NTRCA English Written Syllabus School Level (New)

SYLLABUS FOR NTRCA (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION

Post: Assistant Teacher (English)

Subject Code: 302          Exam Duration: Three Hours               Full Marks: 100

Instructions:

Candidates will have to answer all the questions from each part of the question. Four questions have to be answered from Part One (Grammar-20 marks) each question carrying 05 marks. Each question will have 5 sub-items (e.g. a, b, c, d, e). From part two, (Translation-10 marks) candidates have to answer one question carrying 10 marks. From part three (Reading-15 marks) candidates have to answer 5 MCQs carrying 5 marks and 5 short questions carrying 10 marks. From part four, (Stylistics devices/Ornamentation/ Different Genres of Text-15 marks) candidates have to write three short notes on given literary/linguistic terms each carrying 5 marks. Finally, from Part- Five (Writing-40 marks) candidates have to answer four questions each carrying 10 marks. Questions will be prepared following Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive learning. A minimum of 20% marks should be allotted to higher-order questions which require analyzing or creating/synthesizing. There will be no alternative question.

 

Part: One ( Grammar): 20 Marks

• Preposition: Concept and Applications of preposition

• Subject –verb Agreement, Study of verbs, Use of Tenses

• Sentences (Changing) (Types of sentences: affirmative, negative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, simple, complex, compound, Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs, Active/Passive Voice

• Direct and Indirect Speeches

• Correction ( Article, preposition, verb, subject-verb agreement, punctuation and cohesive devices)

• Use of cohesive devices such as connectors, linkers etc.

• Phrases and idioms

• Completing sentences, • Modal Auxiliaries

(Note: Four questions will be set from the above mentioned topics each question carrying 05 marks)

 

 

Part: Two (Translation): 10 marks

 

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Part: Three (Reading): 15 marks

MCQ1×5=5

Short Question : 2×5=10

 

(Note: An unseen text will be provided on contemporary issues, news article or any other authentic sources. MCQs will be set based on the words from the text. Candidates have to identify synonym/ antonym/ identifying word class. Short questions will be open ended)

 

 

Part: Four (Stylistics devices/Ornamentation/ Different Genres of Text): Marks 15

• Writing short notes

Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Tragic Flaw, Tragic Hero, The use of supernatural elements, Personification, Metonymy, Symbol, Irony, Climax, Anticlimax, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Oxymoron, Paradox, Allusion, Conceit, Rhyme Scheme, Stanza, Elegy, Sonnet, Lyric, Dramatic Monologue, Ode, Ballad, Satire, Central Theme, Tone of text, Narrative (fictional or non-fictional novels, short stories),Poetry, Drama/Play.

Part: Five (Writing): 40

• Formal letter

• Paraphrasing (poem or short story)

• Paragraph writing (Descriptive, narrative, persuasive/argumentative, imaginative and creative, comparison and contrast, cause and effect)

• Expressing Solution to a problem

 

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