Mains Syllabus of UP PGT Exam 2024
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) conducts the Uttar Pradesh Post Graduate Teacher (UP PGT) exam to recruit eligible candidates for teaching positions in various subjects at the secondary level (classes 9th and 10th) in government-aided schools of Uttar Pradesh. The exam is divided into two stages:
- Preliminary Exam: Objective type, qualifying in nature.
- Mains Exam: Descriptive type, based on the subject chosen by the candidate.
This article focuses on the detailed syllabus for the Mains Exam of the UP PGT 2024 exam.
General Paper (Compulsory)
This paper is common for all subjects and carries 100 marks. The syllabus includes:
- General Knowledge: Current affairs, national and international events, Indian history, geography, polity, economy, science and technology, environment, culture, sports, etc.
- Reasoning Ability: Logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, data interpretation, etc.
- Teaching Aptitude: Teaching methods, learning theories, classroom management, assessment, curriculum development, etc.
- General Hindi: Grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, essay writing, letter writing, etc.
- General English: Grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, essay writing, letter writing, etc.
Subject-Specific Papers
The subject-specific papers are based on the syllabus prescribed by the UP Board of Secondary Education (UPBSE) for classes 9th and 10th. Each subject paper carries 300 marks.
Here is a detailed syllabus for some of the popular subjects:
1. Hindi
- Literature:
- Prose:
- Modern Prose:
- Novels:
- Premchand: Godan, Gaban, Nirmala, Sevasadan
- Yashpal: Jhootha Sach, Divya, Ek Chadar Maili Si
- Rajendra Yadav: Ek Aur Mahabharat, Sindoor, Udas Naslon Ka Itihaas
- Mannu Bhandari: Maati Ke Lal, Yugandhar, Aankhon Dekhi
- Amrita Pritam: Pinjar, Aise Bhi Hain, Kal Aaj Aur Kal
- Short Stories:
- Premchand: Kafan, Idgah, Do Bail, Shatranj Ke Khiladi
- Jaishankar Prasad: Aurat, Aankhon Dekhi, Jhootha Sach
- Munshi Premchand: Kafan, Idgah, Do Bail, Shatranj Ke Khiladi
- Mahadevi Varma: Aaj Aur Kal, Aankhon Dekhi, Jhootha Sach
- Bhagwati Charan Verma: Aankhon Dekhi, Jhootha Sach, Aaj Aur Kal
- Essays:
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan: Madhushala, Agyatvaas, Kya Aapne Kabhi Sochha
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar: Rashmirathi, Kurukshetra, Sindhu-Sagar
- Sumitranandan Pant: Gramya, Loksangeet, Chitra
- Mahadevi Varma: Yugantar, Aaj Aur Kal, Aankhon Dekhi
- Jaishankar Prasad: Kamayani, Agyatvaas, Madhushala
- Novels:
- Classical Prose:
- Bhasha:
- Vyakaran: Sandhi, Samas, Karaka, Vakya, etc.
- Alankar: Upama, Rupak, Utpreksha, etc.
- Chhand: Dohas, Soratha, Chaupai, etc.
- Literature:
- Mahabharata:
- Adi Parva:
- Birth of Pandavas and Kauravas
- Kurukshetra War
- Bhagavad Gita
- Anushasana Parva:
- The story of Yudhishthira
- The story of Draupadi
- Ashramavasika Parva:
- The story of Karna
- The story of Duryodhana
- Adi Parva:
- Ramayana:
- Bala Kanda:
- Birth of Rama
- The story of Sita
- Ayodhya Kanda:
- The exile of Rama
- The story of Lakshmana
- Aranya Kanda:
- The story of Hanuman
- The story of Sugriva
- Bala Kanda:
- Other Classical Texts:
- Hitopadesha:
- The story of the Tortoise and the Hare
- The story of the Lion and the Mouse
- Panchatantra:
- The story of the Monkey and the Crocodile
- The story of the Jackal and the Lion
- Kathasaritsagara:
- The story of King Vikramaditya
- The story of Queen Vasavadatta
- Hitopadesha:
- Mahabharata:
- Bhasha:
- Modern Prose:
- Prose:
- Writing Skills:
- Essay writing
- Letter writing
- Report writing
- Translation (Hindi to English and English to Hindi)
2. English
- Literature:
- Poetry:
- Romantic Period:
- William Wordsworth: Tintern Abbey, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan
- Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind
- Lord Byron: Don Juan, She Walks in Beauty
- John Keats: Ode to a Nightingale, When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
- Victorian Period:
- Alfred Lord Tennyson: Ulysses, The Lady of Shalott
- Robert Browning: My Last Duchess, The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church
- Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market, Remember
- Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach, The Scholar-Gipsy
- Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Windhover, Pied Beauty
- Modern Period:
- T.S. Eliot: The Waste Land, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming, Sailing to Byzantium
- Dylan Thomas: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, Fern Hill
- Sylvia Plath: Daddy, Lady Lazarus
- Seamus Heaney: Digging, Mid-Term Break
- Romantic Period:
- Prose:
- Novels:
- Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility
- Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations
- Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights
- Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre
- George Eliot: Middlemarch, Adam Bede
- Short Stories:
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven
- Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter, Young Goodman Brown
- Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms
- Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party, Miss Brill
- Novels:
- Drama:
- Shakespeare:
- Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello
- Modern Drama:
- George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion, Arms and the Man
- Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan
- Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman, The Crucible
- Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie
- Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Endgame
- Shakespeare:
- Poetry:
- Writing Skills:
- Essay writing
- Letter writing
- Report writing
- Translation (English to Hindi and Hindi to English)
3. Mathematics
- Algebra:
- Sets, Relations, and Functions
- Complex Numbers
- Quadratic Equations
- Linear Inequalities
- Permutations and Combinations
- Binomial Theorem
- Sequences and Series
- Matrices and Determinants
- Mathematical Induction
- Limits, Continuity, and Differentiability
- Differentiation
- Applications of Derivatives
- Integration
- Applications of Integration
- Differential Equations
- Geometry:
- Lines and Angles
- Triangles
- Quadrilaterals
- Circles
- Coordinate Geometry
- Three-Dimensional Geometry
- Trigonometry:
- Trigonometric Ratios
- Trigonometric Identities
- Inverse Trigonometric Functions
- Heights and Distances
- Statistics and Probability:
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Dispersion
- Probability
- Conditional Probability
- Bayes’ Theorem
- Random Variables
- Probability Distributions
- Logical Reasoning:
- Number Series
- Coding-Decoding
- Blood Relations
- Directions
- Syllogisms
- Data Interpretation
4. Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
Physics:
- Mechanics:
- Kinematics
- Laws of Motion
- Work, Energy, and Power
- Rotational Motion
- Gravitation
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Waves
- Heat and Thermodynamics:
- Temperature and Heat
- Thermal Properties of Matter
- Heat Transfer
- Thermodynamics
- Electricity and Magnetism:
- Electric Charges and Fields
- Electric Potential and Capacitance
- Current Electricity
- Magnetic Effects of Current
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Alternating Current
- Modern Physics:
- Photoelectric Effect
- Atomic Structure
- Nuclear Physics
- Semiconductor Devices
- Practical Physics:
- Experiments related to the above topics
Chemistry:
- Physical Chemistry:
- Atomic Structure
- Chemical Bonding
- States of Matter
- Thermodynamics
- Chemical Kinetics
- Solutions
- Electrochemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry:
- Periodic Classification of Elements
- Chemical Bonding
- Coordination Compounds
- s-block, p-block, d-block, and f-block elements
- Metallurgy
- Organic Chemistry:
- Nomenclature
- Isomerism
- Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes
- Aromatic Compounds
- Functional Groups
- Polymers
- Biomolecules
- Practical Chemistry:
- Experiments related to the above topics
Biology:
- Diversity of Living Organisms:
- Classification of Living Organisms
- Plant Kingdom
- Animal Kingdom
- Cell Structure and Function:
- Cell Structure
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Division
- Biomolecules
- Plant Physiology:
- Photosynthesis
- Respiration
- Transportation
- Plant Growth and Development
- Animal Physiology:
- Digestion
- Respiration
- Circulation
- Excretion
- Nervous System
- Endocrine System
- Genetics and Evolution:
- Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
- Molecular Basis of Inheritance
- Evolution
- Ecology and Environment:
- Ecosystems
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Issues
- Practical Biology:
- Experiments related to the above topics
5. Social Science (History, Geography, Political Science, Economics)
History:
- Ancient India:
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Vedic Period
- Mauryan Empire
- Gupta Empire
- Post-Gupta Period
- Medieval India:
- Delhi Sultanate
- Mughal Empire
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Bahmani Kingdom
- Modern India:
- British Rule in India
- Indian National Movement
- Partition of India
- Post-Independence India
- World History:
- Ancient Civilizations
- Medieval Europe
- Renaissance and Reformation
- Age of Exploration
- Industrial Revolution
- World Wars
- Cold War
- Source-Based Questions:
- Analysis of historical documents
- Interpretation of historical maps
- Evaluation of historical sources
Geography:
- Physical Geography:
- Geomorphology
- Climatology
- Oceanography
- Biogeography
- Human Geography:
- Population Geography
- Settlement Geography
- Economic Geography
- Social Geography
- Political Geography
- India’s Geography:
- Physical Features
- Climate
- Natural Resources
- Population
- Agriculture
- Industry
- Transportation
- Map Work:
- Identification of geographical features
- Interpretation of maps
- Drawing of maps
Political Science:
- Indian Polity:
- Constitution of India
- Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
- Union Government
- State Government
- Judiciary
- Election Commission
- Political Parties
- Comparative Politics:
- Political Systems of Different Countries
- Political Ideologies
- Political Institutions
- International Relations:
- International Organizations
- Global Issues
- Foreign Policy of India
- Contemporary Issues:
- Political Reforms
- Social Movements
- Human Rights
Economics:
- Microeconomics:
- Demand and Supply
- Production and Costs
- Market Structures
- Consumer Behaviour
- Theory of the Firm
- Macroeconomics:
- National Income
- Inflation
- Unemployment
- Money and Banking
- Fiscal Policy
- Monetary Policy
- Indian Economy:
- Economic Development
- Poverty and Inequality
- Agriculture
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Contemporary Issues:
- Globalization
- Liberalization
- Privatization
- Sustainable Development
General Instructions for the Mains Exam
- The Mains Exam is conducted offline (pen-and-paper based).
