UGC NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST (NET)

FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP
(HUMANITIES)
(This Test is also applicable to Physical Education,
Library Personnel and for Fellowships to the IITs.)
The University Grants Commission holds a national level Test for
determining the eligibility of Indian National candidates for the award
of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and for determining the eligibility
for recruitment of Lecturers in Universities and Colleges in Humanities
in 77 subjects, (including languages), Social Sciences, Computer Applications,
Electronic Sciences etc.
The award may be made to candidates who qualify in this Test by the
Universities/I.I.Ts and other national organisations in accordance with
the procedure prescribed by them. Similarly, recruitment to the Post of
Lecturer may be made from among the qualified candidates by the
Universities/Colleges as per their prescribed procedure.
Candidates appearing in this Test should clearly specify in the prescribed
Application Form whether they are candidates for both, award of
Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for Lecturership or only for
eligibility for Lectureship. Selection criteria are the same for both the
options. However, candidates qualified exclusively for eligibility for
Lectureship will not be considered for Junior Research Fellowship.
The UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for
Lectureship are generally held twice a year, normally in June and
December.
All details about the test and the actual dates are published in the
Employment News and in UGC's Website http://www.ugc.ac.in, usually
in February & August.
STATE LEVEL ELIGIBILITY TESTS (SLET)
Various States, accredited by the U.G.C., conduct the State Level
Eligibility Tests (SLET) periodically for the same purpose. In most
cases, the examinations pattern and syllabi of NET and SLET
examinations are reported to be the same.
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Although our course material is primarily designed for UGC NET,
it will also provide adequate support for State Level Eligibility
Tests (SLET).
Candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowships
will be eligible to receive UGC Fellowships under various schemes,
subject to finding placement in the Universities/IITs.
Candidates who qualify for eligibility for Lectureship will be governed
by the rules and regulations for recruitment of Lecturers of the
concerned Universities/Colleges/State Governments etc.
Eligibility
1. Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks, without grace
marks or rounding off, in the Master’s Degree or equivalent
examinanation in Humanities (including Languages) and Social
Sciences, Computer Applications, Electronic Sciences etc. are eligible
for this Test.
2. Candidates have to appear in the subject of their post-graduation
only. Candidates whose post-graduation subject is not covered in
the list of subjects announced by UGC, may appear in the subject
related to the one they had at Post Graduation.

3. A candidate who is appearing/has appeared at the qualifying

Master’s degree ex amination and whose result is still awaited or
candidates whose examinations have been delayed may also apply
for this national level test. However, such candidates will be
considered eligible for Lectureship/Award of Fellowship and
permitted to join the position only after they have passed the
Master’s Degree examination or equivalent with at least 55%
marks. They must submit their relevant P.G. Mark Sheet
within one year of the declaration of the result of NET
Examination.

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Age Limit
(a) For Junior Research Fellowship: Not more than 28 years as on
1st June/1st December of the year of examination (for the June/
December Examination respectively), with relaxation upto 5 years for
candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH and women applicants.
Relaxation will also be applicable to candidates having research/training
at the PG level, limited to the period spent on research/training in the
related subject, subject to a maximum of 5 years, supported by a
certificate from the appropriate authority. Three years relaxation in age
is also permissible to the candidates possessing L.L.M. Degree. The
total relaxation on all the above grounds shall not exceed 5 years under
any circumstances.
Exemption for eligibility for Lectureship
i) For M.Phil/Ph.D. Candidates: Candidates having a Ph.D Degree in
the concerned subject are exempted from NET for Under Graduate
and Post Graduate level teaching. Candidates having an M.Phil Degree
in the concerned subject are exempted from NET for Under Graduate
level teaching only. The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR
JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in
NET.
ii) For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the State
Eligibility Test (SET), accredited by UGC for eligibility for Lectureship,
held prior to 1st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET,
being eligible to apply for Lectureship anywhere in India. For SETs
held from 1st June 2002 onwards, qualified candidates shall be eligible
to apply for the post of lecturer only in Universities/Colleges belonging
to the State from where they have cleared their SET. All SET qualified
candidates are also eligible to appear in NET.
Please always refer to the UGC Notification published prior to the
examinations, for confirmation.
Scheme of Examinations
UGC conducts the Test twice a year, in June/July and December. The
Test consists of 3 papers.

