UGC NET 2025 Exam Analysis for all Shifts - Check Paper Difficulty Level, Sections

Subject

Topics

Notes

Research

Application of data analysis.

Which software do we use to analyse data?

-

Communication skill

What are the skills of an effective communicator?

-

ICT

Primary and secondary storage applications and theory-based

Hexadecimal number addition

-

Data Interpretation

Percentage increase and decrease

Missing term

Difficult

Maths

Speed of moving train

Missing number

-

Reading comprehension

School teaching and value education

Not Difficult

Teaching aptitude

Classroom teaching

Easy

Logical reasoning

Syllogism
Contradictory terms

Mood
Nyaya

-

Higher education

Planning commission

Educational institute (Which educational institute was established at a given time)

-

Environment

Current affairs

SDG and MDG

Moderate to difficult

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

8-9

• Teaching Methods

• Pedagogy and Child Development

• Buddhist Education

• Hypothesis

• Experimental Research

• Barriers to Communication

• Research Ethics

• Experimental Research

• Effective Teaching

• Coding Decoding

• Indian Logic

• Fallacies

• Percentage Based

• Bar Graph

• Ratio

• Time and Distance

• Interpersonal Communication

• ISA participation country

• Tropic of Cancer

• Protocols

• Agreement

• Malware

• Virus

• LED features

• Poem

• Income

• ROM, RAM

• HTTP and Internet

Easy to Moderate

Research Aptitude

5-7

Easy to Moderate

Data Interpretation

2-4

Moderate

Communication

3-4

Easy to Moderate

ICT

2-3

Moderate to Difficult

Higher Education

2-5

Moderate to Difficult

Environment

4-5

Easy to Moderate

Maths

3-5

Moderate to Difficult

Logical Reasoning

5-7

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

2-4

Easy to Moderate

People and Development

2-4

Moderate

Sections

Shifts

Memory-Based Questions

Difficulty Level

Good Attempts

Political Science

Shift 1 and Shift 2

• Keshwanand Bharti Case

• International Relations and IFP

• Maslow Need Hierarchy theory

• DPSP Chronology

• Buddha passage

• Globalization passage

• College established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy

• Ambedkar

• Savarkar

• Public Policy

• Lookish Policy

• Kachiwala Road

• Prepositions

• Codes

• Identification of Fallacy

• Nature of Argument

Moderate

40-45

Psychology

Shift 1

Moderate

46-48

Environmental Sciences

Shift 2

Moderate to Difficult

46-49

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

9-10

• Teaching Methods

• Pedagogy and Child Development

• Buddhist Education

• Hypothesis

• Experimental Research

• Barriers to Communication

• Research Ethics

• Experimental Research

• Effective Teaching

• Coding Decoding

• Indian Logic

• Fallacies

• Percentage Based

• Bar Graph

• Ratio

• Time and Distance

• Interpersonal Communication

• ISA participation country

• Tropic of Cancer

• Protocols

• Agreement

• Malware

• Virus

• LED features

• Poem

• Income

• ROM, RAM

• HTTP and Internet

Easy to Moderate

Research Aptitude

6-8

Moderate

Data Interpretation

2-4

Easy to Moderate

Communication

3-4

Easy to Moderate

ICT

2-3

Moderate

Higher Education

3-4

Moderate to Difficult

Environment

4-5

Easy to Moderate

Maths

3-4

Moderate

Logical Reasoning

5-6

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

2-4

Easy to Moderate

People and Development

2-4

Moderate

Sections

Shifts

Memory-Based Questions

Difficulty Level

Good Attempts

Home Science

Shift 1

• Nutrition and Food Science

• Textiles finish

• Land Management

• Design fundamentals

• Consumer Protection

• Development and Growth Principles

• Thomas Armstrong

• RC Indian Theatre

• Nissim Ezekiel works

• Victorian Criticism

• 1791, which book is published

• Shakespeare

• Cultural Studies

• Ronald Barthes

Moderate to Difficult

58-62

English

Shift 1 and Shift 2

Moderate

50-52

Sanskrit

Shift 2

Moderate

47-49

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

8-9

• Methods of Learning

• Understanding Based

• LMS

• Research Ethics

• Experimental Research

• Effective Teaching

• Coding Decoding

• Indian Logic

