REET Mains Syllabus Level 1: Six Parts, 300 Marks

REET Mains level 1 exam pattern by part

Questions per part are worked out from 2 marks a question. For each wrong choice, RSSB takes back 0.67, a third of the 2 marks on offer. The answer sheet gives an extra option to fill when you skip an item, and the Board's instructions say that skipping that step on too many items can cost you your candidature.

Part 1: Rajasthan geography, history, culture (100 marks)

• Geography of the state: relief divisions, climate and the monsoon, rivers, lakes and dams, forests, sanctuaries and wildlife, soil types, chief crops, population figures, tribal groups, minerals, power sources, tourist circuits and transport
• History: prehistoric and early settlements (Ganeshwar, Kalibangan, Bairath, Balathal, Ahar), ruling dynasties and their administration, the 1857 uprising across Rajputana, kisan andolans and tribal uprisings, Praja Mandal activity and the unification of Rajasthan
• Culture: forts and temples, fairs and festivals, folk gods and saints, folk music, dance and theatre, dress and jewellery, painting styles and handicrafts, notable personalities
• Rajasthani language: main dialects, key literary works and authors, saint and folk literature

At a third of the paper, this one part is worth more than the subject, pedagogy, psychology and IT parts put together.

Part 2: Rajasthan GK, education, RTE and current affairs (80 marks)

• State symbols, flagship schemes, research centres, religious places, industries, sportspersons, cities, and the political and administrative setup
• Education in the state: student schemes and awards, SMCs and how they run, new classroom practices, and how the state is rolling out NEP
• The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, the Rajasthan RTE Rules, and free admission in recognised private schools
• State and national current affairs

A primary teacher works under the RTE framework daily, so expect direct questions on admission rules, the duties of school management committees and what schools may not do, such as screening children or charging capitation fees at admission.

Parts 3 and 4: school subjects and their pedagogy

Unlike the upper primary exam, level 1 has no subject choice. Every candidate faces all five subjects at the level of the primary and middle school books, with 10 content marks and 8 teaching method marks per subject.

• Hindi: parts of speech, sandhi, samas, word formation, correct spelling and usage, idioms and proverbs
• English: articles, tenses, voice change, reported speech, idioms, phrasal verbs, one word substitution
• Mathematics: numbers and primes, fractions and decimals, the four operations, factors, HCF and LCM, percentages, interest of both kinds, gain and loss, lines and angles, perimeter and area, surface area and volume
• General Science: acids, bases and salts, elements, compounds and mixtures, physical and chemical change, motion and force, light, the cell, respiration and transport in living things, reproduction in animals
• Social Studies: an introduction to Rajasthan, the Mughal period, landforms, vegetation and wildlife, agriculture and the state economy, the Indian Constitution and Rajasthan's part in framing it, local administration

For pedagogy, each language, Mathematics and Science asks about methods and approaches, teaching aids, classroom challenges, assessment, and finding and fixing learning gaps. Social Studies adds the nature of the subject and project work.

Parts 5 and 6: psychology and IT

Educational psychology (20 marks) covers the meaning and scope of the subject, stages of child development and what shapes them, heredity and environment, personality, theories and tests of intelligence, how learning happens, slow, gifted and specially abled learners, learning difficulties, motivation and adjustment. Information technology (10 marks) asks about IT basics, common tools, their classroom use and how technology changes society.

How level 1 Mains compares with the other REET papers

The REET pre level 1 syllabus belongs to the qualifying test with child development, two languages, maths and environmental studies; it gives you a certificate, not a job. The Mains is the actual hiring exam. Compared with the REET Mains level 2 syllabus, where one chosen subject carries 120 marks, level 1 gives only 50 marks to content spread thinly over five subjects and pushes far more weight onto Rajasthan GK.

Study order based on REET Mains syllabus level 1 marks

1. Weeks 1 to 6: Rajputana's dynasties and movements, fairs, folk arts, and Rajasthani language and literature. Make one page summaries for each dynasty, fair and painting school.
2. Weeks 7 to 10: Rajasthan geography with a blank map, then state schemes, education policy and the RTE Act and Rules.
3. Weeks 11 to 13: the five subjects and their pedagogy, one subject every few days, because each carries only 18 marks in total.
4. Weeks 14 to 16: psychology, IT and a year of current affairs, plus two full mock papers each week with the one third penalty applied.

Level 1 Mains topics summarised in Hindi

प्राथमिक अध्यापक (लेवल 1) भर्ती के पेपर में कुल 300 अंक के 150 सवाल आते हैं, जिनके लिए ढाई घंटे मिलते हैं। भाग 1 राजस्थान का भूगोल, इतिहास, संस्कृति और राजस्थानी भाषा 100 अंक; भाग 2 में प्रदेश का सामान्य ज्ञान, शिक्षा व्यवस्था, शिक्षा का अधिकार कानून और ताज़ा घटनाएँ 80 अंक; भाग 3 हिंदी, अंग्रेजी, गणित, सामान्य विज्ञान और सामाजिक अध्ययन 50 अंक; भाग 4 इन्हीं विषयों की शिक्षण विधियाँ 40 अंक; भाग 5 शैक्षिक मनोविज्ञान 20 और भाग 6 सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी 10 अंक। गलत उत्तर पर प्रश्न के अंकों का एक तिहाई कटेगा।