CSIR UGC NET 2019: NTA has been announced CSIR NET 2019 exam dates for December session in the month of August. CSIR NET online registration has been started from 9th September to 9th October 2019. Interested and eligible candidates can apply via CSIR NET Application form 2019 through the official page of CSIR-HRDG. National Testing Agency shall conduct the CSIR UGC NET exam for the post of Lectureship (LS) or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian national citizens. CSIR NET 2019 Admit card will be available for downloading from on 9th November 2019. CSIR NET 2019 examination will be conducted on 15th December 2019. Here we have listed out the entire details about the CSIR UGC NET 2019 December exam like exam date, application form, exam pattern, syllabus, etc.
Summary of CSIR UGC NET 2019 Exam
| Examination Name | Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test |
| Conducting Body | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| Frequency of Examination | Twice a year (December & June) |
| Offered Posts | Lectureship (LS), Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) |
| Examination Level | National Level |
| Official Website | https://csirhrdg.res.in/, https://nta.ac.in/ |
UGC NET 2019 December Exam Date
| Events | Dates | |
| Starting Date of Online Application Form | 09th September 2019 | |
| Closing Date for Submission of Application Form | 09th October 2019 | |
| Correction in the Application Form | Last Week of October (tentative) | |
| Printing of Admit Cards | 09th November 2019 | |
| CSIR UGC NET 2019 Examination | Morning: ADVERTISING
09:00 AM to 12:00 PM |
15th December 2019 |
| Afternoon:
02:00 PM to 05:00 PM |
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| Answer Key Release | 3rd Week of December 2019 (tentative) | |
| Declaration of Result | 31st December 2019 | |
Eligibility Criteria of CSIR UGC NET 2019
Students who want to participate in the CSIR-UGC NET examination should have to satisfy the below mentioned eligible criteria.
Age Limit:
The upper age limit is 28 years for the post of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). This upper age limit may be relaxable up to 5 years for the categories of SC/ST/PwD/Female Applicants and 3 years for the category of OBC (Non-Creamy Layer). There is no upper age limit for the post of Lectureship.
Educational Qualifications
- The candidates must have passed M.Sc or its equivalent degree/ Integrated BS-MS/ BS-4 years/ B.E/ B.Tech/ B.Pharm/ MBBS with minimum of 55% marks for General and OBC candidates and 50% marks for SC/ST/PwD category candidates.
- Candidates who enrolled M.Sc degree after having completed 10+2+3 years in the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply under the Result Awaited (RA) category.
- Sc (Hons) or its equivalent degree/ students enrolled in the Integrated MS-Ph.D with a minimum of 55% marks for General and OBC candidates and 50% marks for SC/ST/PwD candidates are also eligible to apply.
- Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree will be eligible for CSIR fellowship only after getting registered/ enrolled for Ph.D./ Integrated Ph.D program within the validity of two years.
- Candidate possessing only Bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply only for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and not for Lectureship (LS).
CSIR NET 2019 December Application Form
Aspirants who have fulfill the eligibility aspects as mentioned above they can start to fill the application form for CSIR UGC NET December 2019. The application form will be available to fill on from 9th September 2019 to 9th October 2019. The application form filling process can be explained in the following stages.
- Registration
- Fill the Application & Upload the Documents
- Pay the Application Fees
- Print Confirmation Page
Step 1: Registration
Students should register themselves for CSIR UGC NET December 2019 exam in the official portal of CSIR HRDG. In the Registration stage, applicants should provide their basic details such as the full name, email address, mobile number, etc., after submitting, the generated application number and password will be sent to the registered email id and mobile number. Throughout the examination, communication will be only in the email id and the registered mobile number. Students should log in the valid credentials on the CSIR HRDG official page
Step 2: How to fill the CSIR NET 2019 December Application Form
Students should log in on the CSIR HRDG official site. Candidates are advised to keep in hand the original documents at the time of filling the online application form. In this stage, aspirants should provide personal details like Name, Father and Mother Name, DOB, Gender, Category, etc. After that, they have to fill the examination related details like applied for the post of, choosing the examination city. Students can submit the entered details after the verification has been confirmed by them.
Step 3:Upload Image and Signature
Documents to be uploaded
At the time form filling, the candidates should have to upload the scanned images of the below-mentioned documents
- Scanned Photograph and Signature
- Qualifying final/last semester mark sheet
- Category certificate
- PwD certificate
- Attestation form of Result Awaited category
In this stage, applicants should upload their photograph and signature. The candidate photograph and signature size should not be less than 150KB in the format of JPEG/JPG. The photograph must be taken on or after 01.03.2019 indicating clearly the name of the candidate along with the date of taking. The candidate should scan his/her photograph and signature for the uploading process.
