UGC NET Dec 2024 Exam Analysis; Check Jan 16, 2025 Question Papers Analysis for Shift 1 OUT
University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test 2026 ( UGC NET )
The NTA successfully conducted the UGC NET 2024 December session exam on January 16, 2025. Shift 1 is over at 12 PM. Shift 2 started at 3 PM. Scroll down for the UGC NET January 16 exam analysis, including difficulty level, students' reactions, good attempts, topics asked, and more.
UGC NET 2024 Dec Exam Analysis Jan 16, 2025
UGC NET Jan 16 Analysis: The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted Shift 1 of the UGC NET Jan 16 Exam at various centres across the country. Shift 2 started at 3 PM. Candidates can check below the student reactions, difficulty level of the exam, memory-based questions and answers, topics asked, good attempts, and more. Analysis plays a major role in the preparation of an examination as it provides the information regarding the difficulty level of an exam, topics asked in the exam, question paper, questions if repeated from the previous year, etc. Candidates can also predict the cutoff, whether it will rise or fall.
The UGC NET 2024 Syllabus consists of two parts: Paper 1 and 2. Paper 1 has 50 multiple-choice questions, and Paper 2 has 100 subject-specific questions. The authority postponed the January 15 exam. Now, it will be conducted on January 21 and 27 in a single shift for both days. The UGC NET 2024 exam for December session started on January 3 and will end on January 27, 2025. Scroll down for a detailed analysis of the UGC NET Jan 16 exam based on the students' feedback received.
- UGC NET 2024 Jan 16 Exam Analysis (Shift 1): Student Reactions & Topics Asked
- UGC NET 2024 January 16 Paper 1 Detailed Exam Analysis (Shift 1)
- Check UGC NET 2024 January 16 Exam Schedule
- UGC NET Exam Pattern 2024
- UGC NET 2024 Marking Scheme
UGC NET 2024 Jan 16 Exam Analysis (Shift 1): Student Reactions & Topics Asked
As per students'
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.
Topics asked in Paper 1 Shift 1 are:
- Higher Education: Warda Scheme of Education (Launched on 1937, chairman was Zakir Hussain)
- Buddhist University Question (Match the following)
- NCTE Act 1993 (National Council for Teachers Education), extablished in 1995
- Wind energy features
- CBD
- Air Pollution
- DI was percentage based. Comparatively a little bit tough as comapred to other shifts.
- Research Aptitude: Hypothesis (Match the following)
- Logical reasoning: Bharatiya Darshan, Jain & Buddha (Match the following), fallacy, mode and median
- Teaching: SWAYAM, class roon teaching
- ICT: Computer age, ROM
- Communication: Barriers of communication
- Maths and Reasoning: Blood relation, etc.
UGC NET 2024 January 16 Paper 1 Detailed Exam Analysis (Shift 1)
Candidates can check below in detail the UGC NET Jan 16 exam analysis of Paper 1 Shift 1.
| Section | Topics asked (Shift 1) | Difficulty Level (Shift 1) |
|---|---|---|
| Data Interpretation | Table Graph Percentage Based | Moderate |
| Communication | Barrier of Communication | Moderate |
| Logical Reasoning | Mood & Figures | Moderate |
| ICT | Computer Generation Age | Moderate |
| People and Environment | Air Pollution, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Wind Energy | Easy |
| Mathematics | Time, speed and distance, Advance Math – Volume of cylinder ratio (Height was given), Blood Relation, Number System | Moderate to Difficult |
| Reading Comprehension | Passage Questions | Easy |
| Higher Education System | Wardha Education Plan, Buddhism, Jainism | Moderate |
| Teaching Aptitude | National Council for Teacher Education |
Moderate |
| Research Aptitude | Null Hypothesis, Indian Logic, Fallacy |
Moderate |
Check UGC NET 2024 January 16 Exam Schedule
Candidates can check below the shift-wise Exam schedule for January 16, 2025.
| Date of Exam |
SHIFT – 1 (09:00 AM to 12:00 PM) |
SHIFT – 2 (03:00 PM to 06:00 PM) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
|
|
16 January 2025 |
005 |
Sociology |
059 |
Library and Information Science |
|
044 |
German |
090 |
Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence / Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies. |
|
| 101 |
Sindhi |
092 |
Human Rights and Duties |
|
| 039 |
French (French Version) |
102 |
Hindu Studies |
|
|
|
|
033 |
Dogri |
|
| 040 |
Spanish |
|||
| 062 |
Comparative Study of Religions |
|||
| 003 |
Philosophy |
|||
| 084 |
Kashmiri |
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UGC NET Exam Pattern 2024
Take a look at the detailed UGC NET exam pattern 2024 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 2024 Marking Scheme
Candidates can check below the marking scheme for the UGC NET 2024 December session.
| UGC NET Marking Parameters |
Marks Allotted |
|---|---|
| Correct answer |
+2 |
| Incorrect answer |
0 |
| Un-attempted question |
0 |
In each paper of UGC NET exam, two marks are awarded for every correct answer. There is no negative marking in the UGC NET exam.
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