UP TET- Model Paper -01

🚀 EXTRA: EXAM EXPERT PREDICTIONS (UPTET 2026)

🎯 10 Most Expected Questions:

1. CDP: Focus heavily on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 5+3+3+4 structure and experiential learning. Expect a question like: "Under NEP 2020, the preparatory stage covers which classes?" (Ans: Classes 3 to 5).
2. CDP: Vygotsky’s concept of socio-cultural peer tutoring.
3. Hindi: तत्सम-तद्भव matching and समास identification (especially अपादान तत्पुरुष vs करण तत्पुरुष) is a 100% guarantee.
4. Hindi: New-age pedagogy question regarding "Multilingualism as an asset in the Hindi classroom."
5. English: Phrasal verbs related to 'break' (break down, break out) and 'put' (put off, put up with).
6. English: Communicative approach and the role of 'errors' as an indicator of learning.
7. SST (Polity): Constitutional Amendments, specifically 73rd, 74th, 86th, and the 101st (GST).
8. SST (History): Social reform movements of the 19th Century in UP (e.g., Aligarh movement, Arya Samaj).
9. SST (Geo): Indian River Systems (origins and tributaries of Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari).
10. SST Pedagogy: Using primary sources (Archives, coins, inscriptions) vs secondary sources in history teaching.

🔥 5 High-Level Tricky Questions (Trend-Based):

1. Tricky CDP: Differentiating between 'Negative Reinforcement' and 'Punishment'. (Negative reinforcement increases behavior by removing a bad stimulus; punishment decreases behavior).
2. Tricky Hindi: "अतिशयोक्ति" और "उत्प्रेक्षा" अलंकार में अंतर। (पहचान: जहाँ उपमेय में उपमान की संभावना 'मानो, जानो' हो, वहाँ उत्प्रेक्षा; जहाँ बात बढ़ा-चढ़ा कर हो, वहाँ अतिशयोक्ति)।
3. Tricky English: Identifying Clauses vs Phrases. Recognizing a Noun clause acting as the subject of a sentence.
4. Tricky SST (Geo): Coriolis Effect. Knowing that winds deflect to the RIGHT in the Northern Hemisphere and LEFT in the Southern Hemisphere.
5. Tricky SST (Polity): Money Bill. Understanding that the Rajya Sabha can only delay a Money Bill for 14 days and cannot reject it.