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University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test 2025 ( UGC NET )

Shikha Goyal
Updated on Sep 25, 2025 15:44 IST

By Shikha Goyal, Assistant Manager

UGC NET 2025 Question Papers: Candidates will be able to download the UGC NET 2025 question papers by visiting the official website at nta.ac.in. The main purpose of the question paper is to evaluate candidates' suitability for assistant professor positions and Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) at Indian colleges and universities. The question paper is divided into two sections: Paper 1 (General Aptitude) and Paper 2 (Subject-Specific). Candidates can download the UGC NET previous years' papers for free. To download the question paper, candidates need to register first with Shiksha.com.

UGC NET question papers help candidates understand the latest UGC NET exam pattern, the difficulty level of the questions asked in the exam, marking scheme and type of questions asked, change in the exam pattern, etc. Practicing through the previous years' UGC NET question papers helps candidates gain command over their speed and accuracy. The UGC NET 2025 Dec session exam dates have not been released yet. 

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  • UGC NET Question Paper 2025 PDF Download
  • UGC NET Question Paper Pattern 2025
  • UGC NET Previous Years Question Papers
  • Benefits of practicing UGC NET question papers
  • How to Download UGC NET Question Papers 2025?
  • UGC NET Question Papers and Answer Keys
  • UGC NET 2018 Question Papers and Answer Key
  • UGC NET December 2023 Question Paper
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UGC NET Question Paper 2025 PDF Download

The UGC NET 2025 Question Paper for all the subjects will be released along with the UGC NET provisional answer key for the December session. The candidates will be able to check their question papers along with the response sheet through the official login. Candidates can check below the 2024 June session question papers.

The direct link to download the UGC NET subject-wise question papers 2024 is provided below for the June session:

UGC NET 2024 Exam Date (June) UGC NET Subject  UGC NET 2024 Question Papers
21-Aug-2024 English  Click Here
4-Sep-2024 Political Science  Click Here
29-Aug-2024 History Click Here
30-Aug-2024 Law Available Soon
23-Aug-2024 Computer Science and Application  Click Here 
22-Aug-2024 Education  Click Here 
3-Sep-2024 Commerce  Click Here
26-Aug-2024 Hindi Available Soon
28-Aug-2024 Economics Click Here 
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UGC NET Question Paper Pattern 2025

The candidates preparing for the UGC NET 2025 exam must go through the question pattern of the Paper 1 and Paper 2 to know the marking scheme and the section-wise weightage. Paper 1 has 50 multiple-choice questions from different sections like teaching aptitude, child pedagogy,  maths, reasoning, communication, and more whereas Paper 2 is subject-specific and has 100 multiple-choice questions with four options for every question. The candidates can check the UGC NET question paper pattern in the table below:

UGC NET Paper

Number of Questions

Marks

Paper 1

50 

100

Paper 2

100 

200

Total

150 

300

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UGC NET Previous Years Question Papers

The applicants who are going to appear for the UGC NET December exam must solve the previous year's question paper for the best UGC NET exam preparations. The previous year's question papers will help the candidates to understand the exam pattern, sections of the UGC NET question paper, repeated questions and make strategies according to their strengths for the UGC NET exam.

The question papers for the UGC NET exam have been given below with their answer key as a PDF. The candidates can download the PDF by simply clicking the PDF links below. Read further to know the benefits of practicing UGC NET question papers or sample papers along with the important FAQs. 

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Benefits of practicing UGC NET question papers

Candidates who are appearing in the upcoming UGC NET exam should solve the previous years' question papers to get acquainted with the exam pattern and prepare accordingly for the exam. Have a look at the benefits of solving UGC NET question papers below.

  • Candidates get familiar with the topics which they need to cover for the exam
  • Candidates get to know their strong and weak areas
  • It helps in managing time for answering questions during the exam 
  • Candidates can analyse the already attempted papers to know their mistakes and hence, can work for improvement

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UGC NET Mock Test 

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How to Download UGC NET Question Papers 2025?

The NTA will release the UGC NET question papers 2025 along with the provisional answer key and marked responses. Candidates can download the question paper by following the given steps:

  • Visit the official website - ugcnet.nta.nic.in.
  • Click on the answer key & question paper link.
  • Login using the required details.
  • Download the question paper PDF

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Download previous year UGC NET question papers and sample papers. Use them for practice and improve your speed and accuracy. You can download UGC NET previous year question papers and the preparation guides for free.

