference: the last date was 12 October 2026 at 4:00 PM, and the fee was Rs 50 per question challenged.

What happens next is straightforward. SSC examines the objections received during the window, the final answer key is prepared after that review, and the result is declared on the basis of the final answer key. Candidates asking when the final answer key will come, or when the result will come, should note that the final answer key date is to be notified, and the result is declared on the basis of the final answer key, with its date also to be notified. Until then, the tentative key and response sheet remain the documents to check, the official Answer Key Notice on ssc.gov.in remains the reference for the objection process, and the official website remains the only place to log in and download them.