UGC NET aspirants have alleged that the June 2026 English paper repeated questions from the December 2024 examination, prompting concerns over fairness and examination practices.
The UGC NET English examination held on 25 June 2026 has sparked discussion among aspirants after candidates alleged that multiple questions were repeated from the December 2024 UGC NET English examination.
Soon after the examination concluded, aspirants began sharing comparisons of the two papers on social media, claiming that several questions, along with their answer options, had been repeated without any changes. An Instagram reel highlighting the similarities has since gained traction among candidates.
An independent review of the two papers by DU Beat found that several questions appear to be identical in wording, answer options, and correct answers. However, the June 2026 paper is not identical to the December 2024 paper, as it also contains questions that did not appear in the earlier examination.
The concerns surrounding the UGC NET English paper also arise against the backdrop of heightened scrutiny of the integrity of national entrance examinations following the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy. The similarities have led some aspirants to question whether the extent of repetition could affect the fairness of the examination, particularly if previous years’ papers were more accessible to some candidates than to others. Others, however, have argued that competitive examinations often reuse questions from previous years and that such repetition does not necessarily indicate malpractice. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has not issued any official statement addressing the alleged repetition of questions in the English paper.
Several inconsistencies have also been identified across social media posts. While one widely circulated reel claimed that the 25 June UGC NET English paper was largely identical to the December 2024 examination, another video alleged that it was instead a replica of the January 2025 paper, further claiming that 67 out of 100 questions had been repeated.
These conflicting claims make it difficult to independently verify the extent or source of the alleged repetition based on social media posts alone and underscore the need to rely on verified comparisons of the question papers.
At present, there is no evidence to suggest that the alleged repetition of questions in the UGC NET English paper resulted from a paper leak or any other form of examination malpractice. Nevertheless, the similarities have prompted candidates to question the integrity and fairness of the examination process and seek clarification from the NTA.
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