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UGC NET Paper 1 syllabus is common for all candidates. The NET-JRF syllabus is divided into 10 different units. All candidates need to study all units properly. Before starting their preparation, candidates must read the syllabus. The complete NTA NET-JRF Paper 1 syllabus can be downloaded or read here. Download the syllabus in English and Hindi from the given links below.

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Subject: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE

Code No. : 00

PAPER-1

The main objective is to assess the teaching and research capabilities of the candidates. The test aims at assessing the teaching and research aptitude as well. Candidates are expected to possess and exhibit cognitive abilities, which include comprehension, analysis, evaluation, understanding the structure of arguments, and deductive and inductive reasoning. The candidates are also expected to have a general awareness about teaching and learning processes in higher education system. Further, they should be aware of interaction between people, environment, natural resources and their impact on the quality of life.

This is the detailed NET-JRF Paper 1 syllabus.

Unit-1 Teaching Aptitude

• Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
• Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
• Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
• Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs Learner centred method; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
• Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
• Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer based testing, Innovations in evaluation systems.

Unit-11 Research Aptitude

• Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post-positivistic approach to research.
• Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
• Steps of Research.
• Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
• Application of ICT in research.
• Research Ethics

Unit-III Comprehension

A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.

Unit-IV Communication

• Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
• Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.
• Barriers to effective communication.
• Mass-Media and Society.

Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude

• Types of reasoning.
• Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
• Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).

Unit-VI Logical Reasoning

• Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, the structure of categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition.
• Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
• Analogies.
• Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments.
• Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
• Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
• Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).

Unit-VII Data Interpretation

• Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
• Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
• Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
• Data Interpretation.
• Data and Governance.

Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
• Basics of the Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio, and Video-conferencing.
• Digital initiatives in higher education.
• ICT and Governance.

Unit-IX People, Development and Environment

• Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
• Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on the environment.
• 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.
• Impacts of pollutants on human health.
• Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
• Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
• 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.

Unit-X Higher Education System

• Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
• Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
• Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
• Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
• Value education and environmental education.
• Policies, Governance, and Administration.

NOTE:

(1) Five questions each carrying 2 marks are to be set from each

Module.

(ii) Whenever graphical/pictorial question(s) are set for sighted candidates, a passage followed by equal number of questions and weightage be set for visually impaired candidates.

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01	Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics	Click Here
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04	Psychology	Click Here
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12	Home Science	Click Here
14	Public Administration	Click Here
15	Population Studies	Click Here
16	Music	Click Here
17	Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management)	Click Here
18	Maithili	Click Here
19	Bengali	Click Here
20	Hindi	Click Here
21	Kannada	Click Here
22	Malayalam	Click Here
23	Oriya	Click Here
24	Punjabi	Click Here
25	Sanskrit	Click Here
26	Tamil	Click Here
27	Telugu	Click Here
28	Urdu	Click Here
29	Arabic	Click Here
30	English	Click Here
31	Linguistics	Click Here
32	Chinese	Click Here
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34	Nepali	Click Here
35	Manipuri	Click Here
36	Assamese	Click Here
37	Gujarati	Click Here
38	Marathi	Click Here
39	French (French Version)	Click Here
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41	Russian	Click Here
42	Persian	Click Here
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45	Japanese	Click Here
46	Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education.	Click Here
47	Physical Education	Click Here
49	Arab Culture and Islamic Studies	Click Here
50	Indian Culture	Click Here
55	Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management	Click Here
58	Law	Click Here
59	Library and Information Science	Click Here
60	Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies	Click Here
62	Comparative Study of Religions	Click Here
63	Mass Communication and Journalism	Click Here
65	Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre	Click Here
66	Museology & Conservation	Click Here
67	Archaeology	Click Here
68	Criminology	Click Here
70	Tribal and Regional Language/Literature	Click Here
71	Folk Literature	Click Here
72	Comparative Literature	Click Here
73	Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama).	Click Here
74	Women Studies	Click Here
79	Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)	Click Here
80	Geography	Click Here
81	Social Medicine and Community Health	Click Here
82	Forensic Science	Click Here
83	Pali	Click Here
84	Kashmiri	Click Here
85	Konkani	Click Here
87	Computer Science and Applications	Click Here
88	Electronic Science	Click Here
89	Environmental Sciences	Click Here
90	Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies.	Click Here
91	Prakrit	Click Here
92	Human Rights and Duties	Click Here
93	Tourism Administration and Management.	Click Here
94	Bodo	Click Here
95	Santali	Click Here
100	Yoga	Click Here
101	Sindhi	Click Here

 

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