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CTET 2022 Exam Paper 1 held on January 9, 2023. Candidates can check the difficulty level of the Paper 1 Shift 1, questions asked from various topics, etc. A detailed analysis of CTET 2022 Jan 9 Paper 1 is provided here.

CTET 2022 exam analysis and review is shared here for Paper 1 based on the student reaction. The difficulty level of the exam held on January 9, 2023 was easy to moderate.

CTET 2022 Exam Jan 9 Paper 1 Analysis

CTET 2022 Exam Jan 9 Paper 1 Analysis

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is conducting the CTET 2022 exam at various exam centres across the country. The exam is being held online starting January 9, 2023, and will continue till February 7, 2023, in multiple shifts. Shiksha.com covered the students' reactions after the CTET 2022 (Jan, 9) Paper 1 at the exam centre. As per the feedback shared by candidates, the overall difficulty level of CTET 2022 (Jan, 9) Paper 1 was easy to moderate. According to some students’ Paper 1 had some different questions.

The CTET question paper 2022 for January 9 Paper 1 consists of 150 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in total from subjects including Child Development and Pedagogy, Language-I, Language-II, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies. Candidates were required to attempt the paper in a total duration of two hours and thirty minutes.

In this article, we have shared the detailed CTET 2022 (January 9) exam analysis  based on the students’ reaction. Continue reading further to know the section-wise difficulty level, overall difficulty, and the topics from which questions were asked in the exam.

Table of contents
  • CTET January 9 2023 Paper 1: Students’ First Reactions
  • CTET 2022 (January 9) Exam Timing and Schedule
  • CTET 2022 January 9 Exam Analysis: Paper 1 Section-Wise
  • CTET January 9 Exam Analysis 2022 Paper 1: Section-Wise Difficulty Level & Topics

CTET January 9 2023 Paper 1: Students’ First Reactions

Shiksha.com asked some candidates about today's CTET 2022 Paper 1 and the reactions were:

- The overall difficulty level of the CTET 2022 exam is easy to moderate.

- Questions was asked from CDP Piaget

- Questions based on Animals was also asked like on elephant.

- Dance form of Rajasthan

- Full form of NEP

- Question on Madhubani Painting

- In Maths, pocket money related question was also asked, etc.

CTET 2022 (January 9) Exam Timing and Schedule

Candidates can check below the CTET 2022 exam time schedule.

CTET 2022 (January 9) Exam

Details

CTET Examination

January 9, 2023

 

Paper 1

Paper 2

Entry in the Examination Centre

07:30 AM

12:30 PM

Checking of Admit Cards

09: 00 AM to 09:15 AM

02:00 PM to 02:15PM

Checking of Computer

09:15 AM

02:15 PM

Last Entry in the Examination Centre

09:30 AM

02:30 PM

Test Commences

09:30 AM

02:30 PM

Test Concludes

12:00 Noon

05:00 PM

 Note: Candidates will not be permitted to enter the Examination Centre after the commencement of the examination as per time schedule given above/Admit Card.

CTET 2022 January 9 Exam Analysis: Paper 1 Section-Wise

The table below contains the detailed exam analysis and review of the CTET 2022 Jan 9 Paper 1:

Section
Difficulty Level
Language 1
Easy (Good Attempts 26-28)
Language 2
Easy to Moderate (Good Attempts 26-28)
Child Development and Pedagogy
Easy (Good Attempts 24-27)
Mathematics 
Easy to Moderate (Good Attempts 24-25)
Environmental Studies
Easy (Good Attempts 23-25)
Expected number of good attempts out of 150
Easy to Moderate (Good Attempts 110-120)
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CTET January 9 Exam Analysis 2022 Paper 1: Section-Wise Difficulty Level & Topics

Take a look at the section-wise exam analysis and review of the CTET 2022 exam held on January 9 (Paper 1). Know the difficulty level as well as the topics from which questions were asked.

Section

Difficulty Level

Topics

Child Development and Pedagogy

Easy 

  • Piaget Stages
  • Vygotsky – Scaffolding
  • Inclusive Education – Dyslexia
  • Teaching-learning processes
  • Chomsky -Learning accusation, LAD
  • Growth and Stages of Development
  • Teaching Method & Individual Difference
  • Assessment and Evaluation
  • Behaviourism (Classical and Operant Conditioning)
  • New Education Policy
  • Primary Socialization -​is the primary agency of socialization of children
  • NCF 2005
  • Basic Education
  • Howard Gardner
  • NEP 2020
  • PYQ, etc

Language-I (English)

Easy

  • Methods of teaching
  • Global Language, Extensive Reading, Remedial teaching, NEP 2020, NCF 2005, Grammar Translation Method, Phoneme, Classroom teaching method, etc.
  • Reading comprehension (1 passage Psychoanalysis), national initiative for proficiency in reading
  • Poem 
  • Synonym, Antonym

Language-II (Hindi)

Easy to Moderate

  • Reading comprehension (based on Mahatma Gandhi, environment, etc)
  • Poem Amar Raho based questions
  •  Hindi pedagogy ( Stephen Krashen and Language Acquisition Hypothesis, NEP 2020, Multilingualism, Language skill, Learning disablility, NCF 2005, etc.)
  • Hindi Grammar (समास, पर्यायवाची, संधि विच्छेद, प्रत्यय, मुहावरे, विलोम), सदुपयोग का संधि

Mathematics

Easy to Moderate

  •  Number system
  • HCF & LCM
  • Time and Distance
  • Mensuration
  • Area and Perimeter
  • Volume
  • Arithmetic operation
  • Pattern
  • Mathematical Pedagogy, Pedagogy -Top Down Approach, Van Hiele
  • Blood relation
  • Place value, Reciprocal
  • Symmetry Lines

Environmental Studies

Easy

  • Animal Elephant
  • UP, Rajasthan Jaipur capital
  • Which animal lay eggs 
  • NCF 2022
  • NEP full form
  • Folk dance of Rajasthan
  • Dance from Manipur
  • Worli Maharastra
  • Ganga Yojana
  • Map based question Bay of Bengal
  • Madhubani Painting
  • Mizoram Language
  • Eye defect
  • Bird wings function
  • Pedagogy, etc.

Read More: CTET 2023 Exam Analysis in detail

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