TRT/DSC:-

PART I:-

PART II:-

PART III:-

PART IV:-

PART 1

Break Down Syllabus to G.K

1. Wildlife and Natural Reserves

• National Parks
• Tiger Reserve and Elephant
• Bio sphere Reserves
• Wild Life Sanctuaries
• Bird Sanctuaries

2. Water Bodies and Projects

• Major Dams and Hydro power Projects
• Important  Water Falls
• Lakes
• Rivers of North India
• Rivers  of South India
• Rivers and Seas of  The World

3. Transpotation and Infrastructure

• Metro Networks in India
• Important Express ways
• Major Railway Stations
• National Highways
• Major and Minor Sea Ports
• National and International Airports

4. Cultural Heritage

• Cultural Festivals of India
• Important Tribal Groups
• Hill stations
• UNESCO World Heritage Sites
• Important Festivals
• Museum
• Temples
• Classical Dances
• Folk Dances
• Handicrafts of India
• Traditional Attire of India

5. Geography and Landforms

• Mountains if India
• Mountains of the world
• Volcanoes
• Deserts
• Grasslands
• Plateaus of India
• Important Island of India
• Coastal Plains of India

6. Energy and Power

• Nuclear Thermal Plants
• Wind Energy Projects in India
• Major Thermal Power Plants
• Major Solar Power Plants

7. ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY

• Top Brands and Companies
• Towns Associated with Major Industries
• Major Industrial Regions of India
• Important Stock Exchanges
• Major Export and Import
• Banking and Financial Institutions in India

8. SPORTS AND RECREATION

• Sports Stadiums
• Major Sports events in India
• Olympic Medalists in India
• Famous Sports Personalities
• National Sports Awards

9. CITIES AND STATES

• Nicknames of Indian Cities /States
• Old and New names of cities and states
• Sobriquets of cities
• Indian state symbols
• Capitals of Indian states and Union Territories
• Largest cities and Population
• Smart cities Mission

10. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Indian Satellites
• Missiles
• Art crafts
• Inventions and Discovaries
• ISRO Missions
• Major Scientific Institutions in India
• Notable Indian Scientists
• Technological Parks and IT Hubs

11. LITERATURE  AND PUBLICATIONS

• Popular books and authors
• Important newspapers and magazines
• Major Literary Awards
• Famous Indian poets and writers
• 12.NOTABLE FIGURES
• First person in India (male & female)
• First person in World  ( male & female)
• Presidents and Prime Ministers of India
• Bharat Ratna Awardees
• Noble laureates from India

13. GOVERNANCE AND ORGANISATIONS

• National Organisations
• International Organisations
• Constitutional Bodies in India
• Major Government Schemes
• Important Treaties and Agreements

14. AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

• Major Crops
• Soils
• Ramsar Sites
• Major Irrigation Projects
• Green Revolution in India
• Important Forests in India
• Environmental Movements in India

15. GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL

• Capitals & Currencies
• Important International Boundaries
• India and It’s neighbours
• Major Continents

16. HISTORICAL AND MONUMENTAL

• Important Monuments

17. MISCELLANEOUS

• Longest, Largest, Tallest, Highest—- in India
• Important Days—National and international

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  1. NATIONAL AFFAIRS
• Government policies and schemes
• Economic Developments
• Environmental Issues
• Major Events and Incidents
• Scientific and Technological Advancement
• New Appointments and Resignations
• Legislative changes and legal updates
• National summits and conferences

2. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

• Military Excercises
• Global summits and conference
• International Organisation(UNO,WHO,UNESCO,UNICEF,IMF,—)
• Name of the Parliaments
• Global Economic Trends
• Environmental Issues and climate change
• Conflict and Humanitarian Issues

3. AWARDS AND HONORS

• National Award(padma,bharat ratna,padma shri—)
• International Awards( noble, Oscars—-)
• Sports Awards(arjuna,Rajiv Gandhi khel ratan,—-)
• Literary Award (Booker prize, Pultizer Prize—–)

4. SPORTS

• Major International sports events(Olympics, world cup,—)
• National sports events
• Achievements of Athletes
• New records and Milestones

5. ECONOMY AND FINANCE

• Budget and economic surveys
• Reports and Indices
• Economic policies and reforms

6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Space missions and Discoveries
• New innovations and Technologies

7. ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

• Climate change and global warming
• National parks
• environmental policies and Regulations
• Wild life and bio diversity

8. IMPORTANT DAYS AND EVENTS

• National and International days
• Anniversaries of significant events
• Festivals and cultural celebrations

PART 2:-

Perspective in Education:- (Marks  10)

1. Historical Development of Education in India:-

2. Development of Education from pre-vedic to pre-independent period.
3. Recommendations of various Educational committees, Education Commissions, Educational Policies during pre & post independent period and their implications.

