UGC NET 2017 Student Reaction for Paper I

UGC NET student feedback

CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) conducted UGC NET 2017 across 91 cities in the country today, November 5. The test was held in three sessions wherein candidates had to appear for three different papers. While Paper-I was common for all candidates, Paper II and III consisted of subject-related questions. It may be noted that UGC NET is conducted for over 84 subjects.

Schedule for UGC NET November 2017 exam is mentioned below:

UGC NET exam pattern for Paper-I is such that the question paper is divided into 10 sections containing a total of 50 questions. Candidates need to complete Paper-I in a duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes. Maximum marks that candidates can score in this paper are 100.

Check complete UGC NET 2017 exam pattern.

Shiksha spoke to students who took UGC NET 2017 in different cities to know how their Paper I went. Majority of the students who appeared for the exam shared that the test was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level and they could finish their paper on time.

UGC NET 2017: Section-Wise Difficulty Level of Paper-I

Talking about Paper-I of UGC NET November 2017 exam, Alok Kumar who gave the test from Badalpur town of Bihar for English Literature subject said, “Paper-I was of moderate difficulty level. There were some questions from history of English Literature that I found difficult. For example, a question from TS Eliot poetry was really difficult. Only students with strong knowledge about Literature could answer the questions.” He further shared, “Rest of the sections were of easy to moderate level. However, in the Reasoning section, I found puzzles to be little difficult. Overall, my Paper-I went good.”

Dr Shamim Ahmad who gave the exam from Jammu & Kashmir for Political Science subject said, “Paper-I was easy, especially questions related to Reasoning section. Questions asked in this section were from topics such as Series, Distance, Coding-Decoding etc.” Elaborating further he said, “Among all the sections, I found questions from Data Interpretation section to be most difficult. However, overall my paper went well".

Deepak Kumar Sahu who is a government teacher by profession and who gave the exam from Kota, Rajasthan shared, “The paper was average in terms of difficulty level. Since I belong to a Hindi medium school, I found it difficult to understand the language. And, because of this I found questions from Higher Education System section to be most difficult.” Deepak further added, “Since I am a teacher I could attempt questions from Teaching Aptitude section very easily. Questions from all other sections were also easy. I could complete my paper in time.”

Another candidate, Ali Ishtiyaq from Srinagar who gave the test for Political Science subject held similar views like Deepak. He said, “It was a great paper. But one needed to study well in order to clear the paper. Questions from all sections of Paper I were easy but I found the section of Higher Education System comparatively difficult. Apart from this, questions from Communication section were the most difficult for me. I had to read the questions of this section twice or thrice to understand them.”

Mahendra Gurjar who appeared for UGC NET for the second time shared that Paper-I was comparatively easier in November 2017. He said, “Although the paper (Paper-I) was easy this year, I found Reading Comprehensions little difficult. Apart from that, some questions related to Mathematics were also confusing. Overall, it was a good paper.”

UGC NET 2017: Exam Pattern for Paper I

All UGC NET aspirants shared that the exam pattern for Paper-I was exactly the same as shared by CBSE on their official website. Regarding the same, Deepak said, “Paper-I contained 50 questions with no negative marking. We had to complete the paper in 1 hour and 15 minutes. Almost every candidate could complete their Paper-I in time.”

On the other hand, Mahendra shared that “in NET January 2017 exam there were a total of 60 questions in Paper-I out of which we had to attempt 50 questions. However, this time (in NET November 2017 exam) there were no choices given in the paper. Total 50 questions were asked and we had to attempt all the questions in the paper. Other than that there was no change in the pattern for Paper-I of the exam.”