TISSNET 2022 notification was released on 17th December 2021. The last date to apply for the exam is 8 February 2022. You might have a few questions in your mind regarding TISSNET, like What is TISSNET exam? How tough is TISSNET? We are going to answer these questions for you in this blog.
What is TISSNET?
TISSNET is a national-level postgraduate entrance exam conducted by the TISS, Mumbai for admission into its campus and affiliated institutes. The flagship program offered for admission through TISSNET 2022 is TISS Mumbai’s MA in Human Resource Management and Labor Relations.
The TISSNET exam is conducted once every year. The M.A. in HRM program offered by TISS Mumbai is widely recognised and is preferred by MBA aspirants. Approximately 40,000 candidates appear for TISSNET every year.
How tough is TISSNET exam?
Before we answer this question, lets look at the TISSNET exam pattern.
| Section | Number of Subsections | Subsections | Number of Questions | Marks |
| English Proficiency (EP) | 2 | Verbal Ability Reading Comprehension | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematical Skills & Logical Reasoning (MS&LR) | 3 | Quantitative Aptitude Logical Reasoning Data Interpretation | 30 | 30 |
| General Awareness (GA) | 1 | General Knowledge | 40 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
The exam contains 3 sections – English Proficiency, Mathematical Skills and Logical Reasoning and General Awareness.
TISSNET has a sectional cut off only for GA section. It has a sectional cut-off of 35% (14 marks) for Gen, EWS, KM, and AF categories and 30% (12 marks) for OBC (NC) and PWD categories. There will not be any Sectional Cut off for SC/ST category.
To help you analyse how tough is TISSNET, here is the average cut-off of TISSNET of previous year.
The previous year’s average cut off marks for TISSNET is mentioned below:
| Sr. No | Course or Programme | Cut off Marks |
| 1. | MA Public Health | 61 |
| 2. | MA Human Resource Management | 67 |
| 3. | MA Social Epidemiology | 50 |
| 4. | MA in Culture and Media Studies | 65 |
| 5. | MA in Women’s Studies | 48 |
| 6. | MA in Clinical Psychology | 57 |
| 7. | MA in Globalization and Labour | 70 |
| 8. | MA in Social Entrepreneurship | 62 |
| 9. | MA in Mental Health | 54 |
FAQs
The total marks of TISSNET IS 100. The time limit is 100 minutes.
There is sectional cut off only for General Awareness. It has a sectional cut-off of 35% (14 marks) for Gen, EWS, KM, and AF categories and 30% (12 marks) for OBC (NC) and PWD categories. There will not be any Sectional Cut off for SC/ST category.
There is no sectional time limit for TISSNET.
The previous years average cut off for TISSNET has been 67 out of 100.
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