Tips for CSIR NET JRF Life sciences students

Syllabus

•  If you take a quick look at the syllabus for CSIR NET JRF life sciences, you would notice that not only topics related to Biotechnology but whole of the life sciences has been included. Well that is unfair on the syllabus part but yes when it is common to all life sciences candidates it does makes sense.
• Try to cover almost of the entire syllabus, but its obviously difficult, in that case you may restrict yourself to certain topics which appear interesting to you. But remember you must have knowledge of the topic to its minute levels. This will help you in clearing your interview, I remember when I had interview in IISC Bangalore, I was asked to choose my strongest topic & questions were asked in a brain storming forty five minute session.
• Some of the topics related to botany or zoology may appear boring to you, in that case try to first make your Biotech topics stronger, then only move to these topics.  

Preparation

• Ideally the preparation should start three months before exam, but that means you must stick to a particular schedule. If you are an appearing candidate I would suggest starting in the third semester itself (provided if you wanna clear JRF).
• Solve sample papers as much as you can, well that is a typical advice to any competition aspirant, I would suggest to get in to the details ( theory part) as soon as you come through the questions.
• If you are a appearing candidate, then try to co-relate the questions from the theory part, Remember, it doesn’t matter how much your university awards you, rather a JRF would Really MATTER, so devote as much time as possible to get in to the subjects & concepts. They emphasize concepts rather than mugging up & vomiting data.

Exam

• Again comes the question which one to stress for more, Paper 1 or 2? Well I would suggest you to concentrate more on paper 2 but remember passing in Paper 1 is very important, so make sure you strike a fair balance.
• During exam- I would suggest not to panic rather stick to your basics while answering, coz most questions are from basics but we tend to complicate it.
• Try not to solve all questions rather try to gain confidence by answering questions which you know first in case of paper 1. In paper 2 just cram through the paper what it contains and how much you know, don’t panic if you don’t Know, try to stick to the word limit while answering, be to the point and quote examples

How to Avoid a Disaster?

Though we cannot say anything about the cut off marks, experience tells that one has to score well in Paper I to get JRF. At the same time leave your thoughts about the performance in the Paper I back and do well in the afternoon session with a clear and sound mind. Some may have a tendency to throw it up feeling dejected about your performanceduring the day. 

Let us wait the results to come before making disastrous assumptions to spoil your day. Also be cool in your approach to the exam and never give up during the examination by doing things like answering all the multiple choice questions randomly based on luck feeling dejected of your performance. There is plenty of time to be prepared and perform well. And from experience, many have come out successfully even after believing that they did perform very poorly.

In examination with objective type multiple choice questions (MCQs), there is a tendency called the ‘Red Wire Syndrome’ which means to answer all questions whether one knows the correct answer or not. If we can classify the questions into three categories, viz. 1) Sure, 2) Not So Sure and 3) Never, indicating whether one knows the correct answer, possible but some doubt still prevails and almost impossible, respectively. The ‘red wire syndrome’ means that one will have tendency to answer all the questions, which is disastrous, just like a child who touches a ‘red hot wire’ seeing its beauty. The key to success lies in answering all the ‘Sure’ types, and leaving out the ‘Never’ types. It is imperative to learn the art of intelligent guessing to answer the type 2. 

This evidently comes from one’s experience and basic knowledge of the subject. So never ever find it insulting to go back to your basics (atleast refer to some of the basic books in the list below). So never forget practice well using previous question papers of NET JRF to make you come out with flying colours.

After Exam

Well your work is not yet over, try to recollect  the questions and write it down, if that is not possible try to demarcate the topics which were stressed specifically, this would of immense help in case if you do not clear.

How to utilize INTERNET for CSIR UGC NET EXAM?

Well the answer lies in exploiting this resource as much as possible to gain subject material. I would suggest joining CSIR NET JRF discussion groups to interact with other aspirants and ask questions.

This article was submitted By a successful candidate who did his MSC Biotechnology from IIT  and further got JRF and got calls from IISC Bangalore, CDRI Lucknow and many more. Due to our Privacy policy we are unable to reveal the identity of the scholar.

CSIR NET Model papers out now

Dear Friends,

CSIR has just now announced the Sample Papers of CSIR New Pattern, The sample papers can be downloaded from CSIR website from following links:

• http://csirhrdg.res.in/intro_mp.pdf
• http://csirhrdg.res.in/ls_mp.pdf
• http://csirhrdg.res.in/gp.pdf

This year it needs a lot of preparation from your side.

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CSIR NET Life Science Old Papers

CSIR UGC NET life science previous papers are very useful to UGC NET aspirants.

CSIR UGC NET Previous papers for Download

CSIR UGC NET Life science Syllabus (Download)

S.No.	Year of Paper	Download link
1.	June 2004 Paper	Download
2	December 2004 Paper	Download
3	June 2005 Paper	Download
4	December 2005 paper	Download
5	June 2006 Paper	Download
6	December 2006 Paper	Download
7	June 2007   Paper	Download
8	December 2007 Paper	Download
9	June 2008 Paper	Download
10	December 2008 Paper	Download
11	June 2009 Paper	Download
12	December 2009 Paper	Download
13	June 2010 Paper	Download
14	December 2010 Paper	Download

 

Note: Do not forget to say Thanks for IFAS (Institute for Advanced Science) and kbiotech.

These are collection of pdf files from various sources. I think these are useful to success in the Net exam. THANK YOU

 

Reference site : Biochemistry Den

CSIR UGC NET Life Science December 2010 paper

CSIR UGC NET Life Science December 2010 paper

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Thank you IFAS

Plz visit BioscienceDen for more Life Science materials and previous papers

Classification of Bacteriophages

Classification of Bacteriophages
On the basis of presence of single or double strands of genetic material, the bacteriophages are categorized as under:

1. The ssDNA Bacteriophages
(i) Icosahedral phages = φ ´ 174, St-1, φR, BR2, 6SR
U3 and G series e.g., G4, G6, G13, G16. All are like φ ´ 174.

