What are the difference between UGC NET and CSIR NET. As like paper 1 and paper. Im M.Sc. Physics student.

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ravi mahawar
5 years ago
Hello, Both the UGC NET and CSIR NET Exam are conducted for the same purpose. The main difference between these two exams is that UGC NET is for Humanities and for language-wise subjects whereas the CSIR NET Exam is conducted for Science Stream subjects and Physics is one of them. There are three di

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Madhav Tripathi
5 years ago
UGC NET and CSIR NET both the exams are conducted for the profile of Assistant Professors and Researcher. Lot of candidates get confused as to which exam they should apply for. Well, both these are exams are different and also, they share some similarities. The Major Differences include: 1. UGC NET

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