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UGC NET Syllabus 2024: To pass the UGC NET Exam scheduled from 1st January to 19th of 2025, candidates must be familiar with the most recent UGC NET syllabus.

UGC NET Syllabus 2024, Check Full Syllabus

The UGC NET test is used to determine whether candidates are eligible for Assistant Professor, Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), or both Assistant Professor and JRF posts at Indian colleges and universities.

Paper 1 has a common syllabus for all posts, while paper 2 has a different syllabus depending on the subject chosen. We have included the UGC NET 2024 syllabus in this article, as it is a key component in preparing for the exam.

UGC has delegated the National Testing Agency to administer the UGC Net 2024 for 83 subjects in order to determine eligibility of students in Indian Universities and Colleges to become “Assistant professors” or “Junior Research Fellowships”. This article covers the UGC NET syllabus.

UGC NET Syllabus 2024 – Highlights

Both are multiple-choice (MCQ) questions. All the candidates must know that 3 hours have been allotted to complete both the papers. Start preparing for the exam now, And read the syllabus in detail to get good grades.

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UGC NET Syllabus 2024- Highlights
OrganizationNational Testing Agency (NTA)
Name of ExaminationUGC NET Exam 2024
Duration of Exam03 hours
Exam Date 1st to 19th January 2025
Total No. of Questions150
Total Marks 300
Mode of ExamOnline – CBT (Computer-Based Test)
Marking Scheme02 marks for each correct answer
No. of Subjects 83 subjects
Negative MarkingNo negative marking

UGC NET Syllabus 2024 Exam Pattern

The UGC NET 2024 examination will be conducted online (Computer Based Test).

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UGC NET Exam Pattern 2024
PaperPattern of PaperNumber of QuestionsMarksDuration
Paper-IThe questions will be generic in nature, intending to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. 5010003 hours (180 minutes)
Paper-IIThis is based on the subject selected by the candidate and will assess domain knowledge.100200
Total150300

Important Points:

  • Candidates will get 2 marks for each correct answer in Paper 1 and Paper 2.
  • There is no negative marking in this exam.
  • Questions marked as unanswered/marked for review will not be graded.
  • All questions must be answered.
  • The candidate who attempted the question, and chose one of the correct responses will receive credit. All candidates will receive marks, If there are any questions that were dropped.

UGC NET Syllabus 2024 – Paper 1 Syllabus 2024

The UGC NET paper 1 syllabus includes subjects that help assess the candidate’s ability to teach and conduct research, as well as cognitive abilities and general awareness of teaching and learning processes within the higher education system. 

Paper 1 has 50 questions and 100 marks. Below is the detailed syllabus for UGC NET Paper-1 and a PDF file of it.

UGC NET Paper 1 Syllabus PDF 2024

Unit I: Teaching Aptitude

  • Teaching: Concepts, Objectives, Levels (Memory and Understanding), Characteristics and Basic Requirements
  • Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics for adolescent, adult, and non-adolescent learners (Academics, Social, Emotional, and Cognitive), individual differences
  • Factors that affect teaching Teacher and Learner, Support Material, Instructional Facilities, Learning Environment, and Institution
  • Teaching methods in higher education institutions: Learner-centred or teacher-centered? Offline vs. online methods (Swayam/Swayamprabha/MOOCs, etc.).
  • Supporting Teaching System: Modern, Traditional and ICT-based
  • Evaluation System: Elements, types and evaluations, evaluation in the Choice Based Credit System of Higher Education, computer-based testing, innovations in evaluation systems
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Unit II: Research Ability

  • Research: Meanings, Types and Characteristics of Positivism, Postpositivistic Approach to Research
  • Research Methods: Qualitative, Quantitative, Quantitative, Experimental and Descriptive Methods.
  • How to write a thesis and an article: Styles and formats of referencing
  • ICT applications in research
  • Research Ethics

Unit-III Comprehension

The passage is read. The passage is given.

Unit IV: Communication

  • Communication: Meanings, types and characteristics
  • Effective Communication: Verbal & Non-verbal, Group and inter-cultural communication, Classroom communication
  • Communication barriers
  • Mass-Media and Society

Unit V: Mathematical Reasoning & Aptitude

  • Different types of reasoning
  • Number series, letter series, codes and relationships
  • Mathematical aptitude (Fractions, Time and Distance, Ratios, Proportions and Percentages, Profit and Loss and Discounting etc.).

