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UGC NET exam is one of the biggest government job examinations that is been conducting in the country every year. There are candidates from various parts of the country who are appearing for the examination every year. The UGC NET exam is conducted every twice year by the National Testing Agency. This examination is conducted for shortlisting candidates for the posts of Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Indian Government Universities and Colleges. National Testing Agency or NTA UGC NET exam is conducted in the month of June & December every year. As per the latest statement from the HRD Ministry, the examination will now be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). In fact, UGC NET 2022 which is scheduled in the month of June would be the third exam of NTA. Here in this article are the details that the aspirants need to know about the UGC NET Selection Process 2022.
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UGC NET Selection Process 2022
UGC NET examination is conducted under the supervision of CBSE and it follows a certain process for the selection of the eligible candidates. the given below are the details regarding the UGC NET selection process that the commission is following for the year 2022.
- Candidates of the General category need to acquire at least 40% aggregate marks in both Papers I and II. Reserved candidates need to acquire at least 35% aggregate marks in both papers I and II.
- The qualification of the number of candidates for Assistant Professor should be equal to 6% of the total number of candidates appearing in both the papers.
- The qualification of the number of candidates for JRF should be equal to 1% of the total number of candidates appearing in both papers.
- The aggregate percentage of both paper I and II in a particular subject, corresponding to the number of slots arrived at, will decide the qualifying cut-off for selecting Assistant Professor in that subject. All other subject-wise qualifying cut-offs shall be determined in the same way.
- Out of the total number of qualified candidates, candidates who had applied for “Eligibility for Assistant Professor and JRF both” shall be taken into consideration for the post of JRF.
- Available JRF slots are allocated among different categories on the basis of the subject according to the Government’s Reservation policy.
- The aggregate percentage of both paper I and II in a particular subject, corresponding to the number of slots arrived at, will decide the qualifying cut-off for selecting JRF in that subject. All other subject-wise qualifying cut-offs shall be determined in the same way.
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UGC NET Final Selection 2022
The recruitment commission conducted the examination on various papers as part of the UGC NET selection process 2022. After the conduction of the recruitment examination, the final selection of the eligible candidates and the list of the selected candidates are published through the official website of the recruitment commission. The candidates who have appeared for in various rounds of the recruitment can check their eligibility through the official website once the details are updated by the recruitment commission.
UGC NET Exam Pattern 2022
UGC NET exam is conducted under the supervision of CBSE and this examination follows certain examination pattern. The given below are the details that are related to the UGC NET exam pattern 2022.
The UGC NET examination 2022 consists of 2 papers. They are
- Paper 1
- Paper 2
The complete details regarding the exam structure that is followed in paper 1 and paper 2 is given below.
- The Paper I will test the candidates on areas such as teaching and research aptitude. It will comprise of topics like reasoning ability, comprehension, general awareness, and divergent thinking.
- While the Paper-II will be based on the subject selected from the 81 subjects (like Political Science, Philosophy, History, Commerce, Music, etc.) by the candidate.
- The UGC NET question paper will be objective type.
- The exam duration is of 3 hours.
- The first session will be for Paper I, where it includes 50 questions for 100 marks.
- The second session will be for Paper II. The question paper will include 100 questions for 200 marks.
Session | Paper | Marks | No. of Qs | Duration |
First | I | 100 | 50 | 3 Hours |
Second | II | 200 | 100 |
UGC NET Exam Pattern for Paper I
Paper I of UGC NET will be generic and it will test the teaching aptitude and reasoning ability of the teachers.
Sections | Number of questions | Maximum marks |
Teaching Aptitude | 5 | 10 |
Research Aptitude | 5 | 10 |
Reading Comprehension | 5 | 10 |
Communication | 5 | 10 |
Reasoning (including Maths) | 5 | 10 |
Logical Reasoning | 5 | 10 |
Data Interpretation | 5 | 10 |
Information & Communication Technology (ICT) | 5 | 10 |
People & Environment | 5 | 10 |
Higher Education System: Governance, Polity & Administration | 5 | 10 |
Total | 50 | 100 |
- The questions will be objective type.
- Each question will carry 2 marks.
- Paper I will be for a duration of 1 hour.
- No negative marking for wrong answers in Paper I.
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UGC NET Exam Pattern for Paper II
Paper-II of the UGC NET is going to be subject-based. The candidates will be asked questions based on the subject they choose. The paper will be objective type.
Subject | Number of questions | Maximum marks |
Chosen subject by the candidate | 100 | 200 |
- Each question will carry 2 marks.
- Paper-II will have a duration of 2 hours.
- No negative marking will be given for wrong answers in Paper-II.
