Terms & Conditions

Last Updated: August 29, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using Negative Marking Calculator (NMC), you agree to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please do not use our website.

2. Educational Tool Disclaimer & Non-Affiliation

IMPORTANT: Negative Marking Calculator (NMC) is an independent, community-driven educational platform. It is NOT affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by the National Testing Agency (NTA), Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), State Bank of India (SBI), or any Government of India examination body.

All examination names, acronyms, and marks schemes (e.g., JEE Main, JEE Advanced, NEET UG, UPSC CSE, SSC CGL, IBPS PO) are registered trademarks of their respective official bodies. They are referenced here solely for descriptive and educational purposes under fair use.

3. Nature of Rank & Cutoff Predictions

All rank projections, percentile estimations, and college branch allotment probabilities provided on our platform are **statistical approximations** derived from empirical previous-year trends (2020–2025 JoSAA, MCC, UPSC, and SSC published cutoffs).

Actual ranks and percentiles vary each year based on candidate turnout, shift normalization factors, and official answer key revisions. Users must rely on official notifications published by the respective conducting authorities for final admission decisions.

4. Permitted & Acceptable Use

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive license to use our calculators for personal, academic, and non-commercial educational purposes. You agree not to:

Attempt to reverse-engineer or disrupt our static-site infrastructure
Scrape or mass-extract our mathematical algorithms via automated bots
Misrepresent score estimates as official results from examination authorities

5. Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances shall Negative Marking Calculator or its creators be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use our tools, including any discrepancies between estimated scores and official final results.

6. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time to reflect updates in examination schemes or legal guidelines. Continued use of the website following any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.