General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude. These Can Be Further Divided Into Below Topics
General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude. These Can Be Further Divided Into Below Topics
The General Aptitude section of the CSIR NET Life Science exam is common in all the subjects and
the number of questions in the section is 20. The candidates can attempt a maximum of 15
questions in this part. Since each question is of 2 marks, the total marks for this part are 30.
Part B of the paper comprises subject related objective questions. A total of 50 questions are asked
in the exam in which a candidate has to attempt a maximum of 35 questions. If attempted correctly,
candidates can score a maximum of 70 marks from this section.
CSIR NET Life Science Part C will contain a high standard, scientific concepts based question. A total
of 75 questions are asked in this part and candidates have to attempt a maximum of 50 questions.
Below given are the topics from which the questions will be framed in the exam.
Exam Pattern
The different parts in the CSIR NET Life Science exam have different marks, weightage, negative
marking and minimum requirement of the number of the questions to be answered.
If the student occurs to prompt more answers than the minimum requirement, the marks will be
allowed to the optimum number of required questions.
Part
20 15 2 30 0.5
A
Part B 50 35 2 70 0.5
Part C 75 25 4 100 1