WB Primary TET Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme

From the official West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) documents · last checked 3 October 2026

TET (Classes I-V)

Offline, pen-and-paper with OMR answer sheet · 150 minutes (2 hours 30 minutes)

Section	Questions	Marks
Part A: Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30
Part B: Language I (Bengali / Hindi / Oriya / Telugu / Nepali / Santhali / Urdu)	30	30
Part C: Language II (English)	30	30
Part D: Mathematics	30	30
Part E: Environmental Studies	30	30
Total	150	150

Marking: Each correct answer gets 1 mark. There is no negative marking.

All questions are multiple choice. Each has four options and one correct answer.
The paper comes in Bengali and English. The two language parts are in their own languages.
You choose Language I based on the medium of instruction of the school: Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Santhali, Oriya or Telugu. Language II is English for everyone.
Questions follow the official syllabus. They can be as hard as secondary-level content.
Child Development questions focus on children aged 6 to 11 years.
In TET-2023 the exam ran from 12 noon to 2:30 pm. Candidates had to report at least 2 hours early, with the admit card.

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