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CSIR UGC NET Mock Test 2026

A free CSIR UGC NET practice series for Part A, the General Aptitude section common to every Joint CSIR-UGC NET subject paper. Twenty questions are displayed and at most fifteen may be attempted, for up to 30 marks. Every CSIR UGC NET online test here is free.

Part A gives you a choice most sections do not: twenty questions are shown and you may attempt at most fifteen, so five of them are meant to be left alone. That turns selection into part of the skill. Read all twenty first, pick the fifteen you are surest of, and resist filling the quota with a question you cannot narrow, because each is worth 2 marks with 0.5 deducted for a wrong answer, putting break-even at one in five. There is also no official Part A timer: the single 180-minute limit covers Parts A, B and C together, so how much of it Part A gets is your decision, and 30 of the paper's marks is the ceiling it can repay.

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Part A General Aptitude

Official 2026 pattern
Questions: 20
Marks: 30
Duration: Not separately timed

Part A: General Aptitude. Negative marking: 0.5 per wrong answer. There is no official Part A timer. The single 180-minute limit covers Parts A, B and C together, and how much of it goes to Part A is the candidate's own decision.

Part A is the General Aptitude section common to every Joint CSIR-UGC NET subject paper. Twenty questions are displayed and a candidate may attempt at most fifteen of them, each worth 2 marks with 0.5 deducted for a wrong answer, so the most Part A can contribute is 30 marks. The syllabus is logical reasoning, graphical analysis, analytical ability, numerical ability, quantitative comparison, series formation and puzzles, all of it verifiable without subject knowledge, which is why this is the one part of the paper built here. Parts B and C are subject-specific for Chemical, Earth, Life, Mathematical and Physical Sciences and are not built. The duration row is deliberately blank: NTA publishes one 180-minute limit for the whole A, B and C paper and no standalone Part A timer, so there is no official figure to print. This site offers a fifteen-question scored practice set rather than a twenty-question simulation, because fifteen is the number a candidate actually attempts and the set is practice rather than a reproduction of the paper. Figures were reconfirmed against the current June 2026 information bulletin.

Official source · checked 12 September 2026

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