MPTET Varg 2 Syllabus and Exam Pattern for Madhyamik Shikshak

How the Varg 2 route works

Madhya Pradesh fills Madhyamik Shikshak posts in two exam steps, both run by MPESB:

1. Eligibility test (MPTET Varg 2): the 150-mark paper described on this page. Clearing it with the qualifying percentage makes you eligible. For tests held since 2018 the qualification has been treated as valid for life.
2. Selection test: a separate recruitment exam announced with vacancies, open only to those who hold the eligibility. In the latest cycle it was a 100-question, 100-mark subject paper of 2 hours at graduation level.
3. Counselling and document verification before appointment.

Sports, music and dance teacher posts follow the same steps but have their own subject papers. For how teacher eligibility tests are built across India, see the TET syllabus overview.

MP TET Varg 2 exam pattern

Each item offers four choices, only one of them right. Pick the Part B subject that matches the main subject of your graduation, because that is what the post requires. Part A language and GK questions are pitched at higher secondary level; Part B is set at graduation depth but built on the MP class 9 and 10 curriculum.

Part A topics in detail

General Hindi (8)

• Two unseen passages, one prose and one verse, with questions on meaning
• Hindi grammar and vocabulary at higher secondary level

General English (5)

• Reading comprehension
• Vocabulary: one word substitution, synonyms, antonyms, idioms and proverbs
• Functional grammar from articles and tenses to active and passive voice

GK, current affairs, reasoning and numerical ability (7)

• Current events, India's past and freedom struggle, geography, polity, economy, environment and sports
• Madhya Pradesh history, geography, governance and economy
• Reasoning: analogy, coding and decoding, series, Venn diagrams; numerical ability: number patterns, simple data interpretation, direction sense

Pedagogy (10)

• Growth and development and how they relate to learning
• Learning theories: Piaget, Pavlov, Kohler, Thorndike
• Intelligence and personality and how they are measured
• Gender and social factors, individual differences, inclusive education
• Assessment and identifying learners who struggle or show special talent

Part B subject syllabus

Each Part B paper takes the MP school curriculum for classes 9 and 10 as its base and adds graduation-level depth plus teaching method for that subject. The main areas, as they appear in the subject syllabi:

• Hindi: origin and growth of Hindi and its dialects, Devanagari, the history of Hindi literature from Adikal to the modern period, prose and verse forms, ras, chhand and alankar, grammar and word formation, major writers and works.
• English: unseen prose and poetry, grammar and usage, clauses and transformation of sentences, vocabulary, figures of speech, poetic forms, prescribed MP class 9 and 10 texts and major English and Indian writers.
• Mathematics: number systems, polynomials and equations, geometry, mensuration, trigonometry, sequences and series, coordinate geometry and vectors, statistics and probability, and calculus.
• Science: biology (classification, plant and human physiology, genetics, environment), physics (motion, energy, heat, electricity, optics, modern physics) and chemistry (states of matter, periodic table, bonding, equilibrium, organic basics).
• Social Science: political theory and the Indian Constitution, Indian geography and resources, ancient, medieval and modern Indian history, and key world events.
• Sanskrit and Urdu: grammar, literature and texts of the language at the same level.

Download the full subject syllabus for your Part B choice from the rule book on esb.mp.gov.in; the list above is a guide to its scope, not a substitute for it.

Varg 2 English syllabus for the language teacher post

If you choose English in Part B, the 120 questions cover far more than the 5 English questions in Part A. Expect reading passages, parts of speech, tenses and agreement, voice and narration, clauses, vocabulary groups such as homophones and prefixes, figures of speech and poetic forms. Literature questions come from the prescribed MP textbooks for classes 9 and 10 and from well-known poets, essayists, novelists and dramatists, plus Indian writing in English. A good part also tests how you would teach these skills in class.

Qualifying marks and a preparation order

In the last cycle you needed 60 percent overall to qualify, that is 90 of 150. MP domicile candidates in the SC, ST, OBC and EWS groups, as well as those with a disability, needed 50 percent (75 of 150); candidates from other states needed 60 percent whatever their category.

Because Part B is 80 percent of the paper, your subject decides the result. A sensible order:

1. Cover the MP class 9 and 10 textbooks of your subject chapter by chapter.
2. Add graduation-level depth for each chapter and teaching method questions.
3. Prepare pedagogy next: its 10 questions are the largest block of Part A.
4. Keep Hindi and English grammar and MP GK for short daily sessions.

MPTET Varg 2 syllabus in Hindi

माध्यमिक शिक्षक पात्रता परीक्षा (वर्ग 2) में कुल 150 प्रश्न और 150 अंक होते हैं, समय ढाई घंटे। भाग अ सभी के लिए अनिवार्य है: सामान्य हिंदी 8, सामान्य अंग्रेज़ी 5, सामान्य ज्ञान, समसामयिकी, तर्क और संख्यात्मक योग्यता 7, तथा शिक्षाशास्त्र 10 अंक। भाग ब में आप अपने स्नातक विषय के अनुसार एक विषय चुनते हैं: हिंदी, अंग्रेज़ी, संस्कृत, उर्दू, गणित, विज्ञान या सामाजिक विज्ञान, जिसमें 120 प्रश्न होते हैं। पिछली परीक्षा में पास होने के लिए 60 प्रतिशत अंक चाहिए थे, मध्यप्रदेश के आरक्षित वर्ग के लिए 50 प्रतिशत। नवीनतम नियम पुस्तिका अवश्य देखें।