4. Philosophical Dimensions of Education:-

5. Aims, Objectives, Functions; Processes of Education – Unipolar, Bipolar and Tripolar; Types of Education – Formal, Informal and Non-formal and their significance
6. Educational thinkers and their contributions – Swami Vivekananda, Mahathma Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, Jiddu Krishnamurthy, Gijubhai Badheka, Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Froebel, Dewey and Montessori
7. Professional code of conduct for teachers, Professional Ethics – commitment to profession, learner and society
8. Critical Understanding of the difference between knowledge and skill, knowledge and information, teaching and training, reason and belief
9. Theory of knowledge – problems of knowledge, truth, ways of knowing, notions of truth, validation of knowledge – pramanas from eastern connotation – pratyaksha, anumana, upamana, sabda and western connotation – perception, inference, comparison, testimony

 III. Sociological Dimensions of Education

1. Social agencies of Education – Home, Peer group, School, Community
2. Democracy and Education- Equity, Equality of Educational Opportunities in diversified society, Role of Education in promoting democracy
3. Economics of Education – Education as Human Capital, Education and Human Resource Development
4. Gender: Social construction of gender, gender discrimination, Equity and Empowerment of Women, working towards gender equality in the classroom – the role of teacher
5. Community Development – Education as an instrument for Social Change and Transformation of Society

6. Child – Development and Learning

7. Methods of Child Study – Observation, Introspection, Experimental Method and Case Study
8. Principles of Development and their Educational implications
9. Stages and Dimensions of Development – Growth and development across various stages from pre-natal to adolescence – Physical, Cognitive, Language, Emotional, Social and Moral (contribution of Piaget, Erikson, Chomsky, Rogers and Kohlberg), Developmental tasks and their implications, Child Rearing Practices and development
10. Understanding Learner – Individual differences (Intra & Inter) – aptitude, interest, intelligence, thinking (divergent and convergent), attitude, personality
11. Understanding Learning – Concept, Factors effecting Learning – Personal, Environmental and Material; Role of Motivation in Learning; Memory and Forgetting; Learning Theories – Behavioristic, Insight, Cognitive, Social and Constructivist

12. Professional Development of Teachers

13. Teaching as a Profession
14. Phases of Professional Development – Pre-service and In-service,
15. Approaches to Professional Development –Conventional (face to face), Distance, Online, School based, Action Research, Professional Learning Communities, Self – Initiated Learning, Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
16. NCF-2005, NCFTE-2009, NCFSE-2023
17. Teacher Autonomy & Accountability
18. Institutions relating to Teachers and Teacher Education – NCERT, NCTE, RCI, SCERT, IASE, CTE, DIET
    

    VI. Educational Concerns in Contemporary India

19. Environmental Education – Meaning, Scope, Concept of Sustainable Development, Role of Teacher, School and NGOs in protection of environment
20. Population Education – Significance, Population Situation, Consequences of population growth, Approaches and Themes of Population Education, Family Life Education
21. Adolescence Education – Significance, Challenges, Coping Skills and Life Skills
22. Inclusive Education – Concept, addressing diversified needs, Importance of Early Identification, Methods & Strategies of Classroom Management, Creation of awareness among Students, Parents and Society, Role of Education in creating positive attitude towards diversity
23. Education in the context of LPG (Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization) – Privatization of Education – Issues of Equal opportunities, Urbanization and Migration
24. Value Education – Importance of Value Education in Primary and Secondary Stages of Education, role of school and teacher in developing appropriate values among children and creation of an egalitarian society
25. Health & Wellbeing – Physical, Mental, Social and Emotional Health, Stress Management, Yoga Education
26. Educational Technology, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Education – pedagogical implications, exploration of ICT resources for teaching and learning, open educational resources
27. Constitutional Provisions relevant to Education – Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens, Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, Child Rights, Human Rights, PWD Act, 2016 and other Provisions pertaining to Education

PART 3

Mathematics Content (Marks: 44)

1.Number System:

Natural Numbers, Whole Numbers, Integers, Rational Numbers, Real Numbers, Fundamental operations and their properties, Representation of numbers on number line, Prime and composite numbers, types of primes (co prime, twin prime, relative prime), Even and odd numbers; HCF and LCM, relation between HCF and LCM, prime factorization and division method; Fractions and Decimals; divisibility tests; Representation of decimal numbers (terminating, non-terminating, non-terminating but recurring) in rational form; Squares and Square roots, Cubes and Cube roots; Pythagorean triplets; Surds, Rationalization of a monomial, binomial surds of second order; Euclid division lemma; Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic; Introduction of logarithms, Characteristic and Mantissa, Conversion of a number in exponential form to a logarithmic form, Properties and laws of logarithms; Sets and their representations, Types of sets, Cardinality of sets, Venn diagrams, Operations on sets, Complement of a set, Properties of operations on sets

