UGC NET (National Eligibility Test) is an eligibility test for
the post of Assistant Professor in the colleges and Universities. It is
conducted by NTA (National Testing Agency) twice a year.
The test is conducted for every subject. You can check all
those subjects on the UGC or NTA website.
How to qualify the UGC NET
What is the difficulty
level of the UGC NET?
The NET exam is just moderate level, means somewhere between
easy and difficult. When i first time appeared for this exam, it seemed me
difficult because at that time i didn't follow any strategy. After making a
strategy, i qualified the exam in Computer Science. Below i have shared the
proper strategy.
Actually, the conducting agency selects top 6 percents of appeared
candidates for every subject and make them qualified for the exam. From this
policy, you can make a guess for the difficulty level of the exam. However,
there are some flexibilities for the reserved category candidates.
How deep the preparation is required for clearing the UGC NET?
If i talk about an average student just like me who do not
serious while doing post graduation, you required around 3 months (3 hours per
day) of preparation for qualifying the exam.
How many papers are there in NET?
There are two papers in the NET exam.
First paper consisting of 50 questions (100 marks) which is
same for every candidate. The time duration for the first paper is 1 hour.
Second paper which is subjective consisting of 100 questions
(200 marks). The time duration for the second paper is 2 hours.
What is the strategy required for clearing the NET exam?
As i have described there are two papers in this exam. The
first paper (general paper) which is same for every candidate. Most of the
students focus on the second paper because they think that this is their
concerned subject and start inculcating for it.
First thing that everybody should follow is always start your preparation from the first paper. The first paper is very easy, but it requires
just coverage of the syllabus. If you get more than 80 marks in the first
paper, you can qualify the exam in spite of poor preparation for the second
paper. Because the cut off mostly goes around 55 percent. Lets make a rough
calculation below, there is no negative marking in the exam.
Suppose you get 80 marks in the first paper.
And if you don't study for the second paper thoroughly, out of 100 question, you might know the
answers of 20 questions. Marks for this 20 question are 40 marks. Now the rest
80 questions of second papers for whose you don't know the answers, if you mark
the answers blindly, there is a probability to get 20 questions correct. Marks
for this 20 question are 40 marks.
Total collected marks= 80 (first paper) + 40 (second paper)
+ 40 (second paper) = 160.
And the cut-offs goes around 160 for Assistant Professor and
around 185 for JRF. My main motive to tell in this regard is to telling the
importance of first paper.
How to get more than 80 marks in the first paper?
I will tell you in 4 steps to secure 85+ marks in the first
paper of UGC NET Exam. If you get more than 80 marks, definitely you will be
able to clear the NET exam. So it is very important to put more focus on the
first paper before doing the preparation for second exam.
When I appeared in the NET exam for the first time, I got
only 40 marks and pretty do well in the second paper. Because, at time there
was no strategy for the first paper. After applying the following steps, I got
82 marks in the first paper and clear the UGC NET EXAM IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
APPLICATION.
Total time needed to prepare well for the first paper is
less than 10 days.
Paper I consists of the following sections and there are 5
questions from each section.
- Teaching aptitude.
- Research Aptitude
- Reading Comprehension
- Communication
- Logical Reasoning
- Math Reasoning
- Data Intepretation
- Information and Communication technology (ICT)
- People and Environment
- Higher Education system, Government and Politics
4 Steps:
Prerequisite things that you need to have: a pen, a big
notebook (give different space for different chapters), a single First Paper
book (no need to purchase more than one book), and a hard copy of the syllabus
for the first paper.
"syllabus + Notebook + UGC NET Book"
1. First step is to purchase book:
When i studied, i purchased the book. This book is best.
There is no need to purchase any other book. I am again saying, this book is
enough. For purchasing it online from the Amazon, Here below i have also provided the link.
2. Try to learn the concept on the Internet:
After checking the syllabus for
first chapter, and search each term on the Google. For example, there is a
topic “What is teaching”. Put exactly this term on the Google and write the
description on your notebook for the brief overview. You can also try YouTube.
