CONTENTS

● Previous Years’ Solved Papers

● Teaching Aptitude .............................................................................................................. 3–83
1. Teaching : Nature, Objectives, Characteristics and Basic Requirements .......................................... 3
2. Qualities and Characteristics of the Learner .................................................................................... 16
3. The Factors Affecting Teaching ....................................................................................................... 32
4. Teaching Methods ............................................................................................................................ 46
5. Teaching Aids................................................................................................................................... 67
6. Evaluation System ............................................................................................................................ 79
● Research Aptitude ................................................................................................................... 84–136
1. Research : Meaning, Characteristics and Types............................................................................... 84
2. Steps of Research ............................................................................................................................. 92
3. Methods of Research ...................................................................................................................... 105
4. Research Ethics .............................................................................................................................. 116
5. Research Papers.............................................................................................................................. 120
6. Thesis Writing : Its Characteristics and Format ............................................................................. 129
● Communication ............................................................................................................. 137–144
Communication ................................................................................................................................... 137
● Reasoning (Including Mathematical and Logical Reasoning).. ................................ 145–218
1. Alphabet Test ................................................................................................................................. 145
2. Classification Test .......................................................................................................................... 150
3. Analogy Test .................................................................................................................................. 154
4. Coding and Decoding Test ............................................................................................................. 161
5. Number and Alphabetical Series Test............................................................................................ 166
6. Number Related Test...................................................................................................................... 169
7. Blood Relations Test ...................................................................................................................... 172
8. Chart Type Test .............................................................................................................................. 177
9. Statement and Arguments .............................................................................................................. 181
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10. Assertions and Presumption ........................................................................................................... 184

11. Statement and Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 187
12. Series Completion Test .................................................................................................................. 192
13. Venn Diagram ................................................................................................................................ 199
14. Diagram Type Test ......................................................................................................................... 201
15. Different Positions of Dice ............................................................................................................. 203
16. Missing Number ............................................................................................................................. 207
17. Figure Analogy Test....................................................................................................................... 210
18. Figures Classification Test ............................................................................................................. 212
19. Classification of Figures into Groups............................................................................................. 214
20. Cutting of a Cubic Block ............................................................................................................... 216
● Data Interpretations ..................................................................................................... 219–247
Data Interpretation............................................................................................................................... 219
● Information and Communication Technology........................................................... 248–263
Information and Communication Technology .................................................................................... 248
● People and Environment .............................................................................................. 264–278
People and Environment Interactions, Sources of Pollution, Pollutants,
Exploitation of Natural and Energy Resources, Natural Hazards and Mitigation .............................. 264
● Higher Education System............................................................................................. 279–324
1. Governance Polity and Administration .......................................................................................... 279
2. Distance Education ......................................................................................................................... 303
3. Value Education ............................................................................................................................. 312
● Reading Comprehension ............................................................................................................. 1–24
● Appendix (Topics Added as per New Syllabus) .............................................................. 1–40