National Eligibility Test (NET) Exam 2012 :: All Question Papers will be objective

Students appearing for the National Eligibility Test (NET), 2012 will be able to evaluate their performance immediately after appearing for the much-simplified test. The University Grants Commission (UGC), which conducts the test for around 2.5 lakh students twice a year, on Thursday
decided that candidates can take carbon prints of their optical reader answer sheets with them.

This will enable students to know instantly how they have fared in the test, said UGC chairperson Ved Prakash.

In another decision, the UGC has decided that all the question papers for the test will be objective type.

Till now, two papers were objective and the third one subjective. This has led to delay in declaration of the results, sometimes forcing students to appear again.

Students had earlier expressed their unhappiness over evaluation in the subjective type paper.

Now, we will be able to declare the results much before next NET and to the satisfaction of  students,  Prakash said. The format will be applicable for the June 2012 exam and results will be announced by October before the next exam in December 2012.

Only those who clear the NET are eligible for junior research fellowship and for appointment in colleges and universities.

NEW Paper 3 Pattern by UGC (Officially Declared on Website)

UGC-NET IN OBJECTIVE MODE FROM JUNE, 2012 ONWARDS

1. The UGC-NET will be conducted in objective mode from June 2012 onwards. The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will consist of only objective type questions and will be held on the day of Examination in two separate sessions as under:

• PAPER-1 (First Session): Total 60 questions out of which maximum 50 needs to be attempted; which will be of 50×2 = 100Marks and duration will be 1¼ Hours (09.30 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.)
• PAPER-2 (First Session): Total 50 questions all are compulsory to be attempted; which will be of 50×2 = 100Marks and duration will be 1¼ Hours (10.45 a.m. to 12.00 Noon.)
• PAPER-3 (Second Session): Total 75 questions all are compulsory to be attempted; which will be of 75×2 = 150Marks and duration will be 2½ Hours (01.30 p.m. to 04.00 p.m.)

2. The candidates are required to obtain minimum marks separately in Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III as given below:

• General Category:
  • Paper 1 : 40% (40 Marks)
  • Paper 2 : 40% (40 Marks)
  • Paper 3 : 50% (75 Marks)
• OBC Category:
  • Paper 1 : 35% (35 Marks)
  • Paper 2 : 35% (35 Marks)
  • Paper 3 : 45% (67.5 Marks ~ rounded off to 68 Marks)
• PH/VH/SC/ST Category:
  • Paper 1 : 35% (35 Marks)
  • Paper 2 : 35% (35 Marks)
  • Paper 3 : 40% (60 Marks)

3. Only such candidates who obtain the minimum required marks in each Paper, separately, as mentioned above, will be considered for final preparation of result.

However, the final qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and eligibility for Lectureship shall be decided by UGC before declaration of result.

4. The syllabi of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III will remain the same.

5. The candidates will be allowed to carry the carbon printout of OMR Response Sheets with them on conclusion of the examination.

6. There will be no negative marking.
visit this link for full details : http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/net.html#intro