UGC NET Syllabus 2022
UGC conducts the National Eligibility Test as two papers. Candidates who are appearing for the examination should score good marks in both papers to score a good rank in the final rank list.
Paper I syllabus
Paper I is on General Research Aptitude and Teaching skills. These are the topic that has to be covered for this section.
UGC NET Paper-I Unit wise Subjects
Unit-I: Teaching Aptitude
- Teaching: Concept, objectives, levels of teaching (memory, understanding & reflective), characteristics along with basic requirements
- Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent & adult learners (academic, social, emotional & cognitive), individual differences
- Factors affecting teaching related to Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment as well as Institution
- Methods of teaching in universities of higher learning: Teacher centered against. learner-centered methods; offline against online methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs, etc.).
- Teaching support system: Traditional, modern as well as ICT based
- Evaluation systems: Elements & types of evaluation, evaluation in Choice Based Credit System as in higher education, computer-based testing, innovations which take place in evaluation systems
Unit-II: In case of Research Aptitude
- Research: Meaning, Types, & characteristics, positivism as well as a post-positivist approach to research
- Methods of research: Experimental, descriptive, historical, qualitative, and quantitative methods
- Steps for conducting a research
- Thesis & article writing: Format as well as styles of referencing
- Application of ICT in the research field
- Ethical research
Unit-III: Comprehension
- A passage of text shall be given. Questions shall be asked from the passage from where it is to be answered
Unit-IV: Communication
- Communication: Meaning, types & characteristics of communication
- Effective communication: Verbal & non-verbal, inter-cultural & group communications, classroom communication
- Barriers in case of effective communication
- Mass-media & society
Unit-V: Mathematical Reasoning & Aptitude
- Types of reasoning
- Number series, letter series, codes & relationships
- Mathematical aptitude (fraction, time and distance, ratio, proportion & percentage, profit & loss, interest & discounting, averages, etc.)
Unit-VI: Logical Reasoning
- Understanding the structure of arguments: Argument forms, the structure of categorical propositions, mood & figure, formal with informal fallacies, uses of language, connotations as well as denotations of terms, the classical square of opposition
- Evaluating & distinguishing deductive & inductive reasoning
- Analogies
- Venn diagram: Simple & 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) & Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension)
- Structure with kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasa (fallacies of inference)
Unit-VII: Data Interpretation
- Sources, acquisition & classification of data
- Quantitative & qualitative data
- Graphical representation (bar-chart, histograms, pie-chart, table-chart & line-chart) along with mapping of the required data
- Data interpretation
- Data & governance
- Unit-VIII: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- ICT: General abbreviations & terminology
- Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio & Video-conferencing
- Digital initiatives in terms of higher education
- ICT & Governance
Unit-IX: People, Development and Environment
- Development & environment: Millennium development with Sustainable development goals
- Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities & their impacts on the environment
- Environmental issues: Local, regional & global; air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution, waste(solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), climate change & its socio-economic and political dimensions
- Impacts of pollutants on human health
- Natural & energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear & Forests
- Natural hazards & 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
Unit-X: Higher Education System
- Institutions of higher learning & education in ancient India
- Evolution of higher learning & research in post-independence India
- Oriental, conventional & non-conventional learning programs in India
- Professional, technical along skill-based education.
- Value education & environmental education
- Policies, governance, as well as administration
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Paper-II Syllabus
In the paper II portion of the UGC NET examination, candidates can select an atopic as their elective from a total of 84 subjects. The details regarding the complete list of electives are available from the UGC Official website. Here are some of the most important portions as well as topics that are usually covered in Paper II of the UGC NET examination 2021.
