Goa/Maharashtra SET Exam Pattern

In order to be considered for eligibility for Assistant Professor, the Candidates must have
appeared in both the papers & secured at least 40% aggregate marks in both the papers
taken together for General Category candidates. (120/300)
paper1 (100) + Paper2 (200) = 300

It is 6% (6 out of 100) of the appeared candidates (appeared for SET in both the papers),
which equals to total number of qualifying slots i.e. minimum number of candidates to be
declared qualified. Cutoff gets declared after the examination.
Past Cutoff Trend
Year 2024 2023 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 AVG
History Cutoff 54 52 51.33 49.33 52 60 61.71
Percentage
Cutoff marks 162 156 154 148 156 180 185 163/300
out of 300

The General candidates, who have secured at least 55% marks (without gracing or
rounding off) in Master’s or equivalent examination, are eligible for this test.
Merit list of candidates fulfilling minimum eligibility is prepared subject-wise for a particular
category. The % aggregate marks corresponding to number of qualifying slots for a particular
subject category-wise, gives qualifying cutoff % aggregate marks subject-wise category-wise.
Exam Pattern:
Particulars Paper I Paper II
Number of 50 100
questions
Marking 2 marks for each correct answer 2 marks for each correct answer
scheme with no negative marking with no negative marking
Total Marks 100 200
40% Passing 40 80
Marks
Duration of 1 hour 2 hours
exam (10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.) (11.30 a.m. to 01.30 p.m.)
Language English and Marathi English and Marathi
Paper-I shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of
candidate. It is primarily designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking
and general awareness of the candidate. Paper I consists of 50 objective type questions, 2
marks each.
Paper-I has 4 sets with 4 different Test Booklet Codes viz. A, B, C, D. Student has to ensure
that the same Test Booklet Code is pre-printed and pre-shaded on the OMR sheet of Paper I.
Paper-II shall consist of hundred (100) objective type compulsory questions, based on the
subject selected by the candidate. Each question will carry two marks.
Paper-II of each subject has 4 sets with 4 different Test Booklet Codes viz., A, B, C, D.
Student has to ensure that the same Test Booklet Code is pre-printed & pre-shaded on the
OMR sheet.
Top part of the OMR sheet will be given to each student along with Admit Card to practice
writing and shading of Seat No., Subject Code (For both the papers).
All questions of Paper-II will be compulsory, covering updated syllabi for all subjects.
The Candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I & Paper-II on the
Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Sheet provided along with respective Test Booklet.
No corrections in the OMR sheets are permitted. In case of corrections, the candidate shall be
responsible for his/her loss.
The candidate has to return the original OMR sheet to the invigilator on conclusion of each
session. However, the candidates are allowed to carry the Test Booklet of Paper-I and II along
with duplicate copy of OMR sheets (carbon less copy) on conclusion of examination only.
There will be no negative marking.
 Paper I
The main objective is to assess the teaching and research capabilities of the candidates. The
test aims at assessing the teaching and research aptitude as well. The candidates are expected
to have a general awareness about teaching and learning processes in higher education system,
interaction between people, environment, natural resources and their impact on the quality of
life.
Unit Questions
Teaching Aptitude 5
Research Aptitude 5
Comprehension 5
Communication 5
Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude 5
Logical Reasoning 5
Data Interpretation 5
Information Communication Technology (ICT) 5
People, Development and Environment 5
Higher Education 5

Unit 1 Teaching Aptitude

Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective),
Characteristics and basic requirements.
Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners, Individual
differences.
Factors affecting teaching related to Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional
facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher-centred vs. Learner-centred
methods; Off-line vs. Online methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of Evaluation, Evaluation inChoice Based Credit
System in Higher education, Computer-based testing, Innovations in evaluation systems.
Unit 2 Research Aptitude
Research: Meaning, Types, & Characteristics, Positivism & Post-positivistic approach to
research
Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative & Quantitative
methods.
Steps of Research.
Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
Application of ICT in research.
Research ethics.
Unit 3 Comprehension
A text passage will be given to the candidates and questions are asked on the basis of the
passage with multiple-choice answers.
Unit 4 Communication
Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications,
and Classroom communication.
Barriers to effective communication.
Mass Media and Society.
Unit 5 Mathematical and logical reasoning
Types of reasoning.
Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit
and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).
Unit 6 Logical Reasoning
Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, the structure of categorical
propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language,
Connotations and denotations of terms, and Classical square of opposition.
Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning. Analogies.
Venn diagram: Simple and multiple uses for establishing the validity of arguments.
Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda
(Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and
Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation),
Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).
Unit 7 Data interpretation
Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and
mapping of Data.
Data Interpretation.
Data and Governance.
Unit 8 Information and Communication Technology
ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
Basics of the Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
Digital initiatives in higher education.
ICT and Governance.
Unit 9 People, Development and Environment
Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on the
environment.
Environmental issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil
pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate
change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.
Impacts of pollutants on human health.
Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and
Forests. Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International
agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto
Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.
Unit 10 Higher Education System
Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
Value education and environmental education.
Policies, Governance, and Administration.
 Paper II
Paper II of SET Exam Recruitment 2023 is a subject-specific paper that consists of 100
questions. The total number of marks for this paper will be 200.
Subject: HISTORY Code No. 10
The concepts, the ideas and the terms given here would specify extent the subject included
though it is not mentioned in the units.
Ancient History Unit 1, 2, 3
Medieval History Unit 4, 5, 6
Modern History Unit 7, 8, 9
Historiography, Research, Methodology Unit 10
Concepts, Ideas and Terms

