UGC NET Commerce — Paper 2, subject code 08

All ten units are written, in 21 chapters, two per unit except Unit 2 at three: the business environment and international business, accounting and auditing, business economics, business finance, business statistics and research methods, management and HRM, banking and financial institutions, marketing management, legal aspects of business, and income-tax and corporate tax planning. Each chapter was written from the unit’s sub-items in the official document and nothing else; Unit 10 states the Finance Act 2025 figures with their financial year and records the Income-tax Act 2025 taking over from 1 April 2026. The subject is complete against its own syllabus, which is what lets it carry a Paper-II pattern of its own in mockPatterns.

Paper 2 pattern

100 questions
200 marks
120 minutes
None negative marking

Syllabus, unit by unit

Every chapter below is free to read, in English and Hindi.

Unit 1 — Business Environment & International Business

Unit 2 — Accounting & Auditing

Unit 3 — Business Economics

Unit 4 — Business Finance

Unit 5 — Business Statistics & Research Methods

Unit 6 — Business Management & HRM

Unit 7 — Banking & Financial Institutions

Unit 8 — Marketing Management

Unit 9 — Legal Aspects of Business

Unit 10 — Income-tax & Corporate Tax Planning

Frequently asked questions

Is this UGC NET Commerce course free?

Yes. All 21 chapters are free to read in English and Hindi. A free account adds the practice questions with scoring, the Paper-2 mock test, spaced revision and the AI mentor.

Does it cover the whole Commerce syllabus?

All 10 units of the NTA syllabus (subject code 08) are written, in 21 chapters, from the official document unit by unit.

What is the UGC NET Paper 2 exam pattern for Commerce?

100 questions for 200 marks, with no negative marking. Paper 1 and Paper 2 are taken in one sitting of three hours; the mock test here rehearses Paper 2 in 120 minutes.

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