Names of the Subject | Important Topics of the UGC NET Paper-II 2021 |
Commerce | Accounting along with Auditing |
Banking & Financial Institutions | |
Income-tax with Corporate tax Planning | |
Business Statistics & Research Method | |
Legal Aspects of Business for understanding business | |
English | Fiction as well as Short Stories |
Cultural Studies Topic | |
Non-Fictional Prose Topic | |
Literary Theory Post World War II – Summary | |
Literary Criticism Topic | |
Computer Science | Theory of Computation & Compilers |
Data Structures with Algorithms | |
Data Communication & Computer Networks | |
DBMS (Database Management System) | |
System Software and Operating System | |
Management | Organizational Behaviour Topic |
Human Resource Management (HRM) | |
Business Plan & Feasibility Analysis | |
Financial Management as well as Concept and Functions | |
Marketing Topic | |
Economics | Microeconomics Topic |
Macroeconomics Topic | |
Indian Economics | |
Growth and Development with Economics | |
Public Economics Topic | |
Education | Curriculum Studies Topic |
Research in Education Topic | |
Teacher Education Topic | |
Learner & Learning Process | |
History, Politics & Economics of Educational | |
Library Science | Research Methods Topic |
Library Automation topic | |
Financial Management in Libraries Topic | |
Right to Information Act (RTI) Topic | |
Mapping of Subjects in Library Classification Schemes – DDC, UDC as well as CC | |
Political Science | Comparative Politics Analysis Topic |
Political Institutions in India Topic | |
Political Theories | |
Governance & Public Policy in India | |
Public Administration Topic | |
HRM(Human Resource Management) | Collective Bargaining Topic |
Job Analysis Topic | |
Labour Welfare Topic | |
Labour Legislation Topic | |
Trade Unions Topic | |
Law | Constitutional & Administrative Law |
Public International Law & IHL (International Humanitarian Law) | |
Family Law Topic | |
Jurisprudence Law | |
Environment & Human Rights Law |
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UGC NET Exam Centres 2022
The given below are the list of the examination centres across various states where the UGC NET examination is conducted in the year 2022.
State | City | Exam Centre Code |
---|---|---|
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/ Naharlagun | AL01 |
Assam | Dibrugarh | AM01 |
Guwahati | AM02 | |
Jorhat | AM03 | |
Silchar (Assam) | AM04 | |
Tezpur | AM05 | |
Andaman and Nicobar | Port Blair | AN01 |
Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur | AP01 |
Bhimavaram | AP03 | |
Chirala | AP04 | |
Chittoor | AP05 | |
Eluru | AP06 | |
Guntur | AP07 | |
Kadapa | AP08 | |
Kakinada | AP09 | |
Kurnool | AP10 | |
Nellore | AP11 | |
Ongole | AP12 | |
Rajahmundry | AP13 | |
Srikakulam | AP14 | |
Tirupathi | AP16 | |
Vijayawada | AP17 | |
Visakhapatnam | AP18 | |
Vizianagaram | AP19 | |
Narasaraopet | AP20 | |
Proddatur | AP21 | |
Surampalem | AP23 | |
Bihar | Bhagalpur | BR02 |
Darbhanga | BR04 | |
Gaya | BR05 | |
Muzaffarpur | BR06 | |
Patna | BR07 | |
Purnea | BR08 | |
Arrah | BR09 | |
Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar/ Durg | CG01 |
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) | CG02 | |
Raipur | CG03 | |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh/ Mohali | CH01 |
Daman and Diu | Daman | DD01 |
Diu | DD02 | |
Delhi | Delhi/ New Delhi | DL01 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | DN01 |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar | GJ01 |
Anand | GJ02 | |
Bhavnagar | GJ03 | |
Jamnagar | GJ06 | |
Junagadh | GJ07 | |
Mehsana | GJ08 | |
Rajkot | GJ10 | |
Surat | GJ11 | |
Vadodara | GJ12 | |
Valsad/ Vapi | GJ13 | |
Himatnagar | GJ14 | |
Goa | Panaji/ Madgaon | GO01 |
Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) | HP01 |
Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) | HP03 | |
Kangra/ Palampur | HP04 | |
Shimla | HP06 | |
Solan | HP07 | |
