UGC NET Exam Pattern 2020 (Paper 1 & 2) - Marking Scheme, Exam Mode, Syllabus

Q: Who is eligible to apply for UGC NET?

As per the UGC NET eligibility criteria 2020 , a candidate for JRF needs to be within the age of 30 years. However, no age limit is prescribed for Assistant Professors. In order to be eligible for UGC NET 2020, an aspirant must have scored at least 55% marks in post graduation from a recognised university. there certainly exists some relaxation for the reserved sections.

UGC NET Exam Pattern 2020: National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the UGC NET 2020 exam pattern along with its notification at the official website. The recruitment process, as per the exam pattern of UGC NET 2020 is a single stage online test consisting of two papers. The UGC NET exam pattern 2020 will let a candidate have an overall idea about the scheme and mode of exam, structure of question paper and weightage of topics. The preparation of an aspirant without knowing the UGC NET 2020 exam pattern will be incomplete. To ace UGC NET, candidates are encouraged that they understand the exam pattern before planning a right strategy.
Latest: NTA has extended the UGC NET Application Form 2020 filling deadline to June 15
UGC NET is a national level exam conducted in online mode twice every year in June and December. This exam is conducted to determine the eligibility of candidates for the appointment as Assistant Professors and receiving Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). Candidates securing at least 55% marks in Master’s Degree from a recognised university will be eligible to apply online from March 16 to June 15, 2020 for UGC NET 2020 in the subjects of their post graduation or other related subjects. The UGC NET 2020 June session exam which was supposed to be conducted from June 15 to June 20 has been postponed. New dates for the exam will be announced soon

UGC NET Exam Pattern 2020 - Know Marking Scheme for Paper 1 & 2

UGC NET 2020 Highlights

Exam name	UGC- National Eligibility Test
Commonly known as	UGC NET
Conducting Authority	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Official Website	ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Posts	JRF	Assistant Professor
Age	JRF: Not more than 30 years as on June 1, 2020 Assistant Professors: No upper age limit

UGC NET Exam Pattern 2020

There are two papers in the test, as per the UGC NET 2020 exam pattern. Both the papers are held in online mode. The exam pattern of UGC NET 2020 notifies that both the papers will consist of objective type questions. The test for Paper I, according to UGC NET exam pattern 2020 will be conducted for 50 questions. The questions will be generic in nature and will test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. As per the UGC NET exam pattern, Paper II will consist of questions based on the subject selected by the candidates during their application. There will be 100 questions of 2 marks each in Paper II. It is to be noted that no negative marks are cut for incorrect answers marked in UGC NET exam.

UGC NET 2020 Exam Pattern - Paper I

Paper I, as per the UGC NET exam pattern 2020, is conducted to test the general ability of the candidates to assess their teaching/research skill. The paper has 50 multiple choice questions of 2 marks each. In paper I of UGC NET, candidates are asked question from the following sections:

Reasoning ability
Comprehension
Divergent thinking
General awareness

UGC NET Exam Pattern 2020 - Paper II

Paper II of UGC NET exam contains 100 multiple choice questions of 2 marks each. The questions are asked from one of the 101 subjects opted by the candidates during their application. As per the UGC NET 2020 exam pattern, candidates need to choose the subject which they have studied during their post-graduation.

UGC NET Exam Pattern 2020

Papers	Paper I	Paper II
Subject	Generic	Subject selected by candidate
No. of Questions	50	100
Marks	100	200
Duration	Consolidated 3 hours
Mode of Exam	Online
Negative Marks	No negative marks for wrong answers

List of NET Subjects of Paper II

Adult Education / Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education	Anthropology	Arab Culture and Islamic Studies	Arabic
Archaeology	Assamese	Bengali	Bodo
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian, Peace Studies	Chinese	Commerce	Comparative Literature
Comparative Study of Religions	Computer Science and Applications	Criminology	Defence and Strategic Studies
Dogri	Economics/ Rural Economics/ Co-operation/ Demography/ Development Planning/ Development Studies/ Econometrics/ Applied Economics/ Development Economics/ Business economics	Education	Electronic Science
English	Environmental Science	Folk Literature	Forensic Science
French (French Version)	Geography	German	Gujarati
Hindi	History	Home Science	Human Rights and Duties
Indian Culture	Japanese	Kannada	Kashmiri
Konkani	Labour Welfare/ Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/ Human Resource Management	Law	Library and Information Science
Linguistics	Maithili	Malayalam	Management
Manipuri	Marathi	Mass Communication and Journalism	Museology and Conservation
Music	Nepali	Oriya	Pali
Performing Art - dance/ Drama/ Theatre	Persian	Philosophy	Physical Education
Political Science	Politics including International Relations/ International Studies including Defence/ Strategic Studies/ West Asian Studies/ South East Asian Studies/ Soviet Studies/ American Studies	Population Studies	Prakrit
Psychology	Public Administration	Punjabi	Rajasthani
Russian	Sanskrit	Sanskrit Traditional Subjects	Santali
Sindhi	Social Medicine and Community Health	Social Work	Sociology
Spanish	Tamil	Telegu	Tourism Administration and Management
Tribal and Regional Language/ Literature	Urdu	Visual Art	Women Studies
Yoga	-	-	-

