UGC-NET 2018: NTA releases question paper and responses, answer key expected soon

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Wednesday released the answer sheet of the UGC-NET examination conducted between December 18 to December 22. The question paper and candidate's responses have been uploaded on the official website of NTA.  - ntanet.nic.in.

The NTA will soon release the answer key for this year's question paper against which candidates can match their answers. The question paper and the answer sheet will remain available on the website till 5 pm December 28 while the answer key is expected to be uploaded after that.

Candidates are advised to save their question papers and responses for future reference and for challenging answer keys, the facility for which will be made available shortly, the official notification said. 

On behalf of UGC, the National Eligibility Test (NET) is conducted for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both in Indian Universities and Colleges. Until last year, the CBSE conducted the NET in 84 subjects at 91 selected Cities of spread across the country. However, the exams are now conducted by the NTA, which was established this year. 

9,56,837 candidates were registered to appear in this year' examination which were conducted throughout the country from December 18-22, 2018 through the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.

Here is how you can check the question paper and response: 

Step 1: Go to the official website of the UGC-NET exam 2018 - ntanet.ac.in

Step 2: Click on the red button "View Question Paper and Response" 

Step 3: Enter required details

Step 4: Take printout for future reference as you will need it to challenge answer keys.

About NTA:

National Testing Agency (NTA) has been established as a premier, specialist, autonomous and self-sustained testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions. It's primary responsibility is to conduct efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admission and recruitment purposes.

Secretary, Department of Higher Education, MHRD, is its Chairman of the Governing Body of the NTA while a Director General is appointed to oversee its operations.