UGC NET 2026 Paper Leak Row: Education Ministry Orders Probe
UGC NET June 2026 faces fresh controversy as NTA investigates alleged paper leak claims and question paper errors reported by candidates. Check updates here
UGC NET June Exam
UGC NET 2026 Paper Leak Row: National Testing Agency is once again under the scanner after fresh allegations of paper leak in UGC NET June exam. Along with alleged paper leak, candidates have also reported multiple errors in UGC NET Sociology question paper 2026, spelling mistakes and incorrect translations. As per media reports, Ministry of Education has asked NTA to investigate allegations that 100 page PDF related to preparation of UGC NET June 2026 Sociology exam was circulated before test.
This document is alleged to have nearly 90 questions that later were asked in actual UGC NET exam 2026. The document and allegations are under investigation. NTA has not yet issued any official statement confirming any claims.
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Candidates Raise Concerns Over Sociology UGC NET June Question Paper 2026
Apart from alleged UGC NET paper leak, many candidates who appeared for Sociology paper reported multiple errors in question paper. They claimed that exam paper had spelling mistakes, distorted names of well-known sociologists and social thinkers and incorrect Hindi translations of several questions.
Commonly asked questions
The UGC NET 2026 June session exam was started on June 22 and ended on June 30. The whole schedulewas announced on the official portal at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. The notification was released on April 29.
Yes, the NTA UGC NET 2026 paper 1 exam consists of questions related to communication skills. It is a part of a general aptitude test that have the teaching and research topics in which reading comprehension, reasoning, and communication skills also asked.
The UGC NET City Intimation Slip or City Slip is a document released by the NTA to inform candidates about the city where the exam center is located. Basically, it is not the admit card but provides advance information to help candidates make travel arrangements in advance.
As per media reports, candidates pointed out typographical errors in UGC NET Sociology question paper. The names of well known sociologists and commonly used academic terms were allegedly printed incorrectly. Some of reported errors were"Ritzer" being printed as "Putzer", "social" as "oval", "Parsons" as "Parsow", "Ghurye" as "Ghunye", "A R Desai" as "A K Desai".
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