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Last date for receipt of application forms duly completed is 22-10-2001. Candidates should
submit their application form only to the Registrar of the University where they wish to appear in
the test as indicated in item 10 below.
Application sent directly to the UGC Office will be rejected.
1) i) The University Grants Commission will hold a National Level Test (NET) on Sunday, the
23rd December, 2001 for determining the eligibility of Indian National Candidates for the award of
Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and for determining eligibility for recruitment of Lecturers in
Universities and Colleges in the subjects falling in the Faculties of Humanities (including
languages), Social Sciences and others listed in item No.9. The UGC has decided to hold
examination in the subjects mentioned in item no. 9 including Science subjects for Indian Nationals
staying abroad at the centres mentioned in item No. 11. The award may be made to the candidates
who qualify this test by the Universities/IITs in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them
within the quota allocated to them or under various quality programmes such as Centre of
Advanced Study, Department of Special Assistance, Departmental Research Support, Major
Research Projects, and Area Studies etc. Similarly recruitment to the post of Lecturer may be made
from the qualified candidates by the Universities/Colleges as per their prescribed procedure.
Candidates appearing in the above test should clearly specify in item (1) of the application form
whether they are candidates for JRF & Lectureship eligibility OR for lectureship eligibility alone.
For both the options, Selection Criterion is the same. Award of JRF will depend on the performance
in the test. Candidates qualifying for JRF will also be eligible for lectureship. However, candidates
qualifying exclusively for eligibility for Lectureship will not be considered for award of JRF.
SC/ST applicants may be given such special consideration as may be decided by the Commission.
ii) Candidates who qualify for Junior Research Fellowship award are eligible to do interdisciplinary
research in the related subject of their Post-Graduation and they will be eligible for Lectureship in
the specialised interdisciplinary field after obtaining Ph.D. in it.
The UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for Lectureship is being held
twice a year. The result of the last examination held on 24th June, 2001 will be declared some
time around 3rd week of October, 2001 and will also be available on UGC Website :
www.ugc.ac.in
The validity of the offer is one year w.e.f. the date of issue of JRF award letter. However, in
case the candidates have already joined M.Phil/Ph.D., the date of commencement of
fellowship will be from the date of declaration of NET examination result.
The amount of the fellowship is Rs. 5,000/- per month at present. The progress of the research
work done by a JRF on the completion of two years of the award may be assessed as per the
procedure laid down by the Commission. The fellowship may be withdrawn if the work is not
considered satisfactory. The fellowship for the third and subsequent years will be Rs. 5,600/- per
month. Candidates who will qualify the test for eligibility for Lectureship will be governed by the
rules and regulations for recruitment of Lecturers of the concerned Universities/Colleges/State
Governments etc. Candidates qualifying JRF shall avail the award within one year from the date of
issue of the award letter.
3) CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY :
(a) Candidates other than SC/ST category who have secured atleast 55% marks (without
grace) in Master’s Degree (or) equivalent examination in Humanities (including
languages) and Social Sciences, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc.
are eligible for this test. For SC/ST category candidates those who have secured atleast
50% marks (without grace) in Master’s degree are eligible for this test.
(b) Those candidates who have even secured 54.99% marks and below (even 49.99% marks
and below for SC/ST candidates) in Master’s Degree Examination are NOT eligible for
this Test. THERE IS NO PROVISION OF ROUNDING UP OF MARKS TO MAKE IT
55% (50% FOR SC/ST).
(c) Candidates who have appeared (or) will be appearing at the qualifying Master’s Degree
examination and whose result is still awaited (or) candidates whose examinations have been
delayed may also apply for this test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally
and shall be considered eligible for award of JRF/Lectureship eligibility only after they
have passed the Master’s Degree examination (or) equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% in
case of SC/ST category candidates). These candidates must submit their P.G. Marksheet
within two years of the declaration of the result of NET Exam.
(d) The Ph.D. degree holder candidates whose Master’s level examination were completed by 19th
September, 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration o result) shall be eligible for relaxation of
5% of marks from 55% to 50% to appear in NET Examination.
(e) Candidates have to appear in the subject of their Post Graduation only. The candidates
whose Post Graduation Subject is not covered in the list of subjects at item No. 9, he/she may
appear in the subject related to the one he/she had at Post Graduation.
Paper-I will be of general nature intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the
candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension and divergent
thinking. Paper-II will consist of short questions based on the subject selected by the candidate.
