The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been tasked with administering the CSIR NET exam (NTA). It is one of the largest publicly funded research and development organizations in the world. The CSIR NET is a National Level Entrance Examination for candidates with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in science-related fields. Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree are only eligible for the JRF (Junior Research Fellowship), not the LS (Lectureship). NTA CSIR NET Exam is held twice a year, in June and December.
Candidates who pass the UGC NET Exam are eligible to teach and conduct research in the Humanities (including Indian and some foreign languages), Social Sciences, Computer Science and Applications, Electronic Science, Forensic Science, and Environmental Sciences. You can visit BYJU’S Exam Prep for further information.
Important Books for CSIR NET
The list of books for CSIR NET is as follows:
- Samuel Glasstone’s Physical Chemistry
- Mortimer’s Physical Chemistry
- Ivano Bertini’s Biological Inorganic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity
- Sanjay Singh Rawal’s Pearson Guide to UGC-CSIR-Chemical Sciences
- N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw’s Chemistry of the Elements
- Gary Wulfsberg’s Inorganic Chemistry
- Physical Science Books for CSIR NET 2021-22
- Surekha Tomar CSIR-UGC NET/JRF/SET Physical Sciences
- Sunil Kushwaha’s UGC CSIR JRF/NET Physical Sciences
- GKPUGC CSIR JRF/NET Physical Sciences
- Mathematical Science CSIR NET
 Tips
Candidates must develop a good preparation strategy to pass the CSIR UGC NET exam. Candidates should begin their CSIR NET preparations by familiarizing themselves with the exam pattern and syllabus. Following this, candidates should begin practicing mock tests and the previous year’s question papers. The mock tests are one of the best practice materials that candidates can use to improve their preparation levels. One can check for online mock tests to practice for the examination in real-time. This will assist candidates in identifying their strong and weak points. After completing the papers, candidates can analyze them and make necessary improvements.
Some other tips students can follow to prepare are:
- Religiously devoting at least five hours every day is very much advisable for students in this particular case to have a good hold over the basic topics.
- They need to review the complete CSIR syllabus so that they can list up all the topics on a paper and understand the basic pattern so that targeted scoring can be formulated very successfully.
- It is very much advisable for them to use the morning hours for the topics which they find difficult to learn as well as understand because noon can be significantly spent on the topics which can be solved with the help of shortcuts and methods. In this way, they will be able to cover the maximum syllabus portion in the morning itself.
It is also recommended to make short notes so that they have a good hold over the basic knowledge of topics and end up preparing the best possible questions effectively.
