UGC NET 2020 (30 Sep) Live Updates: Analysis, Questions, Cut Off

NTA will conduct the UGC NET paper for Code 30 (English) in the first and second shift, tomorrow i.e. October 01, 2020. The first shift will start from 9:00 am to 12: noon and the second shift will start from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

NTA will conduct UGC NET 2020 English paper (code 30) on October 01, 2020. 
Here are some quick tips that will help the candidates in their preparation for tomorrow's exam:

1- Cover Topics from Poetry and (poets)
2- Acquaint yourself with Shakesperasn, Jacobean, Greek, and Modern Drama.
3- Taking a look at modern literature along with traditional English literature texts.
4- Cover topics from classical literature (fiction and non-fiction), History of English Literature.
5- Go through the entire syllabus. Know what is required to be left out. It is important to concentrate more on what needs to be studied.

As per unofficial resources, questions from Data Interpretation were time-consuming. Most of the questions asked of DI were from average topic. Few questions asked from video conferencing (under ICT).

From Teaching Aptitude 5- 6 questions were asked. Around 06-07 questions were from Research Aptitude. Whereas 05 questions were from comprehension topic.

The overall level of the examination was of easy to moderate level.

NTA will publish the provisional answer key of the questions asked in the UGC NET exam 2020 on the NTA website which is ugcnet.nta.nic.in. NTA also provides an opportunity for candidates to challenge the provisional answer key.

The National Testing Agency has given a comprehensive process that it uses to announce the results of UGC NET. It's a simple six-step procedure. The following steps will be followed:

Step 1:  Calculation of total slots in UGC NET 2020 Result (Eligibility for Assistant Professor):
>>The number of candidates to be qualified will be equal to 6 percent of the candidates who appeared in both paper 1 and paper 2.

Step 2: Dividing the total slots category wise as per the
reservation policy of the Government of India.

Step 3: Comparing the marks of the 2019 UGC NET applicants with the qualifying marks.

>> Marks are determined as per the final official response key and are then normalized as per the normalization formula. For the next steps, only those candidates who have marks equal to or higher than the qualifying marks shall be considered.

Step 4: The number of candidates to be considered eligible for any subject. A specific category is derived from the criteria outlined below:

Step 5: Checking how many of the candidates who qualify under the above step and also have applied for the JRF.

Step 6: Find UGC NET 2020 cut off for Junior Research Fellowships, for one subject, and for one category. And then for all subjects in all categories for JRF slots:

A similar procedure is used for all subjects and categories

Last year, cut off for Economics was as follows:

The various topics from which questions were asked in paper 2 were from - Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Statistics and Econometrics, Mathematical Economics, International Economics, Public Economics, Money and Banking, Growth and Development Economics, Environmental Economics, and Demography, Indian Economy.

Last year cut off for Sanskrit Traditional Subjects was:

NTA has successfully concluded the UGC NET Economics exam 2020. The details analysis and memory-based answer key will be available shortly.

Check below the State Eligibility Tests (SET) for Lectureship:
1-Andhra Pradesh State Eligibility Test (APSET)
2-Assam State Level Eligibility Test (Assam SLET)
3-Chhattisgarh State Eligibility Test (CG SET)
4-Gujarat State Eligibility Test (GSET)
5-Himachal Pradesh State Eligibility Test (HP SET)
6-Jammu & Kashmir State Eligibility Test (JK SET)
7-Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET)
8-Kerala State Eligibility Test (Kerala SET)
9-Madhya Pradesh State Level Eligibility Test (MP SLET / SET)
10-Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET)
11-Tamilnadu State Eligibility Test (TNSET)
12-Telangana State Eligibility Test (TSSET)
13-Uttarakhand State Eligibility Test (USET)
14-West Bengal State Eligibility Test (WB SET)

On the basis of the UGC NET result and the cut-off, NTA would prepare a merit list for the shortlist of qualified candidates. Applicants who have obtained a minimum UGC NET mark cut off would be considered in the merit list. 

The results of the UGC NET for each session will be prepared in the form of
>> Raw Score
>> Percentiles Scores of Total raw scores

For each candidate in the session, the percentages will be determined as follows:

As per the past year's trends, the UGC NET result was declared around 15-20 days after the conduction of the examination. This year, the exam has been held from September 24 to November 13, 2020. So it is expected that the UGC NET 2020 result will be out in the month of December 2020.

