Annually more than 10 Lakhs students attempt UGC-NET Exam. Students who are willing to do a Ph.D. or want to become an assistant professor in any university or college need to clear this exam. This exam is mandatory for the students willing to Start their research career.
UGC-NET exam is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) twice in a year on the behalf of University Grant Commission (UGC).
UGC-NET exam is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) twice in a year on the behalf of University Grant Commission (UGC).
Students who qualify this exam are eligible for lectureship in colleges or universities and students who are topper in their respective subjects in UGC NET, receive Junior research fellowship (JRF) while pursuing Ph.D. or research.
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If you want to know ‘How to crack UGC NET Paper-1 Exam in 1st attempt, then just go through this 6-month master study plan -
1ST Month - Analyse your Syllabus
Go through your syllabus and identify your weaker and strong areas. You must identify the topics in which you are strong and the topics which you find difficult. You must plan your different strategies according to your strength and weakness. Give more time to your weakness and make a habit of revision of all such topics.
2nd Month - Analyse Previous Year Question Papers
Going through previous years’ question papers will help you to analyse the pattern of questions that are asked in the actual UGC NET Paper-1 Exam and their difficulty level. You must check the frequency of concepts and questions that are repeated in the exams. You should be extra careful about such repetitive content of the syllabus. This is very important step of your UGC NET Paper-1 Exam preparation.
3rd Month - Make Unit-wise preparation strategy
Once you have identified your strength and weakness in the syllabus and have gone through the previous year’s question papers, your next step is to make a unit-wise preparation strategy. You need to invest more time on important units having higher weightage in UGC NET Paper-1 Exam. The units which are less important should be covered later.
4th Month - Make Notes
When you start your unit-wise preparation with important topics, then you should make a habit of making notes right from the beginning. This will be of great help during the revision of the syllabus. All your syllabi will be there in notes with which you can easily revise the topics even during traveling or during doing some other work.
5th Month - Attempt maximum practice questions
Your conceptual study should be evaluated with practice questions. When you study any theoretical concepts, you should always solve practice questions related to this topic. This will give you more ideas about the concept. You can know about the types of questions that are asked from the topic. This habit will increase your confidence and will also help you to solve questions in minimum time during the exam. Test series will also help you to learn time management skills.
6th Month - Revise your topics
When you start your preparation, you should revise the topic once in the same week. The next revision should be next week, and the third revision should be next month. The last revision should be before the final UGC NET Paper-1 Exam. So, you should complete your syllabus well in advance to spare time for revision. If you do not manage time for syllabus revision, it will hamper your UGC-NET preparation.
