Every section has two parts: subject content and how to teach it (pedagogy). Pedagogy carries about half the marks in Paper I sections and a third in Paper II subject sections.
Child Development & Pedagogy (Paper I: ages 6–11; Paper II: ages 11–14)
- Growth and development, heredity and environment
- Socialisation; role of teachers, parents and peers
- Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky
- Child-centred and progressive education
- Intelligence and multiple intelligences
- Language and thought; gender and bias in the classroom
- Individual differences and diversity
- Assessment for and of learning; continuous and comprehensive evaluation
- Inclusive education: disadvantaged learners, learning difficulties, gifted and creative children (5 questions)
- How children learn, why they fail, errors as part of learning, motivation and emotion (10 questions)
Language I
- Unseen passages: comprehension, inference, grammar, vocabulary (15)
- Learning and acquiring language; principles of language teaching
- Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
- Role of grammar; challenges in a multilingual class
- Teaching-learning materials, assessment and remedial teaching (15 pedagogy questions)
Language II
- Two unseen prose passages: comprehension, grammar, verbal ability (15)
- Same pedagogy topics as Language I (15)
Mathematics (Paper I)
- Geometry and shapes, solids around us
- Numbers; addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Measurement, weight, time, volume
- Data handling, patterns, money
- Nature of maths and logical thinking; place of maths in the curriculum
- Language of maths, community maths, evaluation
- Error analysis, diagnostic and remedial teaching (15 pedagogy questions)
Environmental Studies (Paper I)
- Family and friends, relationships, work and play, animals and plants
- Food, shelter, water, travel
- Things we make and do
- Concept and scope of EVS; integrated EVS; science and social science links
- Activities, experiments, discussion; CCE; teaching material and aids (15 pedagogy questions)
Mathematics (Paper II, part of Maths & Science)
- Number system, integers, fractions
- Introductory algebra, ratio and proportion
- Geometry: 2-D and 3-D shapes, symmetry, construction
- Mensuration and data handling
- Pedagogy: nature of maths, curriculum, evaluation, remedial teaching (10)
Science (Paper II, part of Maths & Science)
- Food: sources, components, cleaning
- Materials of daily use
- The world of the living
- Moving things, people and ideas
- How things work: electric current, circuits, magnets
- Natural phenomena and natural resources
- Pedagogy: nature of science, methods, innovation, evaluation, remedial teaching (10)
Social Studies / Social Science (Paper II)
- History: early societies to independent India, including kingdoms, new kings, Delhi Sultans, Mughals, 1857, colonialism, national movement
- Geography: globe, environment, air, water, human environment, resources, agriculture, planet Earth
- Social and political life: diversity, government, local government, democracy, Constitution, Parliament, judiciary, social justice
- Pedagogy: nature of social science, classroom processes, critical thinking, sources, projects, evaluation (20)
Source: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
Topic weightage
Basis: Section question counts from the official CTET Sept 2026 bulletin (content vs pedagogy split)
| Section | Topic | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Child Development & Pedagogy | Development, learning theories, assessment (15 Q) | high |
| Child Development & Pedagogy | How children learn, motivation, errors (10 Q) | medium |
| Child Development & Pedagogy | Inclusive education and special needs (5 Q) | low |
| Mathematics / EVS (Paper I) | Pedagogy of the subject (15 of 30 Q each) | high |
| Social Studies (Paper II) | History, geography, civics content (40 of 60 Q) | high |
| Maths & Science (Paper II) | Content (40 of 60 Q); pedagogy (20 of 60 Q) | high |
| Language I and II | Language pedagogy (15 of 30 Q each) | high |