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English Notes for Assistant Professor UGC NTA NET Exam
Author: Mocktime Publication
language: en
Publisher: by Mocktime Publication
Release Date: 101-01-01
Syllabus: 1. Drama: Understanding core concepts, diverse forms, and historical development. 2. Drama: Exploring major playwrights and influential theatrical movements. 3. Drama: Applying techniques for analysis and critical interpretation of dramatic texts. 4. Drama: Assessment of critical reading, critical thinking, and writing skills through comprehension passages covering all literatures in English. 5. Poetry: Understanding fundamental elements, prosody, and various poetic genres. 6. Poetry: Exploring significant poets, key movements, and distinct stylistic features. 7. Poetry: Applying methods for appreciation and critical evaluation of poetic works. 8. Poetry: Assessment of critical reading, critical thinking, and writing skills through comprehension passages covering all literatures in English. 9. Fiction: Understanding narrative structures, core elements, and the evolution of the novel. 10. Fiction: Exploring major novelists and their contributions to the development of fiction. 11. Short story: Understanding its distinct characteristics, diverse forms, and historical development. 12. Fiction, short story: Assessment of critical reading, critical thinking, and writing skills through comprehension passages covering all literatures in English. 13. Non-Fictional Prose: Understanding its various types, purposes, and key characteristics. 14. Non-Fictional Prose: Exploring prominent writers and their influential works. 15. Non-Fictional Prose: Analyzing rhetorical strategies, diverse styles, and overall impact. 16. Non-Fictional Prose: Assessment of critical reading, critical thinking, and writing skills through comprehension passages covering all literatures in English. 17. Language: Basic concepts (e.g., phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics). 18. Language: Key theories of language structure, acquisition, and change. 19. Language: Pedagogy, including methods and approaches for teaching English. 20. English in Use: Practical application, varieties, and its role in communication. 21. English in India: Its history, including introduction and spread. 22. English in India: Its evolution, encompassing changes in role and form. 23. English in India: Contemporary status, features, and significance. 24. English in India: Its futures, considering prospects and ongoing debates. 25. Cultural Studies: Introduction to basic concepts, theories, and scope. 26. Cultural Studies: Examining its relationship with literature, media, and society. 27. Cultural Studies: Analyzing themes of identity, power, representation, and ideology. 28. Cultural Studies: Exploring diverse methodologies and critical approaches. 29. Literary Criticism: Tracing its history from classical origins to early 20th century. 30. Literary Criticism: Studying major critics and their influential contributions. 31. Literary Criticism: Understanding different schools, approaches, and critical methods. 32. Literary Criticism: Practical application of critical principles to literary texts. 33. Literary Theory post World War II: Contexts of emergence and key developments. 34. Literary Theory post World War II: Major movements (e.g., Structuralism, Post-structuralism). 35. Literary Theory post World War II: Diverse perspectives (e.g., Marxism, Feminism, Post-colonialism). 36. Literary Theory post World War II: Its application and impact on literary studies. 37. Research Methods in English: Introduction to methodologies and types of research. 38. Research Methods in English: Developing research questions, proposals, and design. 39. Research Materials in English: Identifying, evaluating, and utilizing sources. 40. Research Methods and Materials in English: Academic writing, documentation, and ethics.
