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CSIR UGC NET 2024

CSIR UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST Online

Pattern & Syllabus

Syllabus for UGC CSIR NET 2022

The syllabus to study while preparing for the exam are topics related to General Aptitude and lessons connected to Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physical Science taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The syllabus is provided below for the sake of the students:

General Aptitude

General Aptitude

Numerical Ability

Number and Simplification; Average; Quadratic Equations; Sequence and Series; Surd and Indices; Logarithms; Percentage; Profit and Loss; Simple Interest & Compound Interest; Partnership; LCM and HCF; Probability; Mensuration.

Reasoning

Series Formation; Ranking and Arrangement; Puzzles; Coding-Decoding; Distance and Directions; Calendar and Clock; 

Data Interpretation, and Graphical Analysis

Mean, Median & Mode; Measures of Dispersion; Graphical Analysis: Bar Graph, Line Graph; Pie-Chart; Tabulation.

Chemical Science

Chemical Science

Inorganic Chemistry

Transition elements and coordination compounds, Organometallic compounds, VSEPR Theory, Chemical Periodicity, & Analytical Chemistry.

Physical Chemistry

Chemical applications of group theory, Chemical thermodynamics, and Data Analysis, Electrochemistry, Solid-state, & Chemical bonding in diatomics.

Interdisciplinary Topics

Supramolecular Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry in nanoscience and technology, Medicinal Chemistry, Catalysis, and Green Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry

Earth Science

Earth Science

Earth Science

Surface Features and Processes, The Earth and the Solar System, Environmental Earth Sciences, Surface Features, and Processes, Earth Materials, Oceans, and Atmosphere, & Interior of Earth.

Applied Geology

Engineering Geology, Remote sensing, and GIS, Hydrogeology, & Mineral Exploration.

Physical Geography

Biogeography, Geomorphology, Geography of India, Environmental Geography, & Climatology.

Meteorology

Numerical Weather Prediction, Aviation Meteorology, Satellite Meteorology, Cloud Physics, Physical Meteorology, Synoptic Meteorology.

Ocean Science

Chemical Oceanography, Biological Oceanography, Geological Oceanography, and Physical Oceanography.

Life Science

Life Science

Molecules and their Interaction

Principles of biophysical chemistry, Principles of catalysis, Stability of proteins and nucleic acids, Metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids nucleotides, and vitamins.

Cellular Organization

Structural organization and function of intracellular organelles, Organization of genes and chromosomes.

Fundamental Processes

RNA synthesis and processing, DNA replication, protein synthesis and processing, and Control of gene expression at transcription and translation level, Repair and recombination.

Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Cellular communication, Host-parasite interaction, Cancer and Innate and adaptive immune system, cell signalling.

System Physiology-Plant

Secondary metabolites and Stress Physiology, Photosynthesis, Sensory photobiology, Nitrogen metabolism, Solute transport, photoassimilate translocation, Respiration, and photorespiration, Plant hormones.

System Physiology-Animal

Cardiovascular system, Nervous System, Excretory system, Stress and Adaptation, Blood and Circulation, Sense Organs,  Respiratory system, Digestive System,  Thermoregulation, Endocrinology, and Reproduction.

Inheritance Biology

Microbial genetics, Structural and numerical alterations of chromosomes and Recombination, Mendelian principles, Concept of Gene, Human Genetics, Mutation.

A method in Biology

Biophysical Method, Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA methods,  Electrophysiological methods and Methods in field biology.

Mathematical Science

Mathematical Science

Analysis

Elementary set theory, finite, countable and uncountable sets, Real number system as a complete ordered field, Archimedean property, supremum, infimum. Sequences and series, convergence.

Linear Algebra

Vector spaces, algebra of linear transformations, Algebra of matrices, determinant of matrices, Matrix representation of linear transformations, change of basis, canonical forms.

Algebra

Permutations, combinations, Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, divisibility in Z, congruences, Chinese Remainder Theorem, Euler’s Ø- function, primitive roots, Cayley’s theorem, Sylow theorems.

Topology

Basis, dense sets, subspace and product topology, separation axioms, connectedness, and compactness. 

Ordinary Differential Equations

Existence and uniqueness of solutions of initial value problems for first-order ordinary differential equations, singular solutions of first-order ODEs, a system of first-order ODEs.

Numerical Analysis

Numerical solutions of algebraic equations, Method of iteration and Newton-Raphson method, Rate of convergence.

Classical Mechanics

Generalized coordinates, Lagrange’s equations, Hamilton’s canonical equations, Hamilton’s principle and the principle of least action.

Physical Science

Physical Science

Core

Mathematical Methods of Physics, Electromagnetic Theory, Classical Mechanics, Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Electronics and Experimental Methods.

Advanced

Classical Mechanics, Mathematical Methods of Physics, Electromagnetic Theory, Atomic, and Molecular Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Electronics and Experimental Methods.

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