Aspirants dreaming to become a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) or Lecturer should appear for the CBSE UGC NET Exam. The University Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test (UGC – NET) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The UGC exam will comprise of 2 papers which will be held in 2 separate sessions. All NET question paper: UGC NET Paper 1, and Paper 2 will be compulsory for the candidates which will cover the entire UGC NET Syllabus.
UGC NET Exam Pattern
The UGC NET exam will be held in 2 sessions comprising 2 different papers as mentioned above. Some details about NET exam syllabus and UGC NET exam pattern are mentioned below.
- All the papers will have multiple-choice questions (MCQ).
- UGC NET paper 1, and 2 will have a total of 320 marks with a total time duration of 3 hours.
- UGC NET paper 1 will have 100 marks and paper 2 will have a total of 200 marks.
- UGC NET Paper 1 exam timing: 1 Hour (9.30 am – 10.35 am)
- UGC NET Paper 2 exam timing: 2 Hour (11.00 am – 1.00 pm)
- No negative mark is deducted for a wrong answer
- Cut off marks: NET Paper 1 – 40% and for Paper 2 – 35%. ( For OBC, PWD/ SC/ ST – 35% overall)
- All three papers will be on a single day.
The important details of UGC NET Exam Pattern are mentioned in the table below.
UGC NET Exam Pattern |
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| Paper | Session | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| I | First | 50 | 100 | 1 hour |
| II | Second | 100 | 200 | 2 hours |
| Total | 150 (Questions to be attempted – All) | 300 | 3 Hours | |
UGC NET Exam Syllabus
Candidates should be totally aware of the UGC NET syllabus before appearing for the exam. As mentioned earlier the NET exam will consist of 2 papers, the UGC NET Paper 1 will be a common paper while Paper 2 will be subject based. Some details of the UGC NET syllabus are mentioned below.
- UGC NET Syllabus Paper 1: The UGC NET syllabus paper 1 is designed in such a way that it will test the candidate’s teaching and research ability of the candidate.
- UGC NET Paper 2 Syllabus: Paper 2 will be subject based. A total of 100 subjects will be covered in the UGC NET Exam. Candidates will have to select one subject for the NET Exam preferably the subject of their post-graduation.
The detailed UGC NET Syllabus is given in the table below.
Sl. No. |
Subject |
Subject Code |
| 1 | General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude (Paper -I) | 00 |
| 2 | Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies/Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics | 01 |
| 3 | Political Science | 02 |
| 4 | Philosophy | 03 |
| 5 | Psychology | 04 |
| 6 | Sociology | 05 |
| 7 | History | 06 |
| 8 | Anthropology | 07 |
| 9 | Commerce | 08 |
| 10 | Education | 09 |
| 11 | Social Work | 10 |
| 12 | Defence and Strategic Studies | 11 |
| 13 | Home Science | 12 |
| 14 | Public Administration | 14 |
| 15 | Population Studies | 15 |
| 16 | Music | 16 |
| 17 | Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management) | 17 |
| 18 | Maithili | 18 |
| 19 | Bengali | 19 |
| 20 | Hindi | 20 |
| 21 | Kannada | 21 |
| 22 | Malayalam | 22 |
| 23 | Oriya | 23 |
| 24 | Punjabi | 24 |
| 25 | Sanskrit | 25 |
| 26 | Tamil | 26 |
| 27 | Telugu | 27 |
| 28 | Urdu | 28 |
| 29 | Arabic | 29 |
| 30 | English | 30 |
| 31 | Linguistics | 31 |
| 32 | Chinese | 32 |
| 33 | Dogri | 33 |
| 34 | Nepali | 34 |
| 35 | Manipuri | 35 |
| 36 | Assamese | 36 |
| 37 | Gujarati | 37 |
| 38 | Marathi | 38 |
| 39 | French (French Version) | 39 |
| 40 | French (English Version) | |
| 41 | Spanish | 40 |
| 42 | Russian | 41 |
| 43 | Persian | 42 |
| 44 | Rajasthani | 43 |
| 45 | German | 44 |
| 46 | Japanese | 45 |
| 47 | Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education. | 46 |
| 48 | Physical Education | 47 |
| 49 | Arab Culture and Islamic Studies | 49 |
| 50 | Indian Culture | 50 |
| 51 | Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management | 55 |
| 52 | Law | 58 |
| 53 | Library and Information Science | 59 |
| 54 | Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies | 60 |
| 55 | Comparative Study of Religions | 62 |
| 56 | Mass Communication and Journalism | 63 |
| 57 | Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre | 65 |
| 58 | Museology & Conservation | 66 |
| 59 | Archaeology | 67 |
| 60 | Criminology | 68 |
| 61 | Tribal and Regional Language/Literature | 70 |
| 62 | Folk Literature | 71 |
| 63 | Comparative Literature | 72 |
| 64 | Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama). | 73 |
| 65 | Women Studies | 74 |
| 66 | Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art) | 79 |
| 67 | Geography | 80 |
| 68 | Social Medicine & Community Health | 81 |
| 69 | Forensic Science | 82 |
| 70 | Pali | 83 |
| 71 | Kashmiri | 84 |
| 74 | Konkani | 85 |
| 75 | Computer Science and Applications | 87 |
| 76 | Electronic Science | 88 |
| 77 | Environmental Sciences | 89 |
| 78 | Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies. | 90 |
| 79 | Prakrit | 91 |
| 80 | Human Rights and Duties | 92 |
| 81 | Tourism Administration and Management. | 93 |
| 82 | BODO | 94 |
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