UGC NET Exam 2021 (Dec 2020 session) will be conducted from 2nd May to 17th May 2021. Most of the aspirants who’re aiming to crack the exam must have already started their preparations. Paper 1 Play A Crucial Role in UGC -NET Exam  Therefore You Must Equally Concentrate  on Paper-1 & 2

UGC NET Syllabus for Paper-I

UGC NET paper-I (General Paper on Teaching and Research Aptitude) is common and mandatory for all candidates. Check the complete UGC NET paper-I syllabus 2021 below:

UGC NET Paper-I Units	UGC NET Paper-I Topics
Unit-I: 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 methods; offline vs. online 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-II: 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 to 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, 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 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 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

Set your Targeted Score

As per the exam pattern, the General Aptitude paper consists of total 100 marks but it is quite difficult to score the complete 100 marks, so, for a wise approach you can set 80 as your targeted score. Which Help you Lot To Crack  Cut-off for NET / JRF . Specially  When You Looking For  JRF

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UGC NET Teaching Aptitude 

The main objective of UGC NET EXAM Paper 1 is to access teaching and research quality of aspirants. This post is aimed at collecting all required details for teaching aptitude in a single page to answer your doubt and question around the teaching aptitude unit of Paper 1.

• Teaching – Nature & Objectives – Steps in Teaching, Factors affecting Teaching. Teacher
  characteristics, Identification of learner needs, creating appropriate learning situations, effective teacher, progressive teacher, teaching styles.

• Teacher Roles – Motivator, Facilitator, Democratic leader, Guide, Counselor, Mentor, Social Engineer-Classroom Implications.
• Learner’s characteristics- Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.

• Methods and Techniques of Teaching: learner-centred Teaching Strategies, Projects, Group Discussion, Activity, Co-operative Learning, Seminars, Debates etc. Effective use of ICT, AV Aids, Improvisation, Tools and Techniques of Evaluation, Concept of CCE and Assessment

• Understanding teaching and learning in the context of NCF 2005, KCF 2007 and right to education act 2009
• Evaluation System –Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher education

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Research Hypothesis  Etc

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Q1) How a teacher should behave with the students

Options:

1. General

2. Father

3. Friend

4. Leader

Answer: Option D) Leader

Q2) If a girl student requests you to collect her posts at your address what would you like to do in this case?

Options:

1. You Would Not Give Permission As It Is Against Your Own Principles

2. You Will Never Allow Her Suspecting A Foul Game

3. As A Teacher You Will Allow Her

4. You Will Permit Her Because You May Get In Touch With Her.

Answer: Option C) As A Teacher You Will Allow Her

Q3) The most important task is teaching is

Options:

1. Making Monthly Reports And Maintaining Records

2. Making Assignments And Hearing Recitations

3. Directing Students In The Development Of Experience

4. None Of These

Answer: Option C) Directing Students In The Development Of Experience

Q4) The most accurate statement about teaching machines is that

Options:

1. B.F.Skinner Began The Movement For Their Use.

2. They Were Designed As An Economy Measure To Replace Teachers.

3. They Are Not As Efficient As Teachers In Reinforcing Responses

4. They Can Be Used For All Learning Programmes

Answer: Option A) B.F.Skinner Began The Movement For Their Use.

Q5) The Dalton Scheme of Education is useful for which one of the following?

Options:

1. For infants

2. For little children

3. For older children

4. For all of these

Answer: Option C) For older children

Q6) Why should a student not be punished severly?

Options:

1. He May Quarrel With A Teacher.

2. He May Leave The School And Join Another

3. His Parent May Quarrel With The Teacher.

4. The Student May Develop A Negative Attitude Towards His Studies, Teacher And School.

Answer: Option D) The Student May Develop A Negative Attitude Towards His Studies, Teacher And School.

Q7) The term ‘least restrictive environment’ refers to the education of the

Options:

1. Handicapped

2. Gifted

3. Early Childhood Youngsters D)Retarded

Answer: Option A) Handicapped

Q8) According to Dewry, education is a :

Options:

1. Social Need

2. Personal Need

3. Psychological Need D)Theoretical Need

Answer: Option A) Social Need

Q9) The teaching is not thought as a process of

Options:

1. Directing The Activities Of People.

2. Listening The Recitation Of Pupils.

3. Indoctrinating Adult Ideas To Young People

4. None Of These

Answer: Option C) Indoctrinating Adult Ideas To Young People

Q10) The major objective of education is:

Options:

1. Reforming The Society

2. Making Students Disciplined

4. Developing Inherent Abilities/Powers Of Students

4. Making Students Followers Of Teachers

Answer: Option D) Developing Inherent Abilities/Powers Of Students

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