Azim Premji University National Entrance Test NET MA 2025 Exam Pattern: Check Section-wise Format Here

Azim Premji University National Entrance Test NET 2025

Registration: 18 Nov '24 - 6 Mar '25

This exam is conducted for courses given below:
Updated on Dec 11, 2024 12:35 IST

The exam pattern for Azim Premji University National Entrance Test (NET) 2025 mentions details about the test structure including subjects, type of questions, marking scheme and other details. The university will conduct the entrance test separately for undergraduate courses and postgraduate courses. Moreover, the test is conducted in two parts for all courses i.e. Objective-Type Test and Descriptive Type Test. Get details about the exam pattern of Azim Premji University NET exam for postgraduate and undergraduate courses provided below.

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Azim Premji University NET 2025 Exam Pattern: Highlights

The key details of the Azim Premji University entrance exams are as under: 

Azim Premji University NET 2025 Features Structure Details for UG courses Structure Details for PG Courses
Exam Mode

Online exam for Paper 1

Offline exam for Paper 2

Online exam for Paper 1

Offline exam for Paper 2

Exam Duration Three hours Three hours
Type of questions Multiple choice based questions as well as subjective questions Multiple choice based questions as well as subjective questions
Total questions 37 questions 81 questions
If optional question included in written test No Yes
Total Marks 72 marks for objective type questions 80 marks for objective type questions

Azim Premji University NET 2025 Papers Details

Candidates appearing for the entrance exam by Azim Premji University should know about the type of questions they will be attempting in the upcoming exam. The details for each section of the undergraduate and the postgraduate entrance exams are as under: 

For Undergraduate Question Paper: 

  • The entrance test for UG courses is divided into three parts i.e. Part 1 - English Language, Part 2 - Quantitive Reasoning and Part 3 - Written Test comprising Analytical/ Problem Solving/ Essay Writing questions. 
  • Part 1 and Part 2 of the question paper carries the objective type of questions of equal weightage. 
  • Part 3 carries a descriptive type of question, however, the mark allotments is not specified by the university. 
  • For descriptive paper, the choices available are - Economics, Biology, Humanities, Physics, and Mathematics. Candidates can attempt the question as per their preference 

For Postgraduate Question Paper: 

  • The question paper is divided into two parts i.e. Part 1 carrying five subjects - Reading Comprehension, Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Ability, and General & Social Awareness. The weightage is different for all the subjects. 
  • For Part 2, the question paper will carry 1 descriptive questions for all MA courses based on the relevant subject or preferred subject. And, for the LLM course, there will be three questions of Legal Essay and candidates have to attempt only one.

Azim Premji University NET 2024 Sectional Weightage

The sectional weightage for undergraduate and postgraduate courses will be as under: 

Azim Premji University NET 2025 Paper Sections for PG courses
Part 1 Sections Question per section Marks per section
Reading Comprehension 25 50 marks
Reasoning Ability 10 20 marks
Quantitative Ability 25 50 marks
General & Social Awareness 20 40 marks
Total  80 questions 160 marks
Part 2 Sections Questions per section Marks per section
Essay 1 NA 
Legal Essay (Only for LL.M. Programme) 3 (attempt only 1) NA 
Grand Total  81 Questions (excluding optional questions) 80 marks for Part 1 but not specified for Part 2

Azim Premji University NET 2025 Paper Sections for UG courses

Paper 1 Sections

Questions per section

Marks per section

Part 1 - English Language

18

36

Part 2 - Quantitative Reasoning

18

36

Total Questions

36

72

Paper 2 Section

Question per section

Mark per section

Part 3 - Written Test (Essay/ Data analysis/problem solving)

1

Not Specified

Grand Total

37 questions

72 marks for Paper 1 and Not Specified for Paper 2

 

Azim Premji University NET 2025 Marking Scheme

The marks allotment, as well as evaluation scheme, is as under: 

Azim Premji University NET 2025 Exam level Marking Scheme
Objective type papers of UG level
  • Each question carries two marks.
  • No negative marking for English Language section.
  • 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong attempt in Quantitative Reasoning section.
  • No marks will be awarded or deducted for questions not attempted.
Objective type papers of PG level
  • Each question carries one mark.
  • No negative marking will be done for wrong attempts in any of the sections.
  • No marks will be awarded or deducted for questions not attempted.
Descriptive papers of all courses
  • Marks allotted is not specified. 
  • There will be no negative marking for wrong attempts/ mistakes.

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