- Teaching Aptitude
- Research Aptitude
- Reading Comprehension
- Communication
- Reasoning (including Mathematical)
- Logical Reasoning
- Data Interpretation
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- People and Environment
- Higher Education System: Governance, Polity, and Administration


- Teaching: Nature, Objectives, Characteristics, and Basic Requirements
- Learner's Characteristics
- Factors Affecting Teaching
- Methods of Teaching
- Teaching Aid


- Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics
- Steps of Research
- Methods of Research
- Research Ethics
- Paper, Article, Workshop, Seminar, and Conference


- Reading and Comprehension Skills
- Types of Passages
- Comprehension Questions


- Communication: Nature, Characteristics, Types, Barriers, and Effective Classroom Communication


- Number Series
- Letter Series
- Codes
- Relationships
- Classification


- Understanding the Structure of Arguments
- Evaluating and Distinguishing Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
- Verbal Analogies
- Logical Diagrams


- Sources
- Types
- Quantitative and Qualitative Data
- Graphical Representation and Mapping of Data


- ICT: Meaning, Advantages, Disadvantages, and General Applications
- Basics of Internet, Email, and Multimedia
- Use of ICT in Teaching-Learning


- People and Environment Interaction
- Sources of Pollution
- Environmental Issues and Policies


- Structure of the Institutions for Higher Learning and Research in India
- Formal and Distance Education
- Professional/Technical and General Education
- Value Education and Environmental Education
- Educational Policy and Administration

These are the important topics to cover in Paper-I of the UGC NET Exam. It is essential to have a strong understanding of these topics in order to perform well in the exam.