Friday 8 April 2016

UGC NET exam pattern and eligibility criteria

The Central board of secondary education on behalf of the university grand commission holds national eligibility test for selecting Indian students for teaching professional and for junior research fellowship.  The exam is conducted in 83 subjects across the India.


The students who are selected for junior research fellowship can do research in the post graduation subject or related subject. These candidates are eligible for the post of assistant professor.

For setting in the exam, the candidates must have secured at least 55 % marks in the post graduation from university or institute recognized by the UGC. The candidate belonging to backward classes and schedule castes need only 50 % marks in the master degree from recognized university or institute. Persons with physical disability also need only 50 % marks.

Candidates who are appearing in the post graduate exams can appear for the NET exam but they have to show the passing of master exam with required marks before finally getting selected by UGC. If they fail to get the required qualifying marks, they shall be considered disqualified. Candidate whose post graduate subject is not mentioned in the list of subjects can appear in the any related subject.


The age limit is 28 years as on July 2016 .Relaxation up to 5 years is provided to students belonging to backward classes or schedule classes. Age relaxation is also applicable to the candidates who has research experience in any filed or subject. The relaxation depends on the years spent in research.


The exam pattern consists Study Material of UGC NET Computer Science of three papers in each session. The paper 1 and paper II will have 100 marks each. The paper 1 will have 60 questions. Out of these 60 questions, the 50 question have to be attempted by the candidates. The paper II will have 50 questions and all questions are compulsory. The time for solving these papers is 75 minutes. The third papers will be of 75 question and total marks allocated to this paper are 150. The allotted time is 2.5 hours.


The question in paper 1 will be UGC NET coaching for Management in Delhi of general nature and will test only the aptitude of the candidate for teaching and research jobs. The general ability to reasoning, logic and divergent thinking in candidates is tested. The paper II will have question from the subject selected by the candidate. Each question will have two marks. Paper III will also have question based on the subject chosen by the candidate. The correct answers to the compulsory questions will get two marks to the candidate. The questions in paper II and III covered the entire syllabus of the subject chosen by the candidates. The candidate will be provided with optical mark reader for answering the questions. This sheet will be given with question booklet.

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