History Notes for Assistant Professor UGC NTA NET Exam
Author: Mocktime Publication
language: en
Publisher: by Mocktime Publication
Release Date: 101-01-01
Syllabus: 1. Food Science and Nutrition Fundamentals: Exploring food science and nutrition, the physical and chemical properties of food, and methods for both objective and subjective quality evaluation of foods. 2. Food Processing, Preservation, and Additives: Understanding the effects of cooking and processing techniques on nutritional components and other physical parameters, alongside food preservation principles and application, food pigments, and food additives. 3. Food Safety, Standards, and Service Perspectives: Covering food standards, microbiological safety of food, HACCP, food packaging, and the perspectives of food service including menu planning, food cost analysis, and new product development with a focus on nano technology. 4. Institutional Food Service Management and Research Ethics: Examining food service management of institutional level (hospital, educational institutions, social and special institutions), and introducing fundamental issues, concept, need relevance, scope and ethics in research. 5. Core Concepts in Nutrition and Dietetics: Delving into food groups, the balanced diet, food pyramid, macro and micro nutrition, the role of nutrients in the body, nutrient deficiencies, and requirements for Indians. 6. Applied Nutrition Across Lifespan and Special Conditions: Addressing public health nutrition, nutrition through life span (physiological changes, growth and development from conception to adolescence, nutritional needs and dietary guidelines for adequate nutrition through life cycle, nutrition concerns), community nutrition, sports nutrition, and nutrition in emergencies and disasters. 7. Nutritional Assessment, Intervention, and Therapeutic Nutrition: Focusing on nutritional assessment-methods and techniques, nutritional intervention (national nutrition policies and programmes, food and nutrition security), and clinical and therapeutic nutrition. 8. Diet Counseling, Management, and Research in Nutrition: Exploring diet counseling and management practices, and research methods including research designs, and the principles and purpose of research. 9. Textile Fundamentals: Fibres, Yarns, and Weaves: Introducing textile terminologies (fibre, yarn, weave, fabric etc.), the classification of fibers, yarns and weaves, Identification of fibres and weaves, and the manufacturing process of major natural and manmade fibres, their properties and their end uses. 10. Fabric Construction, Finishes, and Coloration Techniques: Examining different methods of fabric construction (woven, knitted and non woven fabrics, their properties and end uses); the classification, processing and purposes of textiles finishes; and various methods of dyeing and printing including block printing, tie and dye, batik, roller printing, screen printing, discharge, heat transfer printing and digitized printing. 11. Traditional Indian Textiles and Quality Control in Textiles: Studying traditional textiles of India (embroidered textiles, printed textiles, woven textiles, dyed textiles of various regions in India), including Identification on the basis of fibre content, technique, motif, colour and designed; and understanding Textile Testing and quality control, the need of testing, sampling method, techniques of testing fibres, yarn, fabrics and garments, including testing of colour-fastness, shrinkage, pilling and GSM of fabrics. 12. Textiles and Environment, Recent Developments, and Textile Research Methods: Addressing textile and environment concerns (banned dyes, eco-friendly textiles, contamination and effluent treatment, Eco-label and eco marks); recent developments in textiles and apparels (nano textiles, technical textiles, occupational clothing, zero waste designing, up cycling and recycling); and exploring research methods including types of research (descriptive, survey, historical, qualitative, quantitative, analytical and action research). 13. Apparel Design Foundations: Measurements and Manufacturing Tools: Covering body measurements (procedure, need, figure types and anthropometry) and the equipments and tools used for manufacturing garments, including advancements and attachments used for sewing machine, and types of machines used and their parts. 14. Design Application in Apparel and Fashion Dynamics: Applying elements and principles of design and its application to apparel, including Illustrations and parts of garments; and understanding Fashion (Terminologies, fashion cycle, fashion theories, fashion adoption, fashion forecasting and factors affecting fashion). 15. Pattern Making Techniques and Apparel Manufacturing Processes: Detailing pattern making (drafting, draping and flat pattern making techniques, pattern alteration and dart manipulation techniques); and outlining apparel manufacturing (terminology used, seams, techniques and machines used, process of fabric to apparel manufacture). 16. Apparel Quality, Care, Selection, and Research in Apparel: Focusing on Apparel Quality testing (Quality standards and specification, Quality parameters and defects of fabrics and garments), care and maintenance of clothing (principles of washing, laundry agents, storage techniques case labels and symbols), selection of clothing for different age groups and selection of fabrics for different end uses; and introducing research methods including hypothesis testing, its types and scope. 17. Core Principles of Management and Family Resource Application: Introducing Management (concept, approaches, management of time, energy, money, space, motivating factors, motivation theories, decision making); and outlining functions of management (planning, supervision, controlling, organizing, evaluation) in relation to family life cycle-stages, and the availability and use of resources. 