Let us also look at the dates of the previous year for the declaration of the UGC NET result and the difference between the dates of the exam and the result:

Last year, Cut off for Physical Education was as follows:

As per unofficial resources, questions were asked from Data Interpretation was quite easy. Topics covered in this section were of DI, percentage, and ratio.
Most of the questions were asked from the Sequence topic. One of the questions asked from the level of Teaching. Questions asked from Mathematical Reasoning were of the number series, integers and prime numbers.

The UGC NET 2020 exam of the following paper is taking place in the second shift i.e. 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm today - Economics (Code 1).

Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation /Demography / Development Planning/ DevelopmentStudies / Econometrics/ AppliedEconomics/Development Eco./Business Economics

After the shift 1 exam concluded, various coaching institutes are started releasing memory based answer key online. Check here

With the release of admit card for the UGC NET 2020 exam held on September 29, 30, and October 01, 2020, candidates who have their exams on October 09, 2020, must be wondering when they are supposed to get their admit card. The admit card for the September 29, 30, and October 01, 2020 exam was issued 5 days earlier on September 24, 2020. On the basis of this timeline, it is expected that the admit card for the UGC NET exam scheduled for October 09, 2020 will be available on October 04, 2020.

The detailed exam analysis of UGC NET 2020 Management exam (first shift) has been published by MOHIT SHARMA CLASSES.

Last year, cut off for the Management exam was:

UR - 68.00
OBC (NCL) - 63.33
SC - 61.33
ST - 62.00
PWD‐VI - 60.66
PWD‐HI - 57.33
PWD‐LM - 67.33
PWD‐OD&AO - 54.00
EWS - 62.00

National Testing Agency has released the UGC NET 2020 admit card for the exam scheduled to be held on October 01, 2020 at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. Click Here to Download the admit card of UGC NET 2020.

Around 5-6 were asked from Research & Teaching Aptitude sections. 3- 4 questions related to Higher Education. 06-07 questions came from the Assertion topic.

The overall level of difficulty of paper was between easy to moderate. The Paper I was of easy level whereas paper II was of moderate to difficult level.

Paper 1 contained 50 MCQs of 100 marks for the evaluation of the teaching and research abilities of candidates. Paper 2 had 100 MCQ's on Management relevant subject from units - (Unit -I)Management, Functions, Communication, Decision Making, Organisation Structure and Design, Managerial Economics, Demand analysis, Market Structures, National Income, Inflation, Business Ethics & CSR, (Unit -II) Organisational Behaviour, Individual Behaviour, Group Behaviour, Strategic Role of Human Resource Management, (Unit III)Competency Mapping & Balanced Scoreboard, Green HRM, Leverages, Budgeting and Budgetary Control (Unit IV) Standard Costing & Variance Analysis, Value & Returns, (Unit V) Dividend – Theories and Determination, Portfolio Management – CAPM, APT, Mergers and Acquisition, International Financial Management, (Unit - VI) -Strategic Management, Strategic Analysis, Formulation, Implementation, (Unit -VII) - Consumer and Industrial Buying Behaviour, Brand Management, Service Marketing, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Retail Marketing (Unit VIII) Data Collection & Questionnaire Design, Sampling, Hypothesis Testing – Procedure; T, Z, F, Chi-square tests, Correlation and Regression Analysis, Operations Management (Unit - IX) - International Business, Foreign Direct Investment, Role of International Financial Institutions, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (Unit -X) - Entrepreneurship Development, Intrapreneurship, Innovations in Business, Business Plan and Feasibility Analysis, Sickness in Small Industries, Institutional Finance to Small Industries.

Kannada Development Authority said the candidate who wrote UGC NET had face difficulty understanding some of the questions in English but it had been offered a translation only in Hindi. The KDA filed its complaint against the "discriminatory approach" in the letter. It also urged the authorities to fix this and to send a report within the next two months.

NTA has successfully conducted the paper of Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management). The detailed exam analysis will be shared in a while.

