Friday, February 12, 2010

CSIR NET Sample papers and Syllabus

What is the Syllabus of CSIR-UGC NET? Where do I find Online sample papers and other study materials (like recommended books and coaching institutes) for CSIR-UGC NET exam?

These are the questions which come to your mind as soon as you decide upon appearing in the CSIR-UGC NET. This particular blog post is dedicated to answering your these questions. If CSIR-UGC NET is new to you, you may also wish to visit my previous blog post on what is CSIR-UGC NET, The Schedule, Form availability, Eligibility and how to Apply and also Exam Pattern/Question Pattern of CSIR-UGC NET.

Lets focus now the topic of this post: Syllabus/Online papers/study materials for CSIR NET.

Syllabus of Paper-I (Part-A) of CSIR-UGC NET: (Common to all subjects)
1. General information on Science and its interface with society to test the candidate’s awareness of science, aptitude of scientific and quantitative reasoning. Questions would be so designed to judge the creativity, analytical ability and research aptitude of a candidate.

The questions would be setup in each of the subject areas of NET, viz., Chemical Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences.

2. Common Elementary Computer science:
(Applicable to all candidates offering any subject area; A few questions dealing with basic computer awareness and uses.)
(i) Programming instructions
(ii) Simple algorithms and Computational methods.

Download the sample model Paper of Paper-I (Part-A) of CSIR-UGC NET


Download the Syllabus/Sample Paper of Paper-I (Part-B) & Paper-II of CSIR-UGC NET: (Specific to your subjects)

Chemical Sciences:

Earth Sciences:

Life Sciences:

Mathematical Sciences:

Physical Sciences:


Online model/sample papers CSIR-UGC NET from other websites:
I could find following websites worthwhile to visit for online papers:

From Exam Race:

From Scribd Life Sciences Model Paper 1 for CSIR NET:


Recommended books for CSIR-UGC NET:

I found following books could be useful to you for CSIR-UGC NET. They are available in most of the book-shops. You can also purchase it on-line from books4u.in (giving 10-20% discounts) through the links given below:


Books for Life Sciences:

Truemans UGC-CSIR JRF/NET Life Sciences by Pramod Singh

Cover Price: Rs. 300 Price: Rs. 240/- Discount: 20%

Upkars CSIR-UGC/NET/JRF/SLET Life Sciences by Dr.A.P.Singh Kumar Pushkara

Cover Price: Rs. 410 Price: Rs. 328- Discount: 20%

RPH CSIR-UGC NET Life Sciences 25 Pracitce Test Papers by RPH Editorial Board

Cover Price: Rs.130 Price: Rs. 117- Discount: 10%

RPH CSIR-UGC NET(Life Sc) Paper II Guide by RPH Editorial Board

Cover Price: Rs.395 Price: Rs. 316- Discount: 20%

Truemans UGC-CSIR/GATE Practice Papers Biological Sciences by Pranav Kumar

Price: Rs. 200-


Books for Physical Sciences:

Trueman UGC-CSIR JRF/NET Physical Sciences (Physics) by N.M. Singh

Cover Price: Rs. 300 Price: Rs. 240- Discount: 20%

Upkars CSIR-UGC/NET/JRF/SLET Physical Sciences (Paper I & II) A Unique Book Based On The New Pattern by Dr. Surekha Tomar

Cover Price: Rs. 535 Price: Rs. 428- Discount: 20%

Upkars CSIR-UGC/NET/JRF/SLET Physical Sciences Paper-I&II by Anshul Gupta

Cover Price: Rs. 195 Price: Rs. 156- Discount: 20%

Upkars CSIR-UGC/NET/JRF/SLET Physical Sciences Paper-II by Anshul Gupta

Cover Price: Rs. 130 Price: Rs. 104- Discount: 20%


Books for Chemical Sciences:

Upkars CSIR-UGC/NET/JRF/SLET Chemical Sciences Paper-1 by Dr. Ajay Taneja, Dr. Hemant Kulshrestha

Cover Price: Rs. 160 Price: Rs. 128- Discount: 20%

Upkars CSIR-UGC/NET/JRF/SLET Chemical Sciences Through Solved Problems by Dr.Ajay Taneja Dr.Hamant Kulshrestha

Cover Price: Rs. 370 Price: Rs. 296- Discount: 20%

Ramesh CSIR-UGC NET (Chemical Sciences) I & II Guide by Narendra Sharma, Karan Deo

Cover Price: Rs.395 Price: Rs. 316- Discount: 20%

RPH CSIR-UGC NET Chemical Sciences 25 Practice Test Papers by RPH Editorial Board

Cover Price: Rs.170 Price: Rs. 153- Discount: 10%


Books for Mathematical Sciences:

Trueman UGC-CSIR JRF/NET Mathematical Sciences by Akhilesh Mani Tripathi

Cover Price: Rs. 300 Price: Rs. 240- Discount: 20%

Upkars CSIR-UGC/NET/JRF/SLET Mathematics Paper-1 by Dr. A. Kumar

Cover Price: Rs.205 Price: Rs. 164- Discount: 20%

Upkars CSIR-UGC/NET/JRF/SLET Mathematics Paper-2 by Dr. A. Kumar

Cover Price: Rs.305 Price: Rs. 244- Discount: 20%

RPH CSIR UGC-NET Mathematical Sciences by P C Mittal

Cover Price: Rs.450 Price: Rs. 360- Discount: 20%



Coaching Institutes offering courses in CSIR-UGC NET:
There are many institutes offering coaching for CSIR-UGC NET, but I would like to recommend Brilliant Tutorials for its past track record. It offers courses in all subjects except earth sciences.

The fee for this Course is Rs.8652/-. Once you enroll, despatch of Study Material begins in August for June (next year) exam and in February for the December exam. Subsequent sets is sent every month.
Find more about it from the following link:


Hope above information on Syllabus/Online papers/study materials of CSIR-UGC NET is helpful to you. I would keep on posting more info about CSIR-UGC NET in forthcoming issues. So keep visiting this blog!
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