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UGC NET Paper 1 Syllabus: Download General Aptitude Syllabus PDF

UGC NET Syllabus is planned by the National Testing Agency (NTA). It is announced in the official notification. The UGC NET exam consists of two papers- Paper 1 and Paper 2. While Paper 1 is mandatory and common for all, Paper 2 is optional. Both the papers are conducted in Online Mode. 

UGC NET Paper 1 consists of 50 MCQ-based questions from 10 sections. Each of them contains 5 questions of 2 marks each. Each MCQ has four options out of which only one is correct. There is no negative marking in the exam. The duration is 1 hour (60 minutes) and the total marks are 100. The questions is bilingual (Hindi and English) in nature. The sections given in UGC NET Syllabus for Paper 1 are listed below.

  • Teaching Aptitude
  • Research Aptitude
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Communication
  • Reasoning (including Maths)
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Data Interpretation
  • Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
  • People & Environment
  • Higher Education System: Governance, Polity & Administration

UGC NET Syllabus for Paper 1: General Aptitude

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