CTET December 2024 tomorrow; paper-wise important topics, previous years’ question papers
CTET December 2024 will be held on December 14 in two sessions for two papers.
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Vagisha Kaushik | December 13, 2024 | 07:20 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) December 2024 exam tomorrow, December 14. CTET 2024 will be held in two shifts – shift 1 from 9:30 am to 12 noon and shift 2 from 2:30 pm to 5 pm. CTET exam 2024 will comprise two papers. Paper 1 will be held for appointment of teachers for Classes 1 to 5 and paper 2 for Classes 6 to 8.
As per CTET December 2024 exam pattern, each paper consists of five sections including two languages opted by the aspirants at the time of registration. Each section in the CTET question paper carries 30 marks. The exam will be held for a total of 150 marks.
CTET December 2024: Previous year question papers
With the help of CTET PYQ, candidates can get an idea of the type of questions. The paper-wise CTET previous year question paper links are provided below.
CTET exam year | CTET previous year question paper |
CTET January 2024 | |
CTET August 2023 | |
CTET December 2022 | |
CTET December 2021 | |
CTET January 2021 | |
CTET December 2019 | |
CTET July 2019 |
CTET December 2024: Paper 1 topics, weightage
The section-wise important topics and number of questions in CTET 2024 paper 1 are as follows:
Section | Section | Topics | Number of Questions |
Child Development and Pedagogy | Child Development (Primary School Child) | Concept of development and its relationship with learning, Principles of the development of children, Influence of Heredity & Environment, Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers), Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives, Concepts of child-centered and progressive education, Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence, Multi-Dimensional Intelligence, Language & Thought, Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice, Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity, Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners, enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom, and for assessing learner achievement | 15 |
Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs | Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived, Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, “impairment” etc., Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially able Learners | 5 | |
Learning and Pedagogy | How children think and learn; how and why children “fail” to achieve success in school performance, Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning, Learning as a social activity; social context of learning, Child as a problem solver and a “scientific investigator”, Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s “errors” as significant steps in the learning process, Cognition & Emotions, Motivation and learning, Factors contributing to learning-personal & environmental | 10 | |
Mathematics | Content | Geometry, Shapes & Spatial Understanding, Solids around Us, Numbers, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Measurement, Weight, Time, Volume, Data Handling, Patterns, Money | 15 |
Pedagogical issues | Nature of Mathematics/ Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning, Place of Mathematics in Curriculum, Language of Mathematics, Community Mathematics, Evaluation through formal and informal methods, Problems of Teaching, Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching, Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching | 15 | |
Environmental Studies | Content | Family and Friends (Relationships, Work and Play, Animals, Plants), Food, Shelter, Water, Travel, Things We Make and Do; | 15 |
Pedagogical Issues | Concept and scope of EVS, Significance of EVS, integrated EVS, Environmental Studies & Environmental Education, Learning Principles, Scope & relation to Science & Social Science, Approaches of presenting concepts, Activities, Experimentation/Practical Work, Discussion, CCE, Teaching material/Aids, Problems | 15 | |
Language I | Language Comprehension | Reading unseen passages - two passages (one prose or drama and one poem) with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive) | 15 |
Pedagogy of Language Development | Learning and acquisition, Principles of language teaching, Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool, Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form, Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders, Language Skills, Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom, Remedial Teaching | 15 | |
Language II | Comprehension | Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability | 15 |
Pedagogy of Language Development | Learning and acquisition, Principles of language teaching, Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool, Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form, Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders, Language Skills, Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom, Remedial Teaching | 15 |
CTET December 2024: Paper 2 important topics
Here are section-wise important topics and number of questions in CTET 2024 paper 2:
Section | Sub-Section | Topics | Number of Questions |
Child Development and Pedagogy | Child Development (Elementary School Child) | - Concept of development and its relationship with learning - Principles of the development of children - Influence of Heredity & Environment - Socialization processes - Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky - Concepts of child-centered education - Critical perspective of intelligence - Multi-Dimensional Intelligence - Language & Thought - Gender as a social construct - Individual differences - Assessment for and of learning - Formulating appropriate questions for assessments | 15 |
Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs | - Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds - Needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment, etc. - Addressing Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners | 5 | |
Learning and Pedagogy | - How children think and learn - Basic processes of teaching and learning - Child as a problem solver and scientific investigator - Alternative conceptions of learning - Cognition & Emotions - Motivation and learning - Personal & environmental factors in learning | 10 | |
Mathematics and Science | Mathematics | Content: - Number System - Algebra - Geometry - Mensuration - Data handling | 60 |
Pedagogical issues: - Nature of Mathematics - Place of Mathematics in Curriculum - Language of Mathematics - Community Mathematics - Evaluation - Remedial Teaching - Problem of Teaching | 10 | ||
Science | Content: - Food - Materials - The World of the Living - Moving Things, People, and Ideas - How things work - Natural Phenomena - Natural Resources | 30 | |
Pedagogical issues: - Nature & Structure of Sciences - Natural Science/Aims & objectives - Understanding & Appreciating Science - Approaches/Integrated Approach - Observation/Experiment/Discovery - Innovation - Text Material/Aids - Evaluation | 10 | ||
Social Studies/Social Sciences | Content | - History topics including earliest societies, the first empire, revolt of 1857, nationalist movement, and post-independence India - Geography topics including environment, resources, agriculture - Social and Political Life topics including diversity, democracy, media, judiciary, etc. | 60 |
Pedagogical issues | - Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies - Classroom processes - Developing Critical thinking - Empirical Evidence - Problems of teaching - Primary & Secondary sources - Project work - Evaluation | 20 | |
Language I | Language Comprehension | - Reading unseen passages with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability | 15 |
Pedagogy of Language Development | - Learning and acquisition - Principles of language Teaching - Role of listening and speaking - IT as a tool - Critical perspective on grammar - Challenges in diverse classrooms - Language skills - Teaching-learning materials - Remedial Teaching | 15 | |
Language II | Comprehension | - Two unseen prose passages with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability | 15 |
Pedagogy of Language Development | - Learning and acquisition - Principles of language Teaching - Role of listening and speaking - IT as a tool - Critical perspective on grammar - Challenges in diverse classrooms - Language skills - Teaching-learning materials - Remedial Teaching | 15 |
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