SYLLABUS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR PGT HISTORY

1)    Harappan Civilization – Town Planning  b. Religion  c. Economic & Social Life d. Script Writing

2)    Rise of Magadh in relation to 16 Mahajanpadas                     

3)    Rise of Heterodox sects with special reference to     Buddhism, Jainism –

      a. Rise      b. Teaching      c. Comparison     d. Effect on society, trade &commerce

4)    The Mauryas –

         a. Causes for its rise             b. Chandragupta Maurya Administration

          c. Contribution of Ashoka the Great (all  aspects)  d. Decline and fall of Mauryan Empire

5)    The Guptas –

         a. Golden Period    b. Samudra Gupta                                                                             

                c. Chandragupta Vikramaditya etc   d. Administration, Religion, Trade & Commerce

6)    Society & Economy – From Vedic till 7^th century                  

7)    Sultanate Era – The Defeat of Hindu kingdom and    establishment of Delhi Sultanate                                                  

8)    Mughal Period – 1526 to 1707(all aspects) -Polity , Administration, Society, Economy

9)    Medieval Period – Society and Culture - special  Reference to Bhakti Movement and Sufism

10)     Medieval Architecture – Delhi Sultanate ’n Mughal Period

11)     The Advent of Europeans and the establishment of   5 British rule                                                                        

12)      British rule and its impact on Indian economy               

13)     Revolt 1857 – Nature,Causes, Leadership, Events, Consequences, Causes of defeat, Impact

14)      The socio – religious reform movements and the rise  of nationalism                                                                   

15)      The Indian freedom movement - 1885 to 1947               

16)      Constitution – a. Framing   b. Features c. Working of the Constitution d. Adoption of the Constitution

HISTORY OF THE WORLD

1)    Rise of Ancient Civilizations with special reference to         

                                  Mesopotamia –   a. Urbanization  b. Script      c. Trade     d. Calendar

2)     Roman and Greek civilization    a. Rise of the empire     b. Administration         c. Society

3)     Rise of Islam –     a. Teachings     b. Culture      c. Crusades

4)     Nomadic people of Central Asia                                               

5)    The Dark age - Feudalism in Europe           a. Manor State                     b. Decline

6) Renaissance ’n Reformation period in Europe                                                     

7) Capitalism and Mercantilism    a. Industrial Revolution               b. Imperialism and colonialism

8) China Since 1840 to 1949

 9) Japan 1840 to 1949   

POST GRADUATE TEACHERS & TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHERS
Paper	Subject	Marks/ Duration
General Paper	COMMON PAPER FOR ALL POSTS OF PGTs & TGTs: Objective type multiple choice questions on 1.   General English (20) 2.   Hindi (20 ) 3.   General Awareness (30) 4.   General Intelligence, Numerical Ability & Reasoning (30) 5.   Teaching Aptitude (20) 6.   Concerned subject knowledge (80)  The difficulty level of the question papers for PGTs will be of Post Graduation standard and for TGTs it will be of Graduation standard. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.	200 Marks/ 2 hrs 30 minutes.