• Methods of studying child behavior - observation, case study, interview, psychological tests etc.
• Concept of development
• Principles of growth and development
• Influence of heredity and environment on human development
• Concept of learning
• Basic theories of learning: Conditioning (Pavlov, Skinner); Insight learning (Gestalt); cognitive learning (Piaget, Bruner, and Vygotsky)
• Relation between development and learning: learner readiness of maturation
• Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: Constructs and critical perspectives
• Concept of child-centered and progressive education - Activity-based method of teaching and learning, Problem-based learning
• Critical perspectives of construct of intelligence (Theories of Spearman, Guilford, Thurstone, and Gardner)
• Language and thought (Basic perspectives of Piaget, Chomsky, and Vygotsky)
• Gender as a social construct: Gender roles, gender bias, and educational practice
• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.
• Distinction between - Assessment for learning and Assessment of learning - school-based assessment (internal assessment)
• Continuous and comprehensive evaluation: Perspectives and practice
• Assessing learner achievement - grading
• Personality development - concept of personality and basic approaches to personality (Psychoanalytic and Trait) - Adjustment mechanisms

Analogies, Completion of Number & Alphabetical Series, Coding & Decoding, Mathematical Operations, Similarities & Differences, Relationships, Analytical Reasoning, Syllogism, Jumbling, Venn Diagrams, Puzzle, Data Sufficiency, Statement- Conclusion, Statement- Courses of Action, Decision Making, Maps, Interpretation of Graphs

Current Events of National & International Importance, Games & Sports, Art & Culture of India, Indian Literature, Monuments & Places of India, General Science & Life Science (upto 10th CBSE), History of India & Freedom Struggle, Physical, Social & Economic Geography of India and World, Indian Polity & Governance - Constitution & Political System, General Scientific & Technological Developments including Space and Nuclear Program of India, UN & Other Important World Organisations, Environmental Issues Concerning India and World at Large, Basics of Computers and Computer Applications, Common Abbreviations, Transport Systems in India, Indian Economy, Famous Personalities of India & World, Flagship Government Programs, Flora & Fauna of India, Important Government & Public Sector Organisations of India

• അവധാരണം (ഗദ്യം) (അഞ്ച് ബഹു വികല്പചോദ്യത്മٷത്ഥ് 5 മായ്യത്ഥ്) കേന്ദ്രാശയം കെ?സ്ഥണ്‍ നിഗമന രൂപീകരണം വിശകലനം
• അവതരണം (പദ്യം) (അഞ്ച് ബഹുവികല്പ ചോദ്യത്മٷത്ഥ് 5 മായ്യത്ഥ്) കേന്ദ്രാശയം കെ?സ്ഥണ്‍ കാവ്യബിംബത്മٷ കെ?സ്ഥണ്‍ വ്യാഖ്യാനിത്ഥണ്‍
• മാതൃഭാഷാ ബോധനശാസ്ത്രം (കഢ) (പസ്ഥ് ബഹുവികല്പചോദ്യത്മٷത്ഥ് 10 മായ്യത്ഥ്) ഭാഷാപഠന സി=ാഗ്ലത്മٷ വ്യത്യസ്ത കഴിവുകളുڌ കുന്തികٷത്ഥ് പ്രത്യേക പരിഗണന നണ്‍കു? ഭാഷാപഠനം പാഠ്യപ=തി വിനിമയസ്ഥിെٶ രീതിശാസ്ത്രം
• ഭാഷ സാഹിത്യം, സംസ്കാരം (പസ്ഥ് ബഹുവികല്പചോദ്യത്മٷത്ഥ് 10 മായ്യത്ഥ്) ശൈലികളും പ്രയോഗത്മളും പ്രായോഗിക വ്യാകരണം പഴഞ്ചൊ്ുകٷ ന സാഹിത്യരൂപത്മٷ താളബോധം

• A. Language Comprehension (15 Questions)
  • i) Comprehension Passage:
    • The unfamiliar passages are intended to check factual, inferential, analytical, and evaluative comprehension.
  • ii) Grammar
    • Language elements included in the Course books of standard I to V, such as:
    • Article
    • Concord
    • Interrogatives: Yes / No Questions | ‘wh’ - Questions
    • Question tags
    • Prepositions
    • Tense and Time
    • Determiners
    • Phrasal verbs
    • Gerunds
    • Reflexive Pronouns
    • Linkers
    • Auxiliaries
  • iii) Verbal ability
    • Vocabulary
    • Inflexions
    • Affixes: Prefix | Suffix
    • Antonyms, Synonyms
    • Idioms and Phrases
• B. Pedagogy of Language Development (15 Questions)
  • Questions will be based on the present Kerala Primary school curriculum (English):
  • Language Acquisition and Learning
    • Learning vs acquisition - Major schools of thought
  • Principles of Language Learning
    • Constructivism
    • Social Constructivism
    • Critical Pedagogy
    • Error Treatment
    • Cognitivism
  • Language and Thought
    • Different views of Whorf, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Chomsky
    • Relationship between language and thought
  • Objectives of Teaching English
    • Relevance of English
    • Curricular Objectives
  • Language skills and communication skills
    • Ways of improving language/communication skills
    • Classroom activities
    • Tools
  • ICT-based aids in language teaching
  • Modern Strategies
    • Nurturing multiple intelligence
    • Instruction to cater individual differences
    • Teaching learners with special needs
  • Evaluation
    • Continuous and comprehensive evaluation
    • Assessment of skills and products