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Paper I - will be of a general nature, intended to assess the teaching

research aptitude of the candidates. It will primarily be designed to test
reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general
awareness of the candidate.
Paper II - will be of 1 hour and 15 minutes with a maximum of 100
marks and correspond to the post-graduate level in the subject selected.
Paper-II will consist of short questions based on the subject selected
by the candidates. Each of these papers will consist of a Tesst Booklet
containing 50 objective type questions.
Normally, each of the papers I and II will consist of a Test Booklet
containing 50 objective type questions.
Paper III - will have four sections, in all containing 26 descriptive type
questions both short and long, from the syllabus on the subject selected
by the candidates. The paper will be of 2 hours and 30 minutes
duration and will carry a maximum of 200 marks. Questions must be
answered in the space provided in the answer booklet.
The response for each question must be marked on the answer sheet
attached at the end of the booklet.
The use of calculators and log tables is not permitted. Cellular phones,
pagers, etc. are not allowed in the Examination Hall.
The candidate who does not appear in Paper I will not be permitted
to appear in Paper II and Paper III. Further, Paper III will be evaluated
only for those candidates who secure the minimum qualifying marks in
Papers I and II as fixed by the Commission.
The necessary information regarding syllabus for all three papers
will be provided by the respective Test Centres, along with the
admit cards. Syllabi are also available on the UGC Website and
in the Libraries of all Indian Universities.

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Examination Fee
For General candidates the Test fee is Rs. 450/-; for Other Backward
classes the fee is Rs. 225/-; for SC/ST/PH/VH candidates it is
Rs. 110/-. The fee should be paid in the form of a single crossed Bank
Draft with 6 months validity in favour of the Secretary, University
Grants Commission, New Delhi drawn on State Bank of India,
Service Branch, New Delhi (code 7687 only). Fee once paid will not
be refunded.
Candidates should refer to the UGC Notification for details or
changes and the latest status regarding the examination procedure,
centres or the syllabus.
Examination Centres
The UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship/Eligibility for
Lectureship will normally be held at the University Test Centres listed
below. Candidates may register for the Test at the Centre most
convenient to them. Please note that a change of Centre may not be
allowed by UGC or the test Centres.
Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Ajmer, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amritsar,
Aurangabad, Bangalore, Berhampur, Bhagalpur, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar,
Burdwan, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Darjeeling, Delhi, Dharwad,
Goa, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guntur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad,
Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu(Tawi), Jodhpur, Kanpur,
Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Madurai,
Mangalore, Meerut, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur,
Rajkot, Ranchi, Rewa, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar*, Srinagar**,
Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Tirupati, Udaipur, Vadodara,
Varanasi, Vishakapatnam.
How to Apply
The advertisement appears in the Employment News and a few other
newspapers about 3 months prior to the date of examination. Candidates
seeking admission to the Test must apply in the prescribed application
form in duplicate as given in the advertisement. With a Passport size
photograph affixed, two copies of the application form, along

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with the Admission Card, Attendance Slip and D.D. should be sent to
the respective Test Centre addressed to the Registrar of the University/
Institute where the candidate had opted to appear for the Test.
Applications addressed to the UGC office will be rejected. On
the envelope, it should be clearly specified that the application is for
“UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for
Lectureship, (Month and Year)”. eg., June 2008.
* University of Kashmir, ** H.N. Bahuguna Garhwal University

Candidates will be issued an Admission Card and other necessary

information regarding syllabus and sample questions by the respective
Test Centres.

The information given in this Prospectus is for general guidance

only and is based on the Notification published by UGC in the
Employment News of 16-22 September 2006.

It is the responsibility of the student to ensure compliance with

all the eligibility criteria, the requirements and the formalities of
the UGC (NET).

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 BRILLIANT’S SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR
UGC NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST (NET) FOR
JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP
(HUMANITIES)
OUR STUDY MATERIAL

Our study material has been prepared by our Faculty, all experts in their
respective fields. They follow in detail the syllabi announced by UGC
for the preceding NET. If there is a change in the syllabus, thereafter,
we shall try to supplement the study material to cover the change on
syllabus to the extent practicable.

