KSET 2024: Notification, Date, Application, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus

Mohit Dhulia
Updated on March 11, 2024

KSET 2024: If you are willing to make a career in the higher level teaching profession or want to become an assistant professor or lecturer in the state of Karnataka then it is highly recommended to attempt the KSET exam. To know about the KSET exam, scroll down, and read this article carefully till the end to gather all the minor and major information related to KSET. Here we have provided all the details such as Application procedure, Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Exam Syllabus, etc. for KSET.

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What is the KSET Exam?

Karnataka State Eligibility Test is commonly known as KSET. It is a state-level exam that is conducted to test the eligibility of candidates to become a Lecturer or Assistant Professor. Every year this exam is organized by the University of Mysore which is recognized by UGC (Undergraduate Grants Commision), New Delhi.

Candidates who want to appear for this exam must have to appear for two papers, namely Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 is common for all whereas Paper 2 is subject-specific. The application will be accepted in online mode after the commencement of the official notification of KSET. The candidates who will crack this exam will get an eligibility certificate for the Lecturers and Assistant Professors post. The validity of the KSET will be a lifetime.

KSET 2024 Overview

Particulars	Details
Name of Examination	Karnataka State Eligibility Test
Commonly Known As	KSET
Conducting Authority	University of Mysore
Exam-Level	State (Karnataka)
Frequency	Once in a year
Exam Purpose	To test the eligibility for Assistant Professor or Lecturer in the respective subject
Mode of Application	Online
Mode of Examination	Offline (i.e. PPT Based)
No. of Papers	2 (Paper I – General Knowledge, Paper-II – Subjective)
Total number of Questions	150 (Paper-I: 50, Paper-II: 100)
Total Marks	300 (Paper-I: 100, Paper-II: 200)
Type of Questions	MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)
Duration of Examination	Paper-I: 60 Minutes, Paper-II: 120 Minutes
Marking Scheme	2 marks will be given for every correct answer
Negative Marking	No
Official Website	kset.uni-Mysore.ac.in

KSET 2024 Important Dates

Eligible applicants should check the dates properly because it is very crucial to know about the important dates for any exam. Here is the list of all the important events and their respective dates related to Karnataka SET, listed below.

Events	Date
KSET notification releases on	To be notified soon
Application form filling starts from	To be notified soon
Last date to apply	To be notified soon
Correction window will open on	To be notified soon
Last date to fill the delayed application form ( by paying the penalty of Rs. 250/-)	To be notified soon
Admit card releasing date	To be notified soon
Exam Date	To be notified soon
Release of answer key	To be notified soon
Announcement of result	To be notified soon

Note: The official dates have not been announced yet. We shall update the column of dates just after the release of the official notification of KSET for the year 2024.

KSET 2024 Application Process

The application form for Karnataka State Eligibility Test will be accepted in online mode only. Before filling the application form for KSET, applicants are advised to check all the eligibility criteria needed for this exam and ready their documents, photograph, permanent signature, etc.

The application form filling process will consist of 3 stages: Registration, Fee Submission, and Application Process. Here we are going to give a step-by-step procedure to fill this application form.

How to Fill Online Application form?

Step 1: Copy this link http://kset.uni-mysore.ac.in in the search box of your browser.
Step 2: After visiting the official website click on the top right corner of the homepage.
Step 3: Now find and then click on the apply online link.
Step 4: Now firstly, download the official notification and read it thoroughly.
Step 6: After reading the notification, click on the ‘sign up for registration’ link for the registration process.
Step 7: Here you have to provide all the details such as Name, Contact details, Gender, DoB, and then generate a password.
Step 8: Now click on the ‘Register’ button.
Step 9: After following the above steps you are done with the registration process.
Step 10: Now click on the ‘Application form’ filling link.
Step 11: Enter all the required details such as personal details, contact details, educational details, KSET registration details, etc. as required.
Step 12: Now upload a scanned copy of a recent passport size photograph and signature in the prescribed format.

Document to be scanned and uploaded	Format of the document	Size of the document
Photograph	JPG/JPEG	10-100 KB
Signature	JPG/JPEG	5-30 KB

Step 13: After uploading the images, you have to pay the registration fee as required depending on your category.

Step 14: Click on the final submit button.

Step 15: Download the filled registration form, application form, and fee receipt and take a printout of these for future references.

Application Fee

The application fee will be payable in online mode via various payment options.
The application fee is different for different category candidates.
Applicants who are applying for KSET in an extended-time period will have to pay an additional charge of Rs. 250/- as the penalty.

Category	Application fee
Category-I, SC, ST, PWD(VH/PH)	Rs. 650/-
Category-IIA, IIB, IIIA	Rs. 950/-
General	Rs. 1150/-

Relevant Links
MPTET	CGTET	NVS Recruitment
KTET	ASRB NET	RTET

KSET 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

Candidates who have acquired a Master’s degree or equivalent with atleast 55% of aggregate marks for general category (50% for SC, ST, PWD, and OBCs [Cat-I, IIA, IIB, IIIA, and IIIB]) from any University recognized by UGC.

