UGC NET Paper 1 Cutoff 2022: Check Category-wise Cutoff

UGC NET Paper 1 Cutoff 2022: The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) is a national-level exam conducted in order to determine the eligibility of candidates for Assistant Professor or both the Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor posts in Indian universities and colleges. The UGC NET exam is held in a total of 82 subjects.

The UGC NET exam is conducted twice a year (June and December). Generally, the UGC NET cutoff marks are released along with the result and mark sheet. Check out the article to know more about the important date, cutoff, previous year’s cutoff and more.

UGC NET 2022 Exam Overview

The UGC NET notification for the June 2022 and December 2021 cycle has been released by NTA. Let us have an overview of the UGC NET Exam before getting into other details.

Conducting Body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam Name	UGC NET 2022
Cycle	UGC NET 2022 June and 2021 December
Full-Form	University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test
Exam Level	National
Exam Frequency	Twice a year
UGC NET Exam Date 2022	June 2022
Mode of Exam	Online – CBT (Computer Based Test)
Exam Duration	180 minutes
Language/Medium of Exam	English and Hindi
No. of Subjects	82 subjects
No. of Test Cities	239
Official Website	https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in

UGC NET 2022 Cutoff Dates

The UGC NET 2022 is yet to be conducted. Once the exam has been conducted, the cut-off for the NET exam will be updated.

UGC NET Exam Events	UGC NET Exam Dates
UGC NET exam	To be announced
UGC NET Result 2022	To be announced
Cutoff	To be announced

UGC NET Paper 1 Cutoff 2022

The cutoff for UGC NET will be published online by the authority after the entrance test. Separate subject-wise and category-wise merit lists will be drawn for the students successfully secure the cutoff marks.

Factors determining the UGC NET cutoff are as follows:

Number of candidates who have appeared for the UGC NET Exam
Difficulty level of the questions.
Number of seats for which the exam is taken
Cutoff trends of previous years’ UGC NET.

UGC NET Qualifying Cutoff Marks 2022

The NTA will publish the UGC NET cutoff along with the results of the UGC NET Exam. The number of qualified candidates should be equal to 6% of the total number of individuals that apply. The candidate’s available slots will be determined by government reservation policies. Candidates must obtain the following minimum marks in order to be eligible.

Category	Paper I and Paper-II
General	40% Marks in both the papers taken together
OBC / SC/ ST	35% Marks in both the papers taken together

How to download the UGC NET Cutoff 2022?

The UGC NET cutoff will be available on the official website in PDF format. Following are the steps to download the UGC NET cutoff:

Visit the official website at ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Click on the link available for the UGC NET cutoff on the homepage
The UGC NET Cutoff 2022 will be open on the screen
Download the PDF and take a printout for future reference

UGC NET Expected Cutoff 2021

The expected cutoff for 2021 is listed in the following table. The following are the expected cutoff for 2021.

Names of Subject	Categories	Cutoff Marks
Economics	General	61.33
Economics	OBC	62.33
Economics	SC	53
Economics	ST	54
Political Science	General	63.33
Political Science	OBC	60
Political Science	SC	55.33
Political Science	ST	52.34
Philosophy	General	72
Philosophy	OBC	69.33
Philosophy	SC	66
Philosophy	ST	61.67
Sociology	General	66.67
Sociology	OBC	64
Sociology	SC	60
Sociology	ST	58
History	General	56
History	OBC	52.33
History	SC	50
History	ST	48.67
Commerce	General	62
Commerce	OBC	58
Commerce	SC	54.67
Commerce	ST	54
Management	General	62
Management	OBC	56.68
Management	SC	55.33
Management	ST	54
Hindi	General	63.33
Hindi	OBC	60.67
Hindi	SC	55
Hindi	ST	56.67
Sanskrit	General	66
Sanskrit	OBC	61.33
Sanskrit	SC	58
Sanskrit	ST	59.33
English	General	59
English	OBC	53
English	SC	50
English	ST	51

UGC NET June 2020 Cutoff Marks

The cutoff for UGC NET June 2020 was released on the official website. Following are the subject-wise cutoffs for the general category:

