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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.
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.
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 |
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
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
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
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.
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%) |
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 |
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:
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
Other Related Articles for UGC NET:
UGC NET qualifying scores are the marks which candidates need to secure to qualify in both paper- I and II before qualifying for the cut off. The qualifying score of UGC NET for general category candidates is 40% while it is 35% for reserved categories.
The official cut off of UGC NET will be published by NTA on its official website. You can check the category wise cut off marks in the form of PDF as per your subject.
The UGC NET for JRF will be valid for three years from the date of issue of JRF letter.
Along with the result of UGC NET, the authorities will also publish the rank if not given then candidates can take out their rank by using percentile score formula.
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The UGC NET December 2024 application dates are typically released a few months before the exam. Based on previous trends, the notification is likely to come out around
October or November 2024
. Keep an eye on the official NTA UGC NET website for updates, as they will provide the exact dates once announced.
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It is important to carry all the documents that you have been told to bring on your exam day. Every piece of document in the exam hall matters. NTA guidelines on national level exams states that a candidate must have 2 passport size photographs that is there on their online application. This is solely because the purpose of identification of a candidate. One photograph will be pasted on attendance sheet. You need to carry what else is the guidelines to avoid any issue in exam hall.
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Solving previous year question papers immensely helps you in enhancing your preparation for a competitive exam like NET UGC. It gives you the idea of exam pattern, level of questions asked in exam etc.
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If you have mistakenly clicked on the wrong gender, you need not to be worried. The NTA (National Testing Agency) conducts UGC-NET Exam twice a year- June and December cycle and always open a correction window for those candidates who have filled any of their details incorrectly. This correction window will give you a chance to correct your mistakes in the application form. But, it is very important to know that this correction window may be or may not be opened for a longer period of time. like for a week or so.
To keep update, carefully watch NTA UGC-NET website.
https://ugcnet.nta.ac.in/
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