UGC NET Exam Analysis 2025: December Session Subject Wise Analysis & Review
University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test 2025 ( UGC NET )
UGC NET Exam Analysis 2025: The NTA has not released the December session exam date. After the conduction of an exam, Shiksha will present the detailed exam analysis based on the stduent responses including the overall difficulty level, topics asked in the exam, questions, answers and more. Candidates preparing for the upcoming UGC NET exam can check the analysis of the NTA NET exam to get an idea of the difficulty level, types of questions, and more.
- UGC NET Exam Analysis 2025 (June Session)
- UGC NET Exam Analysis 2024 (December Session)
- UGC NET Exam Analysis 2024 (June Session)
- UGC NET Paper 1 Difficulty Level 2023
- UGC NET Exam Analysis December 13
- UGC NET Political Science Exam Analysis: Dec 11
- UGC NET 2023 Commerce Exam Analysis (Dec 7)
- UGC NET English Exam Analysis (Dec 6)
- UGC NET June Exam Analysis 2023: Topics & Difficulty Level
- UGC NET Exam Analysis 2023: Mass Communication
- UGC NET Exam Analysis 2023: Economics
- UGC NET Exam Analysis: June 19
- UGC NET 2023 Exam Analysis: June 15
- UGC NET 2023 Exam Analysis: June 14
- UGC NET 2023 Exam Analysis: Commerce (June 13)
- Previous Years' UGC NET Exam Analysis
- UGC NET Phase 5 Education Exam Analysis: March 14
- UGC NET Phase 4 Sociology Exam Analysis: March 11
- UGC NET Phase 3 Political Science Exam Analysis: March 6
- UGC NET Phase-3 Mass Communication Exam Analysis: March 3
- UGC NET Mass Communication Exam Analysis: Student's Reactions
- UGC NET Phase 3 Exam Analysis Video for Mass Communication and Journalism
- UGC NET Phase 3 Geography Exam Analysis: March 3
- UGC NET Geography Exam Analysis: Student's Reaction
UGC NET Exam Analysis 2025 (June Session)
The candidates can check the NTA UGC NET 2025 exam analysis for different subjects below. The exam analysis helps candidates to check the reviews by the candidates who appeared for the exam, memory-based questions, expected cut-off, and more. Shiksha reported live from one of the UGC NET exam centers to gather feedback regarding the overall difficulty level of the exam. Check below the UGC NET June exam analysis 2025.
UGC NET 2025 June Exam Analysis (June 29, Shift 1)
As per students' feedback,
- PAN fullform- Personal Area Network
- Indian Inst. Social Science
- BHU- Chronology
- DI- Table and was easy
- Types of communication
- Taxila university was named
- Boat and Stream
- Decimal
- PSTN Fullform
- Fallacy
- SC- Article
- DU, JNU, BHU chronology
- PEAS -
- Buddhist Pillars
- Environment Incident
- Scale of measurement
- 2, 7, 28. 63, 126
- Commission - Chronology
- Dainik Jagran
- Chacha Chaudhary Magazine
- Processor types
- Protocol
- WAN, etc.
UGC NET 2025 June Exam Analysis (June 29, Shift 1)
Topics asked in Shift 1 Paper 1
As per students' responses,
- DI was easy and based on percentage
- Coding/Decoding
- Teaching process
- Music Player (Chronology, CD, DVD, Radio)
- Maths statement based question
- Eutrophication
- VPN full form
- Argument- strong ques
- Types of teaching
- Article of minorities related to education
- Atmosphere upper layer
- Takshila University name
- Research ethics
- Hypothesis- sources MSO
- Carbon theory
- Webpage
- Hypothesis testing
- Sampling
- Effects
- Today's questions asked were not asked from movies
- Ratio Proportion, etc.
UGC NET 2025 June Exam Analysis (June 28, Shift 1)
As per the students' reactions, Shift 1 Paper 1 was Easy to Moderate in overall difficulty level. Paper 2 was Easy as per some students' and some said it was Easy to Moderate. So, a mix response has been seen. Overall Good Attempts: 42 to 48 questions out of 50 in Paper 1.
Topics asked in Paper 1:
- DI was Easy
- PACE - Ball
2561925 - Fallacies
- Connotation
- Hetvabhas
- Square of opposition
- Logical Equivalence
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B F Skinner
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CI
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SDG (7,6,3,5)
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Types of communication
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Average
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Model of communication
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Shannon
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Syllogism
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Indian logic
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Printer
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Research Steps
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NEP
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Extension
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ICSSR, UGC, etc.
