TNSET 2024 - Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

TNSET Exam 2024 – Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test acronym TNSET is conducted by Bharathiar University in 27 subjects for recruitment of Indian Nationals as Assistant Lecturers in Universities, Institutes of Higher Education, and Colleges in Tamil Nadu & Union Territory of Puducherry.

Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

• To be notified.

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

• To be notified.

Date of Entrance Exam

• July 2024

Date of Declaration of Result

• Yet to be announced.

TNSET Exam 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

• Aspiring candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without grace or rounding off) in Master's Degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this test.
• The Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST) / Physically Challenged (PC) / Visually Challenged (VC) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without grace or rounding off) in the Master's Degree Examination are eligible for this Examination.
• Candidates who have appeared (or) will be appearing at the qualifying Master's Degree Examination and whose results are still awaited (or) candidates whose examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test.
• However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for the award of Lectureship eligibility only after they have passed their Master's Degree examination (or) equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PC/VC category candidates).
• Such candidates must obtain their P.G. degree Mark sheet within two years from the date of SET result with the required percentage of marks, failing which they will be treated as disqualified.
• The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master's level examination had been completed by (irrespective of the date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% of marks from 55% to 50% to appear in SET Examination.

Important: Candidates have to appear for SET in the subject of their Post Graduation only.

TNSET Exam 2024 Syllabus

Paper-1 and Paper-2 consist of questions from:

• Reasoning ability
• Comprehension 
• Divergent thinking and
• General awareness

Paper 3 consists of questions from

• The selected subject by the candidates. 

Note:

• Question paper for Paper-I is common for all the subjects in which SET is conducted and it will be bilingual (English and Tamil).
• Paper-II and Paper-III of certain subjects will also be bi-lingual.
• The detailed syllabus for Paper-I, Paper-II, and Paper-III can be download from the university website: www.b-u.ac.in (or) UGC website: www.ugc.ac.in 

TNSET Subjects

TNSET will be conducted on the following subjects:

TNSET Exam 2024 Pattern

• TNSET will consist of three papers (as given below) to be held on the same day.
• It will consist of multiple-choice objective-type questions to be answered on a separate OMR sheet for marking.
• The candidates, who do not appear in Paper-I, will not be permitted to appear in Paper-II & Paper-III.

Minimum Qualifying Marks in TNSET will be as follows:

Important

• Only such candidates who obtain the minimum required marks in each Paper, separately, as mentioned above, will be considered for the final preparation of the result.  However, the final qualifying criteria for Eligibility for Lectureship shall be decided by the SET Moderation Committee before the declaration of the result.
• For Visually challenged candidates, thirty minutes of extra time shall be provided separately for Paper-I and Paper-II. For Paper III, forty-five minutes extra time shall be provided. They will also be provided with a scribe who should be a graduate in a subject other than that of the candidates.
• Those Physically challenged candidates who are not in the position to write in their own handwriting can also avail of these services by making a prior request in writing to the Chief Superintendent of the test center.  Extra time and facility of scribe would not be provided to other Physically Challenged candidates.

TNSET Exam 2024 Dates

The exam will be held in the month of March.

How to Apply for TNSET Exam 2024?

Aspiring candidates are required to download/print the Bank Challan Proforma from the Bharathiar University website i.e. http://www.b-u.ac.in/ and then deposit the requisite examination fee in any branch of the following banks along with the bank charges (commission) of Rs.25.

The Candidates are required to set up page settings in the browser before taking the printout. The Banks are:

• Bank of India
• Indian Bank
• Indian Overseas Bank

Before applying Online, the candidates must possess the following:

• Scanned passport (pp) size photograph in JPEG format Make sure it should be 206 x 240 Pixel dimension (w x h) and less than 200kb
• Scanned copy of  Bank Challan  (fee remittance receipt) in JPEG format; Make sure it should be less than 300kb.

• The candidate seeking admission to the Test must apply online (i.e. through a link available on the Bharathiar University website: www.b-u.ac.in/ on or before the last date of submission of the online application form. 
• After successful submission, the candidate should take a printout of the online Application Form (two copies), Attendance Slip (one copy), and Admission Card (one copy) on separate A-4 size papers.
• SC/ST/PC/VC candidates and candidates belonging to BC/MBC/SC/SCT must enclose the attested copy of the certificate for the same.
• Candidates seeking age relaxation must enclose the certificate of educational qualification/research experience entitling the candidates to age relaxation. 
• The Application (consisting of one copy of the printout of the online application form, one copy of the Attendance Slip,  one copy of the Admission Card, and the fee challan) along with required documents must reach: 

The Secretary
TNSET 2024,
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore - 641046  

• Application with required documents received after the last date will be rejected.
• Before applying Online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on the Bharathiar University website (i.e., www.b-u.ac.in and www.b-u.ac.in/)  Please note that Fee submitted through any other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO, etc. will be summarily rejected.
• The envelope containing the Application Form should be superscribed "STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST ___".
• The candidates must affix their recent identical passport size photographs, in the places indicated, on the printout of the Online Application Form and must sign across the photograph after it is affixed so that a part of the signature spreads over the  Application Form beyond the photograph. Besides, it should be duly attested by the Head of the University Department/Principal of the College/Class-I Gazetted Officer.
• In order to avoid the last-minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough. The University will not be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this nature in the submission of online applications during closing days.
• Enclosures are to be sent with the Application.

The candidates should send the following documents with the printout on A-4 size papers of their online Application Form (one copy), Attendance Slip (one copy), and Admission Card (one copy):

• Copy of the bank challan (University copy).
• Attested copies of SC/ST/Visually challenged/Physically challenged/OBC certificates, in case applicable.
• Certificate of educational qualification/research experience, in case applicable entitling the candidate for age relaxation, duly attested by a Gazetted Officer.

TNSET Exam 2024 Fee

TNSET Exam 2024 Test Centres

TNSET is usually held at the following given test centers.

• Chennai, Coimbatore, Chidambaram
• Karaikkudi
• Madurai
• Puducherry
• Salem
• Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli
• Vellore

TNSET Exam 2024 Contact Details

Bharathiar University
Web: http://www.b-u.ac.in/