Mon. Dec 2nd, 2024

UGC NET Exam Pattern

Mode of Exam Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in multi shifts
Papers I & II The Test will comprise two papers. Both papers consist of objective-type, multiple-choice questions.
Medium of Exam English & Hindi
UGC NET Marking Scheme For each correct response, the candidate will be awarded two marks and there shall be no negative marking for an incorrect answer.

Paper

No.of Questions Marks

Duration

I

Teaching/ Research aptitude, reasoning ability, reading comprehension, divergent thinking, and general awareness

50

100

03 hours

(180 minutes)

II

Based on the subject selected by the aspirant

100

200

UGC NET Syllabus – Paper I

 Teaching Aptitude Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding, and Reflection), Characteristics and basic requirements.

Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.

Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.

Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher-centred vs. learner-centred methods; Off-line vs. Online methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).

Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT-based.

Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of Evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer-based testing, Innovations in Evaluation Systems.

Research Aptitude Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post- positivistic approach to research.

Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.

Steps of Research.

Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.

Application of ICT in research.

Research ethics.

Comprehension A passage of text is given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.
Communication Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.

Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.

Barriers to effective communication.

Mass-Media and Society.

Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude Types of reasoning.

Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.

Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).

Logical Reasoning Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, structure of categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition.

Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.

Analogies.

Venn diagram: Simple and multiple uses for establishing the validity of arguments.

Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.

Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).

Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).

Data Interpretation Sources, acquisition, and classification of Data.

Quantitative and Qualitative Data.

Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart, and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.

Data Interpretation.

Data and Governance.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.

Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.

Digital initiatives in higher education.

ICT and Governance.

People, Development and Environment Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.

Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on the environment.

Environmental issues: Local, Regional, and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.

Impacts of pollutants on human health.

Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear, and Forests.

Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.

Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.

Higher Education System Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.

Evolution of higher learning and research in post-independence India.

Oriental, Conventional, and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.

Professional, Technical, and Skill-based education.

Value education and environmental education.

Policies, Governance, and Administration.

UGC NET Syllabus – Paper II

Management (including Business Admin. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management)

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Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics

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Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, Anthropology, Commerce, Education, Population Studies, Public Administration, Home Science, Defence and Strategic Studies, Social Work, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, Anthropology, Commerce, Education etc.,  

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