Examination Scheme CSIR-UGC NET for Award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lecturership (LS) is a Single Paper Test having Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). The question paper is divided in three parts.
Total Marks: 200
Total Time: 3 Hours
Mode of Exam: Computer Based Test (CBT)
Pattern of Exam: Objective Type Comprising Multiple Choice Question
Medium Of Paper: Bilingual (Hindi and English Medium)
- Part A – 20 Marks
- Part B – 50 Marks
- Part C – 75 Marks
- Syllabus: General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude
- Total Marks: 20
- Question type: Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)
- Number of options per question to choose from: Four
- Number of correct answer per question: Single/ One
- Total questions in the section: 20
- Total questions to be answered in the section: 15
- Marks per question: 2
- Negative marking: 0.50 per wrong answer
- Syllabus: Life Sciences
- Total Marks: 70
- Question type: Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)
- Number of options per question to choose from: Four
- Number of correct answer per question: Single/ One
- Total questions in the section: 50
- Total questions to be answered in the section: 35
- Marks per question: 2
- Syllabus: Life Sciences – Scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts
- Total Marks: 100
- Question type: Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)
- Number of options per question to choose from: Four
- Number of correct answer per question: Single/ One
- Total questions in the section: 75
- Total questions to be answered in the section: 25
- Marks per question: 4
- Negative marking: 1 per wrong answer