Bharatvarsha Mercantilism Polygars

Sabha and Samiti Economic Nationalism Jagir / Shariyat
Varnasrama Indian Renaissance Dastur
Vedanta Economic Drain Mansab (Rank)
Purusharthas Colonialism Deshmukh
Rina Paramountcy Nadu / Ur
Samskaras Dyarchy Ulema
Yajna Federalism Firman
Ganarajya Utilitarianism Satyagraha
Janapada Filtration Theory Swadeshi
Doctrine of Karma Forward Policy Revivalism
Dandaniti / Arthasastra / Doctrine of Lapse Communalism
Saptanga Khilafat Orientalism
Dharmavijaya Sulah-i-kul Oriental Despotism
Stupa / Chaitya/ Vihara Turkan-i-Chahlghani De-Industrialisation
Nagara / Dravida / Vesara Watan Subsidiary Alliance
Bodhisattva / Tirthankara Baluta Evangelicalism
Alvars / Nayanars Taquavi Bhudan
Sreni Iqta Panchsheel
Bhumi-chidra-vidhana-nyaya Jaziya Mixed Economy
Kara-bhoga-bhaga Zakat Socialism
Vishti Madad-i-maash Hindu Code Bill
Stridhana Amaram Historical Methods
Memorial Stones Raya-Rekho Plagiarism
Agraharas Jangama / Dasa Ethics and Morality in
Ain-i-Dashsalah Madarasa / Maqtab History Writing
Pargana Chauth / Sardeshmukhi
Shahna-i-Mandi Sarai
Mahalwari
Hind Swaraj
 Unit – I

Negotiating the Sources:

Archaeological sources: Exploration, Excavation, Epigraphy and Numismatics. Dating of
Archaeological Sites.
Literary Sources: Indigenous Literature: Primary and Secondary: problem of dating
Religious and Secular Literature, Myths, Legends, etc.
Foreign Accounts: Greek, Chinese and Arabic.

Pastoralism and Food production: Neolithic and Chalcolithic Phase: Settlement, distribution,
tools and patterns of exchange.

Indus/Harappa Civilization: Origin, extent, major sites, settlement pattern, craft specialization,
religion, society and polity, Decline of Indus Civilization, Internal and external trade, First
urbanization in India.

Vedic and later Vedic periods; Aryan debates, Political and Social Institutions, State Structure
and Theories of State; Emergence of Varnas and Social Stratification, Religious and
Philosophical Ideas. Introduction of Iron Technology, Megaliths of South India.

Expansion of State system: Mahajanapadas, Monarchical and Republican States, Economic

and Social Developments and Emergence of Second Urbanization in 6th century BCE;
Emergence of heterodox sects-Jainism, Buddhism and Ajivikas.

Unit – II

From State to Empire: Rise of Magadha, Greek invasion under Alexander and its effects,
Mauryan expansion, Mauryan polity, society, economy, Asoka’s Dhamma and its Nature,
Decline and Disintegration of the Mauryan Empire, Mauryan art and architecture, Asokan
edicts: language and script.

Dissolution of Empire and Emergence of Regional Powers: Indo-Greeks, Sungas,

Satavahanas, Kushanas and Saka-Ksatrapas, Sangam literature, polity and society in South
India as reflected in Sangam literature. Trade and commerce from 2nd century BCE to 3rd
century CE, Trade with the Roman World, Emergence of Mahayana Buddhism, Kharavela
and Jainism, Post-Mauryan art and Architecture. Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati schools.

Gupta Vakataka age: Polity and Society, Agrarian Economy, Land Grants, Land Revenue and
Land Rights, Gupta Coins, Beginning of Temple Architecture, Emergence of Puranic
Hinduism, Development of Sanskrit Language and Literature. Developments in Science
Technology, Astronomy, Mathematics and Medicine.

Harsha and his Times: Administration and Religion.

Salankayanas and Visnukundins in Andhradesa.

 Unit – III

Emergence of Regional Kingdoms: Kingdoms in Deccan: Gangas, Kadmabas, Western and

Eastern Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Kalyani Chalukyas, Kakatiyas, Hoysalas and Yadavas.

