(Notification) Gujarat State Eligibility Test (GSET) - 2016
GSET 2016 or Gujarat SET 2016 is the eleventh Gujarat State Eligibility Test.
MSU Baroda will conduct Gujarat SET 2016 at six centers namely Vadodara,
Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Patan, and Bhavnagar. State agency will hold exam for
23 subjects.
Eligibility:
1. Before submission of the online Application Form, the
candidate should read this notification carefully.
2. On behalf of the State of Gujarat, The Maharaja Sayajirao
University of Baroda, Vadodara, the Nodal Agency announces holding of the 11th
Gujarat State Eligibility Test (GSET) on 25th September 2016 (SUNDAY) for
determining the Eligibility of Gujarat candidates for Assistant Professor in
universities and colleges of Gujarat State. The Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda, Vadodara, State Agency will conduct GSET in 23 subjects at 6 Centres in
Gujarat.
3. The candidates who qualify the Gujarat State Eligibility
Test for eligibility for Assistant Professor will be governed by the rules and
regulations for recruitment of Assistant Professor of the concerned Universities
/ Colleges / State Government of Gujarat State, as the case may be.
4. The result of the GSET to be held on 25th September 2016
(SUNDAY) will be made available on the GSET websites: www.gujaratset.ac.in as
and when it is declared. The candidates will not be individually intimated about
their result.
5. Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Physically
Handicapped (PH) / Visually Handicapped (VH) /Other Backward Classes (OBC)
(Non-creamy layer), as per the central list of Other Backward Classes available
on National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), Government of India website
: www.ncbc.nic.in, candidates will be given such special concessions as may be
decided by the Agency.
Age limit :
There is no upper age limit.
Selection process – There will be three papers in GSET 2016.
Paper I will have 60 questions out of which 50 will be compulsory. Whereas Paper
II and Paper III will have 50 and 75 questions each.
Application fee :
Rs 800 for General and OBC candidates. Rs 700 for SC / ST /
PH / VH candidates.
Exam Pattern:
Gujarat Government conducts State Eligibility Test (GSET) for
the post of Lecturer. Unlike NET / UGC-CSIR combined test the candidates who
qualify Gujarat SET are only eligible for being selected as lecturer and not for
the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)
Gujarat State Eligibility Test qualified candidates shall be eligible to apply
for the post of lecturer only in the Universities / College belonging to the
State of Gujarat.
Exam pattern of GSET 2016 is explained in following table given below.
| Paper |
Number of questions |
Marks |
| Paper I |
60, out of which 50 are compulsory |
100 |
| Paper II |
50, all compulsory |
100 |
| Paper III |
75, all compulsory |
150 |
- Paper 1 is of general nature. Correspondingly, it will assess
teaching / research aptitude. There will be questions on reasoning ability,
comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness. To point out, only
50 questions will be compulsory.
- Paper 2 will have questions on subject selected by the candidate,
significantly, all will be compulsory.
- Paper 3 will also have questions on subject selected by the
candidate.