2.Arithmetic:

Ratio and Proportion – Unitary method – Direct and indirect proportion; Compound ratio; Percentage – Converting fractions and decimals into percentage and vice-versa; Profit and Loss – Discount – Simple interest – Compound interest – Partnership; Time & work; Time & Distance; Clocks and calendars.

3.Algebra:

Exponents and powers – Laws; Algebraic Expressions – fundamental operations – Identities – Factorization; Simple equations-Solving linear equations ; Polynomials – Constant, linear, quadratic, cubic polynomials; monomials, binomials, trinomials – Zero of a polynomial – Multiplication and Division of polynomials – Remainder Theorem – Factor Theorem – division algorithm and problems ; Linear Equations in Two Variables – Solutions – Graphs ; Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables – Solutions; Quadratic Equations – Finding the roots – Relationship between discriminant and nature of roots – Relationship between roots and coefficients – Finding the quadratic equation whose roots are given ; Progressions – Arithmetic Progression – n th term and sum of first “n” terms – Geometric Progression – n th term and sum of first “n” terms- Sum of infinity terms.

4.Geometry:

Basic geometrical concepts; 3D, 2D shapes – Nets – drawing – representing; Polygons – Angles of a polygons and their related theorems; Triangles – types – properties, Criteria of congruence – Criteria of similar triangles – constructions – related theorems, Concurrent lines in triangles – Centroid, Orthocenter, Circumcenter and Incenter, Inequalities in a triangle and their theorems; Quadrilaterals – Types of Quadrilaterals and their properties – constructions – related theorems; Circle and its components – related theorems; Lines and Angles – Perpendicular bisector and angular bisector – Pairs of angles – Properties of parallel lines with transversal – related Theorems; Symmetry – lines of symmetry – rotational and reflective symmetry – Point of symmetry – Dilations – Tessellations; Euclid’s Geometry – axioms – postulates; Tangents and secants to a circle – constructions – related theorems.

5.Coordinate geometry:

Cartesian system; graphs of linear equations; Distance between two points; Collinearity; Section formula; Trisectional points of a line; Area of a triangle on coordinate plane; Equation of a straight line – different forms and their conversions; Slope of a line joining two points.

6.Trigonometry:

Trigonometry -Basic concepts; Trigonometric ratios- Trigonometric ratios of compound angles, multiple and sub- multiple angles – Complementary angles; Trigonometric Identities; Conversions of Trigonometric ratios; Trigonometric transformations; Applications of trigonometry – Angle of elevation and angle of depression – Heights and distances.

7.Mensuration –

Area and Perimeter–Triangle – Quadrilaterals; Area of rectangular paths; Area of the circle – circular paths (Ring) and area of sector, Circumference of Circle; Curved Surface Area & Total Surface Area of cube, cuboid, right circular cylinder, cone, sphere, hemisphere, right pyramid, right prism; Volume of cube, cuboid, right circular cylinder, cone, sphere, hemisphere; Volume and capacity; Relationship between surface areas of any two comparable solids; Relationship between volumes of any two comparable solids; surface areas and volumes of combinations of any of the following: cubes, cuboids, spheres, hemispheres , right circular cylinders and cones; Problems involving converting one type of metallic solid into another and other mixed problems.

8. Statistics and Probability –

Data handling-Data- Collection and organisation of data; Pictograph and Bar graphs: Simple pie charts; Measures of central tendency-Mean, Median and Mode of ungrouped and grouped data – Specific usages – Empirical relation of mean, median and mode ; Frequency distribution for ungrouped and grouped data Preparation of frequency distribution table; Frequency graphs (histogram for equal and unequal class intervals, frequency polygon, frequency curve, cumulative frequency curves) and related problems; Usage of different values and central tendencies through Ogives; Probability- Basic Concepts and definition of Probability; Outcomes and chances; Events-Mutually exclusive, possible and impossible, Complementary; Applications of Probability.

