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About CSIR-UGC
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The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
conducts a national-level joint CSIR-UGC Test (NET) for Junior
Research Fellowships (JRF) and for the eligibility of
Lectureship in Science subjects. Notification of the exam date
and other details appears in the Employment News about 4 months
before the examination. This test is generally held twice in a
year (June and December). State Level Eligibility Tests (SLET)
are also conducted by the respective states with almost the same
syllabus.
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Academic Eligibility
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- A minimum aggregate of 55% (50% for SC/ST candidates) in
the Master's Degree in the following or related subjects :
| Subject |
Code |
| Chemical
Science |
1 |
| Earth,Atmospheric,
Ocean & Planetary Sciences |
2 |
| Life
Sciences |
3 |
| Mathematical
Sciences |
4 |
| Physical
Sciences |
5 |
- A candidate who has appeared for the qualifying exam as in
the first point above but is yet to receive the results can
apply for the test and will be admitted provisionally. His /
her eligibility will be subject to submission of marksheet
satisfying the first condition mentioned above.
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Other Eligibility Conditions
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(a)
For Junior Research Fellowship (JRF): The upper
age limit is 28 years as on July 1 / January 1 for the December
/ June exams respectively of the year of examination. This limit
is relaxed up to 5 years in the case of SC/ST/OBC/physically
handicapped and female applicants.
(b)
For Lectureship
(LS): Even candidates above 28 years can attempt NET
for Lectureship only, as there is no upper age limit.
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Scheme of the Examination
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Paper I :
An
objective-type test of duration 2 hours and 15 minutes, in 2
sections, A and B. All the questions are compulsory with the
cut-off mark in Paper I deciding whether Paper II is to be
evaluated or not. Negative marks are assigned
to wrong answers in this paper where a maximum of 200 marks can
be scored.
Section A -
In 30 general questions, the candidate's knowledge on general
information pertaining to Science, aptitude for Scientific
Research, Quantitative Reasoning and Computer Science are
tested.
Section B -
Focusses on the candidate's chosen subject. There are 70
objective-type questions, each carrying a maximum of 2 marks.
Paper
II:
A
paper of duration 2 hours and 30 minutes, it consists of
descriptive-type questions for a maximum of 200 marks.
Candidates are expected to answer 10 to 16 questions.
Use
of calculators / logarithm tables (other than those provided in
the answer books) is not permitted.
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Examination Centres
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This examination meant to serve as a screening test is conducted
on the following pattern:
| Bangalore |
Bhavnagar |
Bhopal |
Bhubaneshwar |
Kolkata |
| Chandigarh |
Chennai |
Kochi |
Delhi |
Guwahati |
| Hyderabad |
Jammu |
Jamshedpur |
Karaikudi |
Lucknow |
| Nagpur |
Pilani |
Pune |
Roorkee |
Thiruvananthapuram |
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Application Procedure
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The notification is published in Employment News and
leading newspapers. Candidates must apply in the application
format given in the advertisement in accordance with the rules
mentioned. The examination fee must be paid in the form of a
crossed Demand Draft in f/o Finance & Accounts Officer,
EMR, CSIR Complex, New Delhi. General Category candidates
have to pay Rs 400/-, OBC candidates have to pay Rs 200/- and
SC/ST/physically/visually handicapped candidates a fee of Rs
100/-.
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