KARNATAKA STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST (KSET) – 2021 FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
[Accredited by U.G.C., New Delhi vide No. F.7-16/2012(NET/SET)
Dated14thJanuary, 2020] University of Mysore, Moulya Bhavan, Manasagangotri, Mysuru – 570006.
Applications are invited from the eligible candidates to appear for Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET) – 2021 for Assistant Professor to be conducted on 11th April, 2021.
Important dates:
1. Notification date
2. Submission of online application commences from
3. Last date for submission of online application
4. Last date for submission of online application With late fee of Rs.250/-
5. Last date for submission of hard copy of the application form along with Attendance Slip to the respective Nodal Centers.
6. Date of Examination
CANDIDATES CAN APPLY FOR KSET-2021 IN “ONLINE” MODE ONLY. THE APPLICATION IN ANY OTHER MODE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM MAY BE DONE BY ACCESSING KSET WEBSITE
CANDIDATES ARE REQUESTED TO GO THROUGH THE NOTIFICATION CAREFULLY BEFORE FILLING THEIR ONLINE APPLICATION.
· For KSET – 2021, center will be conducting tests in 41subjects at Eleven (11) Nodal Centers spread across the Karnataka state.
· Candidates who qualify the KSET - 2021 are governed by the recruitment rules and regulations stipulated for the post of Assistant Professors of concerned Universities / Colleges / Institutions (Government/ Aided /Private) of Karnataka State.
· Candidates belongs to Schedule Caste (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST), Persons with Disability (PWD), OBCs [Cat- I, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB] should be as per the backward classes listed in Government of Karnataka web site: bcdbng@kar.nic.in.
Conditions of Eligibility:
1. Candidates who have secured at least 55% of marks (without rounding off) for general category and 50% for Schedule Category (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST),Persons with Disability (PWD), OBCs i.e., Cat-I, IIA, IIB, IIIA and IIIB, in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from universities / institutions recognized by UGC New Delhi, in the subjects opted for KSET.
2. Candidates who are pursuing their Master’s Degree (First or Second Semester) or equivalent course or candidates who have appeared for their Master’s Degree (Final Year) examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and for those who clear the KSET, eligibility certificate will be issued only on production of proof for having passed the Master’s degree or equivalent examination securing at least 55% marks (50% in case of SC, ST, OBC i.e., Cat- I, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB) and PWD candidates) within two years from the date of KSET result, failing which they will be treated as disqualified.
3. Candidates shall appear for KSET in their relevant subject of their post-graduation only, in case the candidate did not find the subject of his/her post-graduation in the list of KSET subjects, the candidate may appear in UGC-NET / UGC-CSIR NET which is held twice a year.
4. The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed by 19th September, 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result), shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e. from 55% to 50%) for appearing in SET.
5. Candidates other than general category are required to mention their reservation status in the online application form. The category certificates issued by the competent authorities on or before the last date for submission of online application form.[for SC, ST, CAT-I, IIA, IIB, IIIA and IIIB candidates only]. In case their ineligibility is detected due to invalid certificate by the KSET authority at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled without prior notice and they shall be liable for legal action.
6. The candidates of other states except Karnataka, belonging to OBCs (SC, ST & Other Backward Classes) categories shall be treated as General Merit [GM] only. As per the reservation policy of Karnataka Government.
7. Candidates should note that their candidature is provisional. The mere fact that admission to the examination will not imply that the KSET center has finally accepted his/her candidature. Candidates may note that candidature will be deemed final only upon fulfilling of eligibility conditions.
8. Candidate who became eligible in Previous KSETs are not eligible to apply again in the same subject. If any candidate found to be eligible in previous KSET tests and reappearing on same subject in current KSET, their candidature will be cancelled and the previous eligibility is withdrawn through de-notification.
9. Candidates with post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/Institute or foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/ Institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma/degree/certificate with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi(www.aiu.ac.in)
Age limit:
1. There is no upper age limit to apply for KSET-2021.
Exemption:
1. KSET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities / Colleges / Institutions of Higher education (Government/Aided/Private) in Karnataka State.
a) NET/SET/SLET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities/Colleges/ Institutions. In this regard, exemption from NET/SET/SLET will be governed by UGC regulations and amendments notified in the Gazette of India for time to time.
b) The candidates who have passed the UGC-NET/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from KSET examination.
c) For SET candidates: The candidates who have cleared the States Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for Assistant Professor held prior to 1st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in KSET, being eligible to apply for Assistant Professor anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor only in the Universities/ Colleges situated in the state from where they have cleared their SET.
Examination Fee and Mode of Payment:
Category | Fee |
General | 1150/- |
Cat-IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB | 950/- |
Cat-I, SC,ST, PWD | 650/- |
Late fee of Rs.250/-has to be paid by candidates who apply online applications after the last date till the extended period.
Please note:
1. Fee submitted by any other mode like Money Order /Demand Draft/IPO etc., will NOT be accepted. Fee once paid will NOT be refunded under any circumstances.
SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST:
The test will be consisting of two papers. Both the papers will consist of only objective type Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs). The test will be held on 11th April (Sunday) 2021, in two separate sessions as mentioned below:
Session | Paper | Max. Marks | Number of Question | Duration |
First | I | 100 | 50 Compulsory questions | 1 Hour (09.30 A.M to 10.30 A.M) |
Second | II | 200 | 100 Compulsory questions | 2 Hours (11.00 A.M to 1.00 P.M) |
Paper-I: Shall consist of 50 objective type compulsory questions each carrying 2 marks. The questions which will 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.
Paper – II: Shall consist of 100 objective type compulsory questions each carrying 2 marks which will be based on the subject selected by the candidate.
The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I and Paper – II on the Optical Marks Reader (OMR) Sheet provided along with the test booklet.
PROCEDURE AND CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF KSET RESULT:
(Revised Qualifying criteria for UGC-NET to be implemented for SET vide letter No. F.4- 2/90(NET), dated 14th August, 2018, is final and binding).
This will comprise the following steps for considering a candidate for the eligibility for Assistant Professors.
The candidates are required to obtain minimum marks in aggregate of all two papers i.e. Paper
– I & Paper – II for eligibility for Assistant Professor as given below:
CATEGORY | MINIMUM MARKS (%) TO BE OBTAINED | |
PAPER - I | PAPER - II | |
GENERAL [GM] | 40% Aggregate marks in all the two papers taken together | |
SC / ST/ CAT-I / II A/ II B / III A / III B / PWD | 35% Aggregate marks in all the two papers taken together | |
Step 1: The number of candidates to be qualified (total slots) for Eligibility for Assistant Professors shall be equal to 6% of the candidates appeared in both the papers (Paper I and Paper II) of KSET.
Step 2: The total slots arrived, amongst those candidates who have appeared in two papers and cleared step I, a merit list will be prepared subject-wise and category – wise using the aggregate marks of all the two papers secured by such candidates.
In order to be considered for ‘Eligibility for Assistant Professor’, the candidate must have appeared in both the papers and secured at least 40% aggregate marks taken together for General (Unreserved) category candidates and at least 35% aggregate marks taken together for all candidates belonging to the reserved categories (viz., Cat-I, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, SC, ST, PWD) (belonging to Non-Creamy Layer). The merit list will be prepared based on the marks earned by the candidates. Prepare slots according to the UGC formula. The assistant professor's qualification result will be published in compliance with the state government's reservation policy.
The method of disclosure of the result shall be in accordance with the rules of the KSET, the relation of which is final to the KSET decision.
Step 3:
According to UGC’s directive, 6% of the appearing candidates are to be declared qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor only [Appearing means appeared in all two papers of SET]. The reservation policy prevalent in the State is to be used to compute the category-wise qualifying slots available for eligibility for Assistant Professor.
The subject-wise and category-wise distribution of qualifying slots will be calculated by using the formula mentioned below:
No. of General (UR) candidates who have Secured 40% or more marks in
No. of Slots in a subject aggregate in the subject Total No. of slots For General (Unreserved) =------------------------------------------------ X available under
Candidates Total No. of General (UR) candidate General (UR) category who have Secured 40% or more marks
in Aggregate over all subjects
Hence, the category should be correctly entered in the online application form. (Change of category, subject, center etc. will not be allowed online application form).
It may be noted that the above qualifying criteria decided by UGC is final and binding. SYLLABUS AND QUESTION PAPER FOR KSET:
a) Syllabus: Syllabi for all the KSET subjects can be downloaded from the KSET website http://kset.uni-mysore.ac.in.
b) In case of any discrepancy found in the Kannada translation of a question bookletthe question in English version shall be taken as final.
SUBJECTS:
Subjects & Syllabus of KSET: All questions of Paper – II will be compulsory, covering entire syllabus of Paper – II. Syllabi for all KSET subjects can be downloaded from the KSET website
http://kset.uni-mysore.ac.in. The list of 41 subjects for which examination will be conducted by KSET along with their respective codes and the medium of question paper setting is given below:
Subject Code | Subject | Medium of Question Paper |
01 | Commerce | English & Kannada |
02 | Kannada | Kannada |
03 | Economics(I) | English & Kannada |
04 | English | English |
05 | Political Science | English & Kannada |
06 | History | English & Kannada |
07 | Sociology | English & Kannada |
08 | Geography | English & Kannada |
09 | Hindi | Hindi |
10 | Management (II) | English & Kannada |
11 | Tourism Administration and Management | English & Kannada |
12 | Education | English & Kannada |
13 | Library & Information Science | English |
14 | Mass Communication & Journalism | English & Kannada |
15 | Psychology | English & Kannada |
16 | Social work | English & Kannada |
17 | Criminology | English & Kannada |
18 | Law | English & Kannada |
19 | Sanskrit | Sanskrit |
20 | Physical Education | English & Kannada |
21 | Folk Literature (III) | English & Kannada |
22 | Urdu | Urdu |
23 | Public Administration | English & Kannada |
24 | Computer Science & Applications | English |
25 | Physical Sciences (IV) | English |
26 | Mathematical Sciences (V) | English |
27 | Chemical Sciences (VI) | English |
28 | Life Sciences (VII) | English |
29 | Environmental Sciences | English |
30 | Home Science | English |
31 | Electronic Science | English |
32 | Earth Sciences (VIII) | English |
33 | Archaeology (IX) | English & Kannada |
34 | Anthropology | English & Kannada |
35 | Marathi | Marathi |
36 | Philosophy | English & Kannada |
37 | Women Studies (X) | English & Kannada |
38 | Linguistics | English & Kannada |
39 | Performing Arts | English & Kannada |
40 | Music | English & Kannada |
41 | Visual Arts | English & Kannada |
Note: Candidates should possess Masters Degree or any other equivalent examination from Universities / Institutions recognized by UGC New Delhi in the subject opted for KSET.
