NTA UGC NET / JRF 2024 Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Cut-Off, Result

NTA released the UGC NET Notification and Application Form for UGC NET 2024 on April 20, 2024, and the deadline for submitting this form has been set for May 11, 2024. The exam is scheduled for June 16. All information about the NTA application form, such as details, selection process, age limit, fees, and so on, will be found in this article, as well as a link to the official notification, which can be downloaded in PDF University NET Form 2024.

UGC NET Syllabus 2024

The candidate must choose a subject for UGC NET Paper 2. A candidate may select the subject of his or her postgraduate studies or a related subject. The NTA UGC NET tests 83 subjects in total. To view the UGC NET Paper 2 syllabus for all 83 subjects, click on the PDF links provided below.

UGC NET Syllabus 2024 for (Paper 1)

The UGC NET Paper 1 syllabus includes subjects that will assist candidates evaluate their teaching and research abilities, cognitive abilities, and general understanding of teaching and learning processes in the higher education system. The 1 paper has 50 questions of 2.2 marks each.

Unit 1: Teaching Aptitude Syllabus

• Teaching concepts, objectives, levels of instruction (memory, comprehension, and reflection), characteristics, and basic requirements.
• Learner characteristics include adolescent and adult learners’ academic, social, emotional, and cognitive characteristics, as well as individual differences.
• Teaching factors include the teacher, the learner, support materials, instructional facilities, the learning environment, and the institution.
• Teaching methods in higher education institutions: teacher-centred vs. learner-centred; offline vs. online (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs, and so on).
• Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern, and ICT-Based.
• Elements and types of evaluation, evaluation in a choice-based credit system in higher education, computer-based testing, and evaluation system innovations.

Unit 2: Syllabus for Research Aptitude

• Meaning, types, and characteristics of research, as well as the positivist and postpositivist approaches to research.
• Methods of research include experimental, descriptive, historical, qualitative, and quantitative methods, as well as research steps.
• Thesis and article writing: Citation format and styles.
• Use of ICT in research.
• Research ethics.

Unit 3: Comprehension Syllabus

• A passage of text is provided. Questions are posed from the passage to be answered.

Unit 4: Communication

• Communication: The definition, types, and characteristics of communication.
• Effective communication includes verbal and nonverbal communication, intercultural and group interactions, and classroom communication.
• Barriers to effective communication.
• Mass Media and Society.

Unit V: Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude Syllabus

• There are different types of reasoning.
• Number series, letter sequences, codes, and relationships.
• Mathematical aptitude (fractions, time and distance, ratios, proportions, percentages, profit and loss, interest and discounting, averages, and so on).

Unit 6:Logical Reasoning Syllabus

• Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, the structure of categorical propositions, mood and figure. There are formal and informal fallacies, Language applications, Terms’ connotations and denotations Classic oppositional square.
• Identifying and contrasting deductive and inductive reasoning.
• Analogies.
• Venn diagrams: Simple and versatile tools for determining the validity of arguments.
• Indian logic refers to means of knowledge.
• Pramanas include Pratyaksha (perception), Anumana (inference), Upamana (comparability), Shabda (verbal testimony), Arthapatti (implication), and Anupalabddhi (non-apprehension).

• Structure and types of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference)

Unit 7: Data Interpretation Syllabus

• Sources, collection, and classification of data.
• Quantitative and qualitative data.
• Data representation and mapping using graphs (bar charts, histograms, pie charts, table charts, and line graphs).
• Data Interpretation.
• Data and governance.

Unit 8: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Syllabus

• ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
• The fundamentals of the Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio, and Videoconferencing.
• Digital initiatives in higher education.
• ICT and governance.

Unit 9: People, Development, and the Environment Syllabus

• Development and the environment: Millennium development goals and Sustainable development objectives.
• Anthropogenic activities and their effects on the environment.
• Environmental issues at the local, regional, and global levels include air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution, waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, and electronic), and climate change and its socioeconomic and political implications.
• The effects of pollutants on human health.
• Natural and energy resources include solar, wind, soil, hydro, geothermal, biomass, nuclear, and forest.
• Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
• Environmental Protection Act of 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 10: Higher Education System Syllabus

• Ancient Indian higher education institutions.
• The evolution of higher education and research in India after independence.
• Oriental, Conventional, and Non-conventional Learning Programmes in India.
• Professional, technical, and skills-based education.
• Value and environmental education.
• Policy, Governance, and Administration.

UGC NET Syllabus 2024 (Paper 2)

The UGC NET 2024 Paper 2 will be based on the candidate’s subject selection. Paper II will also consist of only 100 objective-type questions (MCQs) worth 200 marks. The UGC NET Exam will cover 101 subjects. Candidates must choose one subject for the NET Exam, preferably one that they studied after graduation. The PDF file links for the UGC NET Paper 2 Syllabus for all subjects are provided below.