UGC NET 2025 June Exam Analysis (June 27, Shift 1)
As per the students' reactions, todays (Day 3) is Moderate. Some felt Easy to Moderate. Questions asked from movies are 3 to 4. DI was Easy but lengthy.
Topics asked in Shift 1 (Day 3)
- Research Series
- SDG
- Film Institute
- http fullform
- Some more topics asked in Shift 1 are:
- Sampling
- Logical Equivalence
- RC - Girls' Scholarship related
- RC - Election Awareness
- Square of opposition
- Profit and Loss
- Ratio Question
- MDG - SDG
- Value Education
- CT- Network Security
- UGC, AICTE
- IRAHE full form
- Electromagnetic Gadgets
- Scientific invention: www is invented by whom
- Cognitive domain verb
- Maths: Arrange digits in increasing order (Number system)
- Frequency Wave order
- Film/Institute: Place & City, etc.
UGC NET 2025 June Exam Analysis (June 26, Shift 2)
As per the students' feedback, the UGC NET 2025 Shift 2 exam was Moderate. Some of the students felt Difficult. DI was difficult.
Topics asked in Shift 2, Paper 1 are:
- DI percentage Based
- MOOC - Full form
Indian Logic - Movies (3 to 4 questions were asked); AlamAara
- http, html fullform
- Maths percent
- MODEM
- Wifi-code
- Raja Harishchandra
- Dadasaheb Phalke
- Square of opposition
- Router
- Coding
- Pure research
- Exploratory Research
- Noise pollution
- Earthquake
- Square of opposition
- Richter scale
- Indian Logic (2 questions)
- Memory based questions (2 questions)
- RAM, ROM, etc.
- Memory sequence
- 7, 12, 122, 132.... 3602, 25202
- Fallacies (2 questions)
- Movies (3 questions)
- Carbon Dioxide
- DI percentage based (Hindi-Punjabi Language)
- Syllogism
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SI & CI
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Coding (1 Question)
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DI was tough
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Standard Deviation
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Bloom Taxanomy
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Doordarshan sequence
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Plagiarism
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SDG goals and targets
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Logically Equivalence
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Millisecond and Microsecond Ques
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Madras University, NPE Chronology
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SWAYAM Prabha (teacing aptitude)
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Uranium 235, etc.
Topics asked in Paper 1 (Shift 2):
- Fallacy
- Square of opposition
- In this shift bollywood movies questions were not asked.
- Domain name system (Sub level domain question)
- Number system, etc.
Topics asked in Paper 1 (Shift 1):
- DI Moderate level
- Environment Day
- No new concept asked
- Kyoto protoco
- Research hypothesis, types of research
- Nuclear disaster Chronology (Charnobil)
- ICT devise asked for connecting multiple computers
- National Knowledge Commission
- Yashpal Committee
- Vikramshila University
- Fallacies questions in reasoning
- Justice Verma Committee
- Water Treatment Process, etc.
UGC NET 2025 June Exam Analysis (June 25, Shift 1)
UGC NET 2025 June Exam Analysis Date-Wise
Candidates can check below the UGC NET 2025 June session exam analysis date-wise.
UGC NET Exam Analysis 2024 (December Session)
UGC NET 2024 Dec Exam Analysis (Jan 16, 2025)
As per students' reaction
Paper 1 was Moderate. Some of the students felt easy to moderate. Previous Year Questions asked.
Paper 2 (Sociology): Overall difficulty level was Moderate. Research asked more in Sociology. As per students, practicing previous years questions helped them; topics like social change and globalisation had predictable questions, questions based on sociological thinkers were slightly tricky, and questions were also from contemporary issues and focused on theoretical aspects. Maximum weightage topics are: Communalism, Social Movements of India, State Politics and Development, Urbanism & Political Processes in India.
As per the students' reaction
Paper 1 was Easy. Questions were repeated from previous years. RC was easy, based on language and direct questions were asked.
Paper 2 (History) exam was Moderate. match the following was asked, chronology questions asked, death dates, National movement questions were not asked much, etc.
opics asked in Paper 1 Shift 1 are mentioned below based on the students' feedback:
- DI: Ratio
- RC: Easy (Language)
- HE: Commission (MTC)m Nalanda, Taxshila (two or three questions)
- Logical" Sabhya Vichaar, Fallacy
- PDE: Noise Pollution (Parameter), Soil ( 2 Quetions), In which part of the soil worms are present,
- Maths: percentage, Aplhabet series, etc.
Also Read: UGC NET Dec 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 10, 2025)
How confident are you of clearing the UGC NET Dec 2024 exam? (Poll Question)
Candidates can check below the poll provided by the candidates for the UGC NET 2024 Dec session.
