UGC NET Population Studies 2020: UGC NET Population Studies Notification, Eligibility & Cut-off, Syllabus & Pattern

UGC NET Population Studies Mock Test 2020

The National Eligibility Test (NET) is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), on behalf of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the recruitment of Indian nationals for the post ‘both Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)’ or ‘only Assistant Professor’. The exam is conducted twice a year and provides endless opportunities to the candidates. The UGC NET exams have gained a lot of popularity over the past few years. EduCracker offers a set of UGC NET Population Studies mock tests and UGC NET Population Studies online test series to the candidates to aid their performance. The following article provides all the requisite information about the UGC NET Population Studies exams 2020 and UGC NET Population Studies mock tests 2020.

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UGC NET Population Studies 2020 Details

This section of the article contains other important information about the UGC NET Population Studies exam 2020. Read further to get to know about the UGC NET Population Studies 2020 exam dates, eligibility, syllabus, exam pattern and other information about the UGC NET Population Studies 2020

UGC NET Population Studies Exam Dates 2020

Event 

Date 

UGC NET Population Studies Exam

16th-25th November 2020 (Tentative)

 

UGC NET Population Studies Application Details 2020

  • Go to the official website of UGC NET and register yourself
  • Login on the official site using your registration ID and password
  • Fill the application form by providing your all personal details like name, phone number
  • Verify all your details before submitting the form
  • Upload the scanned copy of all the required documents
  • Pay the application fee

Category

Fees

General

Rs 1000

OBC(Non-Creamy Layer)/EWS

Rs 500

SC/ST/PwD/Transgender

Rs 250

  • Keep an offline copy of the application form for future use

UGC NET Population Studies Eligibility 2020

Nationality- Aspirants must be Indian Citizens.

Age- 

Minimum Age

18 years

Maximum Age

30 years

Age Relaxation- 

Category

Age Relaxation

Unreserved

No age Relaxation

OBC (Non – Creamy layer)/SC/ST/Transgender/Women

5 Years

Candidates with L.L.M. degree

3 Years

Ex-Servicemen

5 Years

 

Educational Qualification-

  • Candidates from General-EWS/General /Unreserved categories who have secured at least 55% marks in Master’s Degree or equivalent examination from institutions/universities recognized by UGC
  • Master’s degree in Geography with specialization in Statistics/Mathematics or Population Studies
  • OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)/(SC)/(ST)/PwD/Transgender candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible

UGC NET Population Studies Syllabus 2020

UGC NET Paper-I Syllabus 2020

Teaching Aptitude, Research Aptitude, Comprehension, Communication, Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Information and Communication Technology, People, Development and Environment, Higher Education System, ICT: General abbreviations and terminology, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing, Digital initiatives in higher education Basics of the Internet. ICT and Governance, Venn diagram: Simple and multiple uses for establishing the validity of an argument, Communication: Meaning, types, and characteristics of communication, Sources, acquisition, and classification of Data, Quantitative and Qualitative Data.

UGC NET Paper-II Syllabus 2020

Introduction and Sources of Population Data, Methods of Demography/Population Analysis, Population Composition and Change, Nuptiality and Fertility, Mortality, Morbidity and Health, Urbanization and Migration, Population, Development and Environment, Population Issues: Gender and Special Groups, Population & Health Policies and Programmes, Research Methodology and Programme Evaluation, Rate of Population Growth: Arithmetic, Geometric and Exponential growth rates, Decadal growth rate Doubling time, concept of population stabilization and net reproduction rate unity, Age and sex structure of population in developed and developing countries, Cohort Indicators: Children ever born, completed family size, Age Standardization or Adjustment, Direct and Indirect Standardized Birth Rates, Sex-Age Adjusted Birth Rate, Infant Mortality: Levels and determinants of Infant and Child mortality in India, causes of Infant mortality (Endogenous and Exogenous), Mosley and Chen’s Framework for Child Survival, Concept and definition of ‘Urban’ in India and other countries, Process of urbanization, measures and sources of data

UGC NET Population Studies Exam Pattern 2020

Specification

Paper I

Paper II

Stage

Online Assessment Process

Online Assessment Process

Medium of Exam

Online

Online

Number of Questions

50

100

Total Marks

100

200

Type of Questions

Objective Type

Objective Type

Time Duration

180 minutes (No break will be provided between Paper I and Paper II)

 

Topic-wise division of Questions and Marks

Topics

Questions

Marks

Paper I

50

100

Paper II

100

200

Total-

150 Questions

300 Marks

 

UGC NET Population Studies Important Dates 2020

Event 

Date (Tentative)

Notification Release

16th April 2020

Start Date of Application

16th April 2020

Last Date of Application

29th May 2020

Start Date of Payment

16th April 2020

Last Date of Payment

30th May 2020

Admit Card

25th September, 2020

Exam Date

16th-25th November 2020

Result 

To Be Announced

 

UGC NET Population Studies Results 2020

The results of the UGC NET Population Studies examination 2020 will be announced on the official website of University Grants Commission (UGC). Candidates need to visit the official website and go to the results tab. Click on Result of UGC NET held in November 2020. A notification with the roll numbers of all the qualifying candidates of the UGC NET Population Studies exam 2020.

UGC NET Population Studies Other Information 2020

Cut-Off of categories for the year 2019

Category

JRF & Lectureship

Leadership

Unreserved

71.33

58.67

OBC

66.67

52.00

SC

63.33

48.67

ST

57.33

48.00

Visually Impaired

38.00

38.00

Hearing Impaired

36.67

Locomotor Disability

52.00

52.00

 

Written by
Yarav Srivastava
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