Examination Structure and Scheme

• Disclaimer: "Examination Structure and Scheme" and "Procedure and Criteria for Declaring Result" have been translated in Gujarati for ease of understanding only and in case of any discrepancy between its translation / Gujarati version, the English version on the website will be final and valid.

• GSET Examination will consist of two papers. Both the papers will consist of only objective type, multiple choice questions and will be held as under:

  Paper	Marks	Number of Question	Duration	Time
  I	100	50 Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ) all are compulsory	3 Hour (09.30 am to 12.30 pm)	1 Hour (09.30 am to 10.30 am)
  II	200	100 Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ) all are compulsory		2 Hour (10.30 am to 12.30 pm)

• 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 questions in both the papers will appear both in Gujarati and English versions (except for languages and science subjects). Questions of Language subject will be in respective language and Science subjects will be in English. In case of any discrepancy in Gujarati and English version of questions or ambiguity in translation/construction of a question in the exam in Paper- I and II, the English Version should be taken as final and the decision of GSET shall be final in this regard.
• The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper – I and Paper – II on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Sheet provided.
• There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.
• It is compulsory for Candidate to appear in both the papers. A candidate who does not appear in paper-I, will not be permitted to appear in paper-II.
• The candidate shall have to return the original OMR Sheet of Paper - I and Paper - II to the Invigilator before leaving the examination hall / room. However, candidates are allowed to carry the Test Booklets of Paper - I and II along with duplicate copy (carbonless copy) of OMR Sheet on conclusion of examination.
• There is no provision of re-evaluation/re-checking of results. No correspondence in this regards shall be entertained.

• Provisions for persons with disability
• For Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates, 20(Twenty) minutes compensatory time shall be provided for Paper – I and 40 (forty) minutes for Paper – II separately. They will also be provided the services of a scribe / writer who would be a graduate in a subject other than that of the candidate. The compensatory time facility will be provided whether such candidate uses the facility of Scribe/writer or not.
• There is no provision of Test Booklets in Braille for Visually Handicapped(VH) candidates.
• Those Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates who are not in a position to write in their own hand-writing can also avail Scribe/writer services but Compensatory time will not be given. Compensatory time and facility of scribe would not be provided to other Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates.

• Syllabus of GSET Examination

• Syllabus for GSET Examination will be the same as UGC / CSIR NET. Syllabi for all Gujarat SET (GSET) subjects can be downloaded from the GSET Website www.gujaratset.ac.in.GSET Agency, Vadodara will not send the syllabus to individual candidates.
• For Science Subjects i.e. Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Life Sciences, &Earth Sciences, the syllabus is same as of the CSIR-NET. However, the examination Pattern will be same as of the UGC-NET, described above. For all other subjects, the syllabus is same as of the UGC-NET.

• PROCEDURE & CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF RESULT

This will comprise of the following steps:
• Step I: The number of candidates to be qualified (total slots) for Eligibility for Assistant Professor shall be equal to 6% of the candidates appeared in both the papers of GSET.
• Step II: The total slots shall be allocated to different categories as per the reservation policy of Government of Gujarat.
• Step III: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 in both the papers taken together for General (Unreserved) / General-EWS category candidates and at least 35% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together for all candidates belonging to the reserved categories viz., SC, ST, SEBC (belonging to Non-Creamy Layer), PWD(PH/VH) and Third Gender.
• Step IV: The number of candidates to be declared qualified in any subject for a particular category is derived as per the following methodology illustrated below:

  Number of candidates to be declared qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in the subject ‘Economics’ (say) for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category	Number of candidates belonging to SC category who secure at least 35% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together for SC category for Economics	(×)	Total slots derived for SC category as per Step II
  	(÷)
  	Total number of candidates belonging to SC category over all subjects who secure at least 35% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together

  In this example, The aggregate percentage of the two papers corresponding to the number of slots arrived at, shall determine the qualifying cut-off for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in ‘Economics’ for the SC category.
• Similar allocation procedure is used for all subjects and categories.
• It may be noted that the above qualifying criteria is final and binding.