The CSIR NET General Aptitude syllabus aims to test candidates’ reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving abilities. It is common for all subjects and is on numerical ability, logical reasoning, data interpretation, and graphical analysis. Series completion, coding-decoding, puzzles, and quantitative comparisons form a part of this section. Topics on basic arithmetic, percentages, averages, and time-speed-distance problems are also covered.
This is accompanied by questions in areas like spatial reasoning, probability, and data representation-charts, graphs, and tables-in an effort to probe into the candidate’s analytical mind. It seeks to measure general aptitude independent of their subject specialty.
To prepare for this section, one would need to have a good hold on basic mathematical concepts, logical thinking, and practice with mock tests and previous papers. Good performance in the General Aptitude section would boost scores considerably in the CSIR NET exam.