What you can practise today
289
questions to practise
3
mock tests
0
previous-year papers and questions
6
subjects in the syllabus
Exam pattern
Checked against the source below on 4 Oct 2026. Always confirm with the official notification of your year.
Paper 1 and Paper 2 (one sitting)
- Questions
- 150
- Marks
- 300
- Duration
- 3 h
- Negative marking
- No negative marking
| Section | Questions | Marks | Wrong answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper 1 – Teaching & Research Aptitude | 50 | 100 | |
| Paper 2 – Your subject | 100 | 200 |
Source: competition.careers360.com · Official site: ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Syllabus subjects
Every candidate studies the compulsory subjects and one of the 5 optional subjects.
Compulsory
- Teaching & Research AptitudePaper 1 of NET and SET: teaching, research, comprehension, reasoning and higher education.85
Optional — choose one
- TamilTamil language and literature at degree and postgraduate level.54
- EnglishThe Post Graduate Assistant paper in English, covering British, American, Indian and postcolonial literatures, literary criticism and theory, linguistics and English language teaching.55
- MathematicsPostgraduate mathematics for the TRB PG Assistant paper: algebra, real and complex analysis, differential equations, and probability, statistics and operations research.30
- Physics36
- ChemistryThe Post Graduate Assistant Chemistry paper covering inorganic, organic and physical chemistry, quantum chemistry and spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, and applied and environmental chemistry.29
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