The Uttar Pradesh Board of Education has declared vacancies for 1894 posts of assistant teachers and principals. The UP Junior Teacher 2021 exam that was to be conducted on 18^th April 2021, has been postponed until further notice. The syllabus of the exam is divided into two sections- Paper 1 and Paper 2.

UP Junior Teacher Paper 1 consists of topics such as general knowledge, current affairs, and reasoning, and Paper 2 deals with the specific subject-related questions. This article will consist of detailed UP Junior Teacher 2021 preparation tips for Paper 1.

UP Junior Teacher 2021: Exam Pattern

Paper 1 of the UP Junior Teacher 2021 consists of 50 multiple-choice questions carrying one mark each. Paper 1 of the exam will include the following topics:

Subject	Topics
General Knowledge	●        Indian History and the Indian National Movement. ●        Geography of India. ●        Indian politics and governance – Constitution, political system, Panchayati Raj, Public Policies, Official Matters, etc. ●        Environment and ecology, biodiversity, sustainability and climate change, etc. ●        General Science.
Current Affairs	●        Contemporary events of national and international importance. ●        Economic and Social Development – Sustainable development, poverty-based demography, social sector initiatives, etc.
Reasoning	●        Analogies, assertion and reason, binary logic, classification, clocks and calendars, coded inequalities, coding-decoding, etc.

UP Junior Teacher Preparation strategy

Many students tend to overlook Paper 1 and focus only on Paper 2 of the exam which must be avoided as Paper 1 helps a lot in securing a place on the merit list. Hence, the candidates must give their best while preparing for Paper 1. We will discuss some UP Junior Teacher 2021 preparation tips to help the candidates in preparing for Paper 1 of the exam.

UP Junior Teacher Preparation strategy- General Knowledge

• General Knowledge consists of a vast syllabus and hence, it becomes quite difficult to have a grasp over it. The candidates should refer to NCERT books of Classes 6-12 of the various subjects for a thorough understanding of the basic concepts related to the topics of Indian history, Indian National Movement, Geography, Indian Polity, and General Science. They can also refer to Lucent General Knowledge by Lucent Publications to have an overview of the different topics within the subject.
• The candidates should put a lot of effort into gaining command over this portion as this takes the least time during the paper. There are no calculations or analyses required in this portion which saves a lot of time during the examination.
• Since the syllabus of this section is very vast, it takes the longest time for preparing this section. To avoid too much pressure at the last moment, the candidates should give one hour daily to this section along with the preparation of other subjects.
• To test themselves, the candidates should regularly solve questions related to General knowledge from past year question papers and also from online websites which provide multiple choice questions on the subject.

 

UP Junior Teacher Preparation strategy- Current Affairs

• Current affairs are another very vast section, which requires very little time during the examination as it does not include any computations. The candidates should spend one hour daily going through the developments and important events that are happening in the country and around the world. Along with these, they also need to remain updated with various schemes, policies, and initiatives of the Government.
• For the current affairs section, the candidates need to refer to newspapers like The Hindu, The Indian Express, etc. daily. Magazines such as Pratiyogita Darpan, and Civil Services Times will also be helpful for the candidates in the preparation of the current affairs section. The candidates also need to refer to educational websites and YouTube channels that provide daily as well as monthly current affairs.
• The candidates need to prepare for the current affairs for a period of at least one year before the examination.

 

UP Junior Teacher Preparation strategy- Reasoning

• This section of Paper 1 is the highest scoring section and the candidates should try to identify their strengths and weaknesses in this section and then allot time to complete the topics accordingly.
• For the reasoning section, the candidates need to learn short-cut methods to solve the questions as otherwise, this section would take a lot of time during the examination. Regular practice of this section is also required to improve the speed and accuracy of the candidates in the section.
• For questions related to assertion and reason, both the statements are given in the question should be evaluated separately to understand whether they are correct or not, after which the candidates should try to determine whether the given reason statement is the accurate explanation for the assertion statement or not. For questions related to coding-decoding, the candidates should first try to observe the pattern of the given question carefully and then use the identified pattern to solve the question.
• For the preparation of the reasoning syllabus, the candidates can study from books like “Verbal & Non- Verbal Reasoning Ability by R. S. Aggarwal” and Arihant Publications published “A New Approach to Reasoning Ability by B.S. Sijwali & I. Sijwali”. They may also refer to online websites that help in the preparation of the reasoning section of various competitive exams by providing examples and practice questions.

UP Junior Teacher preparation tips: Key Takeaways

Some of the general UP Junior Teacher preparation tips that the candidates must keep in mind while preparing for Paper 1 of the exam are listed below:

• Divide your study timetable in a manner that you allocate at least 25% of your study time to Paper 1 daily.
• Gather all the relevant study material but study only those topics that are a part of this exam as the study materials contain a lot of other topics as well which might confuse you.
• Make short notes for General Knowledge and Current Affairs and write down the formulae and shortcuts related to reasoning in one place so that it is easy for you to revise before the exam.
• Every topic of Paper 1 requires a lot of practice. Give at least 5 mock tests and practice questions regularly.
• You should aim to attempt all the questions in the exam as there is no negative marking.

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