Last year, cut off for Performing Art - Dance/Drama/Theatre was as follows:
UR - 71.33
OBC (NCL) - 66.67
SC - 64.00
ST - 60.00
APWD‐LM - 42.67
EWS - 68.00

Check last year cut off for Santali below:
UR - 55.33
SC - 36.67
ST - 51.33
EWS - 45.33

Last year, cut off for Women Studies was as follows:
UR - 72.00
OBC (NCL) - 66.67
SC - 65.33
ST - 62.00
PWD‐HI -47.33
EWS - 65.33

Last year, the cut off for Environmental Sciences was
UR - 65.33
OBC (NCL) - 60.00
SC - 56.67
ST - 55.33
PWD‐VI - 57.33
PWD‐LM - 54.67
EWS - 60.67

This year UGC NET for June got postponed due to COVID 19 here are the important dates of the exam, 24, 25, 29 & 30 September, 01, 09, 17 Oct 2020 and 04, 05, 11, 12, 13 Nov 2020.

UGC NET exam is conducted in CBT mode and exam consists of two papers, where candidates have to answer objective type and multiple choice questions. Students get no break between the papers. Paper 1 is of 100 marks and carries 50 questions, Paper II is of 200 marks and have 100 questions. Candidates get the 03 hours time to answer the questions and all the questions are compulsory. Correct answer add +2 marks to the candidates score whereas there isn't any provision of negative marking so wrong answer doesn't lead to any marks deduction.

As the schedule of UGC NET begins from September 24 the exams are already held for these subject Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/Non Formal Education, Chinese, Comparative Study of Religions, Dogri, German, Gujarati, Indian Culture, Japanese, Kannada, Konkani, Maithili, Manipuri, Persian, Prakrit, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Spanish, Tribal and Regional Language/Literature, Arab Culture and Islamic Studies, Arabic, Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies, Defence and Strategic Studies, Linguistics, Mass Communication and Journalism, Nepali, Oriya, Pali, Tamil, Comparative Literature, Criminology, Folk Literature, Forensic Science, French (French Version), Museology & Conservation, Psychology, Tourism Administration and Management, Archaeology, Human Rights and Duties, Library and Information Science, Philosophy, Politics including InternationalRelations/International Studies includingDefence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies,South East Asian Studies, African Studies, SouthAsian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies, Law, Physical Education, Environmental Sciences, Performing Art - Dance/Drama/Theatre, Sanskrit traditional subjects (including)Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ MadhavVedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa, Santali, Women Studies

Candidates cannot take any baggage in the exam hall, and NTA does not take any responsibility of the items stolen or lost. No textual material is allowed such as DocuPen, Calculators, Log Tables, Slide Rules, and Electronic Watches with calculator, printed or any kind of written material, mobile phone, bits of papers, ager or any of the electronic gadget/ device, Bluetooth devices, etc. Smoking, spitting, chewing gutkha or any kind of eatables are prohibited in the exam hall. 

Exam of day 04 of UGC NET begins now. Here are the subjects and their codes for which the exam is taking place:Code 17 - Management (including Business Admn.Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relationsand Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./FinancialMgt./Co-operative Management) Code 01 - Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation /Demography / Development Planning/ DevelopmentStudies / Econometrics/ AppliedEconomics/Development Eco./Business Economics

Candidates are allowed to carry the admit card along with the self declaration form to the exam centre. The admit card should only be downloaded from the official website of NTA and the printout should be taken on A4 size paper and filled properly. It is mandatory for the attendees to carry one government issued photo ID to the exam centre, a ball point pen with the transparent body, an extra photo that will be pasted on the attendance sheet. Apart of this candidates can also carry the hand sanitizer of 50 ml and  a water bottle.

NTA has not suggested the stringent dress code rules for UGC NET exam 2020, but the instructions say that the candidates should not wear the dresses that have large buttons of the shoes with the thick sole. Secondly, the candidates who have Kirpan or are wearing Kada should report to the centre at least one and a half-hour before the exam, so that the necessary checking is done.

Self-declaration form for the candidate is attached with the admit card of UGC NET 2020 exam by NTA. Candidates have to download and take the print-out of the document which has four pages, i.e admit card, exam instructions and self-declaration form. It is mandatory for the attendee to get the undertaking signed by their parents mandatorily before reaching the exam hall. Candidates have to answer certain questions in the undertaking such as if they have any of the COVID-19 symptoms, or if they came in contact with any of the COVID infected person, they have to mention if they are in mandatory quarantine or not, travel history to other country or inter-state travelling for the exam.

The first shift of day 04 of UGC NET 2020 exam is about to begin in an hour, we will be sharing all the unofficial answer keys and exam analysis right after the exam.