Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test (RTET) Level-II (Paper II) ( For a person who intends to be a Teacher for Classes

VI to VIII)

(i) Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Multiple Choice Questions of 30 Marks will be asked from this part of the Question Paper)

Unit 1: 06 Marks Concept and differences between growth and development. Stages of development (Piaget & Bruner). Types of development physical, social, cognitive and emotional, and their implication for learning. Individual differences meaning, factors affecting individual differences and its educational implecations. (Backward, mentally retarded, learning disabled, Gifted, creative, Delinquents) Inclusive education.

Unit 2: 06 Marks Learning meaning, factors affecting learning, Theories of learning. Transfer of learning. Social learning (Banduras); Motivation

Unit 3: 06 Marks Personality : Meaning. Types, factors responsible for shaping it, measurement. Adjustment, concept of adjustment mechanism of adjustment. Mental health concept, factors affecting mental health.

Unit 4: 06 Marks Intelligence : Meaning, Theories and Measurement. Creativity : Meaning, components and development. Interest, Attitude, Aptitude, Habits : Meaning and importance.

Unit 5: 06 Marks In the context of National Curriculum Framework-2005 Teaching : Concept, teaching learning process, Teachers Role, Teaching learning strategies and methods. Assessment Meaning, purposes, measurement and evaluation. Action research -Right to Education Act 2009 (Role and responsbilities of teachers)

(ii) English (30 Multiple Choice Questions of 30 Marks will be asked from this part of Question Paper )

Unit 1: 06 Marks Parts of Speech, Determiners, Tenses, Modal Auxiliaries

Unit 2: 06 Marks Phrasal Verbs and Idioms

Unit 3: 06 Marks Transformation of Sentences : (a) Active Passive Voice (b) Direct Indirect Narration (c) Change of Degree Wh questions and Question Tags

Unit 4: 06 Marks Vocabulary : Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, one word substitution , Spellings

Unit 5: 06 Marks Poetry : Figures of Speech , Literary Devices Elegy, Pun, Simile, Hyperbole, Sonnet, Ode, Metaphor, Alliteration Phonetic Transcriptions : Transcribing the given words phonetically through symbols.

III (b) Social Studies (60 Multiple choice questions of 60 Marks will be asked from this part of the question paper)

Unit 1: 05 Marks Indian Society Characteristics , family, Marriage, Status of women and Current Social Problems castism, regionalism, Poverty, child misuse, urbanization.

Unit 2: 05 Marks Indian culture and civilization- Sources of Indian history, Indus valley civilization, vedic culture

Unit 3: 05 Marks Mauryan Empire and Gupta Empire Political history & administration, contribution to Indian culture Cultural achievement of Guptas age, Indian cultural contacts with the out side world.

Unit 4: 05 Marks The Bhakti and sufi Movement- social significance, Hindu Muslim cultural systhesis

Unit 5: 05 Marks Mughal Empire Mughal-Rajput relation; administration, social, economic and cultural conditions during the mughal period.

Unit 6: 05 Marks

British Rule British policies towards Indian states, Revolt of 1857 and its Impacts

Unit 7: 05 Marks Indian constitution- Nature, Fundamental rights and duties

Unit 8: 05 Marks Legislative, Executive & judiciary structure Parliament-Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha; constitutional position of the president and governers and their powers, Prime minister and cuncil of ministers, urban local government

Unit 9: 05 Marks Main component of the earth lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere; types of rocks; Forces modifying earths surface-earth quake and volcano, rivers; underground water, glaciers, wind, sea waves.

Unit 10: 05 Marks Study of India Physiographic regions, climate, natural vegetation, green revolution, multipurpose projects, industries, human resources.

Unit 11: 05 Marks Geography and Resources of Rajasthan Physical areas, soils, climate, water sources and water conservation, forests and wildlife, agriculture, minerals, energy resources, transport and industries.

Unit 12: 05 Marks History and Culture of Rajasthan Independence movement in Rajasthan; prominent personalities of Rajasthan; Heritage and Culture of Rajasthan (forts, palaces, fairs, festivals, folk-arts, handicrafts), Tourism.