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    Cut Off for UGC NET 2020 - Check Category-wise Cutoff Marks Here

    Cut Off for UGC NET 2020 - Check Category-wise Cutoff Marks Here

    Updated on 25 May 2020, 03:39 PM IST

    Cut Off for UGC NET - National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the NTA UGC NET cut off in the form of PDF along with the announcement of the result at nta.ac.in The cut off of UGC NET will be released for all the 101 subjects for which the test is held. The authorities will release a separate cut off of UGC NET for both Lecturship and for JRF. Candidates securing the cut off as per their categories will be considered UGC NET qualified. Before securing UGC NET cut off score, candidates will have to secure the minimum qualifying marks. As per the qualifying cut off of UGC NET, candidates must secure at least 40% (general) and 35% (OBC NCL, SC/ST/PWD and Transgender) in both paper I and II. Candidates considered qualified in UGC NET result will be issued the eligibility certificate. The authorities will release the cut off UGC NET twice a year - June and December since the test is held twice.

    This Story also Contains

    1. UGC NET 2020 Dates
    2. How to check UGC NET cut off?
    3. Cut off of UGC NET - Category wise
    Cut Off for UGC NET 2020 - Check Category-wise Cutoff Marks Here
    Cut Off for UGC NET 2020 - Check Category-wise Cutoff Marks Here

    UGC NET 2020 exam for June session dates will be announced later on the website. Candidates can fill the UGC NET application form 2020 in online mode from March 16 to May 31. As per UGC NET exam pattern, the test will be held for two papers - paper I and II wherein paper I is for 100 marks while paper II is of 200 marks. The test is held to determine the eligibility of the candidates as Assistant Professors and to award Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). To know more about the cut off of UGC NET, go through the article below.

    UGC NET 2020 Dates

    The table below contains UGC NET exam dates along with the result and cut off dates.

    UGC NET Important Dates

    Events

    UGC NET 2020 June Session

    UGC NET 2020 December Session (Tentative)

    UGC NET exam dates 2020

    To be announced

    December 2 to 6, 2020

    Release date of UGC NET answer key

    To be announced

    To be announced

    Announcement of result

    To be announced

    December 31, 2020

    How to check UGC NET cut off?

    • Visit the official website of NTA.

    • Click on UGC NET cut off link

    • The link will take you to the UGC NET cut off PDF

    • Download the UGC NET 2020 cut off PDF

    Factors Determining Cut off of UGC NET

    There are certain factors that are considered while preparing the category wise NET cut off. Some of the factors are:

    • Total number of appeared candidates

    • Difficulty level of the exam

    • Previous year’s cut off trends

    Types of UGC NET cut off

    In order to shortlist the candidates, the authrotites release the cut off of UGC NET. The cut offs are released as:

    • UGC NET Category wise cut off

    • UGC NET qualifying cut off

    Cut off of UGC NET - Category wise

    The authorities will release the cut off of UGC NET separately for each category. Candidates who secure the UGC NET cut off as per their category will be considered qualified.

    UGC NET qualifying cut off

    Before securing the cut off released along with the result, candidates must secure the qualifying marks. The UGC NET qualifying marks are mentioned in the test notification PDF. As per the qualifying marks, candidates belonging to the general category must secure 40 % marks in both the papers while the candidates belonging to the reserved categories must secure at least 35% marks in both paper I and II. The table below contains the minimum qualifying marks that must be secured by the candidates.

    UGC NET 2020 Qualifying Marks

    Category

    Paper I (Out of 100)

    Paper II (Out of 200)

    UGC NET qualifying marks for General (Unreserved)

    40 (40%)

    40 (40%)

    OBC Non-creamy layer, PWD/SC/ST and Transgender

    35 (35%)

    35 (35%)

    UGC NET Previous Year Cutoff

    In order to get an idea about securinh how many marks would qualify the candidates, go through the tables below containing the cut off of UGC NET conducted in the previous year.