(ii) Helical (filamentous)
(a) The Ft group: They are F specific phages and absorb to the tip of F type sex pilus, e.g., E.coli phages (fd, fl, N13).
(b) If group: They are absorbed to I-type sex pilus specified by R factors e.g., If1, If2, etc.
(c) The third group is specific to strains carrying RF1 sex factor.


2. The dsDNA Phages
Following are the examples of dsDNA phages:
(i) T-odd phage of E.coli e.g. T1, T3, T5, T7
(ii) T-even phage of E.coli e.g.T2, T4, T6
(iii) The other E.coli phages e.g., P1, P2, Mu, φ80.
(iv) The phages of Bacillus subtilis e.g., PBSI, PBSX, PBSI, SPOI, SPO2.
(v) The phage of Shigella a e.g., P2
(vi) The phage of Salmonella e.g., PI, P22.
(vii) The phage of Haemophilus e.g., HPl.
(viii) The phage of Pseudomonas e.g., PM2.


3. The ssRNA phages
Examples of the ssRNA bacteriophages are as below:
(i) Group I : E. coli. phages such as f2, MS2, M12, R17, fr, etc.
(ii) Group II : The QP phages.

4. The dsRNA phages
Example: The φ6 bacteriophage.

Replication of Prions

If prions lack their own nucleic acids and are merely proteins, a very important question requires an answer. How can a protein enter a host cell and direct the process of replication? To answer this question a large number of hypotheses have been put forward. An interesting hypothesis has been given by a group of scientists from the MRC Neuropathogenesis Unit at Edinburg. This hypothesis states that the existence of small piece of DNA gene (also called prp gene) is necessary to encode the amino acid sequence of prion protein at the time of its replication. This DNA gene is a component of the host genetic material (host DNA). The prion protein presumably serves as a promoter of DNA gene expression.

Recent studies indicate that prions represent a changed conformation of proteins normally found in cells. Once prions are produced, they somehow persuade the normal versions of the corresponding protein to assume the altered conformation and, thereby, become prions.

What is the Origin of Viruses?

Origin of Viruses
Three theories have been put forward to explain the origin of viruses. These theories are highly speculative and are as follows :

Survivors of Pre-Cellular First Living Inhabitants of the Earth
This theory intimately rests on the theory of origin of life on Earth. Life, according to this theory, originated from simple inorganic compounds by a slow biochemical evolution of “ordinary” chemical reactions spread over millions and millions of years.

It is speculated that during the course of origin of life on Earth somewhere at the stage when complex chemical molecules united to form still more complex molecules which could mate with still other metastable molecules till a relatively large molecule (like nucleoprotein) capable of growth and division, a simple virus or a protovirus may have originated (Haldane, 1954; Fraser, 1967). This theory, however, enjoys some insurmountable objections.

Present day viruses are all obligate parasites and it is difficult to conceive of their origin before the origin of their hosts (cells) which are at a far higher scale of evolution. Viruses use the same genetic code as cellular organisms and depend solely and entirely on ribosomes, transfer RNAs and enzymes of the host cell for protein biosynthesis. Moreover, viral nucleic acid has the same properties and the same mode of replication as the nucleic acid of cellular organisms.

Regression from More Highly Evolved Free-Living Microorganisms/Cells
Viruses are considered to have originated by retrogressive evolution from free-living cells, according to this theory. A parasite evolves retrogressively as it takes the ready made metabolites from its host instead of synthesizing them himself.

If the parasite continues to evolve retrogressively then, to save labour and energy, it would slowly loss some of its physiological, morphological and even genetical functions that become super-numerary in its new ecological niche and new mode of biological existence. A parasite would, therefore, get regressed to a much simpler organism. Obligate intracellular parasitism is the most specialized type of parasitism and such a parasite would ultimately possess only the bare minimum and this minimum is the possession of a nuclei acid (to ensure genetic continuity) enclosed within a protein shell (to ensure safety of the nucleic acid).

Shedding of all unnecessary morphological, physiological and genetical materials would necessarily reduce the size. A formerly free-living organism would thus be transformed into a virus. Green (1935), Laidlow (1938) and Burnet (1945) support the theory of retrogressive origin of viruses but the same is opposed by Luria and Darnell (1967) and Fenner (1968).

Derived from Normal Constituents of the Cell
An eukaryotic cell possesses organelles like chloroplasts and mitochondria which self-replicating semi-autonomous structures and reproduce their like. Chloroplasts and mitochondria increase in size and then divide while kinetosome is synthesized near a pre-existing one by assembly from the tubular materials. Besides they possess DNA which is functional and possesses its own mutational history, codes for the synthesis of mRNA and also presumably for protein.

Mitochondria mutate to non­functional forms in Neurospora and yeasts, while chloroplasts mutate to undeveloped, colourless proplastids in algae and higher plants. These mutations are based on genetic changes. Cells also contain certain organelles that exceptionally undergo autonomous unrestricted replications; examples are the centrioles in Marsilea and sperms and nuclear genes in the amphibian oocytes.

Viruses resemble above mentioned cellular organelles in chemical composition, possession of nucleic acid, genetic continuity of genome, independent mutational history, capacity to replicate independently under their own genetic control and also under the overall regulatory control of and within the premises of the host cell.