Unit VI: Logical Reasoning

  • Understanding arguments: Argument forms, the structure and meaning of categorical statements, Formal and informal fallacies. Uses of language.
  • Deductive and inductive reasoning: evaluating and distinguishing them
  • Analogies
  • Venn Diagram: Simple or multiple uses to establish 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)
  • Anumana, Vyapti and Hetvabhasas: Structures and types of Anumanas (inference), Vyaptis (invariable relations)

Unit-VII : Data Interpretation

  • Sources of data, classification and acquisition
  • Quantitative and Qualitative data
  • Data can be represented graphically (Bar-charts, Histograms and Table-charts) as well as by mapping.
  • Data Interpretation
  • Data Governance

Unit-VIII : Information and Communication Technology

  • ICT: Abbreviations, terminology and general terms
  • Internet Basics, Intranet, E mail, Audio and video-conferencing
  • Digital initiatives in Higher Education
  • ICT and Governance

Unit-IX : People, Development and Environment

  • Environment and development: Sustainable development goals and the Millennium Development Goals
  • Human-environment interaction: Impacts of human activities on the environment
  • Environmental Issues: Local and Regional; Soil Pollution, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Noise Pollution, Waste (solids, liquids, biomedical and hazardous), Climate Change and its Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions
  • Pollutants and human health
  • Natural resources and energy: Wind, Solar, Hydro, Geothermal and Biomass.
  • Natural disasters and hazards: Mitigation Strategies
  • Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change (National Action Plan on Climate Change), International Agreements/Efforts – Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit Convention on Biodiversity Convention on Biodiversity Protocol Kyoto Protocol Paris Agreement International Solar Alliance
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Unit X: Higher Education System

  • Ancient Indian institutions of higher education and learning
  • Post-Independence India: Higher education and Research
  • Learn about the Oriental, Conventional, and Non-Conventional Programs available in India
  • Education that focuses on professional, technical and skill-based education
  • Environmental education and value education
  • Policy, Governance and Administration

NOTICE: (ii) Each module will have five questions, each worth 2 marks.
(ii) When graphical/pictorial questions are set for candidates who can see, an equal number and weighting of questions should be set for candidates with visual impairments.

Paper 2 Syllabus 2024

The UGC NET Paper 2 is based on selection of subjects by the candidates. Paper II will consist of 100 MCQs (multiple choice questions) worth 200 marks. The UGC NET Exam will cover a total of 83 topics. The candidates will be required to choose one subject, preferably their subject of post-graduation. Below are the UGC NET Paper 2 PDFs for each subject:

UGC NET Paper 2 Syllabus 2024
Subject CodeSubjectsSyllabus [in English]Syllabus [in Hindi]
01Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation / Demography / 
Development Planning/ Development Studies / Econometrics/ 
Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics		DownloadDownload
02Political ScienceDownloadDownload
03PhilosophyDownloadDownload
04PsychologyDownloadDownload
05SociologyDownloadDownload
06HistoryDownloadDownload
07AnthropologyDownloadDownload
08CommerceDownloadDownload
09EducationDownloadDownload
10Social WorkDownloadDownload
11Defence and Strategic StudiesDownloadDownload
12Home ScienceDownloadDownload
14Public AdministrationDownloadDownload
15Population StudiesDownloadDownload
16MusicDownloadDownload
17Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ 
Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ 
Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management)		DownloadDownload
18MaithiliDownloadDownload
19BengaliDownloadDownload
20Hindi Download
21KannadaDownloadDownload
22MalayalamDownloadDownload
23OriyaDownloadDownload
24PunjabiDownloadDownload
25SanskritDownloadDownload
26TamilDownloadDownload
27TeluguDownloadDownload
28UrduDownloadDownload
29ArabicDownloadDownload
30EnglishDownloadDownload
31LinguisticsDownloadDownload
32ChineseDownloadDownload
33DogriDownloadDownload
34NepaliDownloadDownload
35ManipuriDownloadDownload
36AssameseDownloadDownload
37GujaratiDownloadDownload
38MarathiDownloadDownload
39French (French Version)DownloadDownload
40SpanishDownloadDownload
41RussianDownloadDownload
42PersianDownloadDownload
43RajasthaniDownloadDownload
44GermanDownloadDownload
45JapaneseDownloadDownload
46Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education.DownloadDownload
47Physical EducationDownloadDownload
49Arab Culture and Islamic StudiesDownloadDownload
50Indian CultureDownloadDownload
55Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ 
Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management		DownloadDownload
58LawDownloadDownload
59Library and Information ScienceDownloadDownload
60Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace StudiesDownloadDownload
62Comparative Study of ReligionsDownloadDownload
63Mass Communication and JournalismDownloadDownload
65Performing Art – Dance/Drama/TheatreDownloadDownload
66Museology & ConservationDownloadDownload
67ArchaeologyDownloadDownload
68CriminologyDownloadDownload
70Tribal and Regional Language/LiteratureDownloadDownload
71Folk LiteratureDownloadDownload
72Comparative LiteratureDownloadDownload
73Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ 
Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ 
Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ 
Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama).		 Download
74Women StudiesDownloadDownload
79Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)DownloadDownload
80GeographyDownloadDownload
81Social Medicine & Community HealthDownloadDownload
82Forensic ScienceDownloadDownload
83PaliDownloadDownload
84KashmiriDownloadDownload
85KonkaniDownloadDownload
87Computer Science and ApplicationsDownloadDownload
88Electronic ScienceDownload 
89Environmental SciencesDownload 
90Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies.DownloadDownload
91PrakritDownloadDownload
92Human Rights and DutiesDownloadDownload
93Tourism Administration and Management.DownloadDownload
94Bodo Download
95Santali Download
100YogaDownloadDownload
101SindhiDownloadDownload
102Hindu StudiesDownloadDownload
103Indian Knowledge SystemDownloadDownload

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