We currently offer support for the following subjects:

Name Subject Code Name Subject Code
Economics 01 History 06
Commerce 08 English 30
Computer Science 87 (Starting with the December 2007 Exam)
& Application (CSA)
Paper I – common for all subjects. The test booklet will have 50
objective questions. Our study material for Paper I is revised and updated
according to the new syllabus announced by UGC.
Paper II – includes topics designed to test the general understanding of the
candidate in the subject. It will have 50 objective questions of
multiple choice, matching, true/false and assertion-reason type.

Paper III – Designed to test the candidate’s in-depth understanding of the

subject. It consists now of four sections and 26 questions from Parts A and
B, which cover topics similar to specialised courses as compulsory,
optional or elective papers, in Universities.
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Section I: It requires the candidates to write a critique of a given passage
or stanza from a known thinker/writer. Five carefully
considered specific questions are to be asked on the given
passage, requiring an answer in upto 30 words. It shall carry
5 × 5 = 25 marks. In the case of science subjects, a theoretical
problem will be set for the candidates to analyse. Five
questions will be asked thereon. Questions in this section shall
be numbered as 1-5.

Section II: Fifteen questions will be asked across the syllabus for Paper-
III(A). The questions will be definitional or seeking particular
information and are to be answered in up to 30 words each.
Each question will carry 5 marks (15 × 5 = 75 marks). There
will be no internal choice. The questions in this section shall
be numbered from 6 to 20.

Section III: Five extended answers based on analytical/evaluative

questions will be asked on the major specializations/electives.
Questions will be asked on all major specializations/electives
and the candidates will be asked to choose one specialization/
elective and answer the five questions from it. The questions
will be set from the syllabus for Paper-III(B). There is to be
no internal choice. Each question will be answered in up to
200 words and shall carry 12 marks (5 × 12 = 60 marks).
Where there is no specialization/elective, 5 questions will be
set across the syllabus for Paper-III. The questions in this
section shall be numbered from 21 to 25.

Section IV: Essay writing – One question with internal choice on general
themes of contemporary, theoretical or disciplinary relevance
will be given. The candidate should write up to 1000 words.
The question shall be numbered as 26.

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Serial no. Question Test of Words Marks
Section 1 Critique Critical ability and
ability to apply 30 × 5 = 150 5 × 5 = 25
knowledge one
possesses.
Section 2 15 definitional Ability of precise
Questions specific answer understanding and 30 × 15 = 450 15 × 5 = 75
from III A questions making exact
statement.
Section 3 5 analytical/ Ability to reason
Questions evaluative and hold the argument 200 × 5 = 1000 5 × 12 = 60
from III B questions over some length.
Section 4 Essay Ability to expound
critically a theme at 1000 × 1 = 1000 1 × 40 = 40
length with
discrimination.
2600 words 200 marks

Electives/Optionals (Syllabus for Paper III - Section III)

If one or two questions in Paper III, Section III are difficult, a student who
has prepared for only one Optional/Elective only will be at a disadvantage;
In order to mitigate such a situation, we will normally provide material for
two Optionals/Electives to be indicated at the time of enrolment.
Subsequent change in optionals will not be allowed.
The material will be divided into 8 sets.
Set 1 : Subject material for Papers I (common to all subjects).
Sets 2 to 8: Subject material for Papers II & III, of which one or more
sets will be for Optionals/Electives for Paper III, Section III..
01: ECONOMICS
Paper II: Topics covered are Micro and Macro Economic Analysis,
Development and Planning, Public Finance, International Economics,
Indian Economy and Statistical Methods.
Paper III Section II (Earlier Paper IIIA): will be core group consisting
of 10 units covering Theory of Demand, Keynesian and post-Keynesian
approaches, development and growth, theories of taxation, monetary
approach to balance of payments, components of money supply, industrial
structure and economic growth, population and economic development,
demography, agricultural economics and mathematical applications.
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Paper III Section III (Earlier Paper IIIB): will consist of 5 electives:
I Econometrics - Single Equation Linear Model
II Theory of Consumer Behaviour.
III World Trading System and the rise and fall of Bretton-wood.
IV Growth and productivity trends in Agriculture
V Planning and Economic Development
We offer support only for electives II to V from which the student
should indicate a choice of two electives. (We do not offer support
for Econometrics I.)
06: HISTORY
Paper II will cover concepts, ideas and terms of Indian and World history,
Ancient Indian History, Medieval Indian History and Modern Indian
History and research.
Paper III Section III (Earlier Paper IIIA): core group will have 10 units
distributed over the topics given for Paper II.
Paper III Section III (Earlier Paper IIIB): is for electives. The three
electives are:
I Ancient Indian history
II Medieval Indian history and
III Modern Indian history.
We offer support for all the three electives.
08: COMMERCE
The syllabus for Paper II and Paper III Section II (Earlier
Paper IIIA) – core group, will be the same as that distributed in 10 units
covering Business Environment, Financial and Management Accounting,
Business Economics, Business Statistics and Data Processing, Business
Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management, Human
Resources Management, Banking and Financial Institution, and International
Business.