Many of the cellular organelles or factors possess some of the distinctive characters of viruses, or more specifically, of viral genetic determinant (reproductive independence, evolutionary independence, independent cell to cell transfer and infectivity and pathogenicity) while others could be conferred on them by a specific arrangement of nucleotides. Viruses could, therefore, be derived from any or several of these cellular components and it is possible that different viruses have originated differently. Some of the possibilities are given below:

1. Primordial self-replicating molecules may have mutated to regain the capacity to enter ('infect') the cell and then integrate with it. Such a molecule would be a 'virus'.

2. Some plasmids or even chromosomal segments may have evolved by merging of some primitive self-replicating molecules with the cellular genome. If this s true then it conceivable that some of the genes or groups of genes may revert to their ancestral habit and may have regained/evolved the genetic independence and independence and independent transfer of this genetic material. This would result in the ‘virus’.

3. Some genes of the cell could have escaped of the control mechanisms of the cell and may have acquired the capacity of autonomous replication independent of the division of the cell and capacity of independent transfer. Integration of these genes with the host genome would give us a prophage. Origin of bacteriophage from such prophage DNA has been outlined by Lindegren (1962). Luria and Darnell (1967) also suggest that bacteriophages containing DNA may have evolved from a number of genetic transfer elements (like F factor, bacteriocinogenic factor, etc.) occurring in the prokaryotic cells.

4. DNA viruses of eukaryotic cells may have originated from the functional DNA of cellular organelles (e.g., mitochondria and chloroplast) rather than for nuclear DNA (Matthews, 1970).

5. Origin of DNA plant viruses is somewhat more difficult to understand since there is no definite information with respect to the integration of plant viral nucleic acid into the genome of the plant cell. There is, however, some suggestive evidence in this connection. Some experimental evidence suggests that cut surfaces of barley seeds take up the DNA of the bacterium Micrococcus lysodeikticus and that it integrates into nuclear DNA of barley and replicates (Ledous and Huort, 1968).

In short, therefore, viruses may have originated from cell constituents which escape the control mechanisms of the cell, regained/developed the capacity of autonomous self-replication and ability to mediate their own independent cell to cell transfer and could enter or infect cells to which they did not belong.

What is the Structure, Chemical Nature, Replication of Prions (The Puzzling Proteins)?

C. Gajdusek (1957) came across a mysterious disease in New Guinea tribals which was later named as Kuru and prepared neuropathological specimens from a person who died of Kuru. William Hadlow (1957) who was working on scrapie disease of sheeps and goats examined Gajduseks neuropathological specimens and observed remarkable similarities between the abnormalities found in brains of Kuru victim and the sheeps and goats dying of scrapie.

Similar observations were made by British investigators T. Alpher, D. Haig and M. Clark during 1966. In 1970s S.B,. Prusiner, a bichemist at the University of California (USA), with his coworkers initiated the isolation and identification of the infectious agent of scrapie. After exhaustive research for a decade, he in 1982 discovered that the disease is caused by a proteinaceous infectious particle which he christened as prions. S.B. Prusiner has been awarded Nobel Prize in 1997 for the discovery of prions.

Prions represent the other extreme from viroids. They are considered to be devoid of their own genetic material (DNA or RNA) and consist of just a single or two or three protein molecules i.e., a prion is merely an infectious protein. The discovery of prion, an infectious protein, has threatened the universally accepted concept that only the genetic material (DNA, in some cases RNA) is infectious.

The prions, at present, are considered to be the causative agents of some of the diseases of animals and humans such as Scrapie disease of sheeps and goats, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle (BSE or Mad cow diseases);. Kuru, Creutifeldt Jacob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Strausslar syndrome (GSS), Low Gehrig disease, Parkinsons disease, Serite domentia and Multiple sclerosis in humans. In 1996, information available from England indicates that the prion causing Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle might infect humans, resulting in a variant of Creutzfeldt Jacob disease (CJD), called variant CJD or vCJD.

CSIR UGC NET Ebooks2

4. CELL COMMUNICATION AND CELL SIGNALING

1. Cell and Molecular Biology by Carp

2. The Cell and Molecular Biology by M.Cooper

3. Molecular Biology of the Cell By Alberts Et Al., James D. Watson

5. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Developmental Biology by Gilbert 6/e

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

Link 4  

6. SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY - PLANT

Physiochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology

Plant physiology

 

CSIR UGC NET Ebooks 1

1. MOLECULES AND THEIR INTERACTION RELAVENT TO BIOLOGY

1. Principles of Biochemistry, Lehninger, Nelson & Cox

2. Biochemistry by harper, 26/e

3. Biochemistry by Zuby  (the password for the zuby book is "econiches")

4. Biochemistry by Stryr, 5/e

5. Basic Biochemistry- A Student survival guide

6. Biochemistry quiz questions

7. Bioenergetics3_by_David_G_Nicholls

8. Basic Concepts in Biochemistry: A Student's Survival Guide by Hiram F.Gilbert

9. Biochemistry by Mathew, 3/e

10. Biochemistry: The Chemical Reactions of Living Cells, Vol. 2

2. CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

1. Cell and Molecular Biology by Carp

2. The Cell and Molecular Biology by M.Cooper

3. FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES

Molecular Cell Biology by Lodish 5/e

Link 1

Link 2

(Harvey Lodish (password: twilightzone))

 

CSIR JRF NET December 2010 Notification | JRF NET Application Forms/Apply Online Latest JRF

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (CSIR)
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, EXAMINATION UNIT
CSIR COMPLEX, LIBRARY AVENUE,
PUSA, NEW DELHI-110012

NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST (NET)
Joint CSIR-UGC Test For Junior Research Fellowship And Eligibility for Lectureship – 19th December, 2010
Advertisement No.10-2(5)/2010 (ii) - E.U.II
NOTIFICATION for CSIR JRF December 2010

