Title: Did anyone else notice that UGC NET English (June 2026, Shift 1) was almost identical to the Jan 2025 paper?
I appeared for UGC NET English today (June 2026, Shift 1) and I need a sanity check because I'm genuinely confused.
Did anyone else feel like a huge portion of the paper was lifted directly from the January 2025 English paper?
I'm not talking about a few repeated PYQs. I mean the exact same wording for many questions. What really stood out to me was that even the comprehension passage and the poem seemed to be the same as the Jan 2025 paper that many of us have from PYQ books and coaching materials.
I had studied the Jan 2025 paper beforehand, and while writing today's exam I kept thinking, "I've literally seen this exact question before."
Maybe I'm misremembering the extent of it because the exam just got over, but it felt like far more than the normal level of repetition.
Did anyone else who had solved the Jan 2025 paper notice this? If yes, roughly how much of the paper do you think was repeated?
I'm not making any claims about unfairness or paper leaks. I'm just curious whether others had the same experience or if I'm going crazy.