Note: Candidate should check and ensure that the uploaded images are clear and proper.
Step 4: Print the Confirmation Page
After uploading the photo and signature, candidates are redirected into the payment gateway for paying the application fees. In this stage, students should pay the exam fees as per their respective categories in the online mode. After the successful payment, students must printout the confirmation page. Students are advised to keep safe the application name and password until throughout the examination.
CSIR UGC NET 2019 Application Fees
The application fees should be paid in the online mode through the Credit/Debit/Net banking. The extra charges of processing and GST must be paid by the candidates.
| Category | Fess Amount |
| General Candidates | Rs. 1000/- |
| Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | Rs. 500/- |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST) / Person with Disability (PwD) | Rs. 250/- |
CSIR UGC NET Exam Pattern 2019
| Examination Mode | Offline (Pen and Paper mode) |
| Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions |
| Question Paper Language | English & Hindi |
| No. of Questions | 200 |
| Time Duration | 3 Hours |
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Scheme of the CSIR UGC NET Examination
| Session | Subjects | Timings | Marks |
| Morning | Life Sciences | 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM | 200 |
| Physical Sciences | |||
| Afternoon | Chemical Sciences | 02:00 PM to 05:00PM | |
| Mathematical Sciences | |||
| Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences |
Question Pattern of CSIR UGC NET 2019
The question pattern shall be divided into three categories. It can be listed as follows.
| Part-A
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Part A is common to all subjects. The questions will be asked from the topics related to General Aptitude. It contains a maximum of 20 questions. Candidates should have to answer any 15 questions of two marks per each question. The total marks for this section will be 30 out of 200 |
| Part-B
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Part B is the subject-related conventional Multiple Choice Questions. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 70 out of 200. |
| Part-C
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Part C tests the candidate’s knowledge of scientific concepts and the application of scientific concepts. The total marks allocated to this section will be 100 out of 200. |
Question and Marking Distribution of CSIR UGC NET 2019
Below we have mentioned the complete details about the examination and marking scheme of the CSIR NET examination.
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Subject |
Question Pattern | |
Chemical Sciences |
Part-A | It contains 20 questions pertaining to General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude |
| Candidates should have to answer any 15 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 2 Marks | ||
| Part-B | It contains 40 Multiple Choice Questions from the syllabus. | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 35 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 2 Marks | ||
| Part-C | It contains 60 Multiple Choice from scientific concepts and applications | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 25 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 4 Marks | ||
Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences |
Part-A | It contains 20 questions pertaining to General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude |
| Candidates should have to answer any 15 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 2 Marks | ||
| Part-B | It contains 50 Multiple Choice Questions from the syllabus. | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 35 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 2 Marks | ||
| Part-C | It contains 80 Multiple Choice from scientific concepts and applications | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 25 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 4 Marks | ||
Life Sciences |
Part-A | It contains 20 questions pertaining to General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude |
| Candidates should have to answer any 15 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 2 Marks | ||
| Part-B | It contains 50 Multiple Choice Questions from the syllabus. | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 35 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 2 Marks | ||
| Part-C | It contains 75 Multiple Choice from scientific concepts and applications | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 25 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 4 Marks | ||
Mathematical Sciences |
Part-A | It contains 20 questions pertaining to General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude |
| Candidates should have to answer any 15 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 2 Marks | ||
| Part-B | It contains 40 Multiple Choice Questions from the syllabus. | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 25 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 3 Marks | ||
| Part-C | It contains 60 Multiple Choice from scientific concepts and applications | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 20 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 4.75 Marks | ||
Physical Sciences |
Part-A | It contains 20 questions pertaining to General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude |
| Candidates should have to answer any 15 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 2 Marks | ||
| Part-B | It contains 25 Multiple Choice Questions from the syllabus. | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 20 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 3.5 Marks | ||
| Part-C | It contains 30 Multiple Choice from scientific concepts and applications | |
| Candidates should have to answer any 20 questions | ||
| Each Question will be of 5 Marks | ||
CSIR UGC NET Syllabus
The syllabus will be asked from the important topics from the below-mentioned subjects.
- Chemical Sciences
- Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences
- Life Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Physical Sciences
| Subject | Important Topics | |
Chemical Sciences |
Inorganic Chemistry |
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| Organic Chemistry |
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| Interdisciplinary Topics |
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Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences |
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Life Sciences |
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Physical Sciences |
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CSIR NET 2019 Admit Card
CSIR UGC NET 2019 December admit card will be issued for the candidates who have applied in the CSIR NET 2019 examination. Aspirants can download CSIR NET Hall Ticket from the official page of CSIR HRDG in the online mode only. Students should keep safe their admit card until the admission process has been done by the exam conducting authority. Examiners are advised to bring the CSIR Hall Ticket on the examination day.