DATE OF EXAMINATION : 19.12.2010
DATE OF START OF SALE OF APPLICATION FORM THROUGH BANKS & ON-LINE SUBMISSION : 10.08.2010
(i)DATE OF CLOSE OF SALE OF APPLICATION FORM THROUGH BANKS & ONLINE DEPOSIT OF FEE : 30.08.2010
(ii) DATE OF CLOSE OF SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATIONS : 31.08.2010
IMPORTANT DATES for CSIR JRF December 2010


A. Date of Examination: 19.12.2010
B. Schedule for sale of Information Bulletin through Bank
(i) Start of sale of Information Bulletin 10.08.2010
(ii)Date of close of sale of Information Bulletin by post only 25.08.2010
(iii)Date of close of sale of Information Bulletin by cash at all branches/ stations 30.08.2010
C. Schedule for On-Line Application
(i)Start of On-Line Submission of Application Form and Fee deposit through Bank Challan 10.08.2010
(ii) Date of close of On-Line deposit of fee (at All stations) 30.08.2010
(iii) Date of close of On-Line submission of Applications (at All stations) 31.08.2010
D. Last date of receipt of completed application forms (including duly completed hard copy of on line application in the Examination Unit 03.09.2010
E. Last date of receipt of (both kind) Completed application forms (from remote areas) 09.09.2010
F. Last Date for receipt of written request for change of Examination Centre only on merit basis 30.09.2010
G. Publication of list of candidates registered for test on CSIR, HRDG website 08.11.2010
H. Last date for entertainment of any representation about non-registration for this test 15.11.2010
I. Start of dispatch of Admission Certificate to eligible candidates last week of November 2010
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Syllabus for Life Sciences Download
Sample Test for CSIR UGC NET Life Sciences

CSIR JRF June 2010 Paper I/II Questions & Review

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1. CSIR will hold the Joint CSIR-UGC Test on 19th December 2010 for determining the eligibility of the Indian National candidates for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) NET and for determining eligibility for appointment of Lecturers (NET) in certain subject areas falling under the faculty of Science. The award of Junior Research Fellowship (NET) to the successful eligible candidates will depend on their finding admission/placement in a university/ national laboratory/ institution of higher learning and research, as applicable.
1.1 A candidate may apply either for ‘JRF + Lectureship’ both or for ‘Lectureship (LS) only’ He/she may indicate his/her preference in the O.M.R Application Form/Online Application, as the case may be. CSIR may consider candidates applying for ‘JRF + LS’ for ‘Lectureship only” depending on number of fellowships available& performance in the test subject to the condition that they fulfill the laid down eligibility criterion . If a candidate is found to be over-age for JRF (NET) he/she will automatically be considered for Lectureship (NET) only.
1.2 Two separate merit lists, one comprising the candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF - NET) and the second, of those candidates qualifying the Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET), will be made on the basis of their performance in the above Test. Candidates qualifying for JRF (NET), will also be eligible for Lectureship (NET). The candidates qualifying for Lectureship will be eligible for recruitment as Lecturers as well as for JRF-ship in a Scheme/Project, if otherwise suitable as per the eligibility criteria of that Scheme/Project. However, they will not be eligible for Regular JRF-NET Fellowship. They will be eligible to pursue Ph.D. programme with or without any fellowship other than JRF-NET. Candidates qualifying for the award of JRF (NET) will receive fellowship either from CSIR or UGC as per their assignment or from the Schemes with which they may find association. The candidates declared eligible for Junior Research Fellowship under UGC scheme will be governed by UGC rules/regulations in this regard.
1.3 The final result of this test may be declared sometime in the month of April 2011 and fellowship to successful candidates could be awarded from 01.07. 2011.

2.1 SUBJECTS OF THE TEST
The Test will be held in the subjects as given under:
1. Chemical Sciences,
2. Earth Atmospheric Ocean and Planetary Sciences

3. Life Sciences
4. Mathematical Sciences
5. Physical Sciences

2.2 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION for CSIR JRF December 2010
M.Sc. or Equivalent degree under the subjects mentioned in para 2.1 above, with minimum 55% marks for General & OBC candidates; 50% for SC/ST candidates, Physically and Visually Handicapped candidates and Ph.D. degree holders who had passed Master's degree prior to 19th September 1991.
A candidate can also apply for the Test under RA (Result Awaited) category, if he/she is appearing or has appeared in his/her final year (Last Semester where Semester system is there) of M.Sc. OR equivalent Degree Examination in subjects mentioned in para 2.1 above during the academic Session 2010-2011 . Such candidates will have to submit the attestation format (given at the reverse of the application form) duly certified by the Head of the Deptt./Institute over his/her signature and rubber stamp (with address and name) from where the candidate is appearing or has appeared in the final year(Last Semester where Semester system is there) M.Sc. or equivalent degree examination. However, such candidates shall be admitted to the Test provisionally. They shall only be considered eligible for JRF-(NET)/LS-(NET), if they are able to produce the proof of having passed the Master’s Degree examination in the relevant or related subject with the requisite percentage of marks and within the stipulated time frame.

2.3 AGE LIMIT& RELAXATION
For JRF (NET): Minimum 19 Years and maximum 28 years as on 01-07-2010 (upper age limit may be relaxed up to 5 years as in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC(Non Creamy Layer), Physically handicapped/Visually handicapped and female applicants). For LS (NET): Minimum 19 years, as on 01.07.2010. No upper age limit.

