CTET 2020-21: Check last minute preparation tips
Central Teacher Eligibility Test 2025 ( CTET )
Exam On - 8 Feb '26
All set to appear for CTET 2020-21 exam? Check out some important last minute tips to boost your CTET preparation.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to conduct the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on January 31, 2021. The exam will be conducted for paper-I (for classes I-V) and II (for classes VI-VIII) in two shifts – 9:30 AM-12:00 Noon and 2:00-4:30 PM.
With only few days left for the exam, you must be in the last leg of CTET preparation. This article brings you some important last minute tips and tricks to crack the CTET 2021 exam.
CTET 2020-21 Last Minute Preparation Tips
Some of the important points that you need to keep in mind for your preparation during the last few days of CTET 2021 exam are:
Complete understanding of CTET exam pattern and syllabus
With only few days left for the exam, you should ensure that you have complete understanding of CTET syllabus and exam pattern. Some of the important points to be kept in mind regarding the CTET exam pattern are:
- CTET exam is conducted in offline mode as a pen-and-paper based test
- The exam is of 150 minutes duration
- CTET question paper for paper-I is divided into five sections (Child Development and Pedagogy, Language-I, Language-II, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies
- CTET question paper for paper-II is divided into four sections (Child Development and Pedagogy, Language-I, Language-II, and Mathematics and Science/Social Studies
- Total 150 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) of 150 marks are asked in CTET exam
- There are no subjective questions in CTET
- There is no negative marking in CTET
Constant revision of all CTET topics
In the last few days prior to CTET exam, your complete focus should be on revising the topics that you have already studied. Constant revision will help you strengthen your grip on important CTET subjects and topics. In addition, it will make you feel more confident on the subjects that you have studied.
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Practicing CTET question papers and mock tests
Other than revising, your focus should also be on practicing as many previous years’ CTET question papers and mock tests as possible. Practicing CTET mock tests and question papers will help you understand how well you are prepared for the exam. It will help you analyse and improve your weak areas for the exam. In addition, it will help you improve your time management skills immensely.
Keeping high confidence level for the CTET exam
Remember, fear is not good for grade. You should avoid over-thinking and over-stressing and keep your focus on achieving your target. You should trust yourself and keep yourself calm and confident about the exam.
Time management during CTET exam
As stated above, you have to complete 150 objective-type questions in 150 minutes duration in the CTET exam. This means that you have one minute to answer one question in the exam. This makes time management during the exam extremely important. To ensure effective time management, you should not stick to a particular question and move to the next one if you do not know or are unsure of the answer. Once you finish answering all the questions you know, you should re-look at the left-out questions and answer them all. Since there is no negative marking, there will be no harm in even guessing the right answer in the exam.
That said, all the best for your upcoming CTET 2020-21 exam!
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
Yes, according to the criteria of CTET, You can apply for this exam if you got more than 50% in your graduation it is eligible for both papers of CTET.
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Can I apply for CTET paper 1 if I have less than 50% marks in 12th but more than 50% marks in graduation