UGC-NET Exam: NTA admits errors, announces re-examination in English, Commerce, Sociology

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has acknowledged multiple errors in the question papers of three subjects in the UGC-NET June 2026 examination and announced re-examinations for English, Commerce and Sociology. The decision follows several complaints received by the NTA regarding errors in the question papers. A committee constituted to examine the complaints found factual, typographical and translation errors in the three papers, besides other discrepancies. The committee also found misspelt names of prominent scholars, incorrect book titles, grammatical and punctuation errors, non-standard terminology and repeated questions from previous papers.

The English and Commerce papers will be re-conducted on September 9. The English examination will be held from 9 am to noon, while the Commerce paper will be conducted from 3 pm to 6 pm. The Sociology paper will be held from 9 am to noon on September 10. No additional fee will be charged for the re-examination. Admit cards will be made available on the official NTA website.

The UGC-NET examination is conducted to determine eligibility for appointment as assistant professors, award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and admission to PhD programmes. The June 2026 examination was conducted across 87 subjects.
The NTA has released the provisional answer keys for the remaining 84 subjects. Candidates can challenge the provisional answer key by paying a fee of Rs 200 per question. The objection window will remain open until 11.59 pm on August 18. The challenges will be examined before the final answer key is issued.

The results for subjects other than English, Commerce and Sociology will be processed as scheduled, while the three subjects will undergo re-examination.
The UGC-NET June 2024 examination had also been cancelled and re-conducted after concerns were raised over its integrity.
The latest decision comes after the committee found that the errors in the three papers were extensive enough to warrant fresh examinations rather than being addressed only through the process of dropping affected questions.