NET Exam Details

Can you give me detail information regarding NET (National Educational Testing) Exam as I want to apply for it?

[Quick Sam]

The National Educational Testing Bureau of University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals to ensure minimum standards for the entrant in the teaching profession and research.

Minimum Qualification for NET:-
Candidate must have a completed Master degree from a recognized University or equivalent qualification with minimum 55% aggregate marks in examination. 5% aggregate marks for reserved categories.

Candidates appearing in the final year of Master Degree are eligible to apply for the exam but pre-final year of degree may not eligible to apply for this exam.

The candidate must be maximum 28 years at the time of appearing for the exam and Upper age limits is applicable for reserved categories. There is no upper age limits for Lectureship examination.

Candidate can apply for the exam in two modes: - 1) Online 2) Offline

Examination Fees: - 450 / - for General candidate, 225 for OBC candidates, 110 for reserved categories.

National Eligibility Test (NET) Subjects

General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude (Paper -I)
Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies/Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics
Political Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
History
Anthropology
Commerce
Education
Social Work
Defence and Strategic Studies
Home Science
Public Administration
Population Studies
Music
Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management)
Maithili
Bengali
Hindi
Kannada
Malayalam
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Arabic
English
Linguistics
Chinese
Dogri
Nepali
Manipuri
Assamese
Gujarati
Marathi
French (French Version)
French (English Version)
Spanish
Russian
Persian
Rajasthani
German
Japanese
Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education.
Physical Education
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies
Indian Culture
Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management
Law
Library and Information Science
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies
Comparative Study of Religions
Mass Communication and Journalism
Performing Art - Dance/Drama/Theatre
Museology & Conservation
Archaeology
Criminology
Tribal and Regional Language/Literature
Folk Literature
Comparative Literature
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).
Women Studies
Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)
Geography
Social Medicine & Community Health
Forensic Science
Pali
Kashmiri
Konkani
Computer Science and Applications
Electronic Science
Environmental Sciences
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.
Prakrit
Human Rights and Duties
Tourism Administration and Management.

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Hey, I have completed master degree course will you give me detail about the National eligibility test (NET) as I want to know about the exam ?

[Quick Sam]

Central Board of Secondary Education conducts National eligibility test (NET) for Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship posts.

Eligibility:
Candidates who secured minimum of 55% marks in Master’s Degree or equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognized by UGC are eligible for exam.

Ph.D. degree holders shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks for appearing in NET.

For LS (NET):
No age bar .

for Junior fellowship program age limit : 28 years.

UGC NET Exam Pattern:

Paper Pattern/ Scheme of Examination:

The paper of the UGC NET is conducted in two sessions and it has a total of three papers to be qualified in the given time frame.

First Session:

Paper I: This paper consists of general knowledge based objective type questions basically covering the following topics under it:

1. Teaching Aptitude

2. Research Aptitude

3. Reading Comprehension

4. Logical Reasoning

5. Mathematical Reasoning

6. Data Interpretation

7. Information and Communication Technology

8. Communication

9. Current Affairs related to the subject and

10. Higher Education System- Governance, Polity and Administration etc

Total Number of Questions: 60

Number of Questions to be attempted: First 50 will be evaluated

Total Marks Allotted: 100

Time Allotted: 1&1/4 Hours

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Paper II:

Objective type multiple choice based questions from the subject selected for exam. The candidates should attempt all the questions.

Number of Questions: 50

Duration of Exam: 1and ¼ Hours

Total Marks Allotted: 100

Session II:

The session II consists of the third and the last paper. This consists of objective type questions from the subject selected for exam by the applicants.

Total Number of Questions: 75

Total Marks Allotted: 150

Duration of Exam: 2 and half Hours