• Fallicies

• Percentage Based

• Bar Graph

• Ratio

• Time and Distance

• Interpersonal Communication

• ISA participation country

• Tropic of Cancer

• Protocols

• Agreement

• Malware

• Virus

• LED features

• Poem

• Income

• ROM, RAM

• HTTP and Internet

Easy to Moderate

Research Aptitude

5-7

Moderate

Data Interpretation

2-4

Easy to Moderate

Communication

3-4

Easy to Moderate

ICT

2-3

Moderate

Higher Education

3-4

Moderate to Difficult

Environment

4-5

Easy to Moderate

Maths

3-5

Moderate

Logical Reasoning

6-7

Easy to Moderate

Reading Comprehension

2-5

Easy to Moderate

People and Development

2-4

Moderate

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

2-5

• Assessment

• Teacher Centre Method

• Das Shiksha Padani code of conduct in Buddhism

• Research Ethics

• Experimental Research

• Effective Classroom

• Water Scarcity - Environment

• Clock Numer

• Hetvabhasa

• Series

• Negative Communication

• Successive Discount

• Average

• IATA full form

• Establishment of IIT

• NEP 2020

• Niti Aayog

• Air quality index

• Profit and Loss

• Percentage

• Clock Mirror Image

• Per Capita National Income

• ROM, RAM

• HTTP and Internet

Easy to Moderate

Research Aptitude

6-7

Easy to Moderate

Data Interpretation

3-5

Easy to Moderate

Communication

4-7

Easy to Moderate

ICT

3-5

Easy to Moderate

Higher Education

1-2

Easy to Moderate

Environment

6-8

Easy to Moderate

Maths

3-5

Moderate

Logical Reasoning

5 to 6

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

3-5

Moderate

People and Development

1-3

Easy to Moderate

Sections

Shifts

Difficulty Level

Good Attempts

Commerce

Shift 1

Moderate

40-45

Physical Education

Shift 1

Easy to Moderate

49-53

Library and Information Science

Shift 2

Moderate

48-51

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

9-13

• Teaching Methods

• Pedagogy and Child Development

• Das Shiksha Padani code of conduct in Buddhism

• Research Ethics

• Experimental Research

• Effective Classroom

• Negative Communication

• Successive Discount

• Average

• Profit and Loss

• Percentage

• Clock Mirror Image

• Per Capita National Income

• ROM, RAM

• HTTP and Internet

• Ozone Layer

• Montreal Protocol

Moderate

Research Aptitude

6-5

Moderate

Data Interpretation

2-5

Moderate

Communication

3-6

Easy to Moderate

ICT

3-4

Moderate

Higher Education

2-5

Moderate

Environment

3-5

Difficult

Maths

4-5

Easy to Moderate

Logical Reasoning

5 to 6

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

3-5

Easy to Moderate

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

10-12

• National Education Policy 2020

• University Established in the 1900s

• Carbon Monoxide

• Air Quality Index

• Coding-Decoding

• Successive Discount

• Missing Number

• Water Scarcity

• Types of Research

• Experimental Research

• Research Ethics

• Negative Communication

• Methods of Teaching Centered

• Analogue communication

• HTTP & Internet

• Percentage based

• Per Capita National Income

Moderate

Research Aptitude

5-7

Difficult

Data Interpretation

3-5

Easy to Moderate

Communication

4-5

Moderate

ICT

2-3

Difficult

Higher Education

3-4

Difficult

Environment

3-5

Moderate

Maths

4-5

Easy to Moderate

Logical Reasoning

6 to 8

Easy

Reading Comprehension

3-5

Easy to Moderate

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

6-8

• Interpersonal communication

• 1904 Committee

• Plagiarism

• Bibliography – TR Reasoning

• Hypothesis Testing

• Lord Curzon

• IPCC full form

• Ranking

• Number Series

• Average Age

• Time, Speed and Distance

• Number System

• Syllogism

• Diversions

• Conversions

• RAM & ROM

• Difference between primary and secondary memory

• SSD

• Cache

• Slow and fast memory

• Trojan Horse

• Virus

• Phishing

• Farming

• Hard Disk

• Malware

Easy to Moderate

Research Aptitude

4-5

Moderate

Data Interpretation

3-4

Moderate

Communication

5-6

Easy to Moderate

ICT

3-4

Tough

Higher Education

3-4

Tough

Environment

4-5

Easy to Moderate

Maths

3-5

Moderate

Logical Reasoning

3-4

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

6-7

Easy to Moderate

