PET — Single Objective Paper
Fifteen numbered subjects in one paper. Ten of them carry 5 marks each; Current Affairs, General Awareness and the three interpretation sections carry 10 marks each.
- Questions
- 100
- Marks
- 100
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Negative marking
- 1/4 per wrong answer
- Question type
- Objective, multiple choice
| Section | Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Indian History | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2. Indian National Movement | 5 | 5 | — |
| 3. Geography | 5 | 5 | — |
| 4. Indian Economy | 5 | 5 | — |
| 5. Indian Constitution and Public Administration | 5 | 5 | — |
| 6. General Science | 5 | 5 | — |
| 7. Elementary Arithmetic | 5 | 5 | — |
| 8. General Hindi | 5 | 5 | — |
| 9. General English | 5 | 5 | — |
| 10. Logic and Reasoning | 5 | 5 | — |
| 11. Current Affairs | 10 | 10 | — |
| 12. General Awareness | 10 | 10 | — |
| 13. Unseen Hindi passages — 2 passages, 5 questions each | 10 | 10 | — |
| 14. Graph interpretation — 2 graphs, 5 questions each | 10 | 10 | — |
| 15. Table interpretation — 2 tables, 5 questions each | 10 | 10 | — |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 2 hours |
The notification prints only the marks column. Because the paper is 100 questions for 100 marks — and items 13 to 15 are explicitly five questions per passage, graph and table — each question carries one mark, so the question count per subject equals its marks.
1. Indian History
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Vedic culture
- Buddhism — Gautam Buddha, his life and teachings
- Jainism — Mahavir, his life and teachings
- Maurya dynasty — Emperor Ashoka
- Gupta dynasty — Samudragupta and Chandragupta II
- Harshavardhana
- Rajput period
- Sultanate period
- Mughal empire
- Marathas
- Rise of British rule and the First War of Independence
- Socio-economic impact of British rule
2. Indian National Movement
- Early years of the freedom movement
- Swadeshi and Civil Disobedience movements — the role of Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders
- Revolutionary movement and the rise of militant nationalism
- Legislative amendments and the Government of India Act, 1935
- Quit India Movement, Azad Hind Fauj and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
3. Geography — physical geography of India and the world
- Rivers and river valleys
- Groundwater resources
- Mountains, hills and glaciers
- Deserts and arid regions
- Forests
- Mineral resources, especially in India
3. Geography — political geography, climate and population
- Political geography of India and the world
- Climate and weather
- Time zones
- Demographic change and migration
4. Indian Economy — the planned economy, 1947 to 1991
- Planning Commission and the Five Year Plans
- Development of a mixed economy — the private and public sectors
- Green Revolution
- Dairy development and Operation Flood
- Nationalisation of banks and banking reform
4. Indian Economy — liberalisation and later reform
- Economic reform of 1991 and the economy that followed it
- Agricultural reform after 2014
- Infrastructure and structural reform after 2014
- Labour reform after 2014
- Economic reform after 2014
- Goods and Services Tax (GST)
5. Indian Constitution
- Salient features of the Indian Constitution
- Directive Principles of State Policy
- Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties
- Parliamentary system
- Federal system, the Union and the Union Territories, Centre-State relations
- Judicial structure — the Supreme Court and the High Courts
5. Public Administration
- District administration
- Local bodies and Panchayati Raj institutions
6. General Science
- Elementary Physics
- Elementary Chemistry
- Elementary Biology
7. Elementary Arithmetic
- Whole numbers, fractions and decimals
- Percentage
- Simple arithmetic equations
- Squares and square roots
- Exponents and powers
- Average
8. General Hindi
- Sandhi
- Antonyms (vilom shabd)
- Synonyms (paryayvachi shabd)
- One word for a phrase
- Gender (ling)
- Homophones with different meanings (samshrut bhinnarthak shabd)
- Idioms and proverbs
- Common grammatical errors
- Authors and their works, prose and verse
9. General English
- English grammar
- Questions based on an unseen passage
10. Logic and Reasoning
- Greater and lesser (comparison)
- Order and ranking
- Relations
- Odd one out — separating the item that differs from the group
- Calendar and clock
- Cause and effect
- Coding and decoding, both numbers and letters
- Deductive reasoning — statement analysis and conclusion
11. Current Affairs
- Indian current affairs
- Global current affairs
12. General Awareness
- Neighbouring countries of India
- Countries, their capitals and currencies
- States and Union Territories of India
- Indian Parliament — Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad
- National and international days
- World organisations and their headquarters
- Indian tourist destinations
- Art and culture of India
- Sports in India and the world
- Indian research organisations
- Famous books and their authors
- Awards and their winners
- Climate change and the environment
13 to 15. Comprehension and interpretation
Three separate sections of 10 marks each, all set on material printed in the paper rather than on a topic that can be revised in advance.
- Comprehension and analysis of unseen Hindi passages — 2 passages, 5 questions on each
- Interpretation and analysis of graphs — 2 graphs, 5 questions on each
- Interpretation and analysis of tables — 2 tables, 5 questions on each