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The electives in Paper III Section III (Earlier Paper IIIB) will be:
I Accounting and Finance
II Marketing
III Human Resources Management
IV International Business
V Income-Tax Law and Tax Planning.
We offer support for electives I to IV only from which the student
should indicate a choice of two electives. (We do not offer support
for Income Tax Law and Tax Planning.)
30: ENGLISH
Paper II will cover all periods of British Literature from Chaucer to the
Contemporary Period besides American and other non-British literatures,
literary theory and criticism, rhetoric and prosody.
Paper III Section II (Earlier Paper IIIA): core group will have 10 units
which will have coverage as in Paper II, excluding American and other non-
British literatures but devoting one unit for literary comprehension with
internal choice of a poetry stanza and prose passage.
Paper III Section III (Earlier Paper IIIB): will have the following
electives/optionals:
I History of English language, English language teaching.
II European literature from classical age to 20th century.
III Indian writing in English and Indian literature in English
translation.
IV American and other non-British English literature.
V Literary theory and criticism.
We offer support for electives I, III and IV only from which the
student should indicate a choice of two electives. (We do not offer
support for II and V).

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87: COMPUTER SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS (CSA)
Paper II:-
(1) Discrete Structures: Computibility, Graph, Groups
(2) Computer Arithmetic: Propositional (Boolean) Logic etc., Logic
Families, Representation of Integers (3) Programming in C and C++:
Programming in C, O-O Programming Concepts, C++ Programming
(4) Relational Database Design and SQL: E-R diagrams etc. SQLN
(5) Data and File structures (6) Computer Networks: Network
fundamentals, Reference Models, Data Communication, Internetworking,
Routing, Network Security (7): System Software and Compilers: Assembly
language fundamentals etc., Text editors, Compilation and Interpretation,
Context free grammars, Towdown parsers (8) Operating Systems
(with Case Study of Unix):Memory Management, Concurrent Processing,
Scheduling, UNIX: The Unix System, Filters and Commands, System Calls
(like) (9) Software Engineering: System Development Life Cycle (SDLC),
Software Metrics, Software Design, Coding and Testing (10) Current
Trends and Technologies: Parallel Computing, Mobile Computing, E-
Technologies, Electronic Payment Systems, Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI), Digital Libraries and Data Warehousing, Software Agents,
Broadband Tele-Communications, Geographical Information System
(GIS), Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Windows Programing, - Simple
Applications Advanced Windows.
Paper III Section II (Earlier Paper III A): Core Group will have 10
Units:
I. Combinational Circuit Design, Microprocessor architecture; II. Database
Concepts, ER diagrams etc.; III. Display Systems etc. IV. Programming language
concepts, paradigms and models. V.Analog and Digital transmission etc. VI.
Definition Simple and Composite structures etc. VII. Object, messages etc. VIII.
Software development models etc.IX. Introduction, Memory management etc.X.
Definitions, AI approach for solving problems, Automation Reasoning etc.

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Paper III Section III (Earlier Part III B) (Elective/Optional)
I Theory of Computation and Automata theory
II Information theory and Data Compression
III Operation Research
IV Neural Networks and Fuzzy systems
V Environment
We offer Support for all the five Electives/Optionals.

