KSP Constable Answer Key 2026 Out; Download Response Sheet PDF

Karnataka State Police (KSP) Constable 2026 answer key was released on August 3, a day after the written exam, and it comes with a marking rule that trips up candidates who assume a blank answer is always a safe one. Candidates who sat the KSP Constable exam on August 2, 2026 have only until August 6 to raise an objection, a shorter window than several other state police exams allow, and this page covers that penalty rule, the objection fee, and how to work out a probable score from the released key.

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Karnataka Police Constable 2026: The Blank OMR Rule Candidates Often Get Wrong

Most objective exams treat a skipped question as risk free, since nothing is added or taken away for leaving it blank. KEA's own OMR sheet for this exam does not work that way.

• The OMR sheet carries five circles per question, four for the answer options and a fifth marked for a question a candidate chooses not to attempt.
• Shading that fifth circle records the question as a deliberate skip, and it carries no penalty, the same as in most other exams.
• Leaving the entire row blank, without shading any of the five circles, is treated differently. It draws the same 0.25 mark deduction as a wrong answer.
• A candidate checking their own response sheet against the released key should look for rows with no circle shaded at all, not just rows with an incorrect option marked, since both cost the same quarter mark.

KSP Constable 2026 Objection Process at Rs 25 Per Question

KEA charges this same Rs 25 fee across its own exams, including the Kannada Language Test held earlier in this same recruitment cycle, and it applies again here for the written exam's key.

1. Log in to cetonline.karnataka.gov.in with the registered application details.
2. Open the objection submission link for the Written Competitive Examination 2026.
3. Select each question being challenged one at a time.
4. Upload a supporting document for every objection raised.
5. Pay Rs 25 per question and submit before August 6, 2026.

The fee is charged per question, not per submission, so challenging five separate questions costs five times the base amount rather than one flat charge for the whole objection form.

KSP Constable 2026 Subjects Behind the Answer Key

The written exam draws its 100 questions from a fixed set of general subjects rather than anything specific to police work, so the answer key covers the same broad areas every candidate already prepared for.

None of these six areas gets a fixed number of questions published in advance, so a candidate checking the answer key cannot assume any one subject carries more weight than another purely from the paper's structure.

How to Download KSP Constable Answer Key 2026

The key sits on the same KEA portal candidates already used for their application and hall ticket, so no separate registration is needed to view it. Bookmark the exact recruitment page rather than searching fresh each time.

1. Visit cetonline.karnataka.gov.in and open the recruitment section.
2. Select Civil Police Constable Recruitment 2026 from the list.
3. Click the Written Examination Answer Key 2026 link.
4. Download the PDF and keep a copy alongside the response sheet.

KSP Constable 2026 Marks Calculation From the Answer Key

Working out a probable score here means tracking three outcomes per question rather than two, since a blank row and a shaded skip circle are not scored the same way.

1. Give 1 mark for every response matching the final key.
2. Subtract 0.25 for every response that does not match the key, including a row left entirely blank.
3. Leave the score unchanged only for questions where the fifth, skip circle was deliberately shaded.

This distinction matters most for candidates who ran out of time near the end of the paper, since an unfinished OMR sheet with unmarked rows can lose more marks than the same candidate expects, purely from rows nobody got to rather than genuine wrong guesses.

Karnataka Police Constable 2026: A Second Answer Key Inside the Same Recruitment

This is not the first answer key KEA has released for this recruitment drive. Candidates who needed the Kannada Language Test already went through a very similar cycle just weeks earlier.

• The Compulsory Kannada Language Test, held July 19, 2026, is a qualifying stage only, required for candidates who did not study Kannada as a first or second language up to Class 12.
• Its own provisional key came out July 20, with an objection window that closed July 22, using the same Rs 25 per question fee structure now repeated for the written exam.
• Only candidates who needed and cleared the Kannada test moved on to sit the August 2 written exam alongside everyone else.

KSP Constable 2026 Qualifying Marks and What Comes After the Key

Clearing the written exam is not the finish line. It only decides who KEA calls forward to the physical stages that actually confirm a constable appointment, and those stages carry their own separate pass or fail outcome.

• The minimum qualifying mark for the written exam is 30 out of 100, though the actual cutoff needed to advance is usually set well above this floor.
• Candidates are shortlisted for the Physical Standard Test and Physical Endurance Test in a ratio of roughly 1 to 5 against the number of vacancies in each cadre.
• The written exam's final key, not the provisional one released today, is what this shortlist is actually built from once objections are reviewed.
• Category wise reservation, including for Ex Servicemen and Home Guards, applies separately within each of the two cadres rather than as one combined pool.

KSP Constable 2026 Vacancy Breakdown the Key Feeds Into

The 3,991 posts this exam is being conducted for are not one single pool. They split across two separate cadres, each running its own shortlist once the final key and result are out.

A candidate's answer key based score only matters within the cadre they actually applied under, since the two pools do not compete against each other for the same set of posts.

Karnataka Police Constable 2026's provisional key gives candidates a fast way to estimate where they stand, but the blank OMR rule means that estimate is only accurate if every unattempted row was actually marked with the fifth circle. Candidates with even a few unmarked rows should recheck those specific questions before treating their self calculated score as final.