Kingdoms in South India: Pallavas, Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas,

Kingdoms in Eastern India: Palas and Senas of Bengal, Varmans of Kamarupa, Bhaumakaras
and Somavamsis of Odisha.

Kingdoms in Western India: Maitrakas of Vallabhi and Chalukyas of Gujarat.

Kingdoms in North India: Gurjara-Pratiharas, Kalacuri-Chedis, Gahadavalas and Paramaras.

Characteristics of Early Medieval India: Administration and Political Structure Legitimation

of Kingship.

Agrarian economy; land grants, changing production relations; graded land rights and
peasantry, water resources, taxation system, coins and currency system;

Trade and urbanization: patterns of trade, and urban settlements, ports and trade routes,
merchandise and exchange, trade guilds; trade and colonization in south-east Asia.

Growth of Brahminical religions: Vaisnavism and Saivism; Temples; Patronage and Regional
Ramification; Temple Architecture and Regional Styles. Dana, Tirtha and Bhakti, Tamil
Bhakti movement - Shankara, Madhava and Ramanujacharya.

Society: Varna, Jati and Proliferation of Castes, Position of women; Gender, marriage and
property relations; Women in public life. Tribes as peasants and their place in Varna order.
Untouchability.

Education and Educational Institutions: Agraharas, Mathas and Mahaviharas as Centres of

Education. Growth of Regional Languages.

Debates of state formation in early medieval India:

A) Feudal model; B) Segmentary model; C) Integrative model

Arab contracts: Suleiman Ghaznavid conquests. Alberuni’s Accounts.

 Unit – IV

Source of Medieval Indian History: Archaeological, Epigraphic and Numismatic sources,

Material evidences and Monuments; Chronicles; Literary sources – Persian, Sanskrit and
Regional languages; Daftar Khannas: Firmans, Bahis / Pothis / Akhbarat; Foreign Travellers’
Accounts – Persian and Arabic.

Political Developments – The Delhi Sultanate – the Ghorids, the Turks, the Khaljis, the
Tughlaqs, theSayyids and the Lodis. Decline of Delhi Sultanate.

Foundation of the Mughal Empire – Babur, Humayun and the Suris ; Expansion and
Consolidation from Akbar to Aurangzeb. Decline of the Mughal Empire.

Later Mughals and Disintegration of the Mughal Empire.

The Vijayanagara and the Bahmanis - Deccan Sultanate; Bijapur, Golkonda, Bidar, Berar and
Ahmadnagar – Rise, Expansion and Disintegration; Eastern Gangas and Suryavamshi
Gajapatis.

Rise of the Marathas & the foundation of Swaraj by Shivaji; its expansion under the Peshwas;
Mughal – Maratha relations, Maratha Confederacy, Causes of Decline.

Unit – V

Administration & Economy: Administration under the Sultanate, Nature of State – Theocratic
and Theocentric, Central, Provincial and Local Administration, Law of succession.

Sher Shah’s Administrative Reforms; Mughal Administration – Central, Provincial and Local:
Mansabdari and Jagirdari Systems.

Administrative System in the Deccan – The Vijayanagara State & Polity, Bahamani
Administrative System; Maratha Administration – Asta Pradhan.

Frontier Policies under Delhi Sultanate and Mughals.

Inter-State Relations during the Sultanate and the Mughals.

Agricultural Production and Irrigation System, Village Economy, Peasantry, Grants and
Agricultural Loans, Urbanization and Demographic Structure.

Industries – Cotton Textiles, Handicrafts, Agro-Based industries, Organisation, Factories &

Technology.

Trade and Commerce – State Policies, Internal and External Trade: European Trade, Trade
Centres and Ports, Transport and Communication.

Hundi (Bills of Exchange) and Insurance, State Income and Expenditure, Currency, Mint
System; Famines and Peasant Revolts.
 Unit – VI
Society and Culture: Social Organisation and Social Structure.

The Sufis: Their Orders, Beliefs and Practices, the leading Sufi Saints, Social Synchronization

Bhakti Movement – Shaivism; Vaishnavism, Shaktism.

The Saints of the Medieval Period – North and South – their impact on Socio-Political and
Religious Life – Women Saints of Medieval India.

The Sikh Movement – Guru Nanak Dev: his teachings and practices, Adi Granth; the Khalsa.

Social Classification: Ruling Class, Major Religious Groups, the Ulemas, the Mercantile and
Professional Classes – Rajput Society.

Rural society: Petty Chieftains, Village Official, Cultivator & Non-Cultivating Class, Artisans

Position of Women – Zanana System – Devadasi System.

Development of Education, Centres of Education and Curriculum, Madrasa Education.

Fine Arts: Major Schools of Painting – Mughal, Rajasthani, Pahari, Garhwali;

Development of Music.

