 Hi friends welcome to my channel I am Arpita Karwa and in this video I am going to take up a few questions which students frequently ask about UGC net exam. This video is in continuation to the other video which I uploaded a few weeks back where I have discussed some important questions about UGC net like what is UGC net, who conducts it, what is the difference between net and JRF vote, should you apply for only net or should you apply for both net and JRF then I also discussed what are the subjects in which UGC net exam is conducted and how to choose your subject. In this particular video I am going to look at some other questions which I did not answer in that particular video so let us begin by talking about eligibility. Now anybody who has completed master's can sit for net exam is that so, isn't there any eligibility criteria? Yes it is so basically in UGC net your graduation marks does not matter even if you have scored 40% in your graduation it is all cool but your post graduation marks matter so your net certificate will be only valid if you have scored 55% without rounding off in your post graduate exam. In the last video I mentioned that there can be 3 possible cases you can either give your net exam after you have completed your master you can give your net exam while you are doing your master's and you can also give your net exam first and then enroll in master's in all the 3 scenarios you need to make sure that your master's marks are 55% above so even if you have got 54.65 you cannot round it off to 55% you need to get 55% or more marks in your master's. Another important thing that this 55% has been for only general students if in case you belong to STSC, OBC, PWD that is people with disability or transgender in that category you need to get 50% or above marks in your master's so if you are a general category student then 55% or above is required in your master's if you are STSC, OBC, PWD and transgender then in that case 50% or above is required in your master's. Another question that students ask me is about the age limit so people say that you know we are 40 plus can we apply for net? Yes you can of course so for net there is no age limit even if you have crossed 60 you are a senior citizen even then you can sit for net exam there is no problem in that but in case of JRF there is age limit what is the difference between net and JRF I have already talked about that in detail in my previous video so make sure you watch that video too so that you never get confused between net and JRF so the age limit for net is nothing in case of JRF if you are a general category student then the age limit is 30 if you have crossed 30 years then you cannot apply for JRF you can only apply for net if in case you belong to STSC, OBC or you are a female even a general category female student in that case the age limit is 35 so for general category male the age limit is 30 for STSC, OBC male as well as female the age limit is 35 and for general category females also the age limit is 35. Now let us look at the paper pattern a lot of students who go to my website arpathakarwa.com find that I have uploaded 3 papers paper 1, paper 2 and paper 3 now the question that what is paper 3 we are only aware of paper 1 and 2 so let me tell you my friends that if you look at the time from when net started happening in India it was somewhere in late 1990s from that period till 2012 3 papers were conducted paper 1 which was a general paper which is similar to what is being conducted right now which is common for all the 81 subjects then there was paper 2 which was subject specific objective paper 50 questions were asked objective questions then was paper 3 that was a subjective paper you need to write essay type answers and all the 3 papers were evaluated and the final cut off was revealed so this was a strategy till 2012 in 2012 there was a slight change so beginning from 2012 till July 2018 there were again 3 papers paper 1, 2 and 3 but paper 3 which was subjective earlier became objective so paper 1 was having 50 questions paper 2 also had 50 objective questions and paper 3 also had 100 objective questions so all 3 papers were objective MCQ based paper started happening from 2012 so all the papers that you find on my website under section paper 3 are the papers from 2012 to July 2018 so this was a period of like six years where objective the entire net pattern was objective but till July 2018 net was happening as a pen paper exam you were given an OMR sheet you need to fill that submit it and then the result was calculated but then in December 2018 it was NTA which started conducting net exam before December 2018 till June 2018 CBSC was conducting net exam I've already explained this entire thing in my previous video as I've mentioned now from December 2018 onwards two major changes happened number one the entire paper pattern was changed and was conducted only through you know online mode so it was a computer based exam CBT computer based test that started being conducted so OMR sheet was not there at all and the second important change that happened was that paper 3 was removed so now we have only two papers paper 1 general paper same syllabus for all 81 exams and paper 2 subject specific paper which contains 100 MCQ questions and both these exams are conducted on the same date as well as both these exams are conducted through computers so no OMR sheet is used now let me tell you some other important information about the UGC net paper pattern the first important thing is that there is no negative marking so you are free to mark your answers even if you're not sure whether the answer is right or not okay so that is number one advantage number two the syllabus was changed in December 2018 by NTA so before December 2018 there was a syllabus that was prescribed by CBSC and the same syllabus was continued for a period of like almost 18 years after 18 years it was NTA that changed the syllabus though there was not a very drastic change that could be seen when we compare old and new syllabus but some slight improvements were made as per the new you know things that are added in learning so now you need to study as per the new syllabus we are already running a complete course for UGC net paper 2 based on the new syllabus you can go to my website arpitakarwa.com and check out the detailed course under the section course syllabus all the writers all the important topics are listed free of cost you can check that out listen to the demo material and then subscribe to our course for UGC net paper 2 English literature as far as UGC net paper 1 new syllabus is concerned we are running a free YouTube video series covering the entire syllabus of UGC net paper 1 so you can subscribe to the channel go to my playlist on complete syllabus UGC net paper 1 and find all the videos there coming on to the paper pattern no negative marking is there I've already mentioned there was a change in syllabus in December 2018 and the same syllabus is being continued till now another important thing is that the exam is conducted in a period of three hours so there are two shifts in which the paper is conducted shift 1 9 to 12 and shift to 2 to 5 p.m. in the evening so once you get your exam card or admit card you are able to see which shift is allotted to you and in that shift you will be given a computer screen in front of you and both the papers would be available you can you know answer the questions as per your convenience it's not that you need to first complete paper 1 and then only you will be given paper 2 no you can even switch to paper 2 and then come back to paper 1 but the total time limit is 3 hours another important thing language if in case you want that the paper should be in Hindi language as well yes the paper is available in both the languages English and Hindi the questions would be in Hindi in case you select Hindi language the questions would be in English if you select the English language only difference is that if there is a subject specific paper paper 2 for example is English now in that case you cannot shift it to Hindi you can give paper 1 in Hindi but paper 2 is English if in case your subject is English then it will only be displayed in English similarly you can give your paper 1 in English but if your paper 2 is subject Hindi then the paper will only be available in Hindi language so if you are of any other subject like geography history Paul signs philosophy psychology you have the option to choose any one of the language English or Hindi now finally we land to the last important question that I'm going to answer in this video which is related to the cutoff and result declaration now a lot of students ask me that how the cutoff is calculated for net and jrf then students ask me that what happens when I clear net and not jrf and then also there are students who ask me that what is the approximate cutoff that is you know that has been released by NTA from past two three years so that they can channelize their preparation accordingly so all these three important questions are answered by me in a separate video it's a 10 minute long video where I've explained by giving you examples of how cutoff is calculated for net for jrf and for different categories like general SDSC OBC and PWD and also I have mentioned the past few years cutoff of different subjects so that you can see whether your mock test score right now is matching to the cutoff which is being released by NTA every year so make sure you look at that video the link is given in the description box also you will find it in the I button there so with that note I take your leave I hope this video was fruitful you were able to solve a lot of questions that were bubbling inside your head so that's it for this video lecture we'll meet very soon in the next video lecture till the time we meet next happy learning keep loving literature and stay tuned to arpitakarwa.com