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

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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

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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

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You can find the complete syllabus for Paper 1 and 2 along with marking scheme for UGC NET at our official website in PDF format. Kindly refer to the link attached below:

UGC NET Syllabus 2025 - Download UGC NET Subject-wise Syllabus PDF

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If your MBA (Finance) is from an accredited university and you have at least 55% of the possible points (or 50% for reserved categories), you can take the UGC NET in Commerce.
Your MBA in finance is relevant because UGC NET Commerce covers business, accounting, finance, economics, and management topics.

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Here are some links where you can access UGC NET study materials :

1. Best Books for NTA UGC NET

2. UGC NET Question Papers

Hope it helps !

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Yes, you can still appear for the UGC NET in Geography, but there's a small change. UGC prefers candidates to write NET in the subject of their post-graduation. However, if your Rural Development MA had strong overlaps with geography topics like environment, population studies, etc., and you feel confident

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If you get the EWS certificate after filling the UGC NET form , then it will not be valid for this attempt.

EWS certificate must be valid and available at the time of form submission. You cannot claim EWS benefit later after the form is submitted.

Hope it helps

Hello Aspirant,

since you have completed your MBA you should appear in UGC NET in MANAGEMENT . this paper cover topic like hr, marketing, finance , strategy , and business management . you will have to write paper 1 (general) and paper 2 (management) .

all the best for your

Hello aspirant,

To download the previous year's solved papers for UGC NET, you can visit their official website ugcnet.nta.ac.in, click on question papers, and download for your reference.

Or you can visit the careers360 website for the previous year's papers.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/ugc-net-question-papers

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