The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on a single day as notified earlier, in two separate sessions as under: Session Paper Marks Duration 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.) Paper-I will be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidates. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. Paper-II will consist of short questions based on the subject selected by the candidates. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50 objective type questions. The candidates will have to mark their 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 candidates along with their 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. The format of Paper-III has been revised w.e.f. June, 2005 UGC-NET and is available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in. A candidate who does not appear in Paper-I will not be permitted to appear in paper-II and paper-III. 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 %) | | Note: 1. For Visually handicapped candidates, thirty minutes’ extra time shall be provided separately for paper-I and Paper-II. For paper-III, forty five minutes’ extra time shall be provided. They will also be provided the services of a scribe who would be a graduate in a subject other than that of the candidate. 2. In Paper III, candidates have the option to answer either in Hindi or in English in all subjects except languages where the candidates are required to write in the concerned language only. In case of Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science and Environmental Sciences, the question papers will be in English only. For Net Syllabus, click here
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