CSIR NET 2019 Examination Centres
CSIR UGC NET 2019 examination will be conducted in various cities across India. Approximately the CSIR NET 2019 examination shall conduct in the following 27 examination centres.
| Bangalore | Guwahati | Nagpur |
| Bhavnagar | Hyderabad | Pilani |
| Bhopal | Imphal | Pune |
| Bhubaneswar | Jammu | Raipur |
| Chandigarh | Jamshedpur | Roorkee |
| Chennai | Jorhat | Srinagar |
| Cochin | Karaikudi | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Delhi | Kolkata | Udaipur |
| Guntur | Lucknow | Varanasi |
How to Download CSIR NET Admit Card?
Students should follow the below-mentioned instructions for how to download the CSIR UGC NET December 2019.
- Visit the official page of CSIR HRDG
- Search the notification for Download CSIR UGC NET Admit card
- Enter Application number and Date of Birth and then submit it.
- CSIR UGC NET Admit card will open on the screen
- Take a printout for further exam purposes.
CSIR NET 2019 Answer Key
The official answer key will be released by the exam authority after the examination has been concluded. Candidates can download CSIR NET answer key based on subject and set wise. From the downloaded answer key, aspirants can check and ensure the correct and incorrect responses have entered in the OMR answer sheet. The answer key shall announce at the official page of CSIR HRDG according to the sets like A, B, C, and D.
CSIR NET Result 2019
CSIR UGC NET Results will be announced on 31st December 2019. Students who have appeared in the CSIR UGC NET examination can check the result in the online mode at the official page of CSIR HRDG. CSIR UGC NET result will be available in the format of PDF. There are two types of results that shall announce i.e., Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship. After the announcement of the result, the merit list shall release by the concerned authority for commencing the counselling process.
How to Check the CSIR NET 2019 Result?
Aspirants should follow the below-mentioned steps for how to check their CSIR UGC NET 2019 December Results.
- Go to the CSIR HRDG official page
- Check the concerned tab for Download CSIR NET Result
- Submit the Application number and Date of Birth
- CSIR UGC NET Result will be displayed on the screen
- Take a printout for further admission process.
CSIR NET Merit List 2019
There are two separate merit list will be prepared for the qualified candidates by the exam conducting authority. Both the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Lectureship will be made on the basis of the candidate’s performance in the CSIR NET 2019 examination. Aspirants can download the CSIR UGC NET merit list on the official page of CSIR HRDG.
CSIR NET Cutoff 2019
The cutoff mark is the eligible criteria for obtaining admission into the post of either Lectureship or Junior Research Fellowship. Based on the merit list and previous year cut off wise candidates can get the desired post followed by the counselling process. CSIR UGC NET previous year (June 2019) cutoff marks as mentioned as follows.
CSIR UGC NET June 2019 Cut off
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JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP |
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| Subject | Unreserved | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PWD |
| Chemical Science | 47.75% | 36.25% | 41.75% | 34.25% | 28.00% | 25.00% |
| Earth Science | 57.54% | 40.13% | 50.65% | 42.15% | 39.18% | 26.74% |
| Life Science | 52.50% | 33.75% | 43.75% | 35.25% | 31.75% | 25.00% |
| Mathematical Science | 55.75% | 46.63% | 48.88% | 37.75% | 30.50% | 28.50% |
| Physical Sciences | 39.06% | 33.13% | 33.31% | 27.00% | 25.00% | 25.00% |
CSIR UGC NET June 2019 Cut off
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LECTURESHIP |
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| Subject | Unreserved | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PWD |
| Chemical Science | 42.98% | 33.00% | 37.58% | 30.83% | 25.20% | 25.00% |
| Earth Science | 51.79% | 36.12% | 45.59% | 37.94% | 35.26% | 25.00% |
| Life Science | 47.25% | 33.00% | 39.38% | 31.73% | 28.58% | 25.00% |
| Mathematical Science | 50.18% | 41.97% | 43.99% | 33.98% | 27.45% | 25.50% |
| Physical Sciences | 35.15% | 33.00% | 33.00% | 25.00% | 25.00% | 25.00% |
UGC NET Counselling/ Selection Procedure
The selection will be based on the candidate’s performance in the CSIR UGC NET 2019 examination. All the qualified candidates will be shortlisted for the post of Lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) according to their merit list.