The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the schedule for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) 2024 for the June session. To check the exam schedule candidates can visit the official website at ugcnet.nta.ac.in. The UGC NET June 2024 exam will be conducted on June 18 in two shifts. UGC NET for 42 subjects will be conducted in the morning shift between 9:30 am and 12:30 pm and the exam for 41 subjects will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm in the second shift.
The exams in shift 1 include philosophy, history, commerce, social work, public administration, music, Hindi, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Arabic, linguistics, Nepali, Marathi, French, Spanish, Russian, Rajasthani, German, Japanese, adult education, physical education, Arab culture and Islamic studies, Indian culture, law, Buddhist – Jaina – Gandhian and peace studies, comparative study of religions, dance, drama, performing art, criminology, comparative literature, women studies, visual art, geography, social studies and community health, Konkani, computer science and applications, environmental sciences, tourism administration and management, Santali and Sindhi.
The exams in shift 2 include economics, political science, psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, defense, and strategic studies, home science, population studies, management, Maithili, Bengali, Malayalam, Telugu, Urdu, English, Chinese, Dogri, Manipuri, Assamese, Gujarati, Persian, labor welfare, library and information science, mass communication and journalism, museology and conservation, archaeology, tribal and regional language – literature, folk literature, Sanskrit traditional, forensic science, Pali, Kashmiri, electronic science, politics including international, Prakrit, human rights and duties, Bodo, yoga, Hindu studies, and Indian knowledge systems.
The NTA said that the city slip will be issued 10 days before the exam. The admit card will be issued after the city intimation slip. The exam will be conducted for 83 subjects in OMR mode for the award of a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), appointment as an assistant professor, and admission to PhD programs in Indian universities and colleges.
The exam pattern for 2024, as prescribed by the NTA, includes two papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2. The total duration for both papers combined is three hours. Both papers consist of objective-type multiple-choice questions (MCQs). A total of 150 questions are asked, with 50 questions in Paper 1 and 100 questions in Paper 2. There is no negative marking in the exam.
