The Education Recruitment Board, Punjab, under the Department of School Education, Punjab, sets the Punjab Master Cadre Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2026. The detailed syllabus and exam pattern are mentioned in the official notification. Candidates interested in taking the Punjab Master Cadre Written Exam 2026 must go through the important topics of each subject, the exam pattern, and its marking scheme.
Punjab Master Cadre Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2026
The Punjab Master Cadre written exam is conducted in a computer-based test mode to select candidates who can teach from Class 6 to Class 10 in government schools. The exam contains 150 objective-type questions to be completed in a duration of 150 minutes. Candidates aspiring to teach any particular subject are to give their written exam only for that subject.
| Punjab Master Cadre Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2026- Overview | |
| Organization Name | Education Recruitment Board, Punjab |
| Post Name | Punjab Master Cadre Teacher |
| Mode of Exam | Computer-Based Test |
| Type of Questions | Multiple-Choice Questions |
| Number of Questions | 150 |
| Time Duration | 2 hours and 30 minutes |
| Negative Marking | No negative marking |
| Selection Process |
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| Official Website | https://erd.punjab.gov.in |
ERB Master Cadre Selection Process 2026
The selection process for the Punjab Master Cadre Recruitment 2026 follows a two-stage process, which is discussed below:
- Written Examination: In this first stage of selection, candidates take an online exam of 150 MCQs. It evaluates a candidate’s subject knowledge, teaching methods, and core concepts.
- Document Verification: Candidates who qualify for the written exam appear for document verification. In this, ERB verifies a candidate’s identity, educational certificates, and other necessary documents.
The final selection is based on the candidate’s performance in the written exam and the eligibility verification during document verification.
Punjab Master Cadre Exam Pattern 2026
Before candidates start with their Punjab Master Cadre Exam 2026, as per the topics of the syllabus, they must go through the exam pattern. This exam pattern is the same for all the subjects, irrespective of the subject chosen by the candidate. For the convenience of the candidates, we have provided a detailed exam pattern for the written exam below:
- The ERB Cadre written exam has 150 questions
- Each question carries 1 mark.
- There is no negative marking in the written exam.
- There is no negative marking for the question left unanswered by candidates.
- Candidates get a total of 150 minutes to finish their exam.
| Subject | Number of Questions | Total marks | Duration |
| Chosen subject (English/Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Punjab/ Hindi, etc.) | 150 | 150 | 2 hours and 30 minutes |
ERB Master Cadre Syllabus 2026
This section provides all the topics for each subject available for the Punjab Master Cadre exam. Candidates appearing for the written exam are to focus on the topics for their chosen subject only. The syllabus is prepared as per the subjects of the graduation level and some secondary level concepts. The important topics of each subject are given below:
| Subjects | Topics |
