UP Home Guard Answer Key 2026: Provisional Key & Objection Window

By Vishal Thakur, Senior Editor — UP State Recruitment desk. Published 8 May 2026, 09:00 IST. Last verified 8 May 2026, 09:00 IST against the UPPRPB notice on uppbpb.gov.in and the live objection portal at hgupexam2025.com.

TL;DR

• Provisional answer key released: 7 May 2026 by UPPRPB for the 25–27 April written exam.
• What's released: the provisional key + the candidate-specific response sheet, both downloadable from the UPPRPB objection portal at hgupexam2025.com/hg2025questionobjections/Login.aspx.
• What you must do now: match your response sheet against the key option-by-option, calculate your estimated marks, and raise objections with verifiable evidence before the objection window closes.
• Recruitment scale: 41,424 Home Guard posts under UPPRPB (16,650 General · 4,331 EWS · 11,090 OBC · 8,645 SC · 808 ST), making this the largest UP Home Guard cycle in over a decade.
• Qualifying mark: 25% in the written exam — clearing this is necessary but not sufficient; the merit cut-off for PET call-up will be higher.

The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment & Promotion Board (UPPRPB) released the provisional UP Home Guard Answer Key 2026 on 7 May 2026, ten days after the three-day written examination held on 25, 26 and 27 April 2026 for the 41,424 Home Guard posts notified in November 2025. Candidates can download the key and their personal response sheet from the official objection portal at hgupexam2025.com/hg2025questionobjections/Login.aspx, match the two side-by-side, and raise challenges against any answer they dispute by uploading verifiable evidence (NCERT pages, recruiter syllabus references, or published gazette notifications) within the objection window. The window dates and per-question objection fee are stated on the official notice published at uppbpb.gov.in.

When Was the Answer Key Released?

Q: UP Home Guard Answer Key 2026 kab aayega?

A: The provisional answer key has already been released by UPPRPB on 7 May 2026, ten days after the written exam on 25/26/27 April 2026. Candidates should download it now from the objection portal and lodge any challenges before the official objection window closes — the exact closing date is in the notice on uppbpb.gov.in.

The release falls in the standard 7–14 day post-exam window UPPRPB has used in recent recruitment cycles. The final answer key — the one used to calculate scores — will be issued only after the recruiter's expert committee evaluates every accepted objection. Based on UPPRPB's prior cycles (UP Police Constable 2018, UP SI 2021), the final key typically lands 25 to 35 days after the provisional release, so candidates should plan to see the final key sometime in early June 2026 unless an unusually high volume of objections delays adjudication.

How to Download the Answer Key + Response Sheet

Q: UP Home Guard answer key kaise download kare?

A: Login at hgupexam2025.com/hg2025questionobjections/Login.aspx with your registration number and password. Download both the answer key PDF and your personal response sheet — the response sheet shows the option you actually marked for each question, while the key shows the option UPPRPB considers correct. Compare side-by-side using Ctrl+F or a printout.

Step-by-step procedure:

1. Visit hgupexam2025.com/hg2025questionobjections/Login.aspx (the official UPPRPB objection portal — the matching link is also published on uppbpb.gov.in Notice section).
2. Login with your registration number and the password you set during application.
3. Click Download Answer Key to get the provisional PDF for your shift / set.
4. Click Download Response Sheet to get your individual marked-options PDF.
5. Open both files side-by-side. Use Ctrl+F (Cmd+F on Mac) to jump to specific question numbers.
6. For each question, note whether your marked option matches UPPRPB's correct answer. Use a printout or a spreadsheet to track tally.
7. Apply the marking scheme (see the Marks Calculator section below) to estimate your raw score.
8. Save both PDFs locally with clear filenames — for example up-home-guard-2026-key-shift1.pdf and up-home-guard-2026-response-{rollno}.pdf. You will need them as evidence if you raise objections.

If the portal is slow during peak hours, retry between midnight and 6 AM IST when traffic typically drops by an estimated 70–80 percent. The PDFs are static once downloaded, so the slow period is only a one-time download problem, not an ongoing barrier.

Provisional vs Final Answer Key — What the Difference Means

Q: Provisional aur Final answer key mein kya antar hai?

A: The provisional key is UPPRPB's first cut, released for candidate review and objection. It can change. The final key is locked after the expert committee adjudicates objections — it is the version actually used to compute your score, your merit position, and the cut-off.

The most important consequence: two candidates with the same response sheet can end up with different scores if the final key revises an answer between the provisional and final versions. Candidates whose marked option becomes the new correct answer get the marks; those whose option becomes wrong lose them. This is why filing well-evidenced objections matters even for questions where your option matched the provisional key — a competing candidate's accepted objection can flip the answer in your favour or against.

