UGC
NET Paper 1 Syllabus 2021
UGC
NET Paper 1 is common and compulsory for every candidate. Paper 1 will have 50
questions worth 100 marks. Paper 1 syllabus has 10 units and exactly 5
questions will be asked from each unit. Detailed syllabus for Paper 1 is
described below
Unit-I Teaching Aptitude
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Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of
teaching (Memory, Understanding, and Reflective), Characteristics, and basic
requirements.
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Learner’s characteristics:
Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional
and Cognitive), Individual differences.
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Factors affecting teaching related to
Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning
environment, and Institution.
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Methods of teaching in Institutions of
higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner-centered methods; Off-line vs.
On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs, etc.).
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Teaching Support System: Traditional,
Modern, and ICT based.
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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
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Research: Meaning, Types, and
Characteristics, Positivism, and Postpositivistic approach to research.
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Methods of Research: Experimental,
Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative, and Quantitative Methods, Steps of
Research.
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Thesis and Article writing: Format and
styles of referencing, Application of ICT in research, Research ethics.
Unit-III Comprehension
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A passage of text is given. Questions
are asked from the passage to be answered.
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Unit-IV Communication
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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.
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Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and
Aptitude
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Types of reasoning: Number series,
Letter series, Codes, and Relationships.
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Mathematical Aptitude: Fraction, Time
& Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and
Discounting, Averages, etc.
Unit-VI Logical Reasoning
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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 uses
for establishing the 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
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Sources, acquisition, and classification
of Data.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
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Graphical representation (Bar-chart,
Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart, and Line-chart)
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Mapping of Data, Data Interpretation.
Data and Governance.
Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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ICT: General abbreviations and
terminology,
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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
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Development and Environment: Millennium
Development and Sustainable Development Goals.
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Human and environment interaction:
Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on the environment.
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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.
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Natural and energy resources: Solar,
Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear, and Forests.
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Natural hazards and disasters:
Mitigation strategies, Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action
Plan on Climate Change,
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International agreements/efforts
-Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol,
Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.
Unit-X Higher Education System
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Institutions of higher learning and
education in ancient India.
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Evolution of higher learning and
research in Post-Independence India.
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Oriental, Conventional, and
Non-conventional learning programs in India.
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Professional, Technical, and Skill-Based
education.
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Value education and environmental
education.
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Policies, Governance, and
Administration.