What is TISSNET? How tough is TISSNET?

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

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