(I) The candidates who have completed / appearing in their two-year master’s degree in Economics / Co-operation & other related subjects can also take KSET under “Economics”.
(II) The candidates who have completed / appearing in their two-year master’s degree / PG Diploma in Management & other related subjects can also take KSET under “Management”.
(III) The candidates who have completed / appearing in their two-year master’s degree in folklore, Kannada, Janapada, Kannada Janapada, Janapadasahithya, & other related subjects can also take KSET under “Folklore”.
(IV) The candidates who have completed/ appearing in their two-year master’s degree in Physics/Electronics/Atomic & Molecular Physics/Classical Dynamics/ Condensed matter Physics/Electromagnetic/ Experimental Design/Nuclear, Space & Particle Physics /Quantum Physics /Thermodynamics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Material Science and other related subjects can take KSET under “Physical Sciences”.
(V) The candidates who have completed/ appearing in their two-year master’s degree in Pure Mathematics / Statistics / Applied Mathematics, Mathematics with computer science & other related subjects can take KSET under “Mathematical Sciences”.
(VI) The candidates who have completed/ appearing in their two-year master’s degree in Chemistry / Chemical Sciences / Analytical Chemistry / Inorganic Chemistry / Organic Chemistry / Physical Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry / Applied Chemistry / Nuclear Chemistry / Environmental Chemistry / Marine Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Chemistry / Bio-organic Chemistry & other related subjects can take KSET under “Chemical Sciences”.
(VII) The candidates who have completed / appearing in their two-year master’s degree in Biochemistry / Biology / Biotechnology / Biodiversity & Taxonomy / Botany / Genetics / Microbiology / Physiology/ Zoology / Fishery science / Animal Biology
/ Marine Biology / Applied Genetics & other related can take KSET under “Life Sciences”.
(VIII) The candidates who have completed/appearing in their two-year master’s degree in Geology / Applied Geology / Geo-physics / Meteorology / Oceanography / Physical Geography / Earth Science / Earth & Atmospheric Science / Earth Science Resource Management / Marine Geology / Petroleum Geology / Geo-informatics / GIS / Applied Geochemistry / Geography & other related subjects can take KSET under “Earth Sciences”.
(IX) The candidates who have completed / appearing in their two-year master’s degree in Archeology, Ancient History and Archeology, History and Archeology, Epigraphy, Culture and Archeology & other related subjects can also take KSET under “Archeology”.
(X) The candidates who have completed / appearing in their two-year master’s degree in Women Studies. The candidates with Master’s Degree in Humanities (including
languages) and Social Sciences are eligible to appear in subject “Women Studies”.
Note: Please note that students who have passed post graduate examination in more than one subject can appear for KSET only in one subject at a time. Subject once selected is final and will not be allowed for change of subject under any circumstances.
Test Centers:
The Eleven KSET Centers where test will be conducted in Karnataka State with their respective codes are given below. The candidate can select any one Test Center for KSET.
Sl. No | Center Name | Center Code |
1 | Bangaluru | 10 |
2 | Belagavi | 11 |
3 | Bellary | 12 |
4 | Vijayapura | 13 |
5 | Davangere | 14 |
6 | Dharwad | 15 |
7 | Kalaburgi | 16 |
8 | Mangalore | 17 |
9 | Mysuru | 18 |
10 | Shimoga | 19 |
11 | Tumkur | 20 |
TIME SCHEDULE FOR KSET 11th APRIL, 2021
Particulars | Paper - 1 | Paper - 2 |
DATE OF EXAMINATION | 11th April, 2021 (Sunday) | 11th April, 2021 (Sunday) |
Entry in the Examination Hall | 08.00 AM(IST) | 10.45 AM (IST) |
Distribution of Test Booklet | 09.15 AM(IST) | 10.50 AM (IST) |
Seal of the Test Booklet to be broken/opened to take out the Answer Sheet | 09.25 AM(IST) | 10.55 AM (IST) |
Last entry in the Examination Hall | 09.30 AM(IST) | 11.00 AM (IST) |
Test Commences | 09.30 AM(IST) | 11.00 AM (IST) |
Test concludes | 10.30 AM(IST) | 01.00 PM (IST) |
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