Master degree holders in English with a minimum of 50% marks can apply for Ph.D (English) Entrance Test in Sardar Patel University. There will be four sections for the entrance test. Syllabus of the entrance test comprises of questions on Teaching Aptitude, Research Aptitude, Reading Comprehension, Reasoning, English Language and Literature.

Structure of Ph.D (English) Entrance Test in Sardar Patel University

There will be four sections for the entrance test. Section I comprise of 10 objective model questions for 10 marks. Questions for the section are meant to evaluate candidate’s general knowledge and research aptitude.

In Section II, there will be 15 objective model questions for 15 marks. Questions for the section will be based on English language and literature.

There will be short-answer type questions in Section III. Candidate need to answer 5 out of a total of 8 questions for 20 marks. Each of the questions needs to be answered in not more than 40 words.

In Section IV, there will be four long-answer type questions, out of which candidate needs to answer only one. It should be answered in not more than 300 words for 15 marks.

Syllabus for Ph.D (English) Entrance Test in Sardar Patel University

Section I

Teaching Aptitude

• Evaluation systems
• Factors affecting teaching
• Learners’ characteristics
• Methods of teaching
• Teaching aids
• Teaching characteristics
• Teaching nature
• Teaching objectives

Research Aptitude

• Methods of research
• Research characteristics
• Research ethics
• Research Types
• Steps of research

Reading Comprehension

• A reading passage with a set of questions
• Communication
• Communication Types
• Communication Barriers
• Effective classroom communication

Reasoning

• Letter series and codes
• Number series
• Relationships and classification

Logical Reasoning

• Analytical Reasoning
• Applied analogy
• Deductive and inductive reasoning
• Logical diagrams
• Multi-diagrammatic relationship
• Simple diagrammatic relationship
• Verbal analogies
• Verbal classification
• Word analogy

Data Interpretation

• Acquisition and interpretation of data
• Quantitative and qualitative data
• Graphical representation and mapping of data

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• Advantages and disadvantages of ICT
• Basics of Internet and e-mailing

People and Environment

• Exploitation of natural and energy resources
• People and Environment interaction
• Pollutants and their impact on human life
• Sources of pollution

Higher Education System

• Formal and distance education
• Professional/technical and general education
• Structure of the institutions for higher learning and research in India
• Value education

Section II and Section III

• American and other non-British Literatures
• Augustan Age: 18th Century Literature
• Chaucer to Shakespeare
• Contemporary Period
• Jacobean to Restoration Periods
• Literary Theory and Criticism
• Modern Period
• The Romantic Period
• Victorian Period

Section IV

• English Language and Literature

Syllabus for Section II and III are same, but are of different patterns. Candidates need to score at least 50% marks in the entrance exam to qualify.