UGC-NET guidelines and syllabus

With new guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) making it mandatory for college teachers to clear the National Eligibility Test (NET),more and more people are preparing for the exam.

N E T Schedule
UGC conducts NET twice a year, i.e., in the months of June and December. The notifications announcing the June and December examinations are published in the months of March and September respectively in the weekly journal of nation-wide circulation, viz, Employment News.

N E T Results Declaration Schedule
The result of June, UGC-NET is declared generally in the month of October. Similarly December, UGC-NET result is usually declared in the month of April. The UGC-NET results published in the Employment News are also available on UGC website.
Guidelines
Syllabus of Test: Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the UGC Website: www.ugc.ac.in and are also available in the libraries of all Indian universities. UGC will not send the syllabus to individual candidates.

Scheme of the Exam  

1.Test will consist of three papers-

Session      Paper       Marks            Duration                                           
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First              I             100             1¼ Hours (09.30 A.M. to 10.45 A.M.)
First              II            100             1¼ Hours (10.45 A.M. to 12.00 NOON)
Second         III           200             2½ Hours (01.30 P.M. to 04.00 P.M.)
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Paper-I   shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research
aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability,
comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. UGC
has decided to provide choice to the candidates from the December 2009 UGCNET
onwards. Sixty (60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be
given, out of which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). In
the event of the candidate attempting more than fifty questions, the first fifty
questions attempted by the candidate would be evaluated
Paper-II shall consist of short questions based on the subject selected by the
candidate. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50
objective type questions of two marks each. The candidate will have to mark the
response for each question on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided
along with the Test Booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR
Sheet will be sent to the candidate along with the Admit Card.
Paper-III will consist of only descriptive questions from the subject selected by
the candidate. The candidate will be required to attempt questions in the space
provided in the Test Booklet.

Paper-III will be evaluated only for those candidates who are able to secure the
minimum qualifying marks in Paper-I and Paper-II, as per the table given in the
following:

CATEGORY	Minimum Qualifying Marks
	Paper-I	Paper-II	Paper-I+Paper-II
GENERAL/OBC	40	40	100(50%)
PH/VH	35	35	90(45%)
SC/ST	35	35	80(40%)

Questions format for Paper -2 and Paper-3
Paper-2 will cover 50 objective type questions carrying 100 marks.
Paper-3 will have 4 sections.
Go to New format for paper-3
2.Negative Marking in Paper-I & Paper-II : No Negative marking.


Old Question Papers can be downloaded from http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/oldqpyr.php?sub=87


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