Most Prestigious Exams In India

There are ’n’ number of exams in India which are conducted at every level of education. From Under Graduation to Post Graduation & also for jobs in both Government & Private Sector. These competitive exams are organised by government as well as by institutions themselves.

The propose of these exams is to select the most deserving candidate for that required vacancy.

Below are some of the Toughest & Prestigious Competitive Exams held across the India (not in order):

Other than the following exams, there are many other exams which are conducted in India for Govt job. Click here to read about them in detail.

1. UPSC Civil Services Entrance Exam — World’s Third Toughest Exam

Civil Services Examination is the toughest exam in India, conduct by Union Public Service Commission. This exam is held to recruit most deserving candidates for various Central Govt Services including Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS) and others.

Over 9,00,00,0 candidates every year appear for the same and the achievement rate is only 0.1–0.3%.

There are three levels of this exam, namely: Preliminary exam, main exam and personality test or interview.

2. IIT JEE (Joint Entrance Exam)

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is from World’s toughest engineering entrance exams with the success rate of around 1 in 45.

It is conducted to select the most eligible candidates who wants to seek admission into undergraduate engineering programmes at NITs, IIITs, other centrally funded technical institutions.

It is conducted in two parts: JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced.

3. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Entrance Exam

This Exam is for the candidates who want to take admission in M. Tech/ M. S Programmes in various Government Engineering Colleges including IITs and NITs.

GATE Scores are valid for various PSU Companies recruitment that operate under the Indian Government.

The scores obtained in GATE are valid for a period of three years, from the date of announcement of results.

This exam brings in more than 9.7 lakh candidates. It is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) on behalf of:

a. National Coordination Board — GATE

b. Department of Higher Education

c. Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD)

d. Government of India

4. CAT (Common Aptitude Test)

CAT is conducted to get an entry into premier management and business schools such as IIMs.

It was started by Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) for selecting understudies for their business organization programs. It is directed by one of the IIMs each year.

Common Admission Test (CAT) scores a candidate on the bases of his aptitude, mathematical and language skills.

CAT has success rate of 1 selection out of 200.

Apart from the IIMs, CAT scores are accepted by various colleges offering MBAs.

5. AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Entrance Exam

AIIMS is an Autonomous Body, which conducts its own Pan India Entrance Exam for medical students. This Exam offers a very limited number of seats.

It is conducted twice a year for the MD/MS post-graduate courses. It includes 2 sessions for selection of candidates. In each session there are approx. 124 seats.

Out of the which, approx. 25% seats are reserved for AIIMS (UG) students and 50% for reserved categories. This reservation makes it one of the toughest exams to clear in India!

There are 700 seats (100 for each institute) for UG courses in AIIMS.

6. NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test)

NEET is an entrance exam conducted for admissions into Medical Colleges at both UG level (NEET UG) & PG level (NEET PG).

The UG courses include both MBBS and BDS.

It will be conducted by National Testing Agency 2019 onwards.

7. UGC NET (University Grants Commission — National Eligibility Test)

Conducted to shortlist the most deserving Assistant Lecturers & Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) candidates in various Indian colleges & universities.

The difficulty level of this exam is such that many candidates fail to clear it even in fourth or fifth attempt.

Previously it was conducted by CBSE, but from Dec 2018 onwards it will be conducted by NTA.

The success rate is around 6%.

CSIR NET is the part of UGC NET. It is conducted for candidates who are from Science field. CSIR NET is conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The best part is that you can also pursue higher studies at the same time.

8. CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)

It is a centralised exam conducted for admissions to National Law Universities. It is conducted for admissions to integrated UG programs & PG programs.

Through CLAT candidates can get into 16 National Law Universities in India.

It is a 2 hours test, which comprises of MCQs on Mathematics, English, GK, Legal Aptitude and Logical reasoning.

Its scores are also accepted by many private Law Schools of India.

