SCERT Assam D.El.Ed PET 2023 Syllabus

QUESTION PATTERN, MARKING SYSTEM & FILLING OF OMR SHEET

And SYLLABUS for Pre-Entry Test (PET)-2023 for Admission into 2-year D.El.Ed. Course,
2023-2025

The Test shall have Two Sections: Section-I and Section-II
Total Marks-100
Time- 2 hours
Type of question----------------------MCQ
Number of question -----------------100
Mark carried by each question----- 1

Filling of OMR SHEET and Marking system:

There will be four sets of Question Booklet (A/B/C/D). Candidate will have to
answer only one Question Booklet. Candidate should note that OMR Answer Sheet shall be
used for indicating the answers. The evaluation of OMR sheet will be done with the help of
software. No manual evaluation of OMR sheet shall be done. The performance of the
candidates shall be evaluated both on the basis of correct and incorrect responses recorded
on the OMR sheet. For each correct response 1 (one) mark will be secured by the candidate.
There will be negative marking for every incorrect response. For every incorrect response,
0.25 mark shall be deducted from the marks secured by the candidate for correct responses.
If more than one response is given to a question then the answer will be treated as incorrect
response.While appearing in the test candidates should follow the instructions given in the
Question Booklet, OMR sheet & Admit Card and carefully fill up the relevant particulars like
Roll No., Question Booklet set (A/B/C/D) etc. Use only Black or Blue Ball point pen while
filling the choices in OMR Sheet.

Section: I : 35 Marks
A. General English : 10 Marks
B. General Knowledge : 15 Marks
C. Reasoning : 10 Marks

Section: II : 65 Marks
A. General Mathematics : 15 Marks
B. General Science & EVS : 15 Marks
C. Social Science : 20 Marks
D. Language (Assamese/Bangla/Bodo) : 15 Marks

Section-I

A. General English: vocabulary, tenses, verbs, preposition, comprehension, voice-change,
narration, adverbs, synonyms, antonyms.
B. General Knowledge: Current affairs, who is who, abbreviations, constitution of India,
History of Assam, Inventions and discoveries, Sports. Art and culture, Every day Science,
World Organizations, Geography of India, Educational Commissions and Committees,
New Educational Initiatives, Educational Organizations.
C. Reasoning: Logical and analytical reasoning, pattern etc.

Section-II

A. Mathematics :

➢ Numbers: Natural, whole, even and odd numbers, prime and composite numbers, place
value, four fundamental operations of number, factors and multiples, prime factors, LCM
and HCF, ascending and descending order.
➢ Fractions: Concept of fraction and its uses.
➢ Percentage: Concept of percentage, solving problems involving percentage, profit and loss.
➢ Money: Concept of money, solving problems involving money.
➢ Geometry: Angles, types of angles, types of triangle, types of quadrilateral, circle.
➢ Measurement: Length, area, volume and perimeter of different geometrical figures,
Measurement of weight and time.
➢ Data handling: Representation of data, bar diagram, Pie diagram.
➢ Square & square root: Concept of square root, solving problems involving square root.
➢ Ratio and proportion.
➢ Simple algebraic equation.

B. Science & Environmental Science :

➢ Natural and Social Environment.
➢ Factors influencing environment.
➢ Causes of environmental degradation: Air, water, sound and soil pollution.
➢ Bio-diversity.
➢ Environmental Issues: Flood, erosion, earthquake, deforestation, population explosion.
➢ Environmental protection- Constitutional provision, Protection Acts, Role of individual
and local bodies, NGOs and Government.
➢ Different states and characteristics of matter, physical and chemical change.
➢ Chemical reaction.
➢ Force, energy, motion.
➢ Cell--Plant and animal cell, structures.
➢ Adaptation in plants, reproduction in plants.
➢ Microorganism.
➢ Heat and temperature, measurement of temperature.
➢ Acid, Bases and Salt.
➢ Light and Reflections.
➢ Weather and climate.
➢ Respiration in organism and in plants.

C. Social Science:

➢ Natural and human resources.
➢ Atmosphere and its different layers.
➢ Freedom movement of India and role of India.
➢ Constitution of India and its importance.
➢ Democracy and its principles.
➢ Rise and fall of Ahom kingdom.
➢ Ancient urban civilization.
➢ Government: State and Central.
➢ Earth and its structure.
➢ Consumer protection and right.
➢ Role of financial institutions in socio economic development of the society.
➢ Transport and communication.
➢ Agricultural and Industrial development.
➢ India after independence.
➢ Contribution of medieval administrators on socio economic development in Assam.

D. Language:

➢ Objectives of Language learning .
➢ Importance of language learning.
➢ Application of phrases and idioms.
➢ Skills of language learning (listening, speaking, reading and writing skill).
➢ Methods of language teaching.
➢ Difference between home language and mother tongue.
➢ Suffix, prefix, gender, coalescence of two words according to rules of grammar (sandhi).
➢ The verb and number (singular and plural).
➢ Reading Comprehension Test.
➢ Nattabidhi, Sattabidhi.