3. DATE AND SCHEME OF THE TEST
3.1 The Test will be held in two sessions on Sunday, the 19th December 2010. The scheme of Examination as under: -

Paper Marks Timings Duration
I 200 10.00AM-12.30PM 2-1/2 hrs
II 200 2.00PM-4.30PM 2-1/2 hrs

Negative marking will be made for wrong answers in Paper I. Paper II will be evaluated only in case of those candidates who will be able to secure a minimum of such aggregate marks in Paper- I as may be fixed by the CSIR.
Candidates are required to appear in both the papers. A candidate who does not appear in Paper I will not be permitted to appear in Paper II.
The Test Booklet for this test will be printed in Hindi & English Version separately. The candidate opting for Hindi medium in Column No. 5 of Application Form, will be supplied Question Booklet/Test Booklet printed in Hindi Version only and Candidate opting for English medium, will be supplied Question Booklet/Test Booklet printed in English Version only. The candidate will be required to answer as per option exercised in Column No.5 of application Form.

3.2 SYLLABUS for CSIR JRF December 2010
Syllabus of Paper I (Section A), subject-wise syllabus of Paper I (Section B) and Paper II is given in the Information Bulletin for this test and may also be seen at CSIR website: SYLLABUS

4. EXAMINATION CENTRES
The test will be held at 25 Centres spread all over India, as specified below:
Bangalore, Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Karaikudi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur, Pilani, Pune, Raipur Roorkee, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Varanasi.
A candidate may opt for any of the above centres. No request for change of centre would ordinarily be granted. However, a request in writing for change of Centre may be entertained on merits, if received in this unit latest by 30.09.2010.

5. HOW TO APPLY for CSIR JRF December 2010:
5.1. OPTION-I : APPLY THROUGH ‘INFORMATION BULLETIN’:
5.1.1. BY HAND:
Candidates applying for the Test may obtain the Information Bulletin and Application forms (inclusive of fee payable) through the branches of the Bank notified below in para 5.2 (within the prescribed dates) by paying the following fee in cash:
Sr.No. – CATEGORY - FEES
1. General Rs. 400/-
2. Other Backward Classes(OBC) (Non Creamy Layer) Rs. 200/-
3. SC/ST/Physically Handicapped (PH) or Visually Handicapped (VH) Rs. 100/-
5.1.2. BY POST:
The information Bulletin and Application form may also be obtained through Value Payable Post(V.P.P.) from the Indian Bank, 3/1, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi - 110 008, by sending a crossed Demand draft for Rs. 400/-, Rs. 200/- or Rs.100/-(as the case may be) drawn in favour of “Indian Bank, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi” payable at New Delhi. For this purpose, the candidate should send a request to the Bank with TWO self-addressed slips clearly mentioning the address at which he/she desires the Information Bulletin & Application Form to be sent by Value Payable Post (V.P.P.) As above mentioned Bank will entertain the request for forms through post from Tuesday, the 10th August, 2010 to Wednesday, the 25th August, 2010 only, hence, candidates are advised to send their request well in advance so as to reach their request within the above said period. The candidate should write his/her name, Date Of Birth, address, date of Examination (19.12.2010) and subject code on the back of the Demand Draft so that it can be located easily, if it gets detached accidentally from the letter of request for supply of Information Bulletin. However, before attaching the draft with letter of request, the candidates should check that it bears the code number of the issuing bank and drawee bank and also amount and signatures of issuing authority.
5.2. OPTION-II : APPLY THROUGH ONLINE APPLICATION:
Interested & eligible candidates may apply for this test Online through a link available at CSIR, HRDG website : www.csirhrdg.res.in

In order to apply Online the candidates are required to download Bank challan Performa from the above website and then deposit the requisite examination fee in any of the Indian Bank branches through out the country. The examination fee for the Online application is same as mentioned in Para-5.1.1 above. Candidates after successfully submitting application online are required to take print out of the Application Form, paste his/her recent black & white photograph, put his/her signature at the required space, attach requisite certificates and send alongwith CSIR marked copy of fee deposited Bank Challan in an envelop to Sr. Controller of Examinations, Human Resource Development Group, Examination Unit, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012 so as to reach on or before 03.09.2010 (09.09.2010 for remote areas).
Online applications with out hard copy or bank challan receipt or incomplete in any respect will be summarily rejected. Before applying Online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available at CSIR, HRDG website.
Examination fee paid along with the Information Bulletin or through Bank Challan for a particular examination will neither be adjusted for any subsequent examination nor refunded under any circumstances. Similarly, candidates should also check all the column of Bank Challan, online application, which are to be filled in properly to avoid cancellation of application, Please note that Fee submitted any other mode like money order, demand draft, IPO etc. will be summarily rejected.
5.3. CANDIDATE SEEKING FEE CONCESSION
The candidate should attach an attested copy of the his/her category certificate as a proof of his/her claim. An application form (either through Bank or online), claiming any concession in fee & education qualification but without an attested copy of a valid SC/ST/OBC(Non Creamy Layer)/PH/VHcertificate from a competent authority and in prescribed format, will be summarily rejected.
Candidate must note that CSIR follows only Central Govt. lists and not state Govt. lists. Similarly, candidate applying under physically handicapped (PH)/ visually handicapped (VH) category may note that Govt. of India rules will be applicable in this regard.