These papers will consist of a test booklet containing 50 objective type items (questions). The
candidates will have to mark their response for each item on the answer sheet attached at the end
of the test booklet.
At the start of the first session, Paper I will be distributed and the answer sheets will be
collected after the allotted time. Paper-II will be distributed fifteen minutes after the end of Paper-
I in the same session. Paper-III will consist of only descriptive type of questions from the
syllabus of the subject selected by the candidates. The candidates will be required to attempt
questions in the space provided in the answer booklet.
A candidate who does not appear in Paper I will not be permitted to appear in paper-
II/paper-III.
For Visually disabled candidates, thirty minutes extra time will be given for both paper-I and
Paper-II. In paper-III, forty five minutes extra time will be given. They will also be provided with
a writer who is a graduate from the same faculty, but in a discipline other than that of the
candidate.
Paper-III will be evaluated only for those candidates who are able to secure a minimum of such
aggregate marks in Paper I and II as fixed by the Commission.
b) Syllabus of Test: The necessary information regarding syllabus for all the papers will be
provided by the respective test centres. The revised syllabus are available on UGC Website i.e.
www.ugc.ac.in and also available in the libraries of all Indian Universities.
In Paper III candidates have the option to answer either in Hindi or in English in all subjects
except languages. In case of Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science and
Environmental Science the question papers will be in English only. In case of any discrepancy
found in English & Hindi version the questions in Paper I,II & III, the English version should be
taken as final.
8) IMPORTANT :
The National level test for determining the eligibility of candidates for the award of Junior
Research Fellowship/Lectureship in all Science subjects falling under the Faculties of Science
(Physical, Biological and Applied) is being conducted jointly with the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. The candidates desirous of availing UGC-JRF or
obtaining eligibility for Lectureship are advised to appear in the UGC-CSIR national level test
conducted by the CSIR. However, the Indian National candidates staying abroad willing to obtain
eligibility for lectureship are advised to appear in UGC NET Examination including Science
subjects.
The UGC Test for JRF/eligibility for Lectureship will be held at the University Test Centres
specified in the list under item No. 10. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGE OF CENTRE WILL
NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
9) SUBJECTS :
The subject with their respective code numbers are given below :
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Subject Name of the subject
Code
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01 Economics / Rural Economics / Co-operation / Demography /
Development Planning/Development Studies/Econometrics/ Applied
Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics
02 Political Science
03 Philosophy
04 Psychology
05 Sociology
06 History
07 Anthropology
08 Commerce
09 Education
10 Social Work
12 Home Science
14 Public Administration
15 Population Studies
16 Music
17 Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing
Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial
Mgt./Co-operative Management)
18 Maithili
19 Bengali
20 Hindi
21 Kannada
22 Malayalam
23 Oriya
24 Punjabi
25 Sanskrit
26 Tamil
27 Telugu
28 Urdu
29 Arabic
30 English
31 Linguistics
32 Chinese
33 Dogri
34 Nepali
35 Manipuri
36 Assamese
37 Gujarati
38 Marathi
39 French
40 Spanish
41 Russian
42 Persian
43 Rajasthani
44 German
45 Japanese
46 Adult Education/Continuing Education/Andragogy/Non Formal
Education.
47 Physical Education
49 Arab Culture and Islamic Studies
50 Indian Culture
55 Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and
Social Welfare/Human Resource Management
58 Law
59 Library and Information Science
60 Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies
63 Mass Communication and Journalism
65 Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre
66 Museology & Conservation
67 Archaeology
68 Criminology
70 Tribal and Regional Language/Literature
71 Folk Literature
72 Comparative Literature
73 Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotisha/ Navya
Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimamsa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/
Tulanatmaka Darsana/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhava Vedanta/ Dharma
sastra/ Sahitya/ Purana-itihasa /Agama/Advaita Vedanta.
74 Women Studies
79 Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied
Art/History of Art)
80 Geography
81 Social Medicine & Community Health
82 Forensic Science
83 Pali
84 Kashmiri
85 Konkani
87 Computer Science and Applications
88 Electronic Science
89 Environmental Sciences
90 International and Area Studies
91 Prakrit
92 Human Rights and Duties**
93 Tourism Administration and Management.
(a) Candidates other than SC/ST category who have secured atleast 55% marks
(without grace) in Master’s Degree (or) equivalent examination in Humanities
(including languages) and Social Sciences, Computer Science & Applications,
Electronic Sciences etc. are eligible for this test. For SC/ST category candidates
those who have secured atleast 50% marks (without grace) in Master’s degree are
eligible for this test.
