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Subject: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE Code No. : 00
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No.
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Subjects
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Marks weightage (app)
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How to Study??
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1
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Teaching Aptitude
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10
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Short notes
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2
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Research Aptitude
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10
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Short notes
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3
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Comprehension
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10
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Hindu newspaper
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4
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Communication
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10
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Short notes
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5
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Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude
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10
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Practice
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6
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Logical Reasoning
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10
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Practice
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7
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Data Interpretation
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10
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Practice
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8
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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10
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Current affairs
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9
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People, Development and Environment
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10
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Current affairs
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10
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Higher Education System
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10
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Ideal thinking
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Detail syllabus:
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Teaching Aptitude
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Ø Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
Ø Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
Ø Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
Ø Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
Ø Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
Ø Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer based testing, Innovations in evaluation systems.
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2
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Research Aptitude
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Ø Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post- positivistic approach to research.
Ø Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
Ø Steps of Research.
Ø Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
Ø Application of ICT in research.
Ø Research ethics.
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3
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Comprehension
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Ø A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.
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4
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Communication
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Ø Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
Ø Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.
Ø Barriers to effective communication.
Ø Mass-Media and Society.
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5
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Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude
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Ø Types of reasoning.
Ø Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
Ø Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).
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6
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Logical Reasoning
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Ø Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, structure of categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition.
Ø Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
Ø Analogies.
Ø Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments.
Ø Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
Ø Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
Ø Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).
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7
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Data Interpretation
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Ø Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
Ø Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
Ø Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
Ø Data Interpretation.
Ø Data and Governance.
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8
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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Ø ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
Ø Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
Ø Digital initiatives in higher education.
Ø ICT and Governance.
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9
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People, Development and Environment
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Ø Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
Ø Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
Ø Environmental issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.
Ø Impacts of pollutants on human health.
Ø Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
Ø Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
Ø Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.
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10
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Higher Education System
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Ø Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
Ø Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
Ø Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
Ø Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
Ø Value education and environmental education.
Ø Policies, Governance, and Administration.
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