REET Level 2 Syllabus and Paper 2 Pattern

Where Level 2 sits in the REET process

1. REET Level 2 (pre or eligibility test): a single paper set by BSER. Clear the minimum marks and you get an eligibility certificate.
2. REET Mains (recruitment exam): which RSSB holds whenever it advertises third grade teacher posts. Only REET qualified candidates can apply.
3. Document verification and posting: based on the mains merit list.

When people search for the "REET level 2 pre syllabus", they mean the first paper on this page. The mains has its own, much heavier syllabus, which we cover on our separate guide to the REET Mains level 2 syllabus. Aiming at classes 1 to 5 instead? Read the REET level 1 syllabus.

REET level 2 exam pattern at a glance

You get 150 minutes, and apart from the language parts each question is set bilingually. Maths and science teachers choose the first subject option, social studies teachers the second; teachers of other subjects pick whichever option the notification allows them.

REET level 2 syllabus: child development and pedagogy

These 30 questions test how children aged roughly 11 to 14 learn and how you would teach them.

• Growth and development, heredity and environment, adolescence
• Learning: meaning, factors, and theories (behaviourism, Gestalt, cognitive and constructivist views)
• Motivation and its use in the classroom
• Individual differences, personality and intelligence, and how they are measured
• Learners with special needs: gifted, creative, slow learners, disadvantaged children and learning difficulties
• Adjustment, the teacher's role, teaching and learning strategies
• Assessment and evaluation, achievement tests, action research
• Right to Education Act and its classroom duties

Language I and Language II topics

You pick two different languages. Language I goes deeper into grammar and comprehension; Language II leans on unseen passages, poems and teaching methods. In both, a good part of the marks comes from language pedagogy.

Language I (Hindi example)

• Unseen prose passage with questions on vocabulary and grammar
• Word types, sentence formation, prefixes and suffixes, sandhi and samas, muhavare and lokoktiyan, punctuation
• Teaching methods, language skills, teaching material and evaluation, remedial teaching

Language II (English example)

• Unseen prose: linking devices, subject and verb agreement, inference
• Unseen poem: alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, rhyme
• Modal auxiliaries, phrasal verbs and idioms, literary terms such as sonnet, elegy and short story
• Communicative teaching, language skills, evaluation and remedial work

Subject block: social studies, or maths with science

Mathematics (30 questions)

• Indices, algebraic expressions, factors, linear equations
• Squares, cubes and their roots
• Percentage and its uses, ratio, profit, loss and interest of both kinds
• Lines and angles, plane figures, area, surface area and volume
• Data handling, graphs, probability
• Pedagogy of mathematics: nature of maths, curriculum, remedial teaching, evaluation

Science (30 questions)

• Living things, micro-organisms, cell structure, human body and health, nutrition, reproduction
• Force, motion, pressure, energy, heat, light, sound, electricity and magnetism
• Matter and chemical substances, solar system
• Environment, natural resources, pollution, agriculture in Rajasthan
• Pedagogy of science: methods, teaching aids, evaluation

Social studies (60 questions)

• India's history from ancient times through the medieval period to the national movement
• Indian Constitution, democracy and local government
• The earth, landforms, climate and resources, with a focus on India and Rajasthan
• History, art and culture of Rajasthan
• Economics basics: banking, insurance, consumer awareness
• Pedagogy of social science: classroom processes, projects, evaluation

The level of content follows school books for classes 6 to 8, though questions may stretch up to secondary level.

Passing marks and the mains stage

REET is qualifying in nature. Recent cycles set the general category minimum at 60 percent, which is 90 out of 150, with lower thresholds for reserved categories, women from certain groups, persons with disability and other notified groups. The relaxed percentages have been reported differently in different places, so take them from the latest notification, not from a coaching chart.

Once qualified, you can apply to REET Mains when posts open. Recent mains rounds had 150 questions worth 2 marks each, 300 in all, with 150 minutes to answer, built around Rajasthan general knowledge, current affairs, educational psychology, your school subject, teaching methods and computer basics. That is a different syllabus, so do not rely on Level 2 preparation alone.

Ten week plan built around the 60 mark block

Since the subject block alone is 40 percent of the paper, give it the largest share of time.

• Weeks 1 to 4: read the class 6 to 8 Rajasthan board or NCERT books for your subject option, covering a chapter daily and jotting down formulas and definitions.
• Weeks 2 to 6 (in parallel): 45 minutes a day on child development theories and RTE provisions; once the terms are clear, this block rewards you quickly.
• Weeks 5 to 8: grammar drills and pedagogy questions for both languages; practise unseen passages against the clock.
• Weeks 9 and 10: full 150 question timed papers from the official site, then revise only your weakest section. The CTET paper 2 syllabus overlaps heavily, so its practice sets help too.

REET level 2 syllabus in Hindi

रीट लेवल 2 का पेपर कक्षा 6 से 8 के शिक्षक बनने के लिए होता है। पेपर 150 अंकों का है, हर प्रश्न एक अंक का, और ढाई घंटे मिलते हैं। पहला भाग बाल विकास और शिक्षाशास्त्र का है, जिसमें 30 प्रश्न आते हैं। फिर भाषा प्रथम और भाषा द्वितीय के 30 30 प्रश्न होते हैं, जैसे हिंदी, अंग्रेजी या संस्कृत। आखिरी भाग 60 प्रश्नों का है, जिसमें आप सामाजिक अध्ययन अथवा गणित विज्ञान में से एक लेते हैं। विषय का स्तर कक्षा 6 से 8 की पुस्तकों जैसा रहता है और हर विषय में शिक्षण विधि के प्रश्न भी पूछे जाते हैं। अंकन के नियम हर बार नई अधिसूचना में जरूर पढ़ें।