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

5-7

• Interpersonal Communication

• Cultural Thinker

• PRAYAS full form

• Conversions

• ICT full form

• Paris Agreement

• 1972 Contest

• Ranking

• Number Series

• Average Age

• Time, Speed and Distance

• Number System

• Syllogism

• DI

• Different Philosophers

• Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

• Passage

• NAAC

• 1904 Committee

• Plagiarism

• Bibliography – TR Reasoning

• Hypothesis Testing

• Lord Curzon

• IPCC full form

Easy to Moderate

Research Aptitude

3-5

Moderate

Data Interpretation

6-7

Easy to Moderate

Communication

3-4

Moderate

ICT

4-5

Moderate

Higher Education

3-4

Tough

Environment

5-6

Easy to Moderate

Maths

3-5

Tough

Logical Reasoning

3-4

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

4-5

Moderate

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

6-8

• Barriers in Communication

• Types of Communication

• Diversions

• Conversions

• RAM & ROM

• Difference between primary and secondary memory

• SSD

• Cache

• Slow and fast memory

• Trojan Horse

• Virus

• Phishing

• Farming

• Hard Disk

• Malware

• Ransomware

• IT Act

• Cycord

• Cyber Swakshta Kendra

• Bots

• Learner centre approach

• Classroom learning

• Binary to decimal conversion

• Micro SSD

• Kyoto

• Paris

• Montreal

• Protocols

• Global Warming

• Pollutants

• SIM full form

• Ozone

• Earthquake

• Reactor Scale

• Mercury Scale

Easy to Moderate

Research Aptitude

4-5

Moderate

Data Interpretation

3-4

Moderate

Communication

4-5

Easy to Moderate

ICT

4-6

Easy to Moderate

Higher Education

3-5

Moderate

Environment

5-6

Easy to Moderate

Maths

3-4

Moderate

Logical Reasoning

2-3

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

4-5

Easy to Moderate

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics Asked

Difficulty Level

Teaching Aptitude

5-7

• Combined Set Up

• Semantic barrier

• Abbreviation

• Memory-based

• Conversion

• Binary to Hexa

• Binary to Octa

• Conversion

• SSD

• Super Follow feature

• Monology

• Interpersonal Communication

• Language Aspects

• NEP 2022

• Water Pollution

• Kyoto Protocol

• Coding & Decoding

• Square of Caption

• Environment, Protocols

• Current Affairs, Aristotle

• Percentage

• Reasoning

• Passage on Industrialization and Economy

• Ethics

• Number System

• SWAYAM

• Learning Theories

Moderate

Research Aptitude

3-5

Moderate

Data Interpretation

5-6

Easy

Communication

4-5

Easy to Moderate

ICT

5-6

Moderate

Higher Education

3-5

Moderate

Environment

4-6

Easy to Moderate

Maths

3-4

Tough

Logical Reasoning

4-5

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

3-4

Moderate

Topic

Good attempts

Questions Asked

Difficulty level

Business Environment and International Business

5

• Foreign direct investment

• Foreign portfolio investment

• Calculation of BEP

• Calculation of VC

Easy

Accounting and Auditing

7

• Inflation

• Public Limited Company

Moderate

Business Economics

6

• Monopoly

• Perfect Competition

Moderate to Difficult

Business Finance

8

• Capital Structure

Easy to Moderate

Business Statistics and Research Methods

6

• Properties of binomial distribution

Easy to Moderate

Business Management and Human Resource Management

7

• Span of Management

Easy

Banking and Financial Institutions

7

• Financial markets: Money market; Capital market; Government securities market

Moderate

Marketing Management

8

• Marketing Mix

• Cash Cows

Difficult

Legal Aspects of Business

6

• Who cannot get information under RTI Act

Easy to Moderate

Income-tax and Corporate Tax Planning

5

• Income Tax Returns (1 & 2)

• Items included in section 17(1) of IT Act

Moderate

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics asked

Difficulty level

Teaching Aptitude

8-9

Learner, Curriculum, Effective Domain learning, Methods, etc.,

Moderate

Research Aptitude

6-7

Hypothesis T-test, Z-test, Qualitative and Quantitative, etc.,

Moderate

Reading Comprehension

4-5

WHO related

Easy to moderate

Logical reasoning

5-6

Arguments, Venn diagram, Reasoning moods & figures, Analogies, etc.

