List of Best Books for CTET 2024 Exam Preparation (All Subjects)

By Ashish Kumar|Updated : January 10th, 2024

Best Books for CTET 2024 exam: The syllabus for both the papers CTET is so vast and there are many books available for almost every topic, and these many options create a dilemma. Therefore, the selection of good books for CTET 2023 becomes a crucial task. In this article, we are recommending the best books which are important as well as sufficient for CTET preparation. Given below are some important criteria that make these books and study materials recommendable:

  • Covers Complete CTET Syllabus
  • Easy to learn all basic concepts
  • High-Quality questions for practice
  • Recommended by CTET Qualified Candidates

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CTET Exam Details:

  • CTET is a qualifying exam.
  • The first time CTET will be conducted in an online mode.
  • CTET consist of two paper- Paper 1 & 2.
  • CTET Paper 1 is for classes I to V.
  • CTET Paper 2 is for classes VI to VIII.
  • CTET involves 150 MCQ & consists of 150 marks.

List of Best Books for CTET 2024

1. CTET Books for Child Development & Pedagogy

  • Book Name: Child Development & Pedagogy
  • Publication Name - Disha Publication

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  • Highlights of the book: The book provides an exclusive explanation of the subject with special emphasis on Child Development, Inclusive Education, Learning and Pedagogical Issues.
  • This is followed by 2 sets of exercises. Exercise 1 contains a set of MCQs from the Previous Year's Question Papers of CTET and various other exams. Exercise 2, "TEST YOURSELF" provides carefully selected MCQs for practice

2. CTET Books for Mathematics

  • Book Name: Mathematics Exam Goalpost (Class 1st to 5th)
  • Publication Name - Wiley Publication

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  • Highlights of the book: Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations covers every aspect of the numerical ability section of many competitive tests. Numerous examples have been used throughout the book to illustrate concepts and problem-solving techniques. This book gives the students or candidates a good idea about the kind of questions asked in these exams.
  • Book Name: Mathematics & Pedagogy (Class 6th to 8th)
  • Publication Name: Disha Publication
  • Highlights: This book covers a Complete Syllabus with 600 plus questions and chapter-wise Previous year questions including the paper of December 2018. It has 5 Practice sets and solved questions.

3. CTET Books for Environmental Studies

  • Book Name: Environmental Studies
  • Publication Name: Wiley Publication

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  • All chapters have concepts as well as practice questions that would help you in your preparation.
  • The book also contains subject-specific solved questions from actual exams and three mock tests as per the exam format to help you revise the concepts.

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4. CTET Book for English

  • Book Name: English Language
  • Publication Name: Pearson Publication & Author's name is Geeta Sahni

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  • This book focuses on Reading Comprehension of unseen passages, with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability.
  • It also includes Learning and Acquisition, Principles of Language Teaching, the four skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing), the Challenges of teaching in a diverse classroom, Vocabulary and Grammar, Learning materials, and Remedial Teaching.

5. CTET Book for Hindi

  • Book Name: Hindi Language
  • Publication Name: Arihant Publication

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  • This book focuses on the Reading Comprehension of unseen passages & Poetry, with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability.
  • It also includes Learning and Acquisition, Principles of Language Teaching, the four skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing), the Challenges of teaching in a diverse classroom, Vocabulary and Grammar, Learning materials, and Remedial Teaching.

6. CTET Book for Social Studies

  • Book Name: Social Studies
  • Publication Name: Pearson Publication 

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  • The detailed concept of all the topics has been provided in the book cover under the social studies section.
  • contains the ample number of previous years' solved papers which will help aspirants to get an insight into recent years’ examination patterns and the types of questions asked in various TETs and CTETs. It also provides three model test papers.

Note: If you are unable to find any of these books in the market, you can refer to Arihant/Kiran publications for your preparation.

Other Important Links:

CTET Previous Year Paper - Download Here

Time Table for CTET 2024 Preparation

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FAQs

  • NCERT books should be considered as a base for CTET preparation.

  • It is advisable to refer only 2 to 3 books of reputed publication.

  • Following key points to be considered to crack CTET:-

  • The nature of the questions being asked in the CTET:-

              1. Questions will be in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) form.

              2. Questions will be with four alternatives out of which one answer will be the most appropriate.

              3. Each question will carry one mark

              4. There will be no negative marking.

  •  The CTET shall apply to schools of the Central Government (KVS, NVS, Central Tibetan Schools, etc.) and schools under the administrative control of UT’s of Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and NCT of Delhi and unaided private schools.

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