UGC NET Syllabus 2020

In order to ace UGC NET 2020, aspirants need to accustom themselves with the UGC NET 2020 syllabus. The syllabus for paper I and paper II are to be used as guidelines so that nothing important is missed and the preparation is on the right track. WIth the help of the syllabus of UGC NET 2020, candidates are able to know what to study and what not.

UGC NET 2020 Best books

To crack UGC NET 2020 in one go, it is pertinent that candidates prepare with the best books available. The UGC NET 2020 best books will help candidates acquire knowledge as per the requirement of the syllabus and clear the exam with flying colours.

UGC NET Preparation Tips 2020

To crack UGC NET 2020 in one go, a candidate can use these effective tips:

Be thorough with the exam pattern
Take the mock tests available in the NTA website
Solve previous year question papers for paper I and paper II
Revise and evaluate

Relevant Articles of UGC NET 2020

UGC NET Application Form	UGC NET Admit Card	UGC NET Mock Test 2020
UGC NET Answer Key	UGC NET Result	UGC NET Question Papers
UGC NET Exam Centres	UGC NET Exam Dates	UGC NET Books

Exam Pattern

Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - UGC NET Exam Pattern 2020 - Know Marking Scheme for Paper 1 & 2

Question: Is there any minimum marks to be scored in order to qualify as a JRF or Assistant Professor?

Answer:

Yes, you need to score a minimum of 40% marks in both the papers to become a UGC NET qualified. However, there exists some relaxation for the reserved categories.

Question: Are any negative marks cut for wrong answers marked?

Answer:

No. Negative marks are not cut for any wrong answers marked in UGC NET paper I and paper II.

Question: Who is eligible to apply for UGC NET?

Answer:

As per the UGC NET eligibility criteria 2020, a candidate for JRF needs to be within the age of 30 years. However, no age limit is prescribed for Assistant Professors. In order to be eligible for UGC NET 2020, an aspirant must have scored at least 55% marks in post graduation from a recognised university. there certainly exists some relaxation for the reserved sections.

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When will NTA schedule exams like UGC NET, CSIR, DU, JNU exams ?

Vineet Joshi Director General NTA 19th May, 2020

We are discussing with the organisations for whom we conduct the test. So discussions are on and very shortly we'll be able to come up with the dates but these dates are going to be after the July dates only.

Vineet Joshi
Director General, NTA

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Will I require the EWS certificate at the time of ugc net result declariton or at the time of phd admission?

Shivani Chaudhary 12th May, 2020

Hello!

The candidate who came under EWS category as per the Certificate issued by the Competent Authority will show his/her certificate at the time of admission/ appointment.

Thanks!

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when will the net exam due to covid 19

Shristi Kirti 14th May, 2020

Hello,

The new dates for UGC NET exam has not been announced yet. However, it is expected to be held in June/July 2020. The authorities have earlier extended the application form date till May 16. To keep a track, read UGC NET exam dates 2020 .

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ugc net 1 previous papers solved

Aditya Kumar Student Expert 11th May, 2020

Hi Sanjay

You can get previous year question papers of UGC NET examination by going through its official page, the link for the same is given below

https://www.ugcnetonline.in/previous_question_papers.php

These papers of UGC NET examination will help you to understand the types of questions which are asked in exam, you will understand the important topics which are covered in the exam by practising them, you will also get to know your preparation level .

Best of luck for your UGC NET examination.

Thankyou

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I studied B.E Civil engineering. Should I choose M.E Environmental engineering or Environmental science and engineering to attend UGC NET exam

Manidipa Kundu Student Expert 7th May, 2020

hi,

ugc net score is used to recruitment for lecturers in college and as well as research fellowship program, see if you want to come in teaching career or interested to do phd then you should appear in ugc net, however m.tech in environment engineering has also various job available in many industry and manufacturing company. however try to do m.tech from a tier 1 institute, like iits, nits, vit vellore, bits etc.

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