Moderate

Data Interpretation (DI)

3-4

Ratio & percentage, etc.

Moderate

Maths/Reasoning

4-5

Coding - decodingng, Number series, Pipeline questions, CP and SP, etc.,

Easy

Information and communication technology (ICT)

3-4

Input and Output devices, How to install RAM, Virus question, E-pathshala, etc.,

Easy to moderate

Communication

3-4

Non-verbal communication types, characteristics of communication, models of communication, etc.,

Easy to moderate

Higher Education

3-4

SWAYAM, NEP 2020, MOOC, Education system's founders

Easy to moderate

Environment

2-3

Kyoto Protocol, Air pollution and pollutants, Clean energy, Solar energy, SDG 1,2,3,4

Moderate to difficult

Sections

Number of questions asked

Topics asked

Difficulty level

Teaching Aptitude

9-10

Characteristics of teaching, direct and indirect, Behaviourism (operation, skinner), evaluation, traditional teaching support system, etc.,

Moderate to difficult

Research Aptitude

7-8

Hypothesis T-test, Z-test, ethics, positivism and post-positivism, action research, etc.,

Difficult

Reading Comprehension

4-5

Hypothesis T-test, Z-test, ethics, positivism and post-positivism, action research, etc.,

Moderate

Logical reasoning

5-6

Arguments, Square of opposition, Deductive & Inductive, Venn diagram, Reasoning moods & figures, Analogies, etc.

Easy to moderate

Data Interpretation (DI)

4-5

Questions came from previous year

Easy

Maths/Reasoning

3-4

Time & work, profit & loss, simple interest, average, ratio, compound interest, etc.,

Moderate to difficult

Information and communication technology (ICT)

3-4

Conversion (binary to decimal), Chronology (bit & bytes), abbreviations, memory hierarchy, input & output devices, wireless technology, etc.,

Moderate to difficult

Communication

4-5

Non-verbal communication types, models of communication, characteristics of communication, etc.,

Easy to moderate

Higher Education

3-4

AICTE, new education policy, NIRF

Easy to moderate

Environment

3-4

Global warming, climate change, natural hazards, etc.,

Moderate to difficult

Topics

Number of questions asked

Questions asked

Difficulty level

Teaching Aptitude

6-7

Characteristics of teaching, Behaviourism (operation, skinner), direct and indirect, traditional teaching support system, evaluation, etc.,

Moderate to Difficult

Research Aptitude

4-7

T-test, Z-test, ethics, action research, positivism and post-positivism, etc.,

Difficult

Reading Comprehension

4-5

Budget and finance, moodle, figure, opposition square, detective and inductive, India logic,

Moderate

Data Interpretation (DI)

5

Questions came from the previous year

Easy to Moderate

Maths/Reasoning

Time & work, simple interest, compound interest, average, ratio, profit & loss, etc.,

Easy

Information and communication technology (ICT)

5-7

Conversion (binary to decimal), Chronology (bit & bytes), abbreviations (WORM), video conferencing, memory hierarchy, input & output devices, wireless technology, etc.,

Moderate

Communication

5

Non-verbal communication types, characteristics of communication, models of communication, etc.,

Moderate to Difficult

Higher Education

AICTE, NIRF, new education policy,

Moderate to Difficult

Environment

5-6

Disaster, COP25, Montreal protocol, SDG, MDG, biomass, energy, Kyoto protocol, Paris protocol, INDC, solar panels etc.,

Moderate

Category

Minimum Percentage Marks to be Obtained

Minimum Marks to be Secured

Paper I (Out of 100)

Paper-II (Out of 200)

Paper I (Out of 100)

Paper-II (Out of 200)

General

40%

40%

40

80

OBC/PWD/SC/ST

35%

35%

35

35