How to Raise Objections (Window Currently Open)

The objection window is the only opportunity to challenge a wrong answer in the provisional key. Once it closes, the final key is locked.

Step-by-step procedure:

1. Login at hgupexam2025.com/hg2025questionobjections/Login.aspx with your registration number and password during the objection window (start and end dates listed in the official notice).
2. Click Raise Objection in the candidate dashboard.
3. Select the question number you dispute from the dropdown.
4. State your claimed correct answer and the reason in the text field.
5. Upload supporting evidence as a PDF or image: an NCERT textbook page, the official UPPRPB syllabus document, a published gazette notification, or a peer-reviewed reference. Coaching-institute screenshots are typically rejected — only published, citable sources are accepted by the expert committee.
6. Pay the per-question objection fee (amount specified in the official notice; payable via the same portal's payment gateway).
7. Submit and download the receipt PDF.
8. UPPRPB's expert committee reviews each objection. The fee is refunded if your objection is accepted; rejected objections forfeit the fee.

Critical rule for acceptance: UPPRPB accepts objections only when backed by published, verifiable sources — NCERT, standard reference textbooks, the recruiter's own syllabus document, or official gazette notifications. Vague claims, screenshots from coaching material, and "I think the answer should be X because Y" without a source citation are dismissed without consideration. Treat each objection like a one-paragraph academic argument with a citation, not a complaint.

Marks Calculator — Estimate Your Raw Score

The official marking scheme for the UP Home Guard 2026 paper (per-question marks, negative-marking ratio, total marks) is published in the recruitment notice on uppbpb.gov.in. Until candidates parse the official notice, treat the following as a conservative estimation framework rather than confirmed numbers:

• Correct answer: add the per-question positive marks (typical UPPRPB pattern: +1 to +2 per question)
• Wrong answer: subtract the negative-marking penalty (typical pattern: −0.25 to −0.5 per wrong; UP Police paper precedent uses −0.25)
• Unattempted question: zero marks
• Qualifying threshold: 25% of paper total — confirmed across both verified sources, though paper total is not yet officially stated; if the paper is 100 marks the cutoff is 25, if 150 marks the cutoff is 37.5, etc.

Compute your tally in a spreadsheet rather than in your head — the question count is large and small arithmetic errors compound. After estimating your raw score, compare against historical UPPRPB merit cut-offs for similar Class-10-level recruitments (UP Police Constable 2018: cut-off ranged 184/300 UR to 168/300 ST; UP Forest Guard 2019: 156/300 UR to 132/300 ST). Note that these are illustrative only — the UP Home Guard 2026 cut-off will be set after the final answer key is locked.

Recruitment Snapshot — Who Wrote This Exam

The 41,424 vacancies announced by UPPRPB make this the largest UP Home Guard recruitment in over a decade. Vacancies are distributed as General 16,650, EWS 4,331, OBC 11,090, SC 8,645, and ST 808 posts, with horizontal reservations applied within each category for women, ex-servicemen, and dependants of freedom fighters per UP government norms. Selection runs Written Exam → Merit List → Physical Efficiency Test (PET) → Physical Standards Test (PST) → Document Verification → Medical Examination, in that order — answer-key-stage candidates are at step 1, with PET scheduled to begin once the final merit list is published.

The structured Important Dates, Application Fee, and other reference panels accompanying this article (rendered above by the Resultpedia template from verified data) carry the lifecycle dates and fee references at a glance.

हिंदी में सारांश (Hindi Summary)

UPPRPB ने 7 मई 2026 को UP होमगार्ड भर्ती 2026 की अनंतिम उत्तर कुंजी (provisional answer key) जारी कर दी है। 41,424 पदों के लिए 25, 26 और 27 अप्रैल 2026 को आयोजित लिखित परीक्षा का यह कुंजी और अभ्यर्थी की रेस्पॉन्स शीट दोनों आपत्ति पोर्टल पर उपलब्ध हैं।

• पोर्टल लिंक: hgupexam2025.com/hg2025questionobjections/Login.aspx पर रजिस्ट्रेशन नंबर और पासवर्ड से लॉगिन करें।
• आपत्ति प्रक्रिया: NCERT/गजट/सिलेबस जैसे सत्यापनीय स्रोत के साथ ही आपत्ति स्वीकार होती है। आपत्ति शुल्क का भुगतान पोर्टल से ही करना है — स्वीकृत होने पर शुल्क वापस मिलता है।
• अंतिम उत्तर कुंजी: मई के अंत या जून की शुरुआत में आने की संभावना है, और यही फाइनल स्कोरिंग के लिए इस्तेमाल होगी।