Those who qualify CLAT are eligible to obtain admission in any of the following courses:

a. BA LLB (Hons)

b. BSc LLB (Hons)

c. BA LLB (Hons)

d. BSW LLB (Hons)

e. BCom LLB (Hons)

f. L.L.M.

9. NDA (National Defence Academy) Exam

NDA exam is conducted for recruiting candidates to armed force, air force and naval force.

The interviews of the candidates who have cleared the written part, are conducted by the Services Selection Board of Ministry of Defence.

The candidates are selected on the basis of written examination, psychological aptitude test, intelligence and personality test and SSB Interview.

It is conducted by UPSC.

The selected candidates will gain 3 years of education and training at the Academy and will be awarded a Baccalaureate degree.

The naval candidates will gain a B.Tech degree after four years.

10. CA (Chartered Accountancy)

Chartered Accountancy is one of the toughest exams with success rate just around 8%.

It takes at least 5 years to complete the course. The CAs from India are respected worldwide.

It is a three-level exam conducted by the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India).

The first level is the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) followed by the Integrated Professional 

Competence Course (IPCC), which has a total of seven subjects that it encompasses, split into groups of four and three.

The final exam called the CA Final Examination, is where all the blood, sweat and tears merge to give forth one of the toughest exams in the world and not just India.

Hope this article gives the brief idea of the most difficult exams of India.

Thank you reading & keep visiting for more articles.

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Tips & Tricks to Crack UGC NET Paper 1

Many of the aspirants have already started preparing for the UGC NET 2019. It is better we strategize our preparation during initial days itself. This way we will be able to complete out syllabus on time and can do enough practice without getting panicked during the last months.


In this article, I am going to sharing few tips and tricks to prepare for UGC NET Paper 1. but before that we should thoroughly understand the exam pattern and syllabus for UGC NET Paper 1.

Exam Pattern

This paper focuses on the Teaching & Research section and checks the teaching & research skills of the candidate.

Below is the UGC NET Paper 1 Pattern: 

• Paper 1 Exam consists of 60 MCQs out of which 50 questions are compulsory.
• Marking Scheme – each question carries 2 marks and the maximum marks for the exam is 100.
• Minimum qualifying criteria to clear the exam is 40%, i.e., 40 marks out of 100 for General category.
• The paper is divided into 10 sections, with 5 questions based on each section.

In case you attempt more than 50 questions, the first 50 questions attempted by you would be considered.

I have found an article which contains all the latest news related to the UGC NET 2018. If you like you can check it out: UGC NET Latest News.

Syllabus

Before we move on to the tips and tricks, we should get familiar with the Paper 1 syllabus.

• Teaching Aptitude
• Research Aptitude
• Reading Comprehension
• Communication
• Reasoning (including mathematical)
• Logical Reasoning
• Data Interpretation
• Information and Communication Technology
• People and Environment
• Higher Education System 

Once you get acquainted with the exam pattern and syllabus, you get a fair idea about the topics you need to work on and how you need to start the preparation.

Let's move on to tips and tricks.

Tips and Trick

Below are the golden tips and tricks to boost up your preparation of UGC NET Paper 1. I hope these will help you to excel the exam.

