KSET 2013: Scheme of Examination & Syllabus

A. The Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET) will consist of three papers. The test for all the three papers will consist of only multiple-choice questions. The exam will be held on 08th December 2013 (Sunday), in two separate sessions as mentioned below:

Paper-I: General Paper on Teaching and Aptitude:

This Paper shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. Sixty(60) multiple-choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50) questions. In the event of candidate attempting more than fifty questions, the first fifty questions attempted by the candidate would be evaluated.

Paper-II: Subject Paper:

This Paper shall consist of questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. Each paper will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50 compulsory Multiple-choice questions of two marks each.

Paper-III: Subject Paper (in depth questions):

i) This paper will consist of 75 Multiple-choice, compulsory questions from the subject selected by the candidates. Each question will carry two marks.
All the questions of paper II & Paper III will be compulsory, covering the entire syllabus (including all electives, without any options). The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of paper I, Paper II & paper III on the optical mark reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the test booklet.
The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR sheet including instructions to candidates will be made available on K-SET website http://kset.uni-mysore.ac.in during the second week of November, 2013.

ii) A candidate who does NOT appear for Paper-I and Paper-II will NOT be permitted to appear for Paper-III.

iii) There will be no negative marking.

B. For Visually Handicapped / Physically Handicapped 30 minutes extra time will be provided separately for Paper-I and Paper-II. For Paper-III, 45 minutes extra time shall be provided. 

Syllabus of Test:

Syllabus for K-SET examination will be the same as in UGC/CSIR-NET. Syllabi for all the K-SET subjects can be downloaded here. 

Source: Official website of KSET

Related Links:

Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET) 2013 Notification

KSET 2013: Eligibility Criteria