Navodaya PGT Exam 2014 is going to be held on 27th April, 2014 as you can find in my previous article of mine titled: Navodaya Teacher (P...
Navodaya PGT Exam 2014 is going to be held on 27th April, 2014 as you can find in my previous article of mine titled: Navodaya Teacher (PGT & TGT) Recruitment 2014 Notification & Form. . This blog article is being made to help you prepare for this exam by giving you the prep materials for Navodaya PGT exam. It at first discusses the pattern/format of the written exam and than goes on to point you to the sample papers and prep books for the same.
Pattern/ format of Navodaya PGT exam:
Navodaya PGT written test consists of following papers:
General English: 20
Hindi: 20
General Awareness:30
General Intelligence, Numerical Ability & Reasoning: 30
Teaching Aptitude: 20
Subject knowledge: 80
The 200 marks Exam has to be answered in 2-1/2 hours.
The difficulty level of the question papers for PGTs will be of Post Graduation standard.
There is negative marking in Navodaya TGT Exam - 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
General English: 20
Hindi: 20
General Awareness:30
General Intelligence, Numerical Ability & Reasoning: 30
Teaching Aptitude: 20
Subject knowledge: 80
The 200 marks Exam has to be answered in 2-1/2 hours.
The difficulty level of the question papers for PGTs will be of Post Graduation standard.
There is negative marking in Navodaya TGT Exam - 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
This format of Navodaya PGT exam is very similar to the PGT exam conducted by KVS (Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan) – the test sections are identical, except that the Subject knowledge paper consists of 120 marks (compared to 80 in Navodaya PGT exam) and is held separately as KVS PGT Mains exam. In the table below, you can find the pattern of Navodaya PGT written test vis-Ã -vis KVS PGT written test.
Why this comparison is being made? It is to show you that as the pattern of exam is identical, you can use the same sample papers and books for KVS PGT exam as prep/study material for Navodaya PGT written exam.
Sample/Previous years papers for Navodaya PGT exam:
I had searched on the net and could not find any reliable authentic exam papers specific to Navodaya PGT written exam. In such cases where any exam resource is not found, I always advise candidates to prepare test section-wise as sample papers for Navodaya PGT test section exists for other recruitment exams such as bank clerical/insurance assistants exams. You can go through following sample papers just to know questions types in the test sections:
For the test of reasoning:
Download this Dena Bank Reasoning Clerk Exam 2011 Paper – courtesy Jagran Josh
For the test of Numerical Ability:
Download this Bank of India Clerk Exam Numerical Ability Exam 2011 Paper – courtesy Jagran Josh
For the test of English Language:
Download this UCO Bank Clerk Exam English Language Exam 2011 Paper– courtesy Jagran Josh
Prep Books for Navodaya PGT exam:
Guide Books for Navodaya PGT exam:
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Teachers Recruitment Test (For PGT) Publisher: Upkar Prakashan
Cover Price: Rs. 215; Offer Price: Rs. 204; Discount: Rs. 11(5%)
Navodaya Teachers Recruitment Examination By R. Gupta's
Cover Price: Rs. 230; Offer Price: Rs. 219; Discount: Rs. 11(5%)
As said earlier, following KVS PGT exam guide books should also help you:
Cover Price: Rs.330, Offer Price: Rs.304, Discount: Rs. 26 (8%)
Cover Price: Rs.330, Offer Price: Rs.304, Discount: Rs. 26 (8%)
How do you prepare for the Subject knowledge test of Navodaya PGT exam, since it contains 80 marks - the highest among all test section? Following subject-wise PGT exam guide should help you:
KVS Teachers (PGT) English Guide By RPH Editorial Board
Cover Price: Rs.135, Offer Price: Rs.135
Cover Price: Rs.185, Offer Price: Rs.185
Cover Price: Rs.240, Offer Price: Rs.240
Cover Price: Rs.165, Offer Price: Rs.165
Cover Price: Rs.175, Offer Price: Rs.175
Cover Price: Rs.165, Offer Price: Rs.165
Cover Price: Rs.175, Offer Price: Rs.175
Cover Price: Rs.175, Offer Price: Rs.175
Cover Price: Rs.175, Offer Price: Rs.175
Cover Price: Rs.165, Offer Price: Rs.165
Cover Price: Rs.165, Offer Price: Rs.165
Cover Price: Rs.195, Offer Price: Rs.195
Cover Price: Rs.165, Offer Price: Rs.165
Cover Price: Rs.175, Offer Price: Rs.175
Cover Price: Rs.345, Offer Price: Rs.345
Hope with above prep materials for Navodaya PGT exam you can appear in the exam confidently. I would be on the look out for more exam resources (sample papers & books) and would post the same here as and when I find them. So please keep visiting this blog. Best wishes!
Hope with above prep materials for Navodaya PGT exam you can appear in the exam confidently. I would be on the look out for more exam resources (sample papers & books) and would post the same here as and when I find them. So please keep visiting this blog. Best wishes!
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