UPSESSB TGT/PGT study guide
UPSESSB TGT/PGT · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The UPSESSB TGT/PGT examination is the recruitment route through which the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Services Selection Board selects Trained Graduate Teachers (TGT, generally for classes up to the secondary stage) and Post Graduate Teachers (PGT, generally for the senior secondary stage) for aided secondary schools in Uttar Pradesh. It suits candidates who already hold the required teaching qualification and subject degree and now want a state-level selection process rather than a school-by-school application. The UPSESSB TGT/PGT study guide has 6 sections and about 1,757 words.
01Subject Knowledge (Concerned Teaching Subject)
Subject Knowledge is the largest scoring domain in the UPSESSB TGT/PGT examination: it tests the concerned teaching subject at the level the post will teach. TGT candidates are expected to command the subject up to graduation level and the UP Board/NCERT classes 6–10 syllabus; PGT candidates are expected to show post-graduate depth for classes 11–12.
294 words, about 1 min02General Studies / General Knowledge
General Studies / General Knowledge tests a broad but predictable base: Indian polity and Constitution, modern Indian history and the freedom movement, geography of India and Uttar Pradesh, economy, general science and static GK, with a current-affairs overlay. UPSESSB papers repeatedly reward UP-specific knowledge-districts, rivers, crops, industries, schemes, education institutions and freedom-movement sites-alongside national facts.
299 words, about 1 min03हिंदी भाषा (Hindi Language)
यह खंड हिंदी भाषा की शुद्धता, व्याकरणिक ज्ञान और पाठ-बोध की परीक्षा करता है। UPSESSB प्रश्नपत्र में संधि, समास, उपसर्ग-प्रत्यय, तत्सम-तद्भव, पर्यायवाची, विलोम, मुहावरे-लोकोक्तियाँ, वाक्यांश के लिए एक शब्द, अशुद्धि संशोधन, रस, छंद, अलंकार और लेखक-रचना से प्रश्न आते हैं। तैयारी में नियम और उदाहरण साथ-साथ याद करें, क्योंकि प्रश्न प्रायः पहचान और प्रयोग दोनों पर आते हैं। संधि: स्वर संधि में दीर्घ, गुण, वृद्धि और यण को पहचानें। समास: तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्विगु, द्वंद्व और बहुव्रीहि की पहचान विग्रह से करें। उपसर्ग शब्द के आरंभ में अर्थ बदलते हैं; प्रत्यय अंत में जुड़ते हैं। अलंकार: उपमा, रूपक, अनुप्रास, यमक और श्लेष के लक्षण तथा उदाहरण। पाठ-बोध: गद्यांश का उत्तर केवल गद्यांश के आधार पर दें। 'नरेंद्र' का संधि-विच्छेद क्या है?
268 words, about 1 min04English Language
English Language in UPSESSB TGT/PGT checks control of standard written English rather than literary scholarship. Expect grammar (tense, articles, prepositions, subject–verb agreement, narration, voice), vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution, idioms), sentence correction/improvement, cloze and comprehension.
300 words, about 2 min05Pedagogy / Teaching Aptitude and Methodology
Pedagogy / Teaching Aptitude tests whether you can connect learning theory to classroom decisions. Expect Piaget's stages, Vygotsky's zone of proximal development and scaffolding, Kohlberg's moral stages, Bloom's taxonomy, motivation, individual differences, inclusive education, assessment, teaching methods, and Indian policy frameworks such as the RTE Act 2009 and NEP 2020.
285 words, about 1 min06Current Affairs and Educational Issues
This domain tests awareness of recent educational policy, national programmes and the issues that shape schools. Stable anchors matter more than headline-chasing: NEP 2020, NCF 2023, the RTE Act 2009, Samagra Shiksha, NISHTHA, DIKSHA, PM eVIDYA, UDISE+, digital learning, foundational literacy and numeracy, teacher accountability and inclusive education.
311 words, about 2 min