| DPE Master | 1. Introduction and History of Physical Education. 2. Definition, Meaning, Purpose, and Aims of Physical Education. 3. Development of Physical Education in India before and after independence. 4. Importance of Physical Education in the Modern Era. 5. The Structure and formation of the Human Body. • Blood Circulatory System. • Muscular System. • Excretory System. • Nervous System • Respiratory System • Digestive System. 6. Definition of Psychology, Meaning and inspiration, Social aspect of Physical Education. 7 Definition and Meaning of Sports Psychology, the objectives of Sports. 8. Meaning of Health Science, Concept, field, Goals & objectives. 9. Communicable disease: its Causes and prevention, Personal Health Science. 10. Development and growth of the body. Effect of Intoxicants on Health. 11. Balanced Diet. 12. Physical Fitness, Method of Training, Warmup, and Cool Down. 13. Incapability, Prevention, and Re-generate, First Aid, Muscle Pull, Fracture, Dislocation, Sports Injury. 14. Family Life. 15. Asian Games, Olympic Games, Sports Award, Commonwealth, Punjab Sports Department, Punjab Olympic Association. 16. Kinesiology, Lever, Equilibrium, Motion. 17. Massage, Entertainment, Sports Arrangements, Fixtures. 18. Introduction of Computer, Windows, MS Office, Internet, Browsing, PPT. 19. Yoga, Pranayam, Asana. 20. Athletics, Measurement of all playgrounds and fundamentals of Sports. |
| English Language | Critical and historical understanding of 1. Indian English Writers: R.K. Narayan, Rajarao, Arundhati Roy, Khushwant Singh, Mulk Raj Anand, Anita Desai, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, A.K.Ramanujan, Amitav Ghosh. 2. Elizabethan Age: Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser 3. Jacobean to Restoration: John Donne, John Milton, Ben Jonson, John Dryden Augustan Age: Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding 4. Romantic Period: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, P.B. Shelley, John Keats, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, Mary Shelley, Mathew Gregory Lewis, Leigh Hunt, Mary Wollstonecraft 5. Victorian Period: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, Walter Pater, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, Samuel Butler, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mathew Arnold. 6. Modern Period: T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, E. M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence, W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, I.A Richards, F.R Leavis, William Empson. 7. Contemporary Period: Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Stevie Smith, Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, George Orwell, William Golding, Doris Lessing, Graham Greene, Salman Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul, and Stephen Leacock. 8. Literary Terms 9. Grammar and Linguistics: Phrase structure rule, Transformational generative grammar (with reference to Chomsky), Transformational rule, a brief introduction to Semitic languages, sociolinguistics, language variety, dialect, accent, and register, psycholinguistics, nature and application, behaviorist, cognitive, and mental views of language learning, individual differences. 10. Linguistics (sign, speech, and writing, anthropology, organ of speech, description and classification of sounds, morphology, and word formation. |