    UGC NET Cut off (December Session) - General (2019)

    S. code

    Subject

    Lectureship Cutoff Only (General)

    JRF & Lectureship Cut off (General)

    001

    Economics

    72

    62.67

    002

    Political Science

    68

    58.67

    003

    Philosophy

    74.67

    64

    005

    Sociology

    68.67

    60

    006

    History

    62.67

    55.33

    007

    Anthropology

    70

    60

    008

    Commerce

    62.67

    55.33

    014

    Public Administration

    68

    60

    017

    Management

    61.33

    54

    020

    Hindi

    67.33

    59.33

    030

    English

    63.33

    54.67

    063

    Mass Communication and Journalism

    64.67

    57.33

    080

    Geography

    69.33

    60.67

    UGC NET 2019 Cut off (December) - For Lectureship only

    S. code

    Subject

    Lectureship Cutoff Only (General)

    Lectureship Cutoff Only (OBC NCL)

    Lectureship Cutoff Only (SC)

    Lectureship Cutoff Only (ST)

    Lectureship Cutoff Only (EWS)

    001

    Economics

    62.67

    54.67

    49.33

    48.67

    56

    002

    Political Science

    58.67

    53.33

    48.67

    48.67

    52.67

    003

    Philosophy

    64

    58

    55.33

    50.67

    57.33

    005

    Sociology

    60

    54.67

    50.67

    52

    54

    006

    History

    55.33

    51.33

    48

    47.33

    50.67

    007

    Anthropology

    60

    54.67

    51.33

    50.67

    54

    008

    Commerce

    55.33

    50.67

    48

    47.33

    50.67

    014

    Public Administration

    60

    54

    50.67

    50

    53.33

    017

    Management

    54

    48.67

    47.33

    46

    48.67

    020

    Hindi

    59.33

    55.33

    52

    50

    54.67

    030

    English

    54.67

    48.67

    46

    44.67

    49.33

    063

    Mass Communication and Journalism

    57.33

    52.67

    48.67

    48.67

    51.33

    080

    Geography

    60.67

    55.33

    52.67

    50

    55.33

    UGC NET Result 2020

    NTA will announce the UGC NET 2020 result a few days after the exam in online mode at the official website of NTA. Candidates will be able to check the result by entering application number and date of birth. Only those candidates who will score the minimum cut off of UGC NET will be considered qualified. Candidates who pass will be issued the eligibility certificate mentioning that the candidates can apply as Assistant Professor in any College/University across the country and avail JRF. the steps below guides the candidates to download the result:

    How to download the UGC NET result?

    • Click on NTA NET result link

    • The link will take you to the NTA UGC NET result login window

    • Enter application number and password/date of birth

    • The screen will then display the UGC NET result.

    • Download the result for future references

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    Questions related to UGC NET

    On Question asked by student community

    Have a question related to UGC NET ?

    No, since you have already cleared the General Category cutoff of CSIR UGC-NET , you are considered a meritorious candidate, and you can apply for a PhD seat in the General Category without any issues regarding your OBC-NCL declaration.

    For the UGC NET examination, only a Central OBC-NCL certificate is considered valid. Submitting a State OBC certificate may create complications during document verification and could lead to your candidature being treated under the General (Unreserved) category. You can immediately obtain a valid Central OBC-NCL certificate from the concerned Tehsil

    If you filled the UGC NET form under EWS but you don’t have a valid EWS certificate, then forget using the EWS category. They won’t accept it. You’ll automatically be treated as General category during document verification.


    And no, this won’t make your form “invalid” or “illegal.” It just means

    Hello,

    If you have entered the wrong annual income but belong to the OBC NCL category and have a valid certificate, it should not cause a problem during verification, as long as your certificate supports your category and income criteria.

    Make sure:

    1. Your OBC NCL certificate is valid and matches

    Hello,

    Not clearing UGC NET is not a big problem unless you want to become an Assistant Professor or apply for a PhD with fellowship.

    You can still apply for PhD without NET in many universities, but you may need to clear their entrance test. For teaching jobs in colleges