Art and Architecture, Indo-Islamic Architecture, Mughal Architecture, Regional Styles.

Indo-Arabic Architecture, Mughal Gardens, Maratha Forts, Shrines and Temples.

Unit –VII
Sources of Modern Indian History: Archival Materials, Biographies and Memoirs,
Newspapers, Oral Evidence, Creative Literature and Painting, Monuments, Coins.

Rise of British Power: European Traders in India in the 16th to 18th Centuries –
Portuguese, Dutch, French and the British.

Establishment and Expansion of British Dominion in India.

British Relations with Indian States - Bengal, Oudh, Hyderabad, Mysore, Carnatic, & Punjab

Revolt of 1857, Causes, Nature and Impact.

Administration of the Company and the Crown; Evolution of Central and Provincial Structure
under East India Company.

Paramountcy, Civil Service, Judiciary, Police and the Army under the Company; British
Policy and Paramountcy in the Princely States under the Crown.
Local Self-Government.

Constitutional Changes, 1909 – 1935.

 Unit – VIII

Colonial Economy: Changing Composition, Volume and Direction of Trade.

Expansion and Commercialization of Agriculture, Land Rights, Land Settlements, Rural

Indebtedness, Landless Labour, Irrigation and Canal System.

Decline of Industries – Changing Socio-Economic Conditions of Artisans; De-urbanisation;

Economic Drain; World Wars and Economy.

British Industrial Policy; Major Modern Industries; Nature of Factory Legislation; Labour and
Trade Union Movements.

Monetary Policy, Banking, Currency and Exchange, Railways and Road Transport,
Communications – Post & Telegraph.

Growth of New Urban Centres; New Features of Town Planning and Architecture, Urban
Society and Urban Problems.

Famines, Epidemics and the Government Policy.

Tribal and Peasant Movements.

Indian Society in Transition: Contact with Christianity – the Missions and Missionaries;
Critique of Indian Social and Economic Practices and Religious Beliefs; Educational and
Other Activities.

The New Education – Government Policy; Levels and Contents; English Language;
Development of Science, Technology, Public Health & Medicine – Towads Modernism.

Indian Renaissance – Socio-Religious Reforms; Emergence of Middle Class; Caste

Associations and Caste Mobility.

Women’s Question – Nationalist Discourse; Women’s Organisations; British Legislation

concerning Women, Gender Identity & Constitutional Position.

The Printing Press – Journalistic Activity and the Public opinion.

Modernisation of Indian Languages and Literary Forms – Reorientation in Painting, Music

and Performing Arts.
 Unit – IX

Rise of Indian Nationalism: Social and Economic basis of Nationalism.

Birth of Indian National Congress; Ideologies and Programmes of the Indian

National Congress, 1885-1920: Early Nationalists, Assertive Nationalists and Revolutionaries.

Swadeshi and Swaraj.

Gandhian Mass Movements; Subas Chandra Bose and INA; Role of Middle Class in National
Movement; Women Participation in National Movement.

Left Wing Politics.

Depressed Class Movement.

Communal Politics; Muslim League and Genesis of Pakistan.

Towards Independence and Partition.

India after Independence: Challenges of Partition; Integration of the Indian Princely States;
Kashmir, Hyderabad & Junagarh.

B.R. Ambedkar – The making of the Indian Constitution, its Features.

The Structure of Bureaucracy.

New Education Policy.

Economic Policies and the Planning process; Development, Displacement and Tribal Issues.

Linguistic Reorganisation of States; Centre-State Relations.

Foreign Policy Initiatives – Panchsheel; Dynamics of Indian Politics-Emergency;

Liberalisation, Privatisation & Globalisation of Indian Economy.
 Unit – X

Historical Method, Research, Methodology and Historiography:

Scope and Importance of History
Objectivity and Bias in History
Heuristics Operation, Criticism in History, Synthesis and Presentation
History and its Auxiliary Sciences
History a Science, Arts or a Social Science
Causation and Imagination in History
Significance of Regional History
Recent Trends of Indian History
Research Methodology
Hypothesis in History
Area of Proposed Research
Sources – Data Collection, Primary / Secondary, Original and Transit Sources
Trends in Historical Research
Recent Indian Historiography
Selection of Topic in History
Notes Taking, References, Footnotes and Bibliography
Thesis and Assignment Writing
Plagiarism, Intellectual Dishonesty and History Writing
Beginnings of Historical Writings – Greek, Roman and Church Historiography
Renaissance and its Impact on History Writing
Negative and Positive Schools of Historical Writing
Berlin Revolution in History Writing – Von Ranke
Marxist Philosophy of History – Scientific Materialism
Cyclical Theory of History – Oswald Spengler
Challenge and Response Theory – Arnold Joseph Toynbee
Post – Modernism in History

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