UGC NET 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 9, 2025)
Paper 1 (Shift 1) overall difficulty level is Easy to Moderate.
Paper 2 (Geography) exam was moderate as per the students'. Some of the students' felt moderate to difficult. Conceptual clarity questions were asked.
Topics asked in Shift 1 paper 1 are mentioned below based on students' feedback:
- DI: percentage based employee- unemployed graduate (normal)
- RC: Easy (direct questions)
- Teaching Aptitude: SWAYAM, NCERT, NEP 2020, memory level
- RA: Triangular, Positive Research Paradigm
- Environment: Pollution, gases, ecology, Soil
- ICT: HTML language, Machine language, On-head theory
- Communication: Internet communication, who coined AI term
- Maths: Coding Decoding, Upstream/downstream
- LR: Formal Fallacy, square of opposition, etc.
Also Read: UGC NET Dec 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 9, 2025)
UGC NET 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 8, 2025)
Paper 1 (Shift 1) overall difficulty level is Easy to Moderate.
As per students' feedback, check below the topics asked in Paper 1 Shift 1:
- RC (Easy)
- DI (Verbal, Budget)
- Nuclear disaster
- Effective teaching
- Percentage Fraction
- Types of Definition (Earth revolve)
- SMCR Model
- MoE
- Video conferencing
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NIC Establishment
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Malware
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Open Source
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Open University (Chronological)
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Jain Philosophy
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Compound Interest
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Historical research
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Sampling error (Match the following)
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Sampling Frame
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Indian Logic Question
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Five Year Plan
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Number series (Find 11th term), etc.
Also Read: UGC NET Dec 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 8, 2025)
UGC NET 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 7, 2025)
As per students' Reactions, Paper 1 was easy and some felt easy to moderate. Paper 2 was moderate.
Questions asked were:
- Series
- DI on percentage, Expenditure Income Based
- RC on Ayurveda ( Easy to Moderate, Indirect)
- In Higher Education: UGC Chairman Sequencing
- In Research, Statistics question based on Frequency sequencing
- MSO type question asked
- London Smog Components
- State of Water PH
- Mathematical reasoning: Number System, sequencing
- Coding decoding
- Learners centres, etc.
UGC NET 2024 Jan 7, 2025 Paper 1 Analysis (Shift 1)
Check below in detail about the Paper 1 analysis, questions, topics asked, weightage, etc.
| Section | Topics asked (Shift 1) | Difficulty Level (Shift 1) |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | Income Expenditure & Profit Profit formula based |
Moderate |
| Communication | Media convergence, Mass Media (Radio & TV) | Easy |
| Logical Reasoning | Coding-Decoding, Fallacy, Indian logic, Mood and figure, etc. | Moderate |
| ICT | Conversion (Binary Numbers), Digital Platform, AI Sequence, MS Excel Formula, Open Source, Half-Full Duplex, Trojan Horse |
Easy to Moderate |
| People and Environment | BOD & COD, Water pH Hardness, Hydro-Thermal Energy, Bio-accumulation, Global Warming & Greenhouse Gases, Aur Pollution, NAPCC, Disaster Management, ISA, London Smog, Green House Gases, etc. | Moderate |
| Mathematics | Square and cube, Number system, Boat, River, Time and Distance, Coding & Decoding | Moderate |
| Reading Comprehension | Ayurveda Studies | Easy |
| Higher Education System | UGC Chairman Chronology, Chronology based questions were asked, Ministry of Education, Kothari Commission, Ancient Scholars (Brahmagupta & Vishnugupta) | Moderate |
| Teaching Aptitude | ICT tools & teaching, MOOC, Types of learning, Peer Teaching, Metacognition, Learner Centric, etc. | Easy |
| Research Aptitude | Stratified Sampling, Correlational Research, Non-Parametric Test, ANOVA, Steps & Types of Research |
Easy to Moderate |
Also Read: UGC NET Dec 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 7, 2025)
UGC NET 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 3, 2025)
Candidates can check the NTA UGC NET 2024 December session exam analysis for different subjects below. The exam analysis helps candidates to check the reviews by the aspirants who appeared for the exam, memory-based questions, expected cut-off, and more. Check below the UGC NET December-exam analysis 2024 for Shift 1 for the exam that was conducted on January 3, 2025.
As per the student reactions' Paper 1 was easy, some students felt moderate. Questions were repeated and asked from Previous Year.