UGC NET Question Papers and Answer Keys

UGC NET 2023 Question Paper

UGC NET 2023 Commerce Question Paper Shift 1
UGC NET 2023 Commerce Question Paper Shift 2

UGC NET Paper 1 Question Paper

Paper 1 Question Papers

UGC NET Paper 2 Question Papers

Paper 2 Adult Education
Paper 2 Anthropology
Paper 2 Arab Culture & Islamic Studies
Paper 2 Archaeology
Paper 2 Arabic
Paper 2 Assamese
Paper 2 Bengali
Paper 2 Bodo
Paper 2 Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian & Peace Studies
Paper 2 Commerce
Paper 2 Comparative Study of Religion
Paper 2 Computer Science & Applications
Paper 2 Chinese
Paper 2 Criminology
Paper 2 Dance
Paper 2 Economics
Paper 2 Education
Paper 2 Electronic Science
Paper 2 Folk Literature
Paper 2 French
Paper 2 Geography
Paper 2 German
Paper 2 Gujarati
Paper 2 Hindi
Paper 2 Hindustani Music
Paper 2 History
Paper 2 Home Science
Paper 2 Human Rights and Duties
Paper 2 Indian Culture
Paper 2 International & Area Studies
Paper 2 Kannada
Paper 2 Karnatik Music
Paper 2 Konkani
Paper 2 Kashmiri
Paper 2 Japanese
Paper 2 Law
Paper 2 Library & Information Sciences
Paper 2 Linguistics
Paper 2 Maithili
Paper 2 Malayalam
Paper 2 Management
Paper 2 Marathi
Paper 2 Mass Communication & Journalism
Paper 2 Museology & Conservation
Paper 2 Nepali
Paper 2 Odia
Paper 2 Pali
Papper 2 Women’s Studies

UGC NET 2018 Question Papers and Answer Key

UGC NET Paper 1 Question Paper

Paper 1 2018

UGC NET Paper 2 Question Papers

Paper 2 Adult Education
Paper 2 Anthropology
Paper 2 Arab Culture & Islamic Studies
Paper 2 Archaeology
Paper 2 Arabic
Paper 2 Assamese
Paper 2 Bengali
Paper 2 Bodo
Paper 2 Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian
Paper 2 Commerce
Paper 2 Comparative Literature
Paper 2 Computer Science & Applications
Paper 2 Criminology
Paper 2 Dance
Paper 2 Defence & Strategic Studies
Paper 2 Dogri
Paper 2 Drama & Theatre
Paper 2 Dogri
Paper 2 Drama & Theatre
Paper 2 Economics
Paper 2 Education
Paper 2 Electronic Science
Paper 2 English
Paper 2 Environmental Science
Paper 2 Folk Literature
Paper 2 Forensic Science
Paper 2 French
Paper 2 Geography
Paper 2 German
Paper 2 Gujarati
Paper 2 Hindi
Paper 2 Hindustani Music
Paper 2 History
Paper 2 Home Science
Paper 2 Human Rights & Duties
Paper 2 Economics
Paper 2 Education
Paper 2 Electronic Science
Paper 2 English
Paper 2 Environmental Science
Paper 2 Folk Literature
Paper 2 Forensic Science
Paper 2 French
Paper 2 Geography
Paper 2 German
Paper 2 Gujarati
Paper 2 Hindi
Paper 2 Hindustani Music
Paper 2 History
Paper 2 Home Science
Paper 2 Human Rights & Duties
Paper 2 Indian Culture
Paper 2 International & Area Studies
Paper 2 Kannada
Paper 2 Karnatak Music
Paper 2 Kashmiri
Paper 2 Konkani
Paper 2 Law
Paper 2 Library & Information Sciences
Paper 2 Linguistics
Paper 2 Maithili
Paper 2 Malayalam
Paper 2 Management
Paper 2 Manipuri
Paper 2 Marathi
Paper 2 Mass Communication & Journalism
Paper 2 Museology & Conservation
Paper 2 Nepali
Paper 2 Odia
Paper 2 Pali

UGC NET December 2023 Question Paper

UGC NET December 2023 Question Paper

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Answered Yesterday

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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Nitesh Pruthi

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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Shikha Goyal

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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Virajita Shukla

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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Kritika Sharma

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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SUMIT .

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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Anshul Jindal

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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Jasleen Jain

Contributor-Level 6

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