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It is a national-level exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the candidates who want to choose Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) or Lectureship (LS) as their career.
NTA CSIR UGC NET is conducted in 5 subjects: Life Sciences, Physical
Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, and
Mathematical Sciences, twice a year.
Candidates, who qualify for this exam are eligible to become lecturers in the Science & Technology subjects only.
NTA started conducting this exam from December 2019 onwards. Earlier it was used to be conducted by the CSIR.
Below are the most asked questions related to the NTA CSIR NET Exam.
It is a national-level exam conducted to determine the eligibility for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) or Lectureship (LS).
The score or marks you have obtained in the exam is known as the NTA score.
It is conducted twice a year in the months of June and December.
There is no limit to the number of times a candidate can appear for the exam. But there are some criteria like age limit and other conditions that must be followed for this exam.
No, you cannot apply for this exam in two different subjects. You can appear for one subject only.
The certificate for Assistant Professor does not have any validity i.e., the certificate is valid for lifetime. But the certificate for Junior Research Fellowship is valid for 2 years from the date of the issue.
Every year around 2 lakhs candidates register for this exam.
No, you cannot change your exam center once it has been allotted by the NTA.
There is very little chance that the questions will be repeated in the exam. But mostly, questions are based on the same pattern as asked in previous exam.
Both the exams are national-level examinations, conducted for JRF and Lecturer/Assistant Professor. But CSIR NET Exam is conducted for Science stream candidates and UGC NET is conducted for the Language and subjects that come under Humanities.
The examination is of 3 hours duration, and contains a total of 150 questions worth a maximum of 200 marks. The examination for all the papers is carried out in an online Computer Based Test (CBT) mode where the candidates are shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen. The questions consist of some Multiple-Choice Questions or MCQs (four answer options out of which only ONE is correct, which has to be chosen).
| Sections | No. of Questions given | No. of Questions to be attempted. | Marks | Neg. Marking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 15 | 30 | 0.5 | |
| 50 | 35 | 70 | 0.5 | |
| 80 | 25 | 100 | 1.32 |
Result is a conclusion of your performance in the exam. It defines that you are qualified for a particular post or not.
Candidates who have appeared in this examination can check their results & scorecard from the official website i.e. (https://nta.ac.in/Csirexam)
In case if you forgot the application number, you must recover it to check CSIR NET result.
Step 1 – Visit the official website of NTA and click on the CSIR NET result link.
Step 2 – Then follow the “Forgot Application No” link.
Step 3 – Now a window will open where you have to fill all the required details like – Candidate Name, Father Name, Mother Name, DOB & Security pin.
Step 4 – Click on the button “Get Application Number”.
Step 5 – After this, you will get your CSIR NET Application Form Number.
Step 6 – Once the form number is recovered, follow the Previous procedure to download the CSIR NET result.
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