UGC NET(National Eligibility Test) for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship was held on December 30, 2012.
University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) to determine eligibility for lectureship & for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals in order to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession & research. The Test is conducted in Management, Social Sciences, Forensic Science, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, Electronic Science and many other subjects.
This is the second time that the test was an objective type examination. Earlier, it was used to be objective+subjective type examination.
As per our sources, UGC will announce the cut off and answer key of UGC NET,2012 within the next 15-20 days.
Update: UGC has announced the answer keys on its website. To download, click here.
UGC has announced the result of NET which was held on December 30, 2012 – visit UGC website (http://ugcnetonline.in/) to check.
PROCEDURE AND CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF RESULT:
Step I:
Minimum marks to be obtained in NET for considering a candidate for the award of JRF and eligibility for lectureship:
Step II:
Amongst those candidates who have cleared step I, a merit list will be prepared subject-wise and category-wise using the aggregate marks of all the three papers secured by such candidates.
Step III:
Top 15% candidates (for each subject and category), from the merit list mentioned under step II, will be declared NET qualified for eligibility for lectureship only.
Step IV:
A separate merit list for the award of JRF will be prepared from amongst the NET qualified candidates figuring in the merit list prepared under step III.
Below is the Answer Key we have prepared for Management subject. If you find any wrong answer, please let us know.
UGC NET PAPER 1(Code-Z):
1- American Psychological Association – A
2- Research steps – B
3- Identify incorrect statement (hypothesis) –D
4- English Comprehension Popular View – B
5- English Comprehension Annual increase – A
6- English Comprehension Reality of urbanization- A
7- English Comprehension Indicator for urban quality of life – A
8- English Comprehension Author has tried to focus on – C
9- English Comprehension Author intends to state – C
10- Communication derived from – A
11- Mao Zedong – A
12- Conversing with spirits and ancestors– A
13- Largest circulated newspaper – A
14- Pioneer of silent films – D
15- Classroom communication – B
16- Missing number – D
17- Group of 7 boys and girls – B
18- Number of observations – C
19- MOHAN- COUNT – A
20- Sum of ages – A
21- Let a means (-) – question incorrect
22- Consider assertion – C
23- Social Services Less than 5 percent – B
24- Expenditures with highest rate – 2008-09
25- Stagnant – C
26- Equal to remaining three items- D
27- Highest rate of interest- B
28- Highest rate of decline- A
29- ALU – D
30- Personal Computer has chips on circuit board – D
31- Computer virus – C
32- (17)10 – D
33- File extension – C
34- Protocol used by email – C
35- Source of methane – A
36- Minamata disaster – B
37- Biomagnification – A
38- Nagoya Protocol –D
39- Second most imp energy source- C
40- Earthquakes – A
41- Human Development Index – C
42- Highest number of college students – B
43- Attorney General – A
44- Prefix to be discontinued from presidents name – C
45- Financial Emergency – D
46- Match the following (MNERGA) – A
47- Efficient and durable learning – D
48- Classroom communication – B
49- Best method of teaching – D
50- Interaction inside classroom – C
51- Spare the rod… – C
52- Type of communication in classroom – C
53- Quality of research – A
54- Research ethics – A
55- Probability based sampling method – D
56- Some men are not honest – A
57- Stipulative definition – D
58- Appropriate alternative – C
59- Most students are obedient – C
60- Deductive argument – D
UGC NET PAPER 3:
1- D
2- A
3- D
4- A
5- D
6- A
7- D
8- B
9- C
10- B
11- C
12- B
13- B
14- B
15- D
16- B
17- D
18- C
19- D
20- B
21- D
22- C
23- C
24- D
25- C
26- B
27- A
28- B
29- C
30- A
31- C
32- D
33- C
34- A
35- D
36- B
37- D
38- D
39- C
40- A
41- C
42- D
43- A
44-A
45- A
46- D
47- B
48- D
49- D
50- B
51- A
52- C
53- C
54- A
55- A
56- C
57- D
58- C
59- D
60- B
61- D
62- B
63- B
64- D
65- D
66- B
67- A
68- B
69- D
70- B
71- A
72- C
73- C
74- B
75- B
UGC NET PAPER 2:
1- C
2- D
3- A
4- A
5- A
6- D
7- B
8- C
9- D
10- C
11- A
12- D
13- C
14- B
15- D
16- D
17- C
18- A
19- B
20- C
21- C
22- A
23- C
24- D
25- C
26- C
27- A
28- C
29- C
30- D
31- A
32- C
33- B
34- B
35- C
36- D
37- D
38- C
39- B
40- D
41- C
42- D
43- C
44- A
45- C
46- D
47- D
48- D
49- C
50- D
You can also share answer key for other subjects in the comments.
Update: UGC has announced the answer keys on its website. To download, click here.