SET/NET/JRF – PAPER 1

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Materials Overview

Unit I – Teaching Aptitude

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Title

P. No

1.

Teaching

6

2.

Learner’s Characteristics

16

3.

Factors Affecting Teaching

31

4.

Methods of Teaching in Institutions of Higher Learning

37

5.

Teaching Support System

58

6.

Evaluation Systems

71

Unit II – Research Aptitude

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Title

P. No

1.

Research

84

2.

Methods of Research

95

3.

Steps of Research

109

4.

Thesis and Article Writing

136

5.

Application of ICT in Research

146

6.

Research Ethics

150

Unit III – Comprehension

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Title

P. No

1.

Strategies to Attempt Comprehension

158

2.

Exercises

159

Unit IV – Communication

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Title

P. No

01.

Communication: Meaning, Types and Characteristics of Communication

165

02.

Effective Communication: Verbal and Non-Verbal, Inter-Cultural and Group Communications, Classroom Communication

182

03.

Barriers to Effective Communication

196

04.

Mass-Media and Society

204

Unit V – Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude

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Title

P. No

01.

Types of Reasoning

6

02.

Number Series

8

03.

Letter Series

10

04.

Analogy

12

05.

Coding and Decoding

16

06.

Blood Relationship

19

07.

Fraction

24

08.

Time and Distance

26

09.

Ratio, Proportion and Percentage

28

10.

Profit, Loss and Discounting

30

11.

Interest

33

12.

Average

36

Unit VI – Logical Reasoning

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Title

P. No

1.

Arguments, Propositions

38

2.

Inferences, Venn Diagram, Mood and Figure

49

3.

Fallacies, Uses of Language, Connotations and Denotations, Square of Opposition

62

4.

Indian Logic: Means of Knowledge

74

5.

Pramanas (Valid Knowledge)

79

6.

Vyapti (Invariable Relation), Hetvabhasas (Fallacies of Inference)

88

Unit VII – Data Interpretation

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Title

P. No

1.

Strategies to Attempt Data Interpretation

92

2.

Exercises

95

Unit VIII – Information and Communication Technology

S. No

Title

P. No

01.

ICT – Introduction

101

02.

Basics of Computer

103

03.

Networking

138

04.

Internet and Intranet

144

05.

E-mail

155

06.

Audio and Video Conferencing

159

07.

Digital Initiatives in Higher Education

161

08.

ICT and Governance

177

09.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

181

10.

Computer Terminology

190

Unit IX – People, Development and Environment

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Title

P. No

1.

Development and Environment: Millennium Development and Sustainable Development Goal

4

2.

Human and Environment Interaction: Anthropogenic Activities and their Impacts on Environment

10

3.

Environmental Issues: Pollution, Waste, Climate Change

15

4.

Impacts of Pollutants on Human Health

46

5.

Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests

50

6.

Natural Hazards and Disasters: Mitigation Strategies

62

7.

Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International Agreements and Efforts – Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance

72

Unit X – Higher Education System

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Title

P. No

01.

Institutions of Higher Learning and Education in Ancient India

78

02.

Evolution of Higher Learning and Research in Post-Independence India

93

03.

Oriental, Conventional and Non-Conventional Learning Programmes in India

116

04.

Professional, Technical and Skill Based Education

134

05.

Value Education and Environmental Education

153

06.

Policies, Governance, and Administration

161