Best Time Management Tricks for UGC NET

UGC NET Overview

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been entrusted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) with the task of conducting UGC-NET, which is a Test to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for ‘Assistant Professor’ as well as ‘Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor’ in Indian Universities and Colleges.

The UGC-NET is being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode w.e.f. December 2018 onwards.

Awarding of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and/ or Eligibility for Assistant Professorship depends on the aggregate performance of the candidate in Paper-I and Paper-II of UGC-NET. The candidates qualifying only for Assistant Professorship are not eligible to be considered for the award of JRF. Candidates who qualify the eligibility test for Assistant Professorship are governed by the rules and regulations of the concerned Universities/Colleges/State Governments, as the case may be for recruitment of Assistant Professor.

UGC-NET is conducted twice every year (June & December). Due to the outbreak of COVID- 19 pandemic in 2020 & 2021, the cycles of UGC NET were merged and conducted together.

In order to regularize the UGC-NET examination cycle, the National Testing Agency (NTA), with the concurrence of UGC is conducting UGC NET December 2022 in the month of February & March 2023 in 83 subjects, at selected cities across the country.

Going a step further and to regularise the exam cycle, the NTA has released exam dates for the later half of the year and the exam will be held from 13th to 22nd June 2023.

As NTA gears up to conduct the exam in a proper manner, students also need to prepare themselves for the exam in a dedicated manner. In order to get success in the exam, one must go in with the right strategy so that he/she is able to attempt the paper in the best possible manner and score the best marks that he/she can as per preparation levels.

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The candidates should solve the sections that are easy and less time taking in the UGC NET exam. If we take the example of the maths section from UGC NET Paper 1, the candidates must skip the questions that are lengthy and time taking such as data interpretation. D.I. takes much more time than the other question. So, it should be saved for the last. The candidates need to understand that being stuck on a single question kills more time. Though you know that you can crack the question but you have to give more time and giving more time to a single question is not beneficial for time management in the UGC NET exam. The candidates should not waste their time on topics that are time taking and save it later by keeping time in their hands. The list of the sections in papers that should not be attempted first: