CTET Previous Year Exam Analysis & Relevant Changes

By Ashish Kumar|Updated : October 22nd, 2018

Central Teacher Eligibility Test is the exam conducted by CBSE. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is going to conduct CTET 2018 Exam on 9th December 2018. Many students are confused regarding the difficulty level of the exam and also want to know the CTET exam analysis. So in this article, we are providing CTET Previous year overall analysis and also measure changes in the exam. The last CTET exam was held on 18th September 2016.

Important Point for CTET 2018 Exam

  • CTET is an offline exam (Pen and Paper Mode)
  • There are a total of 5 sections in the exam and each section have 30 question
  • Total 150 question will ask in CTET exam and each question carries one mark
  • There is no negative marking in this exam 
  • Total 150 Minutes allowed to complete the test. 

CTET 2016 (Sept) Exam Analysis:

Child Development & Pedagogy: (Moderate to Tough)

Child development & Pedagogy section was tough as compared to previous years paper. In this paper, the number of practical & pedagogy question increased, Here we sharing the topic wise question asked in last 3 previous year paper in CTET Exam. 

  • Child Development (Primary School Child) :  —-> 15 Questions
  • The concept of Inclusive education: —> 5 Questions
  • Learning and Pedagogy: —-> 10 Questions

Distribution of Questions asked in Previous Years Exam:

TopicSeptember 2015February 2016September 2016
Development and its relation to learning323
Principles of the development of children231
Influence of Heredity & Environment212
Socialization processes121
Individual differences among learners211
Assessment and Evaluation123
The concept of Inclusive Education332
Specially-abled Learners231
Learning theories343
Cognition & Emotions112
Motivation and learning221
Processes of teaching and learning312
Pedagogy Issues211
Practical Questions347

English/Hindi Language:–  (Moderate)

Language section was approximately the same as compared to previous years paper. Here we sharing the topic wise question asked in last 3 previous year paper in CTET Exam. 

  • Reading comprehension :—-> 9 questions
  • Reading poem :—-> 6 questions
  • Pedagogy questions :—-> 15 questions

Mathematics – (Moderate) 

Mathematics section was easier as compared to previous years paper. Here we sharing the topic wise question asked in last 3 previous year paper in CTET Exam.

Distribution of Questions asked in Previous Years Exam:

CTET Paper-1:

Topics NameSept (2015)Feb (2016)Sept (2016)
Geometry & Shapes211
Numbers332
Addition, Subtraction,Multiplication & Division345
Measurement & Weight323
Time211
Volume121
Data Handling & Patterns122
Pedagogical Issues151515 

CTET Paper-2:

Topics NameSept (2015)Feb (2016)Sept (2016)
Number System334
Algebra433
Geometry212
Mensuration121
Data handling122
Arithmetics443
Pedagogical Issues151515

Environmental Studies:– (Easy to Moderate)

Environmental Studies section was easier as compared to previous years paper. Here we sharing the topic wise question asked in last 3 previous year paper in CTET Exam.

Distribution of Questions asked in Previous Years Exam:

Topics NameSept (2015)Feb (2016)Sept (2016)
Family & Friend-11
Flora & Fauna522
Food & Nutrition333
Shelters212
Water 143
Travel212
Things we Make and Do232
Pedagogy of Environmental Studies151515

Science:– (Easy to Moderate)

Science section was approximately the same as compared to previous years paper. Here we sharing the topic wise question asked in last 3 previous year paper in CTET Exam.

Distribution of Questions asked in Previous Years Exam:

Topics NameSept (2015)Feb (2016)Sept (2016)
Food221
Materials332
The World of the Living345
Moving Things People and Ideas334
Natural Phenomena212
Natural Resources221
Pedagogical issues relate a question151515

Social Studies/Social Sciences – (Moderate to tough)

Social Studies/Social Sciences section was easier as compared to previous years paper. Here we sharing the topic wise question asked in last 3 previous year paper in CTET Exam.

Distribution of Questions asked in Previous Years Exam:

Topics nameSept (2015)Feb (2016)Sept (2016)
History554
Geography455
Social and Political Life445
Other question211
Pedagogical issues related to Social Science151515

Highlights of pattern and level changes as compared to last year:

Many changed in Pattern & difficulty level from previous year some important change as follows.
  • The difficulty level of question is increased.
  • Numbers of practical and pedagogy question asked increase as compared to last year
  • Few questions asked from the theoretical topic and from books.
So this year, you need to focus related to pedagogy and practical question. A minimum of 5 hours should be put in daily for the preparation of the CTET 2018 Exam.
 
Thanks
Team BYJU'S Exam Prep

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