(b) Those candidate who have even secured 54.99% marks and below even
(49.99% marks and below for SC/ST candidates) in Master Degree Examination are
NOT eligible for this test. THERE IS NO PROVISION OF ROUNDING UP OF
MARKS TO MAKE IT 55% (50% FOR SC/ST).
AGE LIMIT :-
(i) FOR LECTURESHIP : There is no upper age limit. The candidates can appear
any number of times.
(ii) FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP : (i) Candidates should not be more
than 28 years of age as on 01.12.2001 for General Category. (ii) in the case of
Women, Physically Handicapped and candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC
categories, a relaxation up to a maximum of five years is provided. (iii) Candidates
having research/training at P.G. level would be eligible for relaxation limited to the
period spent on research/training in the subject (subject to maximum of five years).
This would strictly be subject to production of the certificate from the appropriate
authority. (iv) Candidates having qualified their LLM examination would be eligible
for a maximum of three years relaxation.
1. Write ‘1’ for JRFand Lectureship Both 2. (i) Post Graduation Examination, Write (ii) Subject of
‘2’ for Lectureship only ‘1’ for passed Post-
‘2’ for appearing/appeared Graduation
3. See See 4. Centre of Examination Code No. See
Subject opted for NET Item Code No. Item
No. 9 No. 10
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13. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Examination Passed Name of University Year of Subject Specialisation Div./ Marks Total Percentage
i.e. M.A./M.Sc./M.Com. etc. Passing Offered (if any) Grade Obtained Marks
Ph.D. Awarded
14. Whether at present getting a research fellowship? Yes/No 15. Number of attempts in NET EXAM :_______________________________
16. Details of Bank Draft Name of Bank Draft Number Date of Issue Amount (Rs.)
State Bank of India
New Delhi (Code 7687)
DECLARATION
1. I,________________________________ hereby declare that all statements made in this application are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and in the event of any of the
information being found false or incorrect or any ineligibility being detected before or after the Test, my candidature is liable to be cancelled and action may be initiated against me.
2. I have submitted only one application for this test.
3. I further declare that I fulfill all conditions of eligibility regarding age limit, educational qualification etc. prescribed for the test.
4. I also declare that I have never been convicted by any court of Law.
5. I declare that I have gone through the conditions attached to NET and shall abide by the same.
6. I have enclosed the attested copies of certificate/degree called for in the advertisement.
7. I have noted that if my application will be found incomplete/defective, the same is liable to be rejected summarily and no correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
Place :
Date : Signature of Candidate
ATTESTATION
(BY HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION IN CASES WHERE THE CANDIDATE IS APPEARING/APPEARED IN THE FINAL EXAMINATION OF POST GRADUATION OF 2001-2002 AND 2000-2001
RESPECTIVELY).
I certify that the information given by the candidate Shri/Smt./Km._____________________________________ has been checked by me and it is certified that the candidate is appearing/has appeared in
M.A./M.Sc./M.Com________________________ Final Exam of the year 2001-2002 and 2000-2001 respectively.
Place :
Date : Name & Signature of Head of Deptt./Instt.
Rubber Stamps/seal.
UGC TEST DECEMBER, 2001
ATTENDANCE SLIP FOR USE AT THE TEST CENTRE
(TO BE KEPT WITH CO-ORDINATOR OF CENTRE) FOR USE ON THE DAY OF EXAMINATION
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DATE OF TEST : 23rd DECEMBER, 2001
Roll No. as shown on
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PAPER TIMING SIGNATURE OF CANDIDATE
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PAPER-I 09.30 A.M. TO 10.45 A.M.
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PAPER-II 11.OO A.M. TO 12.15 P.M.
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PAPER-III 1.30 P.M. TO 4.00 P.M.
Signature of Candidate
Note : This attendance slip should be retained by the Co-ordinator and must be given to the invigilator for verification with Roll No. issued to
the candidate and the signature of the candidate should be taken on the day of examination.
UGC TEST FOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR
LECTURESHIP DECEMBER, 2001
ADMISSION CARD (SINGLE COPY) (PROVISIONAL)
Place of Test____________________________________________________________________________
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