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STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST- 2013

(As per UGC Syllabus and Guidelines) Code No.:OO Paper -I Subject: General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude SYLLABUS Note:
This paper shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. Sixty (60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). In the event of the candidate attempting more than fifty questions, the first fifty questions attempted by the candidate would be evaluated. Candidates will have to mark the responses for questions of all the papers on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test Booklet.

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Teaching Aptitude Teaching: Nature, objectives, characteristics and basic requirements; Learner's characteristics; Factors affecting teaching; Methods of teaching; Teaching aids; Evaluation systems. Research Aptitude Research: Meaning, characteristics and types; Steps of research; Methods of research; Research Ethics; Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium; Thesis writing: its characteristics and format.

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CODE NO.: 00 PAPER-I SUBJECT: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING AND RESEARCH APTITUDE The main objective is to assess the teaching and research capabilities of the candidates. Therefore, the test is aimed at assessing the teaching and general/research aptitude as well as their awareness. They are expected to possess and exhibit cognitive abilities. Cognitive abilities include comprehension, analysis, evaluation, understanding the structure of arguments and deductive and inductive reasoning. The candidates are also expected to have a general awareness and knowledge of sources of information. They should be aware of interaction between people, environment and natural resources and their impact on quality of life. The details are given in the following sections:
NOTE:
i) Each section gets equal weightage : five questions and 10 marks from each ii)

section. Whenever pictorial questions are set for the sighted candidates a passage followed by equal number of questions should be set for the visually handicapped candidates.

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Teaching Aptitude Teaching: Nature, objectives, characteristics and basic requirements; Learner's characteristics; Factors affecting teaching; Methods of teaching; Teaching aids; Evaluation systems. Research Aptitude Research: Meaning, characteristics and types; Steps of research; Methods of research; Research Ethics; Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium; Thesis writing: its characteristics and format.

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Reading Comprehension
A passage to be set with questions to be answered.

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Communication
Communication: communication. Nature, characteristics, types, barriers and effective classroom

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Reasoning (Including Mathematical)

Number series; letter series; codes; Relationships; classification.

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Logical Reasoning
Understanding the structure of arguments; Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning; Verbal analogies: Word analogy - Applied analogy; Verbal classification; Reasoning Logical Diagrams : Simple diagrammatic relationship, diagrammatic relationship; Venn diagram; Analytical Reasoning.

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Sources, acquisition and interpretation of data;. Quantitative and qualitative data; Graphical representation and mapping of data.

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Information and Communication Technology (lCT)

ICT: meaning, advantages, disadvantages and uses; General abbreviations and terminology; Basics of intern et and e-mailing.

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People and Environment

People and environment interaction; Sources of pollution; Pollutants and their impact on human life, exploitation resources; Natural hazards and mitigation

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Higher Education System: Governance, Polity And Administration

Structure of the institutions for higher learning and research in India; formal and distance education; professional/technical and general education; value education: governance, polity and administration; concept, institutions and their interactions. IONS

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Teachio2 Aptitude
1. Which CA)To CB)To Cc) To (D)To one ofthe following is the in objective of teaching? give information related to e syllabus. develop thinking power 0 students. dictate notes to students. prepare students to pass he examination. Key: (B) 2. Which one of the following is (A) Lecture and Dictation (B) Seminar and Project Cc) Seminar and Dictation (D) Dictation and Assignment good method of teaching?

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