- Overall Difficulty Level of Shift 1: Easy to Moderate
- Expected Good Score of Shift 1: 37 to 42 Questions
- Shift 1 Paper was time consuming or not: No it was not
- No new question asked
- No numerical question asked
UGC NET 2024 Paper 1 Analysis (Shift 1) (Jan 3, 2025)
Check below in detail about the Paper 1 analysis, questions, topics asked, weightage, etc.
| Section | Topics asked (Shift 1) | Difficulty Level (Shift 1) |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | Calculation based questions asked, missing table, sports based, etc. | Moderate |
| Communication | Sequence series-TV, radio, Secondary media, barrier of communication, etc. | Easy to Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning | Coding-Decoding, Fallacy, Indian logic, Mood and figure, etc. | Moderate |
| ICT | Android, MS Excel, Plagiarism-based tools, Brain of computer, CPU, Web 2.0, etc. | Easy to Moderate |
| People and Environment | Green House, Sport, UV Radiation, Synthetic organic, Energy, Brain Configuration, Bio Formulation, etc. | Easy to Moderate |
| Mathematics | Number series, Percentage, Simple Interest, CI, Ratio | Moderate |
| Reading Comprehension | - | Easy |
| Higher Education System | Ancient University, Affiliation between 1920-30, University of Patna | Moderate |
| Teaching Aptitude | Inclusive Education, MOOC, NEP 2020, NCTE, SGD, Kothari Commission, PWD Act, etc. | Easy to Moderate |
Also Read: UGC NET Dec 2024 Exam Analysis (Jan 3, 2025) Shift 1
UGC NET 2024 Dec Exam Analysis (Jan 3, 2025 Shift 1)
Candidates can check here the UGC NET 2024 Shift 1 Student Reaction for the exam conducted on January 3, 2025.
UGC NET Exam Analysis 2024 (June Session)
The candidates can check the NTA UGC NET 2024 exam analysis for different subjects below. The exam analysis helps candidates to check the reviews by the aspirants who appeared for the exam, memory-based questions, expected cut-off, and more. Shiksha reported live from one of the UGC NET exam centres in Noida to gather feedback regarding the overall difficulty level of the exam. Check below the UGC NET June re-exam analysis 2024 for Shift 1 for the exam conducted on August 21, 2024.
- Shift 1 overall Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
- One Liner Question was moderate
- Types of Questions: Some questions were application based
- No drastic changes in the exam
- One or two questions were asked different, NEP (Multiple choice questions), Statement conclusion questions were asked (Difficult), etc.
- Comprehension Easy and mangeable
- Maths Difficult
- Environment: Moderate
UGC NET June Students' Reaction & Re-Exam Analysis 2024: August 21 2024
Check out the reviews by the candidates who took the UGC NET 2024 exam on August 21, 2024 in the video below:
UGC NET Students' Reaction & Exam Analysis 2024: June 18, 2024
Check out the reviews by the candidates who took the UGC NET 2024 exam in the video below:
UGC NET Paper 1 Difficulty Level 2023
The paper 1 was easy as compared to the previous cycle. However, the questions from maths and DI were on the tougher side. Check the difficulty level for the UGC NET Paper 1 exam in the table below:
| UGC NET Exam Analysis 2023 6th December Difficulty Level: Paper 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Subjects | Difficulty Level | Number of Questions |
| Teaching Aptitude | Easy | 8 to 10 |
| Research Aptitude | Easy | 2 |
| Comprehension | Easy | 1 |
| Logical Reasoning | Easy | 4 |
| Data Interpretation | Moderate | 5 |
| Maths | Difficult | 3 |
| Communication | Easy | 4 |
| Environment | Easy-Moderate | 3 |
| People & Development | Easy-Moderate | 2 |
| Higher Education | Easy | 5 |
| IT | Easy | 4 |
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UGC NET Exam Analysis December 13
Paper 1 for the UGC NET exam for the Phase 2 exam on December 13, 2023, was easy as per the difficulty level. The candidates can check the complete exam analysis of the UGC NET Paper 1 exam in the table below for the exam:
| UGC NET Exam Analysis 2023 6th December Difficulty Level: Paper 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Subjects | Difficulty Level | Number of Questions |
| Teaching Aptitude | Easy | 10 |
| Research Aptitude | Easy | 4 |
| Comprehension | Easy | 2 |
| Logical Reasoning | Easy | 5 |
| Data Interpretation | Moderate | 5 |
| Maths | Difficult | 3 |
| Communication | Easy | 4 |
| Environment | Easy-Moderate | 3 |
| People & Development | Easy-Moderate | 2 |
| Higher Education | Easy | 5 |
| IT | Easy | 4 |
UGC NET Political Science Exam Analysis: Dec 11
The UGC NET Paper 2 was moderate. Look at the UGC NET exam analysis by the candidates who took the exam:
- Lokesh Said, "Paper 2 was easy as compared to last year. The passage section was easy in both papers, however, the DI was on the tougher side. The expected cut-off will be higher than the previous cycle as the paper was easy."