5.4. LIST OF DESIGNATED BRANCHES FROM WHERE THE INFORMATION BULLETIN AND APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED BY HAND.
(a) INDIAN BANK
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: 1) 22, First Floor Babu Lane, Aberdeen Bazaar, Port Blair.
ANDHRA PRADESH: 1) 6-3-852, Red Cortege Ameerpet, Begumpet, Hyderabad 2) D.No.26-2-36 Andhra Ratna Road, Gandhinagar, Vijaywada 3) Kothapet Guntur 4) 40-301, Bhagya Nagar, Bellary Road, Kurnool 5) Sai Viswanatha Shopping Complex, 16/157 Trunk Road, Nellore 6) 5-2-993/1,First Floor, Nizamshahi Road, Osmangunj, Hyderabad 7) 201, Karan Centre, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad 8) 293, Gandhi Road, Tirupathi 9) Sivalayam Street, Krishna Dist., Vijaywada 10) 30-15-136/A Lorven Plaza, Block No:42, Allipuram Ward, Daba Gardens, Viskhapatnam 11) No. 14-2-153, J.P.N.Road, Mandi Bazaar , Warangal
ASSAM: 1) R N C Path, Dibrugah 2) S S Road, Fancy Bazaar, Guwahati 3) Assam Trunk Road, Jorhat
BIHAR & JHARKHAND: 1) 4, Patal Babu Road, Bhagalpur 2) Golpathar Thakur Bari, Gaya 3) Main Road Bistupur, Singhbhum Dist. Jamshedpur 4) West Gandhi Maidan, Patna 5) Sainik Bhavan, Main Road, Ranchi 6) C/7, City Centre Sector IV, Bokaro Steel City
DELHI 1) 309, Main Road, Chandni Chowk, Delhi 2) 13, Community Centre, Zamrudpur, Greater Kailash – I, New Delhi 3) 106 & 107, Aurobindo Place, D D A Commercial Complex, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 4) C - 26/27 Community Centre, Janakpuri, New Delhi 5) 13/36, Arya Samaj Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi 6) 1376, Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi 7) 33, Pratap Nagar, Mayur Vihar Phase – I, Patparganj, Delhi 8) Main G-41, Connaught Circus, New Delhi 9) 47-48, Pragati House, Nehru Place, New Delhi 10) D-1/1, Rana Pratap Bagh, New Delhi 11) A B 20, Safdarjung Development Enclave, New Delhi 12) A 7, NDSE Part I, Main Ring Road, South Extension, New Delhi 13) 3/1, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 14) Aggarwal Tarun Plaza, DDA Shopping Centre, Tarun Enclave, Pitampura, Delhi 15) Aggarwal Mall, I Floor Plot No.3, Sector V, Ashirwad Chowk, Dwarka, New Delhi.
GOA 1) Station Road, Margao 2) Hotel Bardez Building, Coscar Corner, Mapusa 3) Dr. Domingo Roque De - Souza Road, Panaji
GUJRAT 1) Mission Road, Bhadra, Ahmedabad 2) Prof. Manekrao Road, Raopura, Baroda 3) Kantawala Dela Undivakhar, Bhavnagar 4) Kasi Vishwanath Road, Jamnagar 5) Ring Road, Belgium Tower, Surat 6) Block 316, Sector 16, Gandhi Nagar
HARYANA: 1) A-3/3, Nehru Ground, Faridabad 2) Gurdwara Road, Gurgoan 3) SCF 20 Red Square Market, Hissar 4) 574/2, Civil Road , Rohtak
HIMACHAL PRADESH: 1) 17, The Mall, Shimla JAMMU: 1) 56 A/B, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu (J&K)
KARNATAKA: 1) 35, Lady Curzon Road, Bangalore Cantonment 2) 7, Gandhi Bazaar, Basavangudi, Bangalore 3) Goldsmith Street Brucepet, Bellary 4) No 7 , 4th Main Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore 5) Mangala Shopping Complex, Touching Sangama Talikes Compound Line Bazaar Road, Dharwar 6) 57/4-9, R.S. Plaza, I floor, Vinoba Road, Gandhi Square, Mysore 7) 110, M G Road Bangalore 8) B H Road, Shimoga
KERALA: 1) 29/373F, Ground Floor, Ray Bhavan, NH 47 Byepass Thykoodam, VYTTILA ,Kochi 2) M C Road Baker Junction, Kottayam 3) C 34, S M Street, Kozhikode 4) Swaraj Round East, Thrissur 5) Indian Bank Towers M G Road, Thiruvananthapuram MADHYA PRADESH: 1) 83, M P Nagar, Zone II, Bhopal 2) 752, Iderganj Square Lashkar, Gwalior 3) G-1, Shree Vardhan Complex 4, R N T Marg, Indore 4) 426, Marhataal, Jabalpur
CHATISGARH: 1) Gurunanak Chowk, Raipur
MAHARASHTRA: 1) "Parasmani" 228, Samarth Nagar, Aurangabad 2) United India Bldg. Sir P M Road Fort, Mumbai 3) Gotmare Market, Laxmi Bhuwan Square Dharampeth, Nagpur 4) 480 Y, Swami R P Road, Nasik 5) 210 Mittal Towers, B Wing, Nariman Point, Mumbai 6) 495, Mantri Heights, Shaniwar Peth, Pune City 7) 129, Sterling Centre 11, Moledina Road, Pune Cantonment, Pune 8) Bakle Complex, 162/6, Railway Lines, Sholapur MEGHALAYA: 1) G S Road, Burra Bazaar, Shillong, East Khasi Hills, Shillong
ORISSA: 1) 32, Janpath Ashok Nagar Unit II, Bhubaneswar 2) 1140, Main Road, Rourkela, Sundargarh Dist. Rourkela 3) Laxmi Talkies Road, Sambalpur
PONDICHERRY: 1) 288, M G Road, Pondicherry
PUNJAB: 1) 42, Chowk Farid Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar 2) 922 G T Road, Jalandhar 3) Near A C Market Adalat Bazaar, Patiala.
CHANDIGARH: 1) SCO 38-39 Madhya Marg, Sector 7 C, Chandigarh
RAJASTHAN: 1) Alakh Sagar, KEM Road, Bikaner 2) "Dharma Heights" 10 Motilal Atal Road, Opp.Ganpati Plaza, M.I. Road, Jaipur 3) 4th Chopasni Road , Jodhpur 4) MP A8 Mahavir Nagar II, Kota 5)182, Outside Delhi Gate, Udaipur
SIKKIM: 1) Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Market, Gangtok
TAMIL NADU: 1) Gee Gee Complex, First Floor 42, Anna Salai, Chennai 2) 31 Variety Hall Road, Coimbatore Main 3) 21, Koviloor Road, Karaikudi 4) 100, East Avani Moola St. Madurai Main 5) 128, Big Bazaar St. Tiruchirapalli Main 6) 5-J, Madurai Road, Tirunelveli Junction
UTTAR PRADESH: 1) E-11/8, I floor, Prateek Centre, Sanjay Place, Agra 2) Marris Road, Aligarh 3) 249, Chak Zero Road, Allahabad 4) 152-E, Civil Lines Chowki Chauraha, Bareilly 5) 3, Navyug Market, Ghaziabad 6) Bank Road, Gorakhpur 7) 50/276 Halsi Road, Kanpur 8) 64, Cant. Board office Kanpur Cantt. 9) 1-2, Ashok Marg, Lucknow 10) B-1316, Sai Plaza B Block Crossing, Indira Nagar, Lucknow 11) 213, Begum Bridge Road, Meerut 12) C-7/34-B, Lahurabir, Varanasi 13) D-48/122, Missirpokhra, Godowlia, Varanasi
UTTRANCHAL: 1) 3, Astely Hall Rajpur Road, Dehradun
WEST BENGAL: 1) 150, B C Road, Burdwan 2) 3/1, R N Mukherjee Road, Shree Ram Chambers, Kolkata Main 3) Bajaj Bhawan, Nachan Road, Benachitty, Durgapur 4) Malancha Main Road, Kharida, Kharagpur, Midnapore Dist. Kharagpur 5) Hill Craft Road, Siliguri, Darjeeling Dist. Siliguri 6) West Bengal Uni. Of Technology, BF-142, Salt Lake Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 7) Akash Ganga Commercial Complex, I floor, Block E, Basudebpur, Durga Chowk P.O., Khanjanchak, Haldia 8) 9/118, Rabindra Avenue, Khudiram Shaw Complex, 1st Floor, Opp. Zilla School, Malda.
(b) ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE
ORRISA: 1) Mallikashpur, Opp. To Faquir Mohan College, Balasore, Orrisa-756001
MAHARASHTRA: 1) Patel Plaza Housing Society, M.G.Road, Jalgoan, Maharashtra-425001
JAMMU & KASHMIR: 1) Poloview Residency Road, Srinagar-190001.
6. Candidates seeking admission to the Test must apply in the prescribed application form supplied along with the Information Bulletin for this test only. Please handle this form carefully while filling up. The completed application should be sent only Under Certificate of Posting (U.P.C). in the prescribed envelope supplied with Information Bulletin.
Candidate should check that the Serial number printed on the Information Bulletin, Application form, Certificate of Postage card and on the envelope are the same. The application form should be filled-in by the candidate legibly and carefully, in his/her own handwriting with Black INK pen. Candidate should super-scribe the SUBJECT CODE, APPLICATION FORM NO., Medium of Exam and CENTRE CODE in the boxes provided on the envelope containing the application form (with enclosures).

