The UGC-NET exam has come under scrutiny after the National Testing Agency admitted to errors, including repeated questions and translation issues. The acknowledgement has raised fresh concerns among candidates over the accuracy and fairness of the examination process, putting the spotlight on NTA’s handling of one of India’s key eligibility tests.


NTA admits to errors, repeated questions and translation issues in the UGC-NET exam

The National Testing Agency has officially ordered a re-examination for the UGC-NET June 2026 for three subjects: English, Commerce and Sociology, following several complaints regarding multiple errors in the question papers. NTA stated that the English and Commerce re-exam will be conducted on September 9, while the Sociology exam will be conducted on September 10.The original UGC-NET June 2026 examination was conducted between June 22 and June 30, 2026 for recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professors and Junior Research Fellowships, as well as PhD admission in 87 subjects. Following several complaints concerning the English, Commerce and Sociology papers, NTA constituted a committee to examine the reported issues.&nbsp;The committee found “many factual, typographical, translation errors including misspelt names of prominent scholars, garbled book titles, errors in the stem wording of questions, grammatical errors, gender and number agreement errors, punctuation mistakes, and non-standard coined terms for established concepts, as well as repetition of a significant number of questions previously administered.”&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/india-lpg-production-limit-reliance-highest-target-1786891690460">India fixes daily LPG production limits, Reliance gets highest at 18,000 tonnes</a>In the English paper, 67 out of 150 questions were copied exactly from the December 2024 exam. In Commerce, over 80 questions were repeated. The Sociology paper was riddled with garbled book titles and misspelt names of famous scholars; for example, "Ritzer" was printed as "Putzer", "Parsons" as "Parsow", and "AR Desai" as "AK Desai"On September 9, the English paper will be held from 9 am to noon, followed by the Commerce paper that will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm. The Sociology paper will be held on September 10 from 9 am to noon, the agency said.“Further details of the city, centre, and admit card details will be notified separately on the official website. No additional examination fee will be charged to the candidates of these three subjects for the re-conduct,” added the agency&nbsp;The result of the other 84 subjects will be announced as scheduled. &nbsp;The answer key challenge process for these subjects has already been initiated. Subject-wise allocation for JRF, Assistant Professor and PhD eligibility will be carried out as prescribed in the UGC-NET Information Bulletin.&nbsp;

NTA has ordered a re-examination of UGC-NET June 2026 for English, Commerce and Sociology after errors and question repetitions were found in the papers.

The National Testing Agency has officially ordered a re-examination for the UGC-NET June 2026 for three subjects: English, Commerce and Sociology, following several complaints regarding multiple errors in the question papers. NTA stated that the English and Commerce re-exam will be conducted on September 9, while the Sociology exam will be conducted on September 10. The original UGC-NET June 2026 examination was conducted between June 22 and June 30, 2026 for recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professors and Junior Research Fellowships, as well as PhD admission in 87 subjects. Following several complaints concerning the English, Commerce and Sociology papers, NTA constituted a committee to examine the reported issues. The committee found “many factual, typographical, translation errors including misspelt names of prominent scholars, garbled book titles, errors in the stem wording of questions, grammatical errors, gender and number agreement errors, punctuation mistakes, and non-standard coined terms for established concepts, as well as repetition of a significant number of questions previously administered.” Also Read: India fixes daily LPG production limits, Reliance gets highest at 18,000 tonnes In the English paper, 67 out of 150 questions were copied exactly from the December 2024 exam. In Commerce, over 80 questions were repeated. The Sociology paper was riddled with garbled book titles and misspelt names of famous scholars; for example, "Ritzer" was printed as "Putzer", "Parsons" as "Parsow", and "AR Desai" as "AK Desai" On September 9, the English paper will be held from 9 am to noon, followed by the Commerce paper that will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm. The Sociology paper will be held on September 10 from 9 am to noon, the agency said. “Further details of the city, centre, and admit card details will be notified separately on the official website. No additional examination fee will be charged to the candidates of these three subjects for the re-conduct,” added the agency The result of the other 84 subjects will be announced as scheduled. The answer key challenge process for these subjects has already been initiated. Subject-wise allocation for JRF, Assistant Professor and PhD eligibility will be carried out as prescribed in the UGC-NET Information Bulletin.

NTA has ordered a re-examination of UGC-NET June 2026 for English, Commerce and Sociology after errors and question repetitions were found in the papers.

UGC-NET June 2026: NTA orders re-exam for English, Commerce and Sociology on September 9-10

Indian students are getting troubled. Another 'anomaly' was found in the conduct of an exam. The Education Ministry announced the cancellation of the UGC-NET 2024 exam due to its integrity concerns. The cancellation was prompted by information suggesting possible compromises in the exam's integrity.

UGC-NET 2024 cancelled: Why did Education Ministry order cancellation of UGC-NET?

The Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved the creation of National Testing Agency (NTA).

NTA, a single agency to conduct all entrance exams, will relieve the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and others from the responsibility of conducting entrance examinations.

Terming the Centre`s decision historic and a much-needed education reform, Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar took to Twitter to say, &quot;NTA will bring in high reliability, standardised assessing aptitude and conduct of tamper-proof exams.&quot;

Cabinet approves the creation of National Testing Agency, a single agency to conduct all entrance exams for Higher Education institutions. With experts on board, it will bring in high reliability, standardised assessing aptitude &amp; conduct of tamper-proof exams.

Setting up of National Testing Agency is a historic decision and a much needed education Reform,&quot; the minister said.&quot;National Testing Agency will take off the burden of conducting entrance exams from CBSE,&quot; he added.

At present, CBSE conducts nine type of entrance examination including CTET(Central Teacher Eligibility Test), UGC NET(UGC`s National Eligibility Test), JEE(Joint Engineering Entrance) Mains, JNV(Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas), in which around 70 lakhs students appear every year.

The NTA will be provided a one-time grant of Rs 25 crores by the central government to start its operation in the first year. Thereafter, it is to be financially self-sustainable.

HRD minister Prakash Javadekar termed the Centre`s decision historic, saying it was a much-needed education reform

The Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved the creation of National Testing Agency (NTA). NTA, a single agency to conduct all entrance exams, will relieve the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and others from the responsibility of conducting entrance examinations. Terming the Centre`s decision historic and a much-needed education reform, Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar took to Twitter to say, "NTA will bring in high reliability, standardised assessing aptitude and conduct of tamper-proof exams." Cabinet approves the creation of National Testing Agency, a single agency to conduct all entrance exams for Higher Education institutions. With experts on board, it will bring in high reliability, standardised assessing aptitude & conduct of tamper-proof exams. Setting up of National Testing Agency is a historic decision and a much needed education Reform," the minister said."National Testing Agency will take off the burden of conducting entrance exams from CBSE," he added. At present, CBSE conducts nine type of entrance examination including CTET(Central Teacher Eligibility Test), UGC NET(UGC`s National Eligibility Test), JEE(Joint Engineering Entrance) Mains, JNV(Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas), in which around 70 lakhs students appear every year. The NTA will be provided a one-time grant of Rs 25 crores by the central government to start its operation in the first year. Thereafter, it is to be financially self-sustainable.

National Testing Agency gets green light, will conduct all higher education entrance exams

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NTA admits to errors, repeated questions and translation issues in the UGC-NET exam

NTA orders re-exam for NET English, Commerce and Sociology on September 9-10

UGC-NET 2024 cancelled: Why did Education Ministry order cancellation of UGC-NET?

National Testing Agency gets green light, will conduct all higher education entrance exams