Punjab B.Ed CET 2023 Syllabus

XIII) THE SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:
Entrance Test will be held on 30.07.2023 (Sunday) in the following papers (multiple choice questions) in single
booklet and in the session of 2.30 hours duration (10.30 AM to 01.00 PM) having different codes A, B, C, D.

No. of
Part Paper Marks
Questions
A General Awareness Test 30 Marks 30
B Teaching Potential 30 Marks 30
C General Mental Ability Test 30 Marks 30
D English: Compulsory for all Candidates 30 Marks 30
Punjabi
Compulsory for all those Candidates who have studied
Punjabi in Matriculation 30 of Punjabi
E Or 30 Marks & 30 of
Hindi Hindi
Compulsory for all those Candidates who have not studied
Punjabi in Matriculation

Paper shall consist of 150 multiple choice questions and be of a total of 150 marks as
explained above.
• Q. No. 1-90 will be in English and Punjabi medium.
• There will be no negative marking.

Course Contents for the Test
Part A: General Awareness Test: 30 Marks
Questions will be related to various dimensions of General Awareness such as:
• Education
• Science
• Social Science
• Language
• Literature
• Art and Culture
• Sports and Games

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• Current Events (Political, Social & Economic)
• Government Policy of Education
• Who’s Who
Part B : Teaching Potential: 30 Marks
Questions will be related to various dimensions of Teaching Potential such as:
• Knowledge of Teaching Learning Process of Educational System including non-
formal and distance education.
• Audio-Visual Aids and Mass Media etc.
• Values as enshrined in the Constitution of lndia
• General Awareness of National Level Educational agencies and organization of
Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Agendas.
• Aptitude for Teaching Profession; Teacher’s personal characteristics and their
adjustments.
• Classroom problems of learners and their solutions.
• Adjustment problems of human relations with candidates, colleges and administration.
• Examination, evaluation and assessment.
• Library Usage.
• School and Society.
Part C : General Mental Ability Test : 30 Marks
Questions will be designed to test reasoning with Numbers, Words and Figures
involving:
• Number Series
• Classification
• Analogies
• Synonyms or opposites
• Code, De-code
• Seeing Relations
• Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
• Interpretation of Graphs & Figures
• Evaluation and Inference
• Blood Relations.
Part D :English: 30 Marks
In the language papers, questions will be related to:
• Grammar
• Idioms and Vocabulary
• Correction and Punctuation
• Written Comprehension
Part-E: Punjabi or Hindi: 30 Marks
Those candidates who have studied Punjabi in matriculation will appear in Punjabi.
Others who have not studied Punjabi in Matriculation shall have to appear in Hindi. In
each of these language papers, questions will be related to:

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• Grammar
• Idioms and Vocabulary
• Correction and Punctuation
• Written Comprehension

XIV) EXAMINATION RELATED INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The result of the Entrance Test shall, ipso facto, not entitle a candidate to get admission in an
institution/ department/ centre concerned where he/she intends to seek admission. It will be the
responsibility of the candidate to make sure about his/her eligibility and fulfillment of such other
conditions as may be prescribed for admission in the rules and regulations of the
University/Institution concerned. Merely because a candidate is allowed to appear in the Entrance
Test does not mean that he/she is eligible and his/ her appearance therein will not stop or debar
the university/ institution concerned from satisfying itself about his/her eligibility at any subsequent
stage.
2. Notwithstanding anything contained in this booklet, the eligibility conditions for admission to the
B.Ed. Course shall be governed by the Respective Regulations/rules as enshrined in the Calendars
of the respective Universities, i.e., Panjab University, Chandigarh; Punjabi University, Patiala and
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Instructions/ Notifications issued by the Punjab
Government and N.C.T.E. (National Council for Teacher Education), Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Punjabi University, Patiala.
3. The Entrance Test will be held on 30/07/2023 (Sunday) from 10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
4. There will be one paper of 150 marks and paper contains five parts (Part A to Part E).
5. There will be no negative marking.
6. The candidate has to report at the Test Centre 50 minutes before the start of the Test.
7. No candidate will be allowed in the Test Centre after 10.30 a.m.
8. The medium of examination in respect of Question Booklets shall be English and Punjabi
language only except for Language Proficiency Test which shall be set in the respective
Languages. However, there will be a single OMR sheet.
9. Special arrangements for amanuensis (writer of answer):
A candidate may be allowed help of an amanuensis (writer) if he/she is: Blind

OR

Permanently disabled from writing with his/her own hand.
OR
Temporarily disabled from writing on account of fracture of the right or left arm, forearm or
dislocation of a shoulder elbow or wrist etc.
10. The candidate shall produce a certificate from a Professor of the specialty concerned of a Medical
College and where there is no Medical College, from the Chief Medical officer of the district

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