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Updated UGC NET Exam General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude (Paper -I)

I. UGC NET Teaching Aptitude:

• Teaching : Nature, Objectives, Characteristics and Basic Requirements.


• Learner’s Characteristics.


• Factors affecting Teaching.


• Methods of Teaching.


• Teaching aids.


• Evaluation Systems.

II. UGC NET Research Aptitude:

• Research : Meaning, Characteristics and Types;


• Steps of Research.


• Methods of Research.


• Research Ethics.


• Paper, Articles, Workshop, Seminar, Conference and Symposium.


• Thesis Writing : Its characteristics and format.

III. Reading Comprehension:

• A passage to be set with questions to be answered.

IV. UGC NET Communication:

• Communication : Nature, Characteristics, Types, Barriers and Effective Classroom Communication.

V. Reasoning ( including Mathematical ):

• Number Series; Letter Series; Codes.


• Relationships; Classification.

VI. Logical Reasoning:

• Understanding the Structure of Argument.


• Evaluating and distinguishing Deductive and Inductive Reasoning.


• Verbal Analogies; Word Analogy – Applied Analogy.


• Verbal Classification.


• Reasoning Logical Diagrams; Simple Diagrammatic Relationship, Muliti – Diagrammatic Relationship.


• Venn Diagram; Analytical Reasoning.

VII. Data Interpretation:

• Sources, Acquisition and Interpretation of Data.


• Quantitative and Qualitative Data.


• Graphical Representation and Mapping of Data.

VIII. Information and Communication Technology ( ICT ):

• ICT : Meaning, Advantages, Disadvantages and Uses.


• General Abbreviation and Terminology.


• Basics of Internet and E – mailing.

IX. People and Environment:

• People and Environment Interaction.


• Sources of Pollution.


• Pollutants and their impact on Human Life, Exploitation of Natural and Energy Resources.


• Natural hazards and mitigation.

X. Higher Education System : Governance, Polity and Administration :

• Structure of the Institutions for Higher Learning and Research in India; 


• Formal and Distance Education; Professional / Technical and General Education; 


• Value Education; Governance, Polity and Administration; Concept, 


• Institutions and their Interactions.