- Naveen Said, " Overall Papers 1 & 2 was moderate in moderate in nature. The questions were asked from IR, Constitution & more. The cut-off will be higher than the previous year."
- Nitish Said, " The overall exam was moderate as compared to last year. The questions were asked from the G20 summit, IR, Authors and Books, Aristotle's theory, Morgan's theory, and more."
UGC NET Political Science Exam Analysis Video: Dec 11
UGC NET 2023 Commerce Exam Analysis (Dec 7)
The candidates can check the good attempts for the UGC NET Commerce exam below in the table:
| Paper | Number of Good Attempts |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: General Paper | 50-55 |
| Paper 2: English | 80 to 85 |
The UGC NET Commerce Exam Analysis Shift 1
The NTA conducted the UGC NET Commerce exam on December 7, 2023. The UGC NET Commerce Paper 1 was moderate as compared to the previous year's exam. Look at the reviews by the candidates who took the exam below:
- Preeti Said," Paper 1 was easy and doable in nature, however, the questions from the maths section were difficult. The questions were asked from time, distance, and speed, DI. On the other hand, Paper 2 was moderate. Previous year's questions were also present in the paper."
- Rahul Said," Paper 2 was a bit difficult as the economics and stats-based questions were dominant in the paper. 2 to 3 numerical were asked in paper 2, whereas, paper 1 was easy in nature."
- Shivani Said, " The questions were asked from Capital Market, Money Mix, Cash Cows, Capital Market, and more. Other than this, paper 1 was easy, the questions were asked from ICT, teaching, and research aptitude."
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UGC NET 2023 Exam Analysis: Commerce (June 13)
Previous Years' UGC NET Exam Analysis
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UGC NET Phase 4 Sociology Exam Analysis: March 11
UGC NET Phase 3 Political Science Exam Analysis: March 6
UGC NET Phase-3 Mass Communication Exam Analysis: March 3
UGC NET Mass Communication Exam Analysis: Student's Reactions
UGC NET Phase 3 Exam Analysis Video for Mass Communication and Journalism
UGC NET Phase 3 Geography Exam Analysis: March 3
UGC NET Geography Exam Analysis: Student's Reaction
UGC NET Exam
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 22 hours ago
The Commission is expected to soon release the UGC NET notification for the December session in the form of PDF. It will be released at ugcnet.nta.ac.in.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
There are several books available in the market that consist of the UGC NET practice sets. Also, some standard guidebooks include model test papers for the practicing of the UGC NET exam. Online test series are also available for the candidates who are aspiring to prepare for the UGC NET exam.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Candidates can check below the important books that can be used for the preparation for UGC NET paper 2 Commerce and English.
Commerce: Some of the books are Trueman's UGC NET Commerce, CB Gupta's Business Organisation, etc.
English: Some of the books are Arihant UGC NET English Literature, History of
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the December session of the UGC NET 2025 exam. The notification is not released yet. It is conducted to determine the eligibility of candidates for the post of Assistant Professor, the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), and the admission to Ph.D
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
After BA, you need to pursue an MA in Urdu (or a related subject).
Once you complete or are in the final year of your MA, you can apply for UGC NET in Urdu.
In short:
BA alone cannot fulfill the eligibility for UGC NET.
The eligibility for UGC NET is MA in Urdu (or related field) with 55%+ marks
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 months ago
No, PhD students aren't exempt from UGC-NET or CSIR-NET. To get admission in a PhD course, UGC is requesting institutions to integrate NET scores.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
The UGC NET 2025 December session exam will be conducted online in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode at various centress across the country. The exam is administered by the National Testing Agency (NTA), and candidates must select their answers on a computer screen during the allotted time for each par
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 months ago
Candidates can check below the process to apply for the UGC NET 2025 application form for the December session:
- Visit the website- ugcnet.nta.ac.in
- Click on the 'Application form' link mentioned at the bottom of the home page
- Click on the 'New Registration'
- Enter the required details and complete the re
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 months ago
The UGC NET 2025 Notification for the December session is expected to be released in September 2025 on the official website at ugcnet.nta.ac.in. Along with the notification, application dates and exam dates will also be released. Candidates will be able to check it by visiting the official website.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 months ago
The NTA will release the UGC NET 2025 December session application form along with the notification 2025 in September 2025 (tentative). It is advised to the candidates to fill out the correct details with utmost care in the application form. Any request for change in the particulars after the closu
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