- Candidates need to attempt all the papers.
- The duration of each paper is 3 hours.
- The medium of the exam is Hindi or English.
- Candidates are required to write answers in their own words.
- The answer sheet should be neat and legible.
- Candidates should attempt all the questions in the order given in the question paper.
- No negative marking is there.
Preparation Tips for the Mains Exam
- Thorough understanding of the syllabus: Candidates should have a clear understanding of the syllabus for each subject.
- Refer to standard textbooks: Candidates should refer to standard textbooks and study materials for each subject.
- Practice writing answers: Candidates should practice writing answers to previous years’ question papers.
- Time management: Candidates should learn to manage their time effectively during the exam.
- Stay calm and focused: Candidates should stay calm and focused during the exam.
Table 1: Marks Distribution for the Mains Exam
| Paper | Subject | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Paper 1 | General Paper | 100 |
| Paper 2 | Subject-Specific Paper | 300 |
Table 2: Subject-Specific Papers Offered in UP PGT Exam 2024
| Subject | Code |
|---|---|
| Hindi | 01 |
| English | 02 |
| Mathematics | 03 |
| Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) | 04 |
| Social Science (History, Geography, Political Science, Economics) | 05 |
| Sanskrit | 06 |
| Urdu | 07 |
| Commerce | 08 |
| Home Science | 09 |
| Fine Arts | 10 |
| Physical Education | 11 |
| Music | 12 |
| Drawing | 13 |
| Psychology | 14 |
| Sociology | 15 |
| Philosophy | 16 |
| Geography | 17 |
| History | 18 |
| Political Science | 19 |
| Economics | 20 |
| Computer Science | 21 |
| Agriculture | 22 |
| Vocational Subjects | 23 |
This detailed syllabus and preparation tips will help candidates prepare effectively for the UP PGT Mains Exam 2024. It is important to note that the syllabus may be subject to change. Candidates are advised to refer to the official notification released by the UPPSC for the latest syllabus and exam pattern.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Short Answers for UP PGT Exam 2024 Mains Syllabus
General FAQs:
1. What is the eligibility criteria for the UP PGT exam?
- Candidates must hold a Post Graduate degree in the relevant subject with at least 50% marks.
- They must also have a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree.
- Age limit varies depending on the category.
2. What is the exam pattern for the UP PGT Mains exam?
- The Mains exam is descriptive in nature and consists of two papers:
- Paper 1: General Paper (100 marks)
- Paper 2: Subject-Specific Paper (300 marks)
3. What is the duration of the Mains exam?
- Each paper is of 3 hours duration.
4. What is the medium of the Mains exam?
- The medium of the exam is Hindi or English.
5. Is there any negative marking in the Mains exam?
- No, there is no negative marking in the Mains exam.
6. What are the important topics to focus on for the General Paper?
- Current affairs, Indian history, geography, polity, economy, science and technology, teaching aptitude, general Hindi, and general English.
7. How can I prepare for the Subject-Specific Paper?
- Refer to the syllabus prescribed by the UP Board of Secondary Education (UPBSE) for classes 9th and 10th.
- Practice writing answers to previous years’ question papers.
8. What are some good books for preparing for the UP PGT exam?
- Refer to standard textbooks and study materials for each subject.
- Look for books specifically designed for the UP PGT exam.
9. How can I improve my writing skills for the Mains exam?
- Practice writing essays, letters, and reports.
- Get feedback from teachers or mentors.
10. What are some tips for managing time during the Mains exam?
- Allocate time for each section of the paper.
- Avoid spending too much time on any one question.
- Use the last 15 minutes to review your answers.
11. How can I stay calm and focused during the exam?
- Get enough sleep the night before the exam.
- Eat a healthy breakfast on the day of the exam.
- Practice relaxation techniques.
12. What are the important dates for the UP PGT exam 2024?
- Refer to the official notification released by the UPPSC for the latest exam dates.
13. How can I apply for the UP PGT exam?
- Applications are submitted online through the UPPSC website.
14. What is the selection process for the UP PGT exam?
- Candidates are shortlisted based on their performance in the Mains exam.
- The final selection is made based on the merit list prepared by the UPPSC.
15. What are the career prospects after clearing the UP PGT exam?
- Successful candidates are appointed as Post Graduate Teachers in government-aided schools in Uttar Pradesh.
Remember: The syllabus and exam pattern may be subject to change. Candidates are advised to refer to the official notification released by the UPPSC for the latest information.