18. Resource Classification, Conservation, and Natural Resource Management: Detailing Resources (classification, characteristics, factors affecting use), resource conservation, time management, work simplification techniques, classes of change, and fatigue and its management; and covering management of natural resources (land, forest, water, air), water harvesting, municipal solid waste management, the concept of sustainable development, and SDGs. 19. Financial Management and Human Resource Development: Addressing money management (family income, types, supplementation, budgeting, household accounts, family savings and investment, tax implications); and Human resource management (functions, need, human resource development challenges, functions, manpower planning, training need assessment, training methodologies, training evaluation). 20. Consumer Issues, Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Sampling Research: Defining the Consumer (definition, role, rights and responsibilities), consumer behavior, consumer problems, education and empowerment; Consumer protection (consumer organization, cooperatives, alternative redressal, standardization, standard marks, quality control, buying aids, consumer legislation); Entrepreneurship (concept, process, barriers, entrepreneurial motivation, challenges, enterprise setting, project planning and appraisal, enterprise management); and research methods focusing on sampling techniques, types of sampling, sampling procedures, including probability and non probability sampling. 21. Fundamentals of Design and Colour in Interior Spaces: Exploring design fundamentals (elements of art, principles of design, principles of composition); and understanding Colour (dimensions of colour, psychological effects of colour, colour schemes, and factors affecting use of colour) in interior design. 22. Space Planning, Housing Needs, and Building Regulations: Covering space planning and design (housing need and important, principles of planning spaces, types of house plans, economy in construction, planning for different income groups); and detailing building regulations (norms and standards, zoning, housing for special groups and areas, housing finance). 23. Housing, Environment, and Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Addressing housing and environment (building materials- impact on environment, green rating systems, energy efficiency in buildings, energy auditing, indices of indoor comfort); and understanding Energy as a resource (conventional and non- conventional sources, renewable /nonrenewable energy, energy management, national efforts on energy conservation). 24. Product Design, Ergonomics, Furnishings, and Data Collection Tool Research: Examining product design (design thinking process, diffusion and innovation, design communication, ergonomic considerations); Ergonomics (significance, scope, anthropometry, man, machine, environment relationship, factors affecting physiological cost of work, body mechanics, functional design of work place, time and motion study, energy studies); Furniture and furnishing (historical perspectives, architectural styles, contemporary tends, wall finishes, window and window treatments); and research methods including selection and preparation of tools for data collection (questionnaire, interview, observation, measuring scales, ranking and measurement), and ensuring reliability and validity of tools. 25. Principles of Growth, Development, and Foundational Theories: Outlining the principles of growth and development, care during pregnancy and pre-natal and neonatal development; and introducing key theories of human development and behavior. 26. Early Childhood Care, Education, and Developmental Influences: Focusing on early childhood care and education and activities to promote holistic development; and analyzing the influence of family, peers, school, community and culture on personality development. 27. Addressing Special Needs, At-Risk Children, and Lifespan Development Stages: Covering children and persons with special needs (care and support, special education, prevention of disabilities, rehabilitation); Children at risk (child labour, street children, children of destitute, orphans, child abuse and trafficking); Adolescence and youth (changes, challenges and programs to promote optimal development); Adulthood (characteristics, changing roles and responsibilities in early and middle adulthood); and Aging (physical and psychological changes and care needs). 28. Research Methodology in Human Development: Variables and Selection: Introducing research methods pertinent to child/human development, with a specific focus on understanding types of variables and their selection. 29. Dynamics of Marriage, Family Relationships, and Family Welfare: Exploring the dynamics of marriage and family relationships; and discussing family welfare (approaches, programmes and challenges, role in national development). 30. Family Challenges, Conflict Resolution, and Educational Support: Addressing domestic violence, marital disharmony, conflict, resolution of conflict; and covering parent education, positive parenting, and community education, alongside family disorganization and single parent families. 31. Family Studies in Crisis, Human Rights, Counseling, and Lifespan Well-being: Examining family studies (family in crisis, family therapy, initiatives for child development); Human rights, rights of children, rights of women, status of women, and gender roles; Guidance and counseling across life span and for care givers; and promoting health and well being across life span development. 32. Research in Family Studies: Data Handling and Statistical Analysis: Focusing on research methods relevant to family studies, including data collection and classification, coding, tabulation, and the application of inferential and descriptive statistics. 