UGC NET Phase 1 Exam Analysis 2023 and Student Reaction Video

NTA is conducting UGC NET Phase 1 2023 exam for 57 subjects. The overall difficulty level of the Linguistic paper held on February 23, 2023 was moderate to difficult. Read this article to know more about UGC NET Phase 1 exam analysis 2023. 

UGC NET Phase 1 Exam Analysis 2023

UGC NET Phase 1 Exam Analysis 2023: National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting UGC NET Phase 1 exam 2023 till February 24, 2024 for subjects. The exam is being conducted in two shifts-9 am to 12 pm and 3 pm to 6 pm. NTA conducted the Linguistic paper in the first shift today (February 23, 2023). The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate to difficult compared to last year. As the paper was tough, UGC NET cut off for this paper is expected to be less compared to last year. According to UGC NET exam pattern, paper 1 carries 50 questions from Teaching Aptitude, Reasearch Aptitude, Reading Comprehension, Communication, Reasoning (Including Maths), Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Information & Communication Technology (ICT), People & Environment and Higher Education System: Governance, Polity & Administration. Total marks allotted to the Paper 1 exam are 100. Paper 2 carries 100 questions on specific subjects. Read this article below to know more on UGC NET Phase 1 exam analysis 2023.

UGC NET Phase 1 Exam Analysis 2023 & Student Reaction for February 23

The Linguistic Paper 1 carried two questions from Reasearch Aptitude, seven to eight questions from Communication, six to seven questions from Teaching Aptitude, etc. The Teaching Aptitude section was difficult. The Paper 2, which carried subject-specific questions, was moderate to difficult in terms of difficulty level. This paper carried few questions from previous year's question paper. We have provided below UGC NET Phase 1 exam analysis & student reaction for Lingusitic paper.

Pooja Singh, who appeared for Music paper said, "The paper 2 was of high level and it was not easy. In Paper 1 maximum questions were asked from Current Affairs in Higher education. The cut off will be less as the paper was moderate to difficult."

Parthana said, "The paper 1 and 2 were tough compared to last year. The Maths section in Paper 1 was tough. There were maximum questions from communication. There were one or two questions from Teaching Aptitude."

Akash said, "The paper was moderate in terms of difficulty level. Paper 1 covered questions from Reasoning, Maths, etc. The level of Paper 2 was tough."

UGC NET 2023 Phase 1 Student Reaction Video

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UGC NET Exam Analysis and Student Reaction for Phase 1 Exam 2023- February 21

Shiksha visited one of the exam centres to gather the difficulty level of the UGC NET exam for Paper 1 and Paper 2 in Phase 1. Check the below feedback for the UGC NET Phase 1 exam: 

Saksham said, “The difficulty level for the mathematical reasoning section was easy to moderate. The Data Interpretation questions were lengthy and time taking. Other than this the paper was doable in nature.” 

Lovely said, “The teaching aptitude and research aptitude were doable and easy in nature. However, the overall Paper 1 difficulty level was moderate in nature.” 

Ritik said, “The questions from communication were easy and doable in nature but the computer section was moderate to difficult. The questions in the communication section were direct in nature and were twisted as compared to the last session.” 

UGC NET Exam Analysis February 22, 2023 

Based on the reviews of the candidates for the UGC NET exam Phase 1 Shift 1 exam on February 22, the paper 1 exam was moderate in nature.  6 to 7 were asked from Research Aptitude, 5 questions were from Reading Comprehension, and 7 questions were from Communication. On the other hand, People & Environment and Higher Education System had 7 to 8 questions that were overall moderate in nature. The aspirants can check the difficulty level of the UGC NET Paper 1 exam in the table below.

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UGC NET Exam Pattern 2023  

The exam pattern for the UGC NET exam has been given below for the candidates in the table. The candidates can analyse the UGC NET exam pattern that will help while calculating their scores for the UGC NET Phase 1 exam: 

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