CSIR NET Exam Pattern/Question Pattern : Career Quips

Exam Pattern of CSIR NET (JRF/LS) has been retained the same as previous years, with only some very minor changes in "Part-A" i.e. General Aptitude, which is common for all CSIR NET subjects.In addition, for the very first time, CSIR NET is going to be conducted for Engineers with an additional subject - Engineering Science.

This blog post has been made to present you the new CSIR NET Exam Pattern by incorporating those changes to help you prepare for the same. In the subsequent blog article titled: CSIR NET Syllabus, Sample papers & Books, you will find the prep materials for this exam. If you have still not applied for this exam but you are willing to apply, please go through my previous blog post titled: CSIR-UGC NET December 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms which tells you about the notification and how to apply for CSIR NET Exam.

Exam Pattern of CSIR-UGC NET:

CSIR-UGC NET consists of only one paper which has three parts: Part-A, Part-B, Part-C. The total marks in the exam is 200 marks which needs to be answered in 3 hours.

Part-A is common to all while Part-B & C is subject specific. While new exam pattern of each of the six CSIR NET subject is given below, you can find the exam pattern of previous CSIR NET exams in this link.

CSIR NET Part-A:

As said, there is some very minor change in Part-A i.e. General Aptitude of CSIR NET.
Existing Syllabus: General Science, Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis and Research Aptitude.
Revised Syllabus: General Aptitude with emphasis On logical reasoning, graphical analysis, analytical and numerical ability, quantitative comparison, series formation, puzzles etc.

Other than above, mark distribution within the paper remains same - there are 20 questions in the paper, out of which you have to answer any 15. Each question weighs 2 mark - thus there are 30 marks in Part-A (General Aptitude) of CSIR NET.

In the tables for CSIR NET Exam Pattern given below,
TQ: Total Question.
AQ: Attempt Question.
MPQ: Mark Per Question.
TM: Total Mark.

CSIR NET Exam pattern for Chemical Sciences:

To know more about the Exam pattern for Chemical Sciences, click here.

Negative marking: @25% for each wrong answer

Click here to download the syllabus of CSIR NET Chemical Sciences.

CSIR NET Exam pattern for Earth Sciences:

To know more about the Exam pattern for Earth Sciences, click here.
Negative marking: For Part 'A' and 'B' @25% for each wrong answer. No negative marking for Part 'C'.

Click here to download the syllabus of CSIR NET Earth Sciences.

CSIR NET Exam pattern for Life Sciences:

To know more about the Exam pattern for Life Sciences, click here.
Negative marking: @25% for each wrong answer

Click here to download the syllabus of CSIR NET Life Sciences.

CSIR NET Exam pattern for Mathematical Sciences:

To know more about the Exam pattern for Mathematical Sciences, click here.

Negative marking: For Part 'A' and 'B' @25% for each wrong answer. No negative marking for Part 'C'.

Click here to download the syllabus of CSIR NET Mathematical Sciences

CSIR NET Exam pattern for Physical Sciences:

To know more about the Exam pattern for Physical Sciences, click here.
Negative marking: @25% for each wrong answer

Click here to download the syllabus of CSIR NET Physical Sciences

CSIR NET Exam pattern for Engineering Sciences:

To know more about the Exam pattern for Engineering Sciences & its Syllabus, please go through section "6. ENGINEERING SCIENCES" from page 26-29 of the CSIR NET 2012 Information Bulletin.

Negative marking: @25% for each wrong answer.

Hope above Exam Pattern/Question Pattern of CSIR-UGC NET helps you get some idea about the exam. Please visit my blog post titled: CSIR NET Syllabus & Sample papers, which gives you the sample papers for CSIR NET along with the syllabus.

Best wishes!