33. Communication Fundamentals, Processes, and Theories: Covering the basics of communication (nature, characteristics, functions, process, models, elements, principles, barriers, perception, persuasion and empathy, types of communication, levels (settings) of communication transactions, process of listening); and communication systems and communication theories (human interaction theories, mass communication theories, message design theories, communication systems, culture and communication). 34. Development Concepts and the Role of Communication in Development: Explaining the concept of development (theories, models, measurement and indicators of development); concept of development communication (models and approaches, diffusion and innovation, mass media, social marketing); and the role of communication in development (need and importance, development journalism, writing for development-print, radio, television and internet). 35. Key Concerns and Strategies in Development Communication: Addressing concerns of development communication (gender, health, environment, sustainability, human rights, population, literacy, rural and tribal development); and exploring advocacy and behavior change communication (concept, theories, models, approaches, application and challenges). 36. Media for Development, Relevant Organizations, and Data Analysis Research: Utilizing traditional, modern and new media for development (folk forms of songs, art, dance, theatre, puppetry, advertisement, cinema, ICTs for development-community radio, participatory video, social media and mobile phones); identifying Organisation/agencies/institutes working for development communication (international/ national/state and local); and research methods involving analysis of data through parametric and non parametric tests. 37. Extension Education: History, Principles, and Programme Management: Discussing historical perspectives of extension (genesis of extension education and extension systems in India and other countries, objectives of extension education and extension service, philosophy and principles of extension programme development); and detailing Programme management (need assessment, situation analysis, planning, organization, implementation, monitoring and evaluation). 38. Extension Methods, Materials, Curriculum, and Lifelong Education: Covering extension methods and materials (interpersonal, small and large group methods, audiovisual aids-need, importance, planning, classification, preparation and field testing, use and evaluation of audio-visual materials); Curriculum development and planning for extension education and development activities, using Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives and learning; and Non-Formal, adult and lifelong education (historical perspectives, concept, theories, approaches, scope, methods and materials used, challenges of implementation and evaluation, issues to be addressed). 39. Human Resource Development, Community Organization, and Participatory Approaches in Extension: Focusing on Training, skill development and capacity building for human resource development (methods of training, entrepreneurship development); Community development (perspectives, approaches, community organization, leadership, support structures for community development, Panchyati raj institutions, NGOs and community based organisations); and People’s participation and stakeholders’ perspectives, including Participatory Learning and Action (methods and techniques). 40. Development Programmes in India and Research Reporting in Extension: Surveying development programmes in India for urban, rural and tribal population groups (programmes for nutrition, health, education, wage and self employment, women’s development, skill development, sanitation and infrastructure); and research methods focused on scientific report writing, presentation of data, and its interpretation and discussion.
Indian Culture Notes for Assistant Professor UGC NTA NET Exam
Author: Mocktime Publication
language: en
Publisher: by Mocktime Publication
Release Date: 101-01-01
Syllabus: 1. Meaning and concepts of Culture: encompassing Traditional and Modern concepts, alongside Notions of Culture in textual tradition, and anthropological, archaeological, and sociological understanding of the term culture. 2. Elements of Culture, the concept of Indianness, the value system, and the fundamental relation between culture and civilization. 3. Historiography and approaches to the study of Indian Culture: including Stereotypes, Objectivity and Bias, and Imperialist, Nationalist, Marxist, and Subaltern perspectives; also covering the Heritage of India and the world’s debt to Indian Culture. 4. Archaeological Sources for the Study of Indian Culture: cultural remains, Monuments, Numismatics, and Epigraphy. 5. Literary sources and Oral traditions; Foreign Accounts; and Archival sources as means for the Study of Indian Culture. 6. Pre-historic Stone age cultures, detailing palaeolithic, mesolithic, and neolithic periods, and Protohistoric cultures, including the chalcolithic horizon. 7. Harappan Culture: addressing current debates on nomenclature and scripts, and detailing Town planning and architecture, art, social, religious, and economic life. 8. The evolution of India’s main language families. 9. Early Vedic and later Vedic ideas and institutions: covering social, religious, economic, political, and scientific aspects. 10. Post Vedic developments: including Religious Movements, the emergence of states, Shramana traditions (Buddhism, Jainism, Ajivikas, and other sects), and the Education system and centres like Taxila and Kashi. 11. Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Ideas and Institutions: examining Social, Religious, Economic, and Political structures; Ashoka’s Dhamma; and Scripts like Brahmi and Kharosthi. 