OR,

Those candidates who are pursuing and appearing for the last year of the Master’s degree or equivalent shall also be eligible to apply. Such candidates will be allowed provisionally and after clearing the KSET, they have to submit an eligibility certificate as proof for having passed the Master’s degree or equivalent examination with a minimum of 55% marks within 2 years from the issued date of KSET result. (50% is required for SC, S6T, OBC, and PWD candidates)

OR,

Candidates have to choose a relevant subject that they have studied in their Master’s degree. But in case, if they do not find the relevance in the subject list of KSET then they can appear for NTA-UGC NET or NTA-CSIR NET.

OR,

Candidates who come from another state than Karnataka will also be eligible to apply under the General Category.

OR,

Those candidates who have acquired their Master’s degree by September 19, 1991, and appearing or have completed Ph.D. will be eligible to apply with a relaxation of 5% in their aggregate mark.

Age Limit

The maximum age limit has not been set by the officials so candidates of any age group will be eligible to apply for KSET 2024.

KSET 2024 Exam Pattern

Mode of Exam: Offline (PPT based)
No. of Papers: 2
Type of Questions: MCQs i.e. Objective
No. of Questions: Paper I – 50 MCQs, PaperII – 100 MCQs
Total Marks: 300 (Paper I- 100, PaperII- 200)
Duration of Exam: 3 Hours (Paper I – 1 hour, PaperII – 2 hours)
Marking Scheme: 2 marks for every correct answer
Negative Marking: No negative marking

Paper	Number of Question	Max. Marks	Duration
I	50 Compulsory questions	100	1 Hour (09:30 A.M to 10:30 A.M)
II	100 Compulsory questions	200	2 Hours (11:00 A.M to 1:00 P.M)
Total	150 Questions	300 Marks	3 Hours

KSET 2024 Exam Syllabus

In KSET, paper 1 is common for all candidates which cover the Static General Knowledge, Current affairs, and Aptitude. While paper 2 is subject-specific. There is a total of 39 subjects in the KSET, for which students can apply in regards to the subject studied in Master degree. Here is the list of all the subjects in which the test is offered.

Subject code	Subject	The medium of Question Paper
1	Commerce	English & Kannada
2	Kannada	Kannada
3	Economics (I)	English & Kannada
4	English	English
5	Political Science	English & Kannada
6	History	English & Kannada
7	Sociology	English & Kannada
8	Geography	English & Kannada
9	Hindi	Hindi
10	Management (II)	English & Kannada
11	Tourism and Administration	English & Kannada
12	Education	English & Kannada
13	Library & Information Science	English & Kannada
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

KSET 2024 Exam Center

This exam is conducted in 11 districts/ cities across the Karnataka state. However, the no. of exam center may be extended according to the situation in the future. Here we have given the name and the center code of all the 11 districts/ cities which conduct the KSET.

Center	Center Code
Bengaluru	10
Belagavi	11
Bellari	12
Vijayapura	13
Davangere	14
Dharwad	15
Kalaburgi	16
Mangalore	17
Mysuru	18
Shimoga	19
Tumkur	20

KSET 2024 Hall Ticket

All those Candidates who have successfully duly filled the application form shall be eligible to download the admit card from the official website. Admit card/ Hall Ticket for KSET will be released before 2-3 weeks from the examination. Candidates can preferably try the following steps to download the admit card/ hall ticket of KSET.

How to download the Admit Card?

First of all, go through the official website of the KSET.
Find and click on the link, namely, ‘Download KSET admit card’ appearing on the homepage.
After opening the link, candidates have to log in with their credentials such as Application Number and Password.
After entering the credentials, The KSET admit card will appear.
Now save, download, and take a print out of it in the same format.

KSET 2024 Answer Key

The answer key of each set of KSET papers will be released on the official website of KSET i.e. www.kset.unimysore.ac.in. The answer key will be available in pdf format. Candidates will have to download the answer key after entering the USER name and Password and have to match their answer with the answer key. It will help them to know their approximate marks before the declaration of the final result.

Also if a candidate found any wrong answer in the answer key then he/ she can raise their objection against the answer key or can challenge for the right answer by submitting an application form with INR 1000/- per question under a specific date issued by the official authority of KSET.

KSET 2024 Result

The final result/ scorecard of KSET will be released after few a days of conduction of the examination. Candidates will able to download their results in pdf form from the official website of KSET. Candidates can follow the below steps to download the result.

How to download the KSET 2024 Result?

Open this link http://kset.uni-mysore.ac.in
Now find and then click on the “KSET 2024 result” link.
Now enter credentials such as roll no., date of birth, and captcha code, and then click on the search button.
After clicking the search button, the KSET result will appear on the screen.
Candidates are advised to download their results and take a printout for future reference.

KSET 2024 Cut off

To qualify for the KSET 2024, candidates have to score at least 40% in each of the papers (for the general category), otherwise, they will disqualify. The minimum marks required to clear this exam are listed below for both the papers.