SUPPORT FOR PAPER I ONLY

In addition to our total support programme for select subjects (Economics,

History, Commerce, English and Computer Science & application )
covering all three Papers, we also offer a support programme for Paper
I only which is common for all subjects. This programme has been
introduced to meet the needs of students appearing for subjects other than
those currently offered by us.

Our study material for Paper I, follows the revised syllabus outlines
announced by the UGC in September 2004, and is designed to cover,
Teaching Aptitude, Research Aptitude, Reading Comprehension,
Communication, Reasoning (including Mathematical), Logical Reasoning
Data Interpretation, Information & Communication Technology &
People and Environment. The basics have been illustrated by numerous
worked examples. They are further supported by the exercises and sample
Test Papers.

The entire material - worked examples, exercises and sample Test

Papers - is completely covered in one set, (Set 1) which will be
despatched upon enrolment.

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Despatch of Study Material
Despatch will begin in August 2007/February 2008 for the June 2008
and December 2008 exams respectively. Subsequent sets will be sent at
approximate monthly intervals. The complete material will be despatched
by March 2008 for the June 2008 exam and September 2008 for the
December 2008 Examination.
Doubt Letter Scheme
A correspondence course ceases to be one, if the lines of communication
between the teacher and the taught are not kept alive. We are eager to be
of help to all our students. In the event of any doubt, the student should
send us his questions in writing with his solutions/answers in the prescribed
format, indicating where he could not proceed further and where he
would like to have our guidance. It will be our Professors’ endeavour to
clear doubts on really relevant and difficult questions and genuine doubts
that arise in the course of their preparation with our study material.
It is, however, to be clearly understood that the Professors are not
bound to respond to all doubts received, if in their judgement these are
considered not relevant to the subject matter or adequate efforts have
not been made by the student himself to find a solution. We reserve
our right not to respond to any question without assigning any reasons.
Doubts/Problems must be restricted to 5 per letter and must be within
the examination syllabus. The source from which the problems have
been taken must be specified.
This service will be available upto two months before the examination
for which the student is enrolled with us.
Medium of Instruction

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The course material is in the English medium and only students who
can fellow our lessons in English should apply for enrolment.
Enrolment
Students are advised to enrol early so that they have adequate time for
study and revision of the course material.
Fees
The fee for the full programme covering all three papers and including
two electives is Rs.6500/- + Rs.803/- Service Tax. Total: Rs.7303/-,
payable in full upon enrolment.
The fee for Paper I only is Rs.985/- + Rs.122/- Service Tax.
Total: Rs.1107/-, payable in full upon enrolment.
Procedure for Enrolment
The student should send us:
1. The completed Enrolment Form with a passport size photograph
affixed with the Enrolment Form in the allotted space.
2. Two additional signed copies of the photograph.
3. The full Course fee
Fee Remittance: The fee for the course should be remitted either by
Money Order or Demand Draft drawn in favour of Brilliant Tutorials
Pvt. Ltd., payable at Chennai.
*** Remittance by Money Order: The course for which the MO
is being sent and the student’s full postal address should be
indicated in the coupon.
Late Enrolment: For those who enrol late, the study materials already
despatched will be sent in one lot and the remaining sets on a monthly
basis.
Fees once paid will not be refunded or adjusted under any
circumstances.

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ENQUIRIES: When calling to enquire about the status of your
application, please have the following information ready:
• A copy of your application form
• D/D Number and Date (If Money Order, then MO Receipt
Number and Date)
• Issuing Bank
• Mode of Despatch of application (Courier, Registered Post,
Ordinary Post)
• Date of Despatch
Please wait at least 15 days after date of despatch before calling.

REQUESTS FOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS, ETC.

Normally we do not accept any advice for stoppage of despatch
of study m aterial. Change of address, or, in exceptional cases,
stoppage or resumption of despatch etc. will be implemented only if
requested by a letter signed by the student. A photocopy of the Admit
Card (with the photograph visible) must be enclosed with the letter.
Telephone requests will not be honoured unless confirmed in writing.
This policy is designed to prevent fraud and to safeguard the interests
of our genuine students
Please allow 15 days from the date of receipt, for implementation
of the change.

All matters are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Chennai only.

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