UGC NET 2019 Paper-I Analysis by Students

UGC NET 2019 is being conducted from June 20 – June 28 in 263 cities across India. Shiksha reported live from a UGC NET exam centre in New Delhi. Know what students had to say about the difficulty level of paper-I of the exam.

UGC NET 2019 is being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in two shifts (9:30 AM - 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM) per day from June 20 – June 28. Check complete UGC NET 2019 exam schedule. The exam is being conducted for two papers – paper-I (generic for all candidates) and paper-II (based on candidate’s chosen subject). All candidates need to appear for both the papers in order to eligible for JRF and Assistant Professor or Assistant Professor only.

UGC NET paper-I pattern is such that candidates need to attempt a total of 50 questions of 100 marks in computer-based-test (CBT) mode. There is no negative marking in the exam.  Check complete UGC NET exam pattern.

Also Read: UGC NET 2019 Paper-II Analysis by Students

UGC NET 2019 Paper-I Analysis by Students

Shiksha reported live from iON Digital Zone, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi today, June 20, 2019 where over 1,000 students took the exam in first shift (9:30 AM - 12:30 PM). Most of the students that we spoke to shared that paper-I was of easy to moderate difficulty level. Read and watch the complete UGC NET 2019 student reaction and analysis below:

Swati: Paper-I was pretty simple as compared to UGC NET previous year question papers. The level of difficulty of the exam has definitely gone down this year.

Nisha: The difficulty level of UGC NET paper-I was not that high. For me, however, the computer knowledge part was tough. The calculations from Mathematics were easy.  

Rabina: My paper-I of UGC NET 2019 went fine. But I found Mathematical and Reasoning questions a bit difficult. But otherwise, paper-I was more or less easy and good.

Sanya Gaur: The entire paper-I of UGC NET June 2019 exam was easy. There was no difficulty level of the exam as such. Anybody can crack the paper-I easily. But I had difficulty with the font size of the paper. I found the font size of questions very small and some implementation should be done in that aspect. UGC NET paper-I pattern 2019 was exactly the same as previous years. There were 50 questions in the exam.

Anjali: I am a History student. This year, there was no break between paper-I and II, which turned out to be good. Earlier, we used to face problems in managing time in paper-I. But this year, we could utilize some time dedicated for paper-II to complete the first paper, which benefitted us. Also, this year, UGC NET paper-I was easier as compared to past years.

Nitesh Srivastava: The difficulty level of paper-I was moderate. I found Mathematics section a bit tough but questions from all other sections were easy to attempt. Also, the online testing system was the best part of UGC NET 2019 exam.

Shaila Rasheed: I found paper-I tough. I took two-three UGC NET mock tests and there were no questions on Data Interpretation in the test. Today, in the actual exam, however, there were questions from this topic.

Deepshikha Jalal: The first paper of UGC NET 2019 exam was doable. One can manage the exam easily by practicing past years’ UGC NET question papers.

Mohammed Rouf: Paper-I was easy. But I found attempting the paper, especially Reading Comprehensions, in computer-based-test (CBT) mode difficult. It took time in reading the passages due to which I could not give much time for paper-II of the exam.

Swati: Questions from paper-I were easy. Many of the questions were from books that I studied for UGC NET preparation.