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Permalink Reply by Dr. Tarvinder Singh Handa on February 3, 2012 at 23:48

and following will be the pattern of New UGC Test:

1.	The UGC-NET will be conducted in objective mode from June 2012 onwards. The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will consist of only objective type questions and will be held on the day of Examination in two separate sessions as under:
	Session Paper Number of Questions Marks Duration First I 60 out of which 50 questions are to be attempted 50x2 = 100 1¼ Hours (09.30 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.) First II 50 questions all of which are compulsory 50x2 = 100 1¼ Hours (10.45 a.m. to 12.00 Noon.) Second III 75 questions all of which are compulsory 75x2 = 150 2½ Hours (01.30 p.m. to 04.00 p.m.)
2.	The candidates are required to obtain minimum marks separately in Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III as given below:
	Category Minimum marks (%) to be obtained Paper-I Paper-II Paper-III General 40 (40%) 40 (40%) 75 (50%) OBC 35 (35%) 35 (35%) 67.5 (45%) rounded off to 68 PH/VH/SC/ST 35 (35%) 35 (35%) 60 (40%)
	Only such candidates who obtain the minimum required marks in each Paper, separately, as mentioned above, will be considered for final preparation of result. However, the final qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and eligibility for Lectureship shall be decided by UGC before declaration of result.
3.	The syllabi of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III will remain the same.
4.	The candidates will be allowed to carry the carbon printout of OMR Response Sheets with them on conclusion of the examination.
5.	There will be no negative marking.

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Tarvinder Singh Handa on February 4, 2012 at 0:52

And here is the old pattern just for your comparison:

SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST :     i)   The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on 24th December 2011 (SATURDAY) in two separate sessions as under:   Session Paper   Marks Duration First I 100 1¼ Hours (09.30 A.M. to 10.45 A.M.) First II 100 1¼ Hours (10.45 A.M. to 12.00 NOON) Second III 200 2½ Hours (01.30 P.M. to 04.00 P.M.)       Paper-I shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. UGC has decided to provide choice to the candidates from the December 2009 UGC-NET onwards. Sixty (60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). In the event of the candidate attempting more than fifty questions, the first fifty questions attempted by the candidate would be evaluated.       Paper-II shall consist of questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50 compulsory objective type questions of two marks each. The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I and Paper-II on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test Booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR Sheet will be sent to the candidate along with the Admit Card.       Paper-III will consist of only descriptive questions from the subject selected by the candidate. The candidate will be required to attempt questions in the space provided in the Test Booklet. The structure of Paper-III has been revised from June 2010 UGC-NET and is available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in. Paper-III will be evaluated only for those candidates who are able to secure the minimum qualifying marks in Paper-I and Paper-II, as per the table given in the following:       CATEGORY MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS PAPER - I PAPER - II PAPER - I + PAPER - II GENERAL 40 40 100 (50 %) OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) /PH/VH 35 35  90 (45 %) SC/ST 35 35 80 (40 %)       The minimum qualifying criteria for award of JRF is as follows:       CATEGORY MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS PAPER - I PAPER - II PAPER - I + PAPER - II PAPER - III GENERAL 40 40 100 (50 %) 100 (50 %) OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) /PH/VH 35 35  90 (45 %) 90 (45 %) SC/ST 35 35 80 (40 %) 80 (40 %)       However, the final qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship shall be decided by UGC before declaration of result.     ii)   For Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates thirty minutes’ extra time shall be provided separately for paper-I and Paper-II. For paper-III, forty five minutes’ extra time shall be provided. They will also be provided the services of a scribe who would be a graduate in a subject other than that of the candidate. Those Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates who are not in a position to write in their own hand-writing can also avail these services by making prior request (at least one week before the date of UGC-NET) in writing to the Co-ordinator of the test centre. Extra time and facility of scribe would not be provided to other Physically Handicapped candidates.     iii)   Syllabus of Test: Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the UGC Website www.ugc.ac.in and are also available in the libraries of all Indian universities. UGC will not send the syllabus to individual candidates.     iv)   In Paper III, candidate has the option to answer either in Hindi or in English in all subjects except the languages where the candidate is required to write in the concerned language only. In case of Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science and Environmental Sciences, the question papers have to be answered in English only.     v)   In case of any discrepancy found in the English and Hindi versions, the questions in English version shall be taken as final.

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