Names of the Subject	Assistant Professor Cutoff	JRF and Assistant Professor Cutoff
Economics	62.67%	70%
Political Science	60%	68%
Philosophy	63.33%	72%
Psychology	54.67%	60.67%
Sociology	61.33%	70%
History	54%	60%
Anthropology	60.67%	68.67%
Commerce	95.6397986(Percentile)	99.3556661(Percentile)
Education	58%	67.33%
Social Work	64%	72%
Defence and Strategic Studies	64%	72%
Home Science	62%	70.67%
Public Administration	62%	68%
Population Studies	63.33%	71.33%
Music	62%	70.67%
Management	56.67%	64.67%
Maithili	68.67%	78.67%
Bengali	52.67%	58%
Hindi	97.2203957(Percentile)	99.5994979(Percentile)
Kannada	51.33%	57.33%
Malayalam	54%	60%
Odia	56%	62.67%
Punjabi	56.67%	63.33%
Sanskrit	66%	74%
Tamil	50%	53.33%
Telugu	54.67%	60.67%
Urdu	62.67%	68.67%
Arabic	66%	74.67%
English	98.29336(Percentile)	99.7405907(Percentile)
Linguistics	68%	75.33
Chinese	56%	–
Dogri	58.67%	60%
Nepali	54.67%	54.67%
Manipuri	60%	61.33%
Assamese	58.67%	65.33%
Gujarati	54.67%	66.67%
Marathi	52.67%	62.67%
French	61.33%	67.33%
Spanish	70%	70%
Russian	66%	70%
Persian	67.33%	74%
Rajasthani	65.33%	74.67%
German	64.67%	68%
Japanese	60.67%	60.67%
Adult Education	63.33%	68%
Physical Education	51.33%	56%
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies	68%	77.33%
Indian Culture	54%	58.67%
Labour Welfare	61.33%	70.67%
Law	62%	69.33%
Library and Information Science	52.67%	58%
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies	55.33%	60.67%
Comparative Study of Religion	63.33%	73.33%
Mass Communication and Journalism	58.67%	65.33%
Performing Art ‐ Dance/Drama	62%	70.67%
Museology and Conservation	62%	64.67%
Archaeology	62.67%	70%
Criminology	72.67%	82%
Tribal And Regional Language	60%	65.33%
Folk Literature	54%	54%
Comparative Literature	60%	64.67%
Sanskrit Traditional Subjects	62.67%	72%
Women Studies	67.33%	76.67%
Visual Art	56.67%	64%
Geography	60.67%	68%
Social Medicine & Community	57.33%	68%
Forensic Science	62.67%	68.67%
Pali	72.67%	86.67%
Kashmiri	58.67%	62%
Konkani	48.67%	48.67%
Computer Science and Applications	54.67%	63.33%
Electronic Science	52%	57.33%
Environmental Sciences	59.33%	68%
International and Area Studies	66.67%	71.33%
Prakrit	78.67%	–
Human Rights And Duties	66%	72%
Tourism Administration and Management	53.33%	60%
Bodo	56.67%	60%
Santali	51.33%	53.33%
Yoga	61.33%	70%
Sindhi	65.33%	–

Candidates can check out the frequently asked questions and their answers related to the UGC NET Paper 1 Cutoff:

Q.1: Is the cutoff for UGC NET the same every year?

Ans: No, the cutoff varies according to different factors like the number of candidates, number of posts, the difficulty of the paper, etc.

Q.2: Who releases the UGC NET cutoff?

Ans: The National Testing Agency releases the cutoff. However, it was previously released by CBSE.

Q.3: What is the difference between the minimum qualifying marks and cutoff marks for UGC NET?

Ans: The minimum qualifying marks are pre-decided and are mentioned in the notification. Whereas the cutoff will be declared after the result. Candidates need to clear both to be eligible for Junior Research Fellow or Assistant Professor.

Q.4: Is there any subject-wise cutoff for UGC NET?

Ans: Yes, the subject-by-subject cutoff is also separated by category. To qualify, candidates must meet the subject-specific cutoff.

Q.5: What are passing marks in the UGC NET Exam 2022?

Ans: The passing marks for UGC NET differ for each category. It is 40% marks in both papers (minimum) for the general category. While for OBC and other categories candidates need to score a minimum of 35%.

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