12. The Impact of Foreign Invasions on India; and the development of Art and Architecture during the Mauryan and Post-Mauryan periods. 13. Literature of the Mauryan and Post-Mauryan period: featuring Arthasashtra, Manusmriti, Natyashastra, Panchatantra, Buddhacharit, and Saundarananda; alongside Scientific Achievements of Nagarjuna, Sushruta, and Charaka. 14. The Education System and Centres during Mauryan and Post-Mauryan times; the Sangam Age, focusing on its Society and Culture; and India's Contacts with the outside world. 15. Gupta and Post-Gupta Ideas and Institutions: exploring social, religious, philosophical, economic, and political dimensions. 16. Scientific Achievements (Mathematics, Astronomy, Metallurgy) and Art and Architecture (evolution of Temples, Paintings of Ajanta and Bagh) during the Gupta and Post-Gupta period. 17. Literature of the Gupta and Post-Gupta era: Kalidasa, Banabhatta, Bharavi, Magha, Bhavabhuti, Dandi; Canonical Texts such as Vishnu Dharmottara Purana; the Education system and centres like Nalanda and Valabhi; and Contacts with the outside world. 18. Early Medieval Society: Legacies of Classical ideas, emergence of new trends, Proliferation of castes, outcastes, Vishti (forced labour), Slavery, and the Position of women; Polity characterized by feudalism; and Economy marked by de-urbanization and an agrarian system. 19. Religion in the Early Medieval Period: Vedic-Puranic traditions, Shramana tradition, Tantra, Bhakti movements; Philosophical thoughts including Shaddarshana; notable Philosophers like Shankara and Ramanuja; and the Pilgrimmage tradition. 20. Art and Architecture in Early Medieval India, featuring Nagara, Dravida, Bhumija, and Vesara styles; Education system and centres such as Vikramashila and Nalanda; and Scientific achievements in Mathematics and Astronomy. 21. Literature of the Early Medieval Period: Kalhana’s Rajatarangini and Al-Birunis’ Kitabul Hind; India's Contacts with Islam; and Canonical texts like Samaranganasutradhara, Manasara, Bhuvanapradeepa, and Sadhanamala. 22. Delhi Sultanate - Ideas and Institutions: Political structures like Iqta and the impact of the new ruling class on society; Economic aspects including market reforms, growth of new urban centres, percolation of Islam in rural areas, resistance and acceptance, and the Extent of slavery. 23. Religion in the Sultanate Period: Acharya traditions, the Bhakti tradition featuring Kabir and Ravidas, and the emergence of Sufism, particularly the Chishti and Suhrawardy orders. 24. Art and Architecture during the Sultanate Period: emergence of the Sultanate school of architecture and paintings, regional styles, and various religious and secular structures; Literature encompassing Sanskrit, Persian, Regional languages, and the emergence of Hindawi (Amir Khusrau, Chandabardai); and the Education system. 25. Vijay Nagar Empire: its Ideas and Institutions, particularly the political system of Nayankara; its Art and Architecture, Literature, and Educational institutions. 26. Mughal Ideas and Institutions: Polity aspects such as Mansab and Jagir, and Watan Jagir; Economic systems like Zamindari and Zabt; and Society, including the Aristocracy, emergence of middle classes, labourers, Slaves, and the Position of Women. 27. Religion and Philosophy in the Mughal Period: the growth of Vaishnava Bhakti, Panthiesm, and Sufi traditions like Sulh-i kul and Naqshabandis; key religious figures including Gurunanaka, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Meerabai, Narayanabhatta, and Raghunandana. 28. Literature during the Mughal Period: development in Sanskrit, Persian, and vernacular languages, featuring Tulasidasa, Suradasa, Abdur Rahim Khan-i-khanan, Abdul Fazl, Faizi, Badauni, and Banarasidas (Ardhakathanaka); and the Translation of religious texts by Akbar and Dara-Shukoh. 29. Art and Architecture in the Mughal era: Emergence of Mughal Schools; Temples of Vrindavan such as Gobinda Deva and Keshava Das Temple; and Four Quarter Gardens; Education, including the introduction of new education curricullum from Akbar’s period onwards (Dars-inizami), and religious syncretism in coinage, miniatures, and structures. 30. Science and Technology during the Mughal Period: Introduction of mechanical devices, pindrum gearing, and the astrolabe; Sawai Jai Singh’s observatories; and the Arrival of Europeans (Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, French) and their impact. 31. Emergence of successor states and their cultural developments in the Modern Period: Awadh, Hyderabad, Mysore, Marathas, and Rajputana. 32. The Impact of Western ideas and Indian responses: European studies of India, including the work of William Jones and the Asiatic Society, Fort William College, and the influence of Christian missionaries. 33. The Emergence and Development of the New Education System during the Modern Period. 34. The Indian Cultural Renaissance and Socio-Religious reform movements: focusing on Reformists such as the Brahama Samaja, Aligarh Movement, Ramakrishna Mission, and Theosophical Society. 35. Revivalist movements like the Wahabi and Arya Samaj Movement; alongside Dalit Movements and Sikh reform movements. 36. Administrative Measures undertaken in the Modern Period: specifically legislation concerning women, education, and social evils. 37. Literature in the Modern Period: the emergence of Shahr Ashob as a genre. 38. Prominent Urdu literary figures (Mirza Ghalib, Allama Iqbal) and Hindi literary figures (Bhartendu Harishchand, Prem Chand) of the Modern Period. 39. Key Bengali literary figures (Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Rabindranath Tagore, Qazi Nazrul Islam) of the Modern Period. 40. Science and Technology in the Modern Period: the emergence of modern science and technology.