UGC NET 9th Jan 2025 Paper 1 Exam Analysis (OUT), Answer Key

Particulars

Details

Overall Difficulty Level of Shift 1

Easy to Moderate 

Overall Difficulty Level of Shift 2

Easy to Moderate 

Expected Good Score of Shift 1

70+

Expected Good Score of Shift 2

65+

Was Shift 1 Paper Time-Consuming?

No

Was Shift 2 Paper Time-Consuming? 

Yes

Shift 1 vs Shift 2 Analysis Comparison

Shift 1 was comparatively easier than Shift 2.

Sections

Difficulty Level (Shift 1)

High Weightage Topics (Shift 1)

Difficulty Level (Shift 2)

High Weightage Topics (Shift 2)

Communication

Easy 

• Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
• Group communications
• Classroom communication.

Easy to Moderate

• Mass-Media
• Effective communication

Data Interpretation

Moderate 

• Classification of Data.
• Quantitative Data
• Graphical representation 
• Data Interpretation

• Data and Governance.
• Mapping of Data
• Qualitative Data.

ICT

Easy 

• Basics of the Internet
• Audio and Video-conferencing.

• Digital initiatives in higher education.
• ICT and Governance.

Logical Reasoning

Easy to Moderate 

• Argument forms
• Uses of language
• Connotations and denotations of terms
• Classical square of opposition.
• Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
• Analogies.

• Analogies.
• Venn diagram
• Arthapatti (Implication)
• Vyapti (invariable relation)
• Mood and Figure
• Formal and Informal fallacies

Mathematics

Moderate 

• Number series
• Codes and Relationships.
• Fraction
• Time & Distance
• Ratio
• Proportion and Percentage
• Profit and Loss

• Letter series
• Codes and Relationships.
• Time & Distance
• Profit and Loss

People and Environment

Easy to Moderate 

• Development and environment
• Millennium development
• Sustainable development goals.
• Water pollution,
• Climate change and it's Socio-Economic
• Natural and energy resources
• Natural hazards and disasters
• Kyoto Protocol
• Paris Agreement

• Sustainable development goals
• Air pollution
• Impacts of pollutants on human health.
• Geothermal
• Rio Summit
• International Solar Alliance

Reading Comprehension

Easy

• Scientific Management

Research Aptitude

• Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics
• Methods of Research
• Research ethics.

• Positivism and Postpositivistic approach to research
• Thesis and Article writing
• Research ethics

Teaching Aptitude

• Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners
• Teaching Support System

• Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning
• Evaluation Systems

Higher Education System

• Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
• Evolution of higher learning and research in post-independence India.
• Professional, Technical and Skill-Based education.
• Value education and environmental education.
• Policies, Governance, and Administration.

• Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
• Policies, Governance, and Administration.
• Professional, Technical and Skill-Based education.
• Value education and environmental education.

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