| Hindi Language | 1. आदिकाल व मध्यकाल I. (i) हिन्दी साहित्य का इतिहास, काल-विभाजन, सीमा निर्धारण और नामकरण (ii) आदिकाल की पृष्ठभूमि, सिद्ध और नाथ साहित्य, रासो काव्य, जैन साहित्य. (iii) आदिकाल की प्रमुख परिस्थितियाँ और प्रवृत्तियाँ II. (i) भक्तिकाल की परिस्थितियाँ, प्रवृत्तियाँ और विभिन्न काव्य धाराएँ (ii) संत काव्य, सूफी काव्य, राम काव्य व कृष्ण काव्य: प्रमुख कवि और उनका योगदान (iii) रीतिकाल-नामकरण, विभिन्न धाराएँ, परिस्थितियाँ और प्रवृत्तियाँ III. प्रमुख कवि : चन्दबरदाई, अमीर खुसरो, विद्यापति, कबीर, सूरदास, तुलसीदास रैदास, केशव, जायसी, बिहारी, रहीम, मीराबाई और रसखान 2. आधुनिक काल (i) आधुनिक काल की प्रमुख परिस्थितियाँ और प्रवृत्तियाँ । (ii) भारतेन्दु युग, द्विवेदी युग, छायावाद, प्रगतिवाद, प्रयोगवाद, नई कविता – प्रमुख साहित्यकार, रचनाएँ और विशेषताएँ 3. हिन्दी गद्य का उद्भव व विकास कहानी, उपन्यास, नाटक, निबन्ध, आत्मकथा, जीवनी, संस्मरण, रेखाचित्र यात्रा वृत्तांत, डायरी आदि । प्रमुख कवि : भारतेन्दु हरिश्चन्द्र, महावीर प्रसाद द्विवेदी, अयोध्यासिंह उपाध्याय ‘हरिऔध’, जयशंकर प्रसाद, महादेवी वर्मा, मैथिलीशरण गुप्त, सूर्यकान्त त्रिपाठी निराला, सुमित्रानन्दन पंत, सुभद्राकुमारी चौहान, हरिवंश राय बच्चन, रामधारी सिंह दिनकर प्रमुख कहानीकार : जयशंकर प्रसाद, मुंशी प्रेमचन्द, जैनेन्द्र कुमार, मन्नू भंडारी, कृष्णा सोबती, सुदर्शन, कमलेश्वर, यशपाल । प्रमुख निबन्धकार : रामचन्द्र शुक्ल, रामवृक्ष बेनीपुरी, बाबू गुलाबराय हज़ारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी, महादेवी वर्मा, मुक्तिबोध, हरिशंकर परसाई प्रमुख नाटककार : भारतेन्दु हरिश्चन्द्र, जयशंकर प्रसाद, मोहन राकेश, जगदीशचन्द्र, विष्णु प्रभाकर, उपेन्द्रनाथ अश्क (ख) समीक्षा सिद्धांत (i) काव्य की परिभाषा तथा भेद, महाकाव्य, खंडकाव्य, गीतिकाव्य की परिभाषा तथा विशेषताएं। (ii) गद्य विधाएं : निबन्ध, संस्मरण, जीवनी तथा आत्मकथा के स्वरूप एवं तत्वों का सामान्य परिचय। (iii) उपन्यास की परिभाषा, तत्व और वर्गीकरण (iv) कहानी की परिभाषा, तत्व और वर्गीकरण (v) समीक्षा सिद्धांत : केवल नाटक और एकांकी परिभाषा, तत्व और वर्गीकरण (ग) व्याकरण (i) भाषा अरि लिपि, वर्ण विचार, शब्द विचार, पद विचार, वाक्य विचार (ii) व्यावहारिक व्याकरण : भाववाचक संज्ञा निर्माण, विशेषण निर्माण, विपरीतार्थक शब्द, समानार्थक शब्द, समरूपी भिन्नार्थक शब्द, वाक्यांशों के लिए एक शब्द अनेकार्थक शब्द । (iii) देवनागरी लिपिःउद्भव और विकास, दोष का सुधार एवं दोष सुधार के लिए किए गए प्रयास। देवनागरी लिपि का मानक रूप तथा हिंदी वर्तनी का मानकीकरण (iv) मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ (घ) तकनीकी शब्दावली प्रमुख पारिभाषिक शब्द (अंग्रेज़ी से हिंदी) (ङ) अलंकार अनुप्रास, यमक, वकोक्ति, उपमा, रूपक, अतिश्योक्ति, विरोधाभास, उत्प्रेक्षा (च) छंद दोहा, सोरठा, चौपाई, सवैया, कवित्त, कुंडलियाँ |
| Punjabi Language | 1. ਆਧੁਨਿਕ ਕਵੀ -ਭਾਈ ਵੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਧਨੀ ਰਾਮ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕ, ਪ੍ਰੋ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ, ਡਾ.ਦੀਵਾਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਾਲੇਪਾਣੀ, ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ, ਸਿਵ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਬਟਾਲਵੀ, ਸੁਰਜੀਤ ਪਾਤਰ, ਨੰਦ ਲਾਲ ਨੂਰਪੁਰੀ, ਹੀਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਰਦ, ਬਾਵਾ ਬਲਵੰਤ, ਜਸਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇਕੀ, ਜਗਤਾਰ, ਪਾਸ ਵਿਧਾਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਤੀਰ, ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਫੀਰ, ਸ.ਸ.ਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਹੀਦ 2. ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਕਾਵਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ, ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ ਜੀ, ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ, ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ ਜੀ, 3. ਸੂਫੀ ਕਾਵਿ ਸੇਖ ਫਰੀਦ ਜੀ, ਸ਼ਾਹ ਹੁਸੈਨ, ਬੂਲੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ 4. ਕਿੱਤਾ ਕਾਵਿ ਵਾਰਿਸ ਸ਼ਾਹ, ਪੀਲੂ, ਹਾਸਮ ਸ਼ਾਹ, ਕਾਦਰ ਯਾਰ, ਦਮੋਦਰ, ਹਾਫਿਜ ਬਰਖੁਦਾਰ, 5. ਬੀਰ-ਕਾਵਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ, ਸ਼ਾਹ ਮੁਹੰਮਦ ਨਜਾਬਤ, 6. ਵਾਰਤਕ ਭਾਗ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਦਿੱਤ ਸਿੰਘ, ਪੰਡਤ ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਰਾਮ ਫਿਲੌਰੀ, ਬਿਹਾਰੀ ਲਾਲ ਪੁਰੀ, ਲਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਮਲਾ ਅਕਾਲੀ, ਸੂਬਾ ਸਿੰਘ, ਬਲਰਾਜ ਸਾਹਨੀ, ਡਾ.ਟੀ.ਆਰ ਸਰਮਾ, ਡਾ.ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਘੁੰਮਣ, ਪ੍ਰਿੰਸੀਪਲ ਤੇਜਾ ਸਿੰਘ, ਸ੍ਰ.ਗੁਰਬਖਸ ਸਿੰਘ, ਡਾ.ਬਲਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਸ.ਕਪੂਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਪ੍ਰੋ.ਪਿਆਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਪਦਮ, ਗਿਆਨੀ ਗੁਰਦਿੱਤ ਸਿੰਘ, ਡਾ. ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਪੂਰ। 7. ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ- ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿੰਘ, ਨਵਤੇਜ ਸਿੰਘ, ਨੌਰੰਗ ਸਿੰਘ, ਸੰਤੋਖ ਸਿੰਘ ਧੀਰ, ਡਾ.ਦਲੀਪ ਕੌਰ ਟਿਵਾਣਾ, ਮੋਹਨ ਭੰਡਾਰੀ, ਸੁਜਾਨ ਸਿੰਘ, ਰਘੁਬੀਰ ਢੰਡ, ਵਰਿਆਮ ਸੰਧੂ, ਗੁਰਬਖਸ ਸਿੰਘ, ਗੁਰਮੁੱਖ ਸਿੰਘ ਮੁਸਾਫਿਰ, ਕੁਲਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਵਿਰਕ, ਅਜੀਤ ਕੌਰ, 8. ਇਕਾਂਗੀ-ਆਈ.ਸੀ.ਨੰਦਾ, ਬਲਵੰਤ ਗਾਰਗੀ, ਕਪੂਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਘੁੰਮਣ, ਸੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੇਖੋਂ, ਡਾ. ਹਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ 9. ਨਾਵਲਕਾਰ-ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿੰਘ, ਗੁਰਦਿਆਲ ਸਿੰਘ, ਜਸਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਕੇਵਲ, ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ, ਨਰੋਜਨ, ਤਸਲੀਮ। 10. ਨਾਟਕ- ਬਲਵੰਤ ਗਾਰਗੀ, ਚਰਨ ਦਾਸ ਸਿੱਧੂ, ਆਈ.ਸੀ.ਨੰਦਾ, 11. ਸ੍ਵੈ-ਜੀਵਨੀ- ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿੰਘ, ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ, ਡਾ.ਦਲੀਪ ਕੌਰ ਟਿਵਾਣਾ, ਗੁਰਬਖਸ ਸਿੰਘ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਲੜੀ, ਡਾ. ਮਹਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੋਧਾਵਾ, ਸੋਹਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਵਣਜਾਰਾ ਬੇਦੀ, ਅਜੀਤ ਕੌਰ ਮੋਹਿੰਦਰ 12. ਸਾਹਿਤ ਦੇ ਭਿੰਨ-ਭਿੰਨ ਰੂਪਾਂ ਦੀ ਚਰਚਾ 13. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲੋਕ-ਸਾਹਿਤ ਦੇ ਭਿੰਨ ਭਿੰਨ ਰੂਪ : 14. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ। ਪੰਜਾਬੀ-ਵਿਆਕਰਨ 1. ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਜਾਂ ਬੋਲੀ ਕਿਸਮਾਂ, 2. ਵਿਆਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਭਾਗ (ਧੁਨੀ ਬੋਧ, ਸਬਦ- ਬੋਧ, ਅਰਥ-ਬੋਧ,ਵਾਕ-ਬੋਧ) 3. ਵਿਸਰਾਮ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ 4. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਜੋੜ, ਮੁਹਾਵਰੇ, ਅਖਾਣ,, 5 ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਉਪ-ਭਸਾਵਾਂ 6. ਲਿੰਗ, ਵਚਨ, ਕਾਲ 7. ਸੰਖੇਪ ਰਚਨਾ, ਪੈਰ੍ਹਾ ਰਚਨਾ, ਅਣਡਿੱਠਾ ਪਹਿਰਾ, ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਕੋਸ਼ ਵਾਚਣ ਵਿਧੀ 8. ਲੇਖ, ਕਹਾਣੀ, ਚਿੱਠੀ/ਬਿਨੈਪੱਤਰ, ਸੱਦਾਪੱਤਰ. ਸਫਰ, ਘਟਨਾ/ਦ੍ਰਿਸ ਵਰਨਣ ਆਦਿ ਬਾਰੇ। 9. ਲਿਪੀ, ਵਰਨ ਮਾਲਾ, ਸਵਰ-ਵਿਅੰਜਨ, ਦੁੱਤ ਅੱਖਰ, ਲਗਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਲਗਾਖਰ |
| Mathematics | 1. Matrices and Determinants 2. Elementary Set Theory 3. Sequences and Series 4. Binomial Theorum 5. Continuity and Differenciability 6. Applications and Derivatives 7. Integrals 8. Differential Equations 9. Vector Spaces 10. Linear Inequalities 11. Straight Lines 12. Conic Sections 13. Introduction to Three-dimensional Geometry 14. Three-dimensional Geometry 15. Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations 16. Trigonometric Functions 17. Limit and Continuity 18. Limits and Derivatives 19. Permutations and Combinations 20. Numerical Analysis 21. Number Theory 22. Mathematical Reasoning 23. Statistics 24. Probability |