Mandi | HP08 | |
Una | HP09 | |
Kullu | HP10 | |
Haryana | Ambala | HR01 |
Faridabad | HR03 | |
Gurugram | HR04 | |
Hissar | HR05 | |
Karnal | HR06 | |
Kurukshetra | HR07 | |
Panipat | HR08 | |
Sonipat | HR09 | |
Yamuna Nagar | HR10 | |
Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City | JH01 |
Dhanbad | JH02 | |
Jamshedpur | JH03 | |
Ranchi | JH04 | |
Hazaribagh | JH05 | |
Jammu and Kashmir | Baramulla | JK01 |
Jammu | JK02 | |
Samba | JK03 | |
Srinagar (J&K) | JK04 | |
Karnataka | Belagavi | KK02 |
Bellary | KK03 | |
Bengaluru | KK04 | |
Bidar | KK05 | |
Davanagere | KK06 | |
Gulbarga | KK08 | |
Hassan | KK09 | |
Dharwad/ Hubballi (Hubli) | KK10 | |
Mangaluru (Mangalore) | KK12 | |
Mysuru (Mysore) | KK14 | |
Shivamogga (Shimoga) | KK15 | |
Tumakuru | KK16 | |
Udupi/ Manipal | KK17 | |
Mandya | KK18 | |
Kerala | Alappuzha/ Chengannur | KL01 |
Ernakulam/ Angamaly/ Muvattupuzha | KL04 | |
Idukki | KL05 | |
Kannur | KL07 | |
Kasaragod | KL08 | |
Kollam | KL09 | |
Kottayam | KL11 | |
Kozhikode | KL12 | |
Malappuram | KL13 | |
Palakkad | KL15 | |
Pathanamthitta | KL16 | |
Thiruvananthapuram | KL17 | |
Thrissur | KL18 | |
Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | LD01 |
Ladakh | Leh | LL01 |
Meghalaya | Shillong | MG01 |
Manipur | Imphal | MN01 |
Madhya Pradesh | Balaghat | MP01 |
Betul | MP02 | |
Bhopal | MP03 | |
Chhindwara | MP05 | |
Gwalior | MP06 | |
Indore | MP07 | |
Jabalpur | MP08 | |
Rewa | MP11 | |
Sagar | MP12 | |
Satna | MP13 | |
Ujjain | MP15 | |
Maharashtra | Ahmednagar | MR01 |
Akola | MR02 | |
Amravati | MR03 | |
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) | MR04 | |
Chandrapur | MR09 | |
Dhule | MR10 | |
Jalgaon | MR13 | |
Kolhapur | MR14 | |
Latur | MR15 | |
Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai | MR16 | |
Nagpur | MR17 | |
Nanded | MR18 | |
Nashik | MR19 | |
Pune | MR22 | |
Raigad | MR23 | |
Ratnagiri | MR24 | |
Sangli | MR25 | |
Satara | MR26 | |
Solapur | MR27 | |
Thane | MR28 | |
Wardha | MR29 | |
Mizoram | Aizawl | MZ01 |
Nagaland | Dimapur | NL01 |
Kohima | NL02 | |
Odisha | Balasore | OR02 |
Berhampur-Ganjam | OR03 | |
Bhubaneswar | OR04 | |
Cuttack | OR05 | |
Dhenkanal | OR06 | |
Rourkela | OR08 | |
Sambalpur | OR09 | |
Punjab | Amritsar | PB01 |
Bhatinda | PB02 | |
Jalandhar | PB04 | |
Ludhiana | PB05 | |
Pathankot | PB07 | |
Patiala/ Fatehgarh Sahib | PB08 | |
Sangrur | PB11 | |
Puducherry | Puducherry | PO01 |
Rajasthan | Ajmer | RJ01 |
Alwar | RJ02 | |
Bikaner | RJ05 | |
Jaipur | RJ06 | |
Jodhpur | RJ07 | |
Kota | RJ08 | |
Sikar | RJ09 | |
Sriganganagar | RJ10 | |
Udaipur | RJ11 | |
Sikkim | Gangtok | SM01 |
Tripura | Agartala | TA01 |
Telangana | Hyderabad/ Secunderabad/ Ranga Reddy | TL01 |
Karimnagar | TL02 | |
Khammam | TL03 | |
Mahbubnagar | TL04 | |
Nalgonda | TL05 | |
Warangal | TL07 | |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai | TN01 |
Coimbatore | TN02 | |
Cuddalore | TN03 | |
Kanchipuram | TN05 | |
Kanyakumari/ Nagercoil | TN06 | |
Madurai | TN08 | |
Namakkal | TN10 | |
Salem | TN11 | |
Thanjavur | TN12 | |
Thoothukudi | TN13 | |
Tiruchirappalli | TN14 | |
Tirunelveli | TN15 | |
Tiruvallur | TN16 | |
Vellore | TN18 | |
Virudhunagar | TN20 | |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun | UK01 |
Haldwani | UK02 | |
Haridwar | UK03 | |
Nainital | UK04 | |
Pantnagar | UK05 | |
Roorkee | UK06 | |
Uttar Pradesh | Agra | UP01 |
Aligarh | UP02 | |
Allahabad | UP03 | |
Bareilly | UP04 | |
Faizabad | UP06 | |
Ghaziabad | UP07 | |
Gorakhpur | UP08 | |
Noida/ Greater Noida | UP09 | |
Jhansi | UP10 | |
Kanpur | UP11 | |
Lucknow | UP12 | |
Mathura | UP13 | |
Meerut | UP14 | |
Moradabad | UP15 | |
Muzaffarnagar | UP16 | |
Sitapur | UP17 | |
Varanasi | UP18 | |
West Bengal | Asansol | WB01 |
Burdwan (Bardhaman) | WB02 | |
Durgapur | WB04 | |
Hooghly | WB06 | |
Howrah | WB07 | |
Kalyani | WB08 | |
Kolkata | WB10 | |
Siliguri | WB11 |
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