Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Human Resource Development Group

Examination Unit

 

CSIR-UGC (NET) EXAM FOR AWARD OF JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURERSHIP

 

EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, OCEAN AND PLANETARY SCIENCES

EXAM SCHEME

 

TIME: 3 HOURS                                             MAXIMUM MARKS: 200

 

CSIR-UGC (NET) Exam for Award of Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship shall be a Single Paper Test having Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). The question paper shall be divided in three parts.

 

Part 'A' 

                This part shall carry 20 questions pertaining to General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude. The candidates shall be required to answer any 15 questions. Each question shall be of two marks. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 30 out of 200.

 

Part 'B'

                This part shall contain 50 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) generally covering the topics given in the syllabus. A candidate shall be required to answer any 35 questions. Each question shall be of two marks. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 70 out of 200.

 

Part 'C'

                This part shall contain 40 questions that are designed to test a candidate's knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts. The questions shall be of analytical nature where a candidate is expected to apply the scientific knowledge to arrive at the solution to the given scientific problem. Each question may have sub-parts. A candidate shall be required to answer any 10 complete questions, including sub-parts. Each question shall be of 10 marks. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 100 out of 200.

 

·                      For Part ‘A’ and ‘B’ there will be Negative marking @25% for each wrong answer. No Negative marking for Part ‘C’.

 

·                      To enable the candidates to go through the questions, the question paper booklet shall be distributed 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the exam. The Answer sheet shall be distributed at the scheduled time of the exam.

 

·                       On completion of the exam i.e. at the scheduled closing time of the exam, the candidates shall be allowed to carry the Question Paper Booklet. No candidate is allowed to carry the Question Paper Booklet in case he/she chooses to leave the test before the scheduled closing time.

 

·                       Model Question Paper is available on HRDG website www.csirhrdg.res.in

SYLLABUS