NET / JRF IN MATHEMATICS

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

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

EXAM SCHEME
TIME: 3
HOURS
MAXIMUM M ARKS: 200

CSIR-UGC (NET) Exam for Award of
Junior Research Fellowship and
Eligibility for Lecturership 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 40
Multiple Choice Questions
(MCQs) generally covering
the topics given in the
syllabus. A candidate shall
be required to answer any
25 questions. Each question
shall be of three marks. The
total marks allocated to this
section shall be 75 out of
200.

Part 'C'

This part shall contain 60
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. The
questions in this part shall
have multiple correct
options. Credit in a question
shall be given only on
identification of ALL the
correct options. No credit
shall be allowed in a
question if any incorrect
option is marked as correct
answer. No partial credit is
allowed. A candidate shall
be required to answer any
20 questions. Each question
shall be of 4.75 marks. The
total marks allocated to this
section shall be 95 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