• Thorough understanding of the paper
• Try to answer 50 questions only. As I said in case you attempt more, first 50 will be evaluated.
• This paper is common for all the subjects; hence the competition is really high.
• Obviously note down the syllabus, as it will always be handy.
• Start with making a rough plan to cover all the subjects. It is important to know the chapters.
• Use proper method and studying pattern for maximum benefits.
• Prepare a good study schedule in a way you can cover as many topics as possible.
• Studying basic concepts of mass communication for the communication topic could really be helpful.
• Every topic of Paper 1 is important as at least 5 questions are definitely asked from each topic.
• Study Teaching and Research part in depth. It is an important topic.
• Revision of basic mathematics concepts from class 10^th is important, focus mainly on understanding sets/patterns and improve approximation techniques.
• Data Interpretation is based on statistics, so you should start preparing with class 10^th text books itself.
• Reading and summarizing articles from newspaper is a good way of practising for reading comprehension.
• Even ‘People and Environment’ topic should prepared be from class 10th books.
• Give good time to both Information & Communication Technology and Higher Education System, as these topics are very heavy and should be prepared from UGC NET specific books.
• A good way to prepare Information and Communication Technology is by using flash cards and charts. In this topics Definitions, abbreviations and terminology are very important.
• Flowcharts should be used to prepare Higher Education System Governance, Polity and Administration topics.
• Do thorough practice of previous 10-15 years question papers. It is the best and most effective way to prepare for any exam. It will give you the idea of questions that could be asked in the exam.
• Solve as many Mock test Papers as possible. It is the most important thing to do for UGC NET Paper 1 exam preparation.
• After solving the previous paper and mock papers, analyse your performance for the better picture of your preparation, so that you can improve your weak areas.
• The key to success is Practice. Practice, Practice and Practice. As people say, ‘practice makes the man perfect’.
• You must attempt all 50 questions as there is no negative marking in NTA UGC NET Paper I Exam.
• Prepare quick notes. Highlight important points & sub-points, logics, formulae, short tricks and short description of topics.
• Never lose your confidence. Be confident about your preparation. This will help you to remain clam during the exam.
• Use Best Study material for UGC NET Paper 1 Exam.
• Do not overthink or stress on the topics you find very difficult or have left out. But be 100% sure about the topics you have prepared.

I would like to conclude thi here, Hope this article motivates you and give you a good energy to start your UGC NET Paper 1 preparation.

All the best folks!

Want to be a Doctor but not Work in Hospital?

Who doesn’t like the tag of doctor before their name?

I like being called Dr. HEENA. This gives a very special and amazing feeling. But I never had any intention of studying biology or give NEET (that time AIPMT) or working in a hospital.

I did my Post Graduation in Mass Communication. But I still want ‘Doctor’ title before my name.

If you are just like me..who have no knowledge of biology or even science. There is one more way to get the prefix Dr. before your name.

You can always get this prefix regardless of your field. All you have to do is get a Ph.D. in your major subject.

Ph.D. stands for Doctor of Philosophy. It is the highest academic degree awarded by universities. 

Ph.Ds are awarded for all the programs across the academic field. After completing PhD, you can always opt for various professions like a university professor, researcher, or scientist in many fields. 

Students who have earned a Ph.D. may, in many jurisdictions, use the title Doctor.

Okay so, the question that arises now is ‘How to get into Ph.D. Program?’

There are various ways of getting into Ph.D.

But before knowing them, the major eligibility criteria to get into Ph.D. is you should have a PG degree, then only you can apply for Ph.D.

Some of the ways which could get you in Ph.D. program are as follows:

1. UGC NET ( for Non-Science)
2. CSIR NET (for Science)

These are national level exams for Lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship Program. If manage to qualify JRF then, you can join Ph.D. program within 2 years.

With the help of these exams you will get a chance to do your Ph.D. from India’s most prestigious colleges/universities which are approved by UGC.

But in case you do not have a PG degree, you can opt for IIT JAM, another national level exam.

This exam is for the candidates who want to do M.Sc. in various fields of science. These students can opt for Joint or Dual M.Sc.-Ph.D. program.

Through this exam you can take admission in various IITs, IISc and NITs.

Difference between Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. Program and Dual M.Sc.-Ph.D. Program:

In Dual M.Sc. Ph.D. program, you cannot leave the university after completing your M.Sc. or else you will not be awarded any degree.

While in Joint M.Sc. Ph.D. program, you can leave the university after completing your M.Sc. Joint degree means that a student can work on two different degrees in parallel, either from same university or different.

I have decided to go for UGC NET 2019 and get into PhD program through it and the title ‘Doctor’ before my name 😜

Its time to do something big. Don’t settle for just UG or PG, when there are other higher degrees waiting for you. Choose what makes you feel confident and proud of yourself.

All the best future Doctors 😊