There are 10 chapters on the syllabus for the first paper. And you have to
study only 6 chapters (Teaching
Aptitude, Research Aptitude, Communication, ICT, People and Environment, Higher
education System: Governance, Polity and Administration). These 6 chapters are
new to us. They will take a little time to grasp. The others are too easy, no
need to study even once. Six topics that you have to prepare for are as:
TEACHING APTITUDE, RESEARCH APTITUDE,COMMUNICATION, ICT, PEOPLE AND
ENVIRONMENT,HIGHER EDUCATION
3. Read book:
Now it is the time to study book. Start reading
the book from the start to end. Only read these 6 chapters. Books are difficult
to read so it is important to firstly perform the second step. While reading the
book, do underline the important stuffs and if possible write on the notebook.
It will help you at the revision time. Because at the revision time, you are
not supposed to invest more time.
4. Try previous years’ papers: Now the time to read previous
years papers. You have to read all the papers from 2004 to 2017. It will not
take more than a week. The trick to read the paper is like: start the paper
from the first question, if you are able to solve this question then continue
to the next question and so on. If you
are not able to solve any question, try it on the google and write the summary
on the notebook. Skip the questions of passages, etc.
Try to explore the current affairs. You can read the current
affairs on higher education, environment etc.
Cool: The preparation for the first paper is all over.
Revision: The next step is to revise all again. Remember you
only have to revise the notebook and the book.
Below are some terms provided. If you are familiar with
these terms after preparation. Your preparation is done. The following terms
are the alternates for the syllabus. Every question which is asked is related
to the following terms:
Important terms in TEACHING PART
What is Direct Teaching, Indirect Teaching?
What is Inductive and Deducting (Teaching) (Arguments)?
Heredity?
Dynamic Teaching, Passive and active teaching?
Micro teaching and macro teaching?
Team teaching?
Methods of teachings: demonstrative teaching, programmed
learning, heuristic method, collaborative teaching, classroom discussion,
debriefing, diagnostic teaching?
Life-long learning?
Conditioned refer learning-highest order of learning?
NPE (1986)-DIET?
Evaluation is a continues dynamic, evaluation and testing?
Persuasive definition, lexical, stipulate, analogical?
Phenomenon-based learning?
Pragmatic method of
teaching, existential method of teaching?
Three levels of
teaching?
Quantitative and
qualitative technique?
Teaching and
training?
Reaching and
indoctrination?
Continuous and
comprehensive evaluation?
Important terms in In RESEARCH PART
Research,
characteristics of research?
Types of research?
Types of variable?
Probability and
non-probability sampling, sample size, sample unit?
APA, MLA in research?
Steps in research?
Ex post facto
research?
IISN, ISBN?
Hypothesis: null hypothesis, alternate hypothesis, street 2
hypothesis?
Level of significances?
Types of error, type
two error?
One-fail alternative,
or 2-tail alternative?
Research of hypothesis (alternative)-uses tries to prove it?
Exploratory research
and conclusive research?
Parametric and
non-parametric test?
Contrary,
sub-contrary?
Primary data
collection, secondary data collection?
Paper and article?
Symposium?
Pilot study?
Inductive and
deductive reasoning?
Quantitative
(discrete a continuous) and qualitative data?
Important terms in COMMUNICATION PART
Fourth estate-point media (journalism)?
Memorandums?
EKlavya channel?
Cyber venting?
Bengal Gazette?
Press censorship?
Group communication (class, organization)?
Verbal code?
Quantum computer?
Communication problem at 3 levels: technical problem,
semantic problem, effectiveness problem?
Analogy mass communication?
Press trust of India, press council of India?
Unintended communication?
Gangplank, hearing and listing?
Kinesics, para language?
IPTV, TCANN, IETF, IRC, Diskette, EISA, MIDI, RATS?
IN HIGHER EDUCATION
UGC, first open Unv; virtual unv?
DEC, GER?
Constitutions, schedules, 6 fundamentals rights, 3 type of
emergencies?
President, vice-president, CM, PM, state legislature?
Hung parliament, Sarkaria commission, IST HC?
Old CU, inst. Ranking, chancellor, visitor of universe?
Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha?
Finance 280 commission and election 324 commission?
Attorneys general of India, solicitor gen. of India,
Advocates gen.?
During pleasure of President?
High Courts?