• Content (20 Questions)
  • Family: Relationships, job, and duties of family members
  • Water: Water sources, conservation of water, water pollution, prevention of water pollution
  • Agriculture: Different types of agriculture, tools of agriculture, agricultural product, herbal garden
  • Vehicles: Types of vehicles used
  • Soil: Different soils, soil pollution, prevention of soil pollution, soil erosion
  • Earth: Ecosystem, environmental protection, impact of pollution on earth, remedial measures
  • Shelters: Types of shelters, characteristics of animal shelters
  • Diseases: Different types of diseases, causes, remedial measures, healthy habits
  • Food: Types of food - natural and artificial foods, their merits and demerits
  • Jobs: Types of jobs, different types of tools
  • Public Institute: Services of people by public institutes
  • Energy: Types of energy, conservation of energy
  • Animal world: Varieties of animals, movement, food habits, uses of animals
  • Plants: Variety of plants, uses, herbal garden, photosynthesis
  • First aid: Different types of first aid, need for first aid box
  • Solar system: Planets, stars, sky, water
  • Air: Importance of nature, air pollution, remediation
  • Light: Eye, protection of the eye, sources of light, reflection of light, shadow
• Pedagogy (10 Questions)
  • Science: Scope, meaning, history of science, role of science in human development
  • Aims of learning science: Cognitive area, process skill area, scientific attitude, application area, scientific creativity
  • Supplementary activities for enhancing science learning: Bulletin board, science club, wall magazine, day celebrations, quiz, etc.
  • Scientific process: Steps in scientific process
  • Different process skills: Its developmental strategies
  • Characteristics of science teaching
  • Approaches of science teaching: Nature of learning activities, evaluation process, etc.
  • Integrated approach in environmental science
  • Evaluation strategy in science classes: Grading
  • Different strategies in science teaching-learning process: Projects, seminars, debates, experiments, field trips, etc.
  • Role of science teacher
  • Learning aids: Need, scope
  • Unit analysis: Comprehensive planning - teaching manual
  • Pedagogic analysis
  • Analysis of primary science curriculum
  • Action Research
  • Evaluation system: Grading - continuous evaluation - preparation and administration of evaluation tools

• Content (20 Questions)
• Numbers:
• Natural Numbers: Place value, ordering, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of natural numbers, factors and multiples, prime numbers, practical problems
• Fractions: Fraction of a measure such as meter, liter, gram. Fractional parts of objects. Equal fractions, operations on fractions. Decimal representation of fractions related to metric units of length, volume, weight. Operations on decimals, practical problems
• Geometry:
• Perimeter of rectilinear figures (polygons), area of rectangles, patterns of geometrical figures, practical problems
• Measurements:
• Basic operations in solving problems involving length, weight, capacity, time, money, and practical problems
• Pedagogy (20 Questions)
• Nature of Mathematics: Abstraction, understanding children’s thinking and reasoning, language of mathematics
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum: Aims and objectives of learning mathematics in primary classes, values of mathematics learning, correlation with other subjects, lower primary and upper primary mathematics curriculum, syllabus
• Mathematics - Trends and Developments: Historical development of mathematics, great mathematicians and their contributions
• Approach to Mathematics Learning: Proper learning experiences keeping in mind the characteristics of children, their natural learning capacity, and the learning process
• Theoretical base of learning mathematics
• Teaching of Mathematics - Strategies and Methods: Teaching strategies - Concept attainment, process-oriented teaching, projects, seminars, assignments, field trips
• Different teaching-learning methods: Inductive and deductive method, analytic and synthetic method, project method, laboratory method
• Learning Materials in Mathematics: Textbook and handbooks, information technology, mathematics club, mathematics laboratory, mathematics fair, mathematics library collecting mathematical puzzles, riddles
• Mathematics Learning - Evaluation: Concept of continuous and comprehensive evaluation, evaluation activities, grading and recording the results, diagnosis, remedial teaching, and error analysis