UGC NET Paper 1

Exam Analysis
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Exam Analysis

ABOUT THE UGC-NET EXAM
• The UGC-NET exam for Junior Research Fellowship/
Eligibility for Assistant Professor, earlier conducted by the
CBSE, is being conducted by the National Testing Agency
(NTA) from Dec 2018.
• The NTA will conduct the UGC-NET exam in an online
mode or CBT (computer based test) mode.
• There is no change suggested in the syllabus for June 2019
exam, but the exam pattern has been revised.
• There will be two papers with a total of 300 marks.
Paper 1.......General Aptitude.......1 hour........50
Qs......100marks
Paper 2......Optional Subject........2 hours.....100 Qs.....200
marks
• All questions, worth 2 marks each, will be compulsory;
and, there will be no negative marking.
• The compulsory Paper I is a test of Teaching & Research
Aptitude; Comprehension; Communication; Mathematical
and Logical Reasoning; Data Interpretation; and Information
and Communication Technology (ICT).
• The award of JRF as well as Eligibility for Assistant
Professor, OR Eligibility for Assistant Professor only,
depends on the performance of the candidate in both the
papers of NET in aggregate.
• The cut-off for award of JRF as well as Eligibility for
Assistant Professor is higher than the cut-off for Eligibility
for Assistant Professor only. So, the candidates qualifying
exclusively for Assistant Professor are not to be considered
for award of JRF.
• Candidates who qualify the Test for eligibility for Assistant
Professor are governed by the rules and regulations
for recruitment of Assistant Professor of the concerned
universities/colleges/state governments, as the case may be.

EXAM ANALYSIS OF THE LAST THREE YEARS

Section/ chapter Total

→ TA RA RC C R LR DI ICT P&E HES No of
Year ↓ Ques

2018 NQA 8-9 7-8 4-5 3-5 7-8 6-7 5-6 4-5 3-4 3-4
50
DL M M E M E-M E M M E-M E- M

2017 NQA 6-7 6-7 5-6 3-4 4-5 5-6 5-6 5-6 4-5 3-4
60
DL M E-M E-M E E-M M M M E M
2016 NQA 7-8 7-8 6-7 4-5 4-5 7-8 6-7 5-6 4-5 3-4
60
DL M M E-M M E E-M M-D E-M E E
Where, TA - Teaching aptitude, RA - Research aptitude, RC – Reading comprehension, C- Communication, R – Reasoning,
LR- Logical reasoning, DI – Data interpretation, ICT – Information & Communication technology, P&E- People & environment,
HES- Higher education system, NQA-No. of questions asked, DL-Difficulty level, E - Easy, M - Moderate, D- Difficult.