| Science | Physical Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Zoology
Botany
Physics
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| Arts | 1. Geometrical drawing (Shapes and dimensions) 2. SCALE DRAWING PROJECTIONAL DRAWING (Types and definitions) Angels’ projection (Difference between projections of Angles, Scale card readings 3. Still Life: Ratio & Proportion, Light and Shade. 4. Designs: Colors, Color Schemes, Types of Designs 5. Life Study: Structure of Body, Head study, Portrait 6. Landscapes: Perspectives, Types, and Views of Landscapes. 7. Letter Writing: Calligraphy & Poster study & Motives of Posters Fine Arts 1. Concept, Scope & Principles of Art. 2. Importance of Art in Life and Education. 3. Aims and objectives of teaching at Art. 4. Significance of Fine Art & Co-relation with Other Subjects 5. Qualities and functions of a Fine Art teacher 6. Exhibition and Competitions. 7. Role of Art in Life. 8. Monuments and Artists 9. Impressionism, Post Impressionism. 10. Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism. 11. Modern Printings 12. Company Schools 13. Kalighat Paintings 14. Bengal Schools 15. Modern Indian Artist (Graduation) 16. Rasa and Bhava 17. Concept of Beauty 18. Art and Society 19. Methods of teaching of Fine Arts 20. Indus Valley Civilization 21. Maurya Period, Bharhut Stupa 22. Sanchi Stupa, Amaravati Stupa 23. Mathura Period 24. Gandharva Period 25. Prehistoric cave paintings 26. Ajanta, Bagh & Badami caves. 27. Elements of Art. 28. Principles of Art |
| Social Sciences | Polity 1. Centre Govt 2. State Level Govt 3. Foreign Policy 4. Citizenship 5. Organs of Government 6. Fundamental Rights 7. Courts 8. UNO 9. Indian Federal System 10. Election Procedure 11. Constitution in Detail 12. Democracy at the Rural and Urban Level 13. Theories 14. Party System in India 15. Concepts. Geography 1. Physical Geography 2. Geography of India 3. Resources and Environment History 1. History of Punjab 2. History of India 3. World History Economics 1. Consumer Equilibrium – Meaning & attainment of Equilibrium 2. Demand, Market Demand, Determinant Curves, Price Elasticity of Demand 3. National income and Related Aggregate. 4. Determination of Income and Employment AD, AS, and their components. MPS, APS, MPC, APC 5. Balance of Trade & B.O.P 6. Micro & Macro – Difference & Explain working 7. Producer behavior – Production functions, supply, cost & revenue, supply curve, Producer Equilibrium. 8. Forms of Market – Perfect competition, Monopoly, monopolistic completion, meaning, and features 9. Price Determination under perfect competition equilibrium Price. 10. Money and Banking. 11. Govt Budget and Economy Meaning, Objectives, Balance Budget 12. Determination of Income & Employment Concept of investment & Multiplie & its working 13. National Income & related aggregate concepts of GDP, GNP, NDP, NNP. 14. A) Types of Economics B). Infrastructure of Economy. 15. Indian Economy, Punjab Economy 16. Economic Planning in India. |
Punjab Master Cadre Syllabus 2026 PDF Download
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