7. THE LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORM for CSIR JRF December 2010:
The application form (through Bank or online), duly completed with requisite enclosures should be sent Under Certificate of Posting (U.P.C) to the Sr. Controller of Examinations, Examination Unit, Human Resource Development Group, CSIR Complex, Opposite Institute of Hotel Management, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi 110012 so as to reach Examination Unit CSIR on or before 03.09.2010.
For candidates applying from Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh Division of J&K State, Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshdweep, the application form must reach the Controller of Examination CSIR on or before 09.09.2010.
The candidates are advised in their own interest to apply early enough to ensure timely receipt of their applications by the Examination Unit on or before the closing date.
APPLICATION FORM RECEIVED AFTER CLOSING DATE WILL BE SUMMERILY REJECTED.

9. OTHER GENERAL INFORMATION for CSIR JRF December 2010:
(i) The candidates are advised to go through this notification and also terms & conditions given in Information Bulletin for this test. The candidate must satisfy themselves regarding their eligibility for this test before applying for this test.
(ii) Candidates must read the terms and conditions for CSIR /UGC Research Fellowships on the respective websites.
(iii) Candidates applying through O.M.R. Application form must use only the form supplied with Information Bulletin and purchased from any of the designated branches of the Bank listed in para 5.4 above. They should ensure that while selling the form, the bank has authenticated the form at reverse of the application form in space provided for this purpose. Application Form should be purchased from designated branches only and not from any other agency.
(iv) Candidates should follow the instruction for filling the O.M.R. Application. The duly completed application form must be sent under U.P.C. and dispatched early enough to ensure timely receipt of their applications by the Examination Unit on or before the closing date. The Certificate of Postage’ (proof of dispatch) may be preserved as acknowledgement.
(v) Candidate desirous of applying Online for this test will be required to deposit fee through Bank challan in any branch of Indian Bank and then apply at CSIR, HRDG website. After successfully submitting the application, candidates are required to take a printout on A4 size paper, affix photograph at designated space & sign across it, get endorsed by the HOD (for RA category only) and send it alongwith copy of Bank challan and other requisite enclosures, if any.
(vi) Candidates applying through Online application must note that mode of payment of fee is Bank challan from Indian Bank only. Fee submitted through any other mode viz.IPO,/demand draft/money order/ CRF stamp etc will not be accepted. Incomplete application or application submitted in any other format will be summarily rejected and no correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
(vii) The eligible candidates, in their own interest, are advised to keep Certificate of Postage and photocopy of both sides of the completed Application Form and three identical copies of the passport size photographs which has been affixed on the Application Form.
(viii) Candidates willing to apply through online application should see detailed notification and Instruction for applying online at our website www.csirhrdg.res.in and apply early enough to avoid any last minute rush.
(ix) Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended by them in all the places viz. In their application form,
Attendance Sheet etc. and in all the correspondence with the CSIR, should be identical and there should be no variation of any kind.
(x) Any change in address of correspondence should be promptly brought to the notice of Examination Unit within the prescribed period i.e. by 30.09.2010.
(xi) The Center and date of the Test are liable to be changed at the discretion of CSIR. No TA/DA will be paid to the

