The official UGC NET 2022 question paper is on this page as a PDF from NTA, with the original source linked beside it. The UGC NET exam covers Paper 1: 10 units, 50 questions, 100 marks. Download it below, then sit the paper under exam timing with the attempt plan and error-log routine on this page.
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What NTA published
For its 2022 sittings NTA posted subject-wise question paper PDFs on nta.ac.in. The file hosted here is the Linguistics paper from a September 2022 sitting; its first section is the General Paper (Paper 1).
At a glance
| Cycle | UGC NET 2022 (merged December 2021 and June 2022 cycles) |
| Hosted file | Linguistics, Shift 2, September 2022 sitting (111 pages) |
| Paper 1 section | Question IDs tagged General_11_SEPT22, questions 1 to 50 |
| Paper 1 | 50 questions, 100 marks |
Reading the 2022 file
NTA published each subject paper as its own PDF, with the General Paper (Paper 1) included at the start and the subject paper after it. In this file the topic labels show the General Paper section (GP) and the question descriptions carry the tag General_11_SEPT22, numbered up to question 50. The remaining pages are Linguistics.
The Paper 1 questions are the same for every subject sitting in that shift, so the General Paper pages in this file are usable even if your subject is different. Skip to the first 50 questions and ignore the Linguistics section.
Using it
The file lists options by ID rather than by letter, as NTA exports it: each question shows the option IDs, and the key sits in a separate NTA notice. When you only want practice, mark your answers and then check them against the provisional or final key for the same date and shift.
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FAQ
Is this a full Paper 1 question paper?
It is a subject-wise NTA file that contains the General Paper section (50 questions) followed by the Linguistics paper. Use the first 50 questions for Paper 1 practice.
Did NTA publish all 2022 papers?
NTA posted many subject-wise PDFs for the 2022 sittings. Only one is hosted here; the others are on nta.ac.in.