Difficulty Level of CSIR NET Exam
                     How Tough to Crack 
CSIR NET Exam?
Full form of CSIR
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Introduction
CSIR-UGC NET is a test being conducted ‘for Junior Research 
Fellowship (JRF) and for Lectureship/Assistant 
Professor’. After qualifying the exam, candidates can get 
recruitment as a lecturer or researcher.
But, it is not an easy to crack the exam. Every year, almost 3 lakh 
students registered in which more than 2 lakh candidates 
appeared for the exam. And for that, the qualified ration is very 
low because less than 5000 candidates qualify for the exam.
CSIR NET Exam Dec 2019 Stats
• Total Number of candidates registered in Dec 2019 Exam - 282117.
• Total Number of candidates appeared in Dec 2019 Exam - 225889.
• Highest number of candidates registered in Life Science - 103947.
• Highest number of candidates appeared in Life Science - 83055.
CSIR NET Exam Dec 2019 Stats
Category No. of Candidates No. of Candidates 
Registered Appeared
GENERAL 99753 82313
EWS 18271 16138
SC 40857 29615
ST 17116 11813
OBC(NCL) 106120 86010
Also Check the Cut Off Marks for Previous Years & Expected Cut Off 
for Dec 2019 to know the Difficulty Level of Exam 
CSIR NET Result
Candidates Qualified June 2019
Candidates Qualified for Total Number of candidates
JRF (NET) 2150
JRF NET Only 72
JRF (NET) UGC 1638
Lectureship-NET 3690
Note – NTA has not yet released the CSIR NET Dec 2019 Qualified candidates stats.
Hope the above information will help you to know the 
difficulty level of CSIR NET Exam. 
Thank You!!