PART 4

 Methodology (Marks:16)

1. Nature and Scope of Mathematics:

Meaning and Definition – Nature of Mathematics – Mathematics Structure, Order, Pattern and Sequence – Scope of Mathematics – Use of Mathematics in daily life – Correlation with other subjects/ disciplines

2. History of Mathematics and Contributions of Mathematicians:

Pythagoras, Euclid, Baudhayana, Aryabhatta, Brahmagupta, Bhaskaracharya-ll, Srinivasa Ramanujan, P.C.Mahalanobis, Hypatia.

3. Aims and Objectives of Learning Mathematics:

Aims of Learning Mathematics – Relating Mathematics Education to Nature, Society, Social Environment and Technology – Mathematics for Inclusion – Imbibing the Values through Mathematics Teaching – Meaning of Learning Objectives – Characteristics of Learning Objectives – Learning Objectives for Upper Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Stages – Blooms Taxonomy – Anderson and Krathwohl’s Taxonomy – Academic Standards – Learning Outcomes in Mathematics

4. Mathematics Teacher:

Characteristics, Role, Professional Development, Vision

5. How children learn mathematics:

Psychological implications of learning mathematics – Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, Lev Vygotsky, Ausubel – Evolving strategies for identification of Individual differences and Catering their needs 6. Pedagogical Shift in Mathematics:

Process of Constructing Mathematical Knowledge – Nature of Mathematics – Approaches – Learner, Learning and Teacher – Assessment – Planning of Teaching Learning Experiences, Teaching Learning before shift and after shift; Mathematics Curriculum, Diversity in Classroom, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) – Democratizing Mathematics Learning: Critical Pedagogy and Role of Teachers – Content Cum Methodology (CCM): Meaning, Concept & Nature and Steps, Steps in Pedagogical Analysis, Content and Teaching Skills

7.School Curriculum in Mathematics:

Curriculum Framework, Curriculum and Syllabus from Subject Centred to Behaviourist to Constructivist Approach – Mathematics Curriculum Development and Organisation – Principles and Approaches: Content centred, Behaviourist, Constructivist – Logical and Psychological, Topical, Concentric, Spiral – Recommendations of NCF 2005 and APSCF 2011 on Mathematics Curriculum – National Focus Group Position Paper on Mathematics and State Position Paper (2011) on Mathematics – Recommendations of NCF 2023 on Mathematics Education – Designing of Teaching Learning Materials – Print Resources – Textbooks, Popular Mathematics Book, Journals and Magazines – Dale’s Cone of Experience – Teacher as Curriculum Developer – Localized Curriculum, Place for Artisans – Knowledge Systems in Curriculum, Local Innovators and Innovative practices in Mathematics.

8. Approaches, Strategies, Methods and Techniques of Teaching and Learning Mathematics:

Different Approaches and Strategies of Learning, Selecting appropriate Approaches and Strategies – Constructivist Approach of Teaching Mathematics and Strategies – 5 E Learning Model – Collaborative Learning Approach (CLA) – Problem Solving Approach (PSA) & Teacher’s role – Concept Mapping – Experiential Learning – Techniques of Teaching Mathematics – Oral work, Written work, Drilling, Assignment, Speed and Accuracy – Methods of Teaching mathematics: Activity based, Inductive and Deductive, Analytic and Synthetic, Project, Heuristic, Project, Laboratory, Problem Solving

9. Learning Resources:

Learning Resources from Immediate Environment and various sources including digital – Mathematics Kits – Mathematics Club – Mathematics Lab – Mathematics Library – Mathematics Corner – Mathematics Modelling

10. Planning for Teaching Learning Mathematics:

Need of Planning for Teaching Learning – Annual/ Year Plan – Elements of Unit Plan, Lesson Plan /Period plan – Planning and Organizing Activities in Mathematics – ICT Applications in Teaching Learning Mathematics – Steps in the Lesson Plan /Period plan – Herbartian Steps – SCERT Model 11. Tools and Techniques of Assessment for Learning Mathematics:

Test, Examination, Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation – Types of Evaluation: Prognostic, Diagnostic, Formative, Summative – Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) – Formative and Summative Assessment – Teacher centred Assessment and Learner centred Assessment – Assessment Framework – Learning Indicators (LI) – Assessment of Activity – Assessment of Presentation – Assessment of Group Work – Assessment of Collaborative Learning – Tools and Techniques of Assessment: Written test, Project Work, Field Trips and Field Diary, Laboratory Work, Interview/Oral Test, Journal Writing, Concept Mapping – Scholastic Achievement Test – Weightage Tables and Blueprint – Types of Test Items: Essay, Short Answer, Very Short Answer, Objective types – Characteristics of good Test – Recording and Reporting – Measures of Students’ Achievement – Marks – Grading System – Measurement of Process Skills and Attitudes – Maintenance of Portfolio – It’s role in evaluating students’ performance.