8. IMPORTANT POINTS for CSIR JRF December 2010:
1. While applying for this test, please ensure that you fulfill all the eligibility conditions and follow all the laid down procedures/guidelines for this test.
2. Purchase the Information Bulletin from the designated Bank branches early enough to avoid any last minute rush.
3. While applying Online, apply early enough to avoid any last minute rush
4. Ensure that completed application Hard Copy (in case of Online application) must reach to this office within stipulated last date for receipt.
5. List of candidates registered for this will be made available on our website tentatively on 8th November, 2010. The candidates must refer to our website for checking their registration in time & for having update from time to time.
6. Admission Certificates to all the registered candidates will be dispatched three weeks before the test, if any candidate does not receive the same by 10th December, 2010, he/she must download duplicate Admission Certificate from our website. CSIR will not be responsible for any delay/non-receipt of the Admission certificate. 7. The Test Booklet for this test will be printed in Hindi & English Version separately. The candidate opting for Hindi medium in Column No. 5 of Application Form, will be supplied Question Booklet/Test Booklet printed in Hindi Version only and Candidate opting for English medium, will be supplied Question Booklet/Test Booklet printed in English Version only. The candidate will be required to answer as per option exercised in Column No.5 of application Form. 8. For applying under “RA” category, the candidate should either has appeared or is appearing in Final year(Last Semmester, where semester is there) of M.Sc. or equivalent Degree Examination during the Session 2010-2011.
candidates by the CSIR.
(xii) Candidates should note that their candidature is strictly provisional till their joining. No candidate will be admitted to the Test unless he/she holds the admission Certificate to the Test. The mere fact that an Admission Certificate has been issued to a candidate will not imply that the Council has finally accepted his/her
candidature.
(xiii) The candidate may please note candidates declared successful will be required to submit a copy of their Admit Card, matriculation certificate/mark sheet, M.Sc. or its equivalent degree certificate/mark sheet to Sr. Controller of Examinations, Examination Unit, Human Resource Development Group, CSIR Complex, Opposite Institute of Hotel Management, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi 110012. No separate intimation letter will be issued to successful candidate.
(xiv) Candidates may note that the verification of essential eligibility conditions of a candidate with reference to the documents as may be called for, will be taken up only by the Lecturer appointing/JRF awarding authorities after the candidate has qualified in the Test. The candidate should note that their candidature is strictly provisional till their joining.
(xv) Candidates may please note that all communications to CSIR should invariably contain the following particulars, failing which no response is possible:
(a) Name of the candidate (in full and in BLOCK LETTERS)
(b) Application form No.
(c) Subject
(d) Medium of Exam
(e) Centre for Examination
(Please note that no correspondence will be entertained for any matter for which last date has been expired.)
(xvi) In all matters the decision of the CSIR as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the
Test or his/her subsequent qualifying in the Test shall be final.
(xvii) Any attempt on the part of a candidate to obtain support for his / her candidature by any means may disqualify him/her for admission to the examination.
(xviii) A candidate who is found of guilty of impersonation or of submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tempered with or of making statements which are incorrect or false or of suppressing material information or otherwise resorting to any other irregular or improper means for obtaining admission to the examination, or of using or attempting to use unfair means or of misbehavior in the examination hall, may, in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal prosecution:
(a) Be debarred by the CSIR from this test and future tests also.
(b) Will be liable
Further Info on CSIR JRF NET December 2010 Notification | JRF NET Application Forms/Apply Online

New pattern in CSIR UGC NET Examination 2011

From June, 2011 CSIR-UGC (NET) Exam for Award of Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lecturership shall be a Single Paper Test having Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). The question paper is divided in three parts

Part 'A':

This part shall carry 20 questions pertaining to General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude. The candidates shall be required to answer any 15 questions. Each question shall be of two marks. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 30 out of 200.

Part 'B':

This part shall contain 50 Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) generally covering the topics given in the syllabus. A candidate shall be required to answer any 35 questions. Each question shall be of two marks. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 70 out of 200.

Part 'C':

This part shall contain 75 questions that are designed to test a candidate's knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts. The questions shall be of analytical nature where a candidate is expected to apply the scientific knowledge to arrive at the solution to the given scientific problem. A candidate shall be required to answer any 25 questions. Each question shall be of four marks. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 100 out of 200.

• There will be negative marking @25% for each wrong answer.

• To enable the candidates to go through the questions, the question paper booklet shall be distributed 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the exam. The Answer sheet shall be distributed at the scheduled time of the exam.

• On completion of the exam i.e. at the scheduled closing time of the exam, the candidates shall be allowed to carry the Question Paper Booklet. No candidate is allowed to carry the Question Paper Booklet in case he/she chooses to leave the test before the scheduled closing time.

• Model Question Paper shall be released at the time of Notification for June 2011 exam

CSIR NET Life science 2010 paper (Memory based)

This is CSIR NET Life science 2010 paper (Memory based). it is very useful to CSIR aspirants.




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