UGC NET Research metrics Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 5 previous-year questions on Research metrics from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 2: Research Aptitude, drawn from 5 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2026). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Research metrics
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| h-index | 3 |
| h-index from citation counts | 1 |
| Impact factor, h-index, i10-index | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Research metrics appears in 5 of 87 papers (6%), which JRFSmart rates as low frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
The h-index is used to gauge a researcher's productivity. Which statement accurately defines h-index ?
The h-index is used to gauge a researchers' productivity. If Dr. Amar has published five papers with the following citation counts : 21, 12, 4, 2 and 1, then what is the h-index of Dr. Amar ?
The h-index is a metric for the cumulative impact and productivity of a researcher's scholarly output. If Dr Amit has published 10 research papers that have been cited as follows : 9, 7, 3, 11, 4, 8, 2, 12, 6 and 1, then what is the h-index of Dr Amit ?
Two authors P and Q have published their 9 research articles with the corresponding total citations of 75 and 40, respectively, distributed among their articles as follows : Author - P : 35, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 0, 30 Author - Q : 2, 1, 6, 6, 5, 7, 13, 0, 0 If…
Match List - I with List - II. LIST-I (Research Metric) A. Impact factor B. h-index C. Citation Count D. i10-index LIST-II (Interpretation) I. Indicates direct count of papers from an author meeting a minimum citation threshold (Introduced and used by Google…
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