For paper 1 UGC, there are some common tips, you can take a note of. Hence, to prepare better for the exam, you can look at the following tips as part of your UGC NET preparation strategy:
- Go through the syllabus diligently – Firstly, it’s important to know the syllabus thoroughly. Therefore, go through the UGC NET syllabus and download it directly from the website.
- Read the topics in a systematic manner – Keeping in mind the tough competition and success rate which is less than 1%, you need to prepare in timely and systematic manner. We have provided below a detailed 6-month UGC NET preparation strategy which will be beneficial even for aspirants who are working or pursuing their masters in college and with the help of this preparation strategy you can easily prepare for this exam by dedicating 4-5 hours a day for 6 months.
- Consistent revision is a must – Along with the UGC NET study plan, I am also sharing some revision tips which I explain in detail later as revision is extremely important for this exam. The more you revise, better will be your command over the subjects.
It is difficult to remember every concept or detail we study. Therefore, revision becomes crucial because it’s not about the number of facts can you remember but how effectively you can memorize key concepts during examination.
- Taking mock tests is a must – To test your knowledge pertaining to a particular subject, practicing mock tests within time limit would surely help you get familiarized with real exam environment. Aside from that, practicing previous year questions would help in knowing nature of questions that are asked in the exam.
- Have a concise list of books– As plenty of books available in the market, it becomes crucial to have reliable booklist for effective revision and better understanding.
Keeping all these things in mind, let’s move on to detailed UGC NET strategy to cover paper 1 syllabus of the exam.
UGC NET Paper 1 – Study Plan
- Reading Comprehension – It’s easy to score in reading comprehension with adequate practice. Hence, you just need 5 days to prepare and practice at least 10 mocks on reading comprehension to increase your speed of answering the questions correctly.
- Data Interpretation – Considered as one of the scoring subjects, it entails questions from concepts like percentage, ratio, average, unitary method. If you lack basic knowledge or have little command over these concepts, then you can download the ncerts on mathematics from classes 6 to 8 to effectively cover the basics. You would need 4 days to cover the topics and 1 day to practice mcqs.
- Teaching, Research Aptitude, Logical Reasoning + Indian Logic – you need 4 days each to prepare for these 3 subjects respectively and 3 days to practice mcqs as much as possible of these concepts for efficient practice.
- Communication – it entails questions from topics like types of communications, barriers to communications, formal and informal communication, models of communications. 4 days are adequate to prepare and 1 day to practice MCQs as much as possible.
- Higher Education – there are a lot of factual questions that are generally asked from current affairs. For example, the news regarding national education policy (NEP), NIRF or QS ranking are frequently discussed under higher education. Hence stay updated with current news linked to policies regarding education. Keep 4 days for revision of current affairs and one day for practicing MCQs.
- Mathematical Reasoning – Since it’s a topic that comes under quant section, it is becomes important to gain conceptual clarity under this topic and then practice as many mocks as possible to increase your speed and accuracy.
- People and Environment and ICT – Since these two topics are factual in nature and lot of questions are generally asked from current affairs, read as much as possible. Read on these two topics for 4 days each and then devote 1 day each for practicing mcqs from these topics.
A total of 50 days are required to cover the topics from paper 1 and then devote 5 days for practicing full-fledged mocks of paper 1. After a thorough analysis of the mocks, identify your strong and weak areas and work on improving them accordingly.
Therefore, in total 55 days, you will be able to complete paper 1 syllabus thoroughly. Along with the syllabus, an in depth understanding the exam pattern is also crucial.
