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The education department conducts the Kerala State Eligibility Test (SET) to select candidates as Higher Secondary School Teachers and Non-Vocational Teachers in VHSE. Every year the LBS Centre for Science and Technology conducts the SET exam. The Kerala SET conducts 37 subjects, and any postgraduates from these subjects are eligible to appear for SET. LBS has finally decided to conduct the written exam of the SET in July. The entrance examination application will start on April 20, 2022. Candidates can pay the Kerala SET application fee till April 22, 2022. The Kerala SET application correction window opens on April 23, 2022. The Kerala SET July notification 2022 was released on April 1, 2022. Check out the details of Kerala SET Exam Date 2022 given below.
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Kerala SET Important Exam Dates 2022
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre (LBS), decided to conduct the SET exam soon.
| Event | Date |
| Online Registration Starts from | 20th April 2022 |
| Last Date to apply | 3rd June 2022 |
| Online Payment of Registered Candidate | 5th June 2022 |
| Online Kerala SET Admission Ticket | 3rd August 2022 |
| Examination Date | 14th August 2022 |
| Release of Answer Key | 13th September |
| Declaration of Result | Before 25th September 2022 |
Kerala SET Exam Pattern 2022
The Kerala State Eligibility Test (SET) has two papers. Paper 1 is common for all candidates and consists of two parts, General Knowledge and Aptitude in Teaching. The Paper-II shall be a test based on the subject of specialization of the candidate at the Post Graduate (PG) Level. There are 31 papers/ subjects available for candidates in SET 2022. The available subjects in Kerala SET 2022 are Anthropology, Arabic, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Economics, English, French, Gandhian Studies, Geography, Geology, German, Hindi, History, Home Science, Islamic History, Journalism, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Russian, Sanskrit, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics, Syriac, Tamil, Urdu, Zoology, Biotechnology.
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Paper 1
For Mathematics and Statistics, there shall be only 80 questions carrying 1.5 marks each. There is no negative marking for wrong answers. The exam pattern for the objective mode SET exam is:
| SL No | Papers | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Exam Duration |
| 1 | Paper: 1 General Knowledge | 60 | 60 |
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| 2 | Paper-II: Teaching Aptitude | 60 | 60 | |
| 3 | Optional Subject* | 120 | 120 | 02 hours |
The minimum requirement for a pass in the State Eligibility Test shall be:
| Category | Paper 1 | Paper-II | Total |
| General | 40 | 40 | 48 |
| OBC (Non-Creamy layer) | 35 | 35 | 45 |
| Differently Abled/ SC/ ST | 35 | 35 | 40 |
Paper 2
The Kerala SET exam 2022 Paper-II will be performed in 31 various languages. The candidates ought to select their preferred language during the time of filling Kerala SET application form. They also choose the subject of specialization at the Post of Post Graduation level during the registration procedure. Examine the following table to know more about the Kerala SET exam pattern for Paper-II:
| Subject | Total No. of Questions | Marks Allotted for Each Question (Total Marks) |
| For 31 various subjects (Except Maths & Statistics) | 120 | 1 (120) |
| For Mathematics & Statistics | 80 | 1.5 (120) |
Best Books For Kerala SET 2022
the Kerala SET written examination will include two papers as per the latest notification released by the LBS Centre for Science and Technology. 120 marks each for both papers. Paper 1 will contain questions from General Knowledge and Teaching Aptitude while Paper 2 will be on the specialized subject. The subject-wise Kerala SET Books are noted below.
Paper 1
Paper 1 will include different topics like General Studies, Language and Reasoning, Current Affairs, Foundation of Education, and Communication as per the Kerala SET Syllabus. The following mentioned table contains all the necessary Kerala SET Books for all these subjects.
| Sr. No. | Subjects / Topics | Kerala SET Books (Authors / Publications) |
| 1. | General Studies |
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| 2. | Language and Reasoning |
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| 3. | Current Affairs |
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| 4. | Foundation of Education and Communication |
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Paper 2
In Kerala SET Paper 2, candidates will have to choose a certain subject out of the list of a total of 31 subjects noted in the official notification. We have cited important Kerala SET Books for most of the subjects mentioned in the following tables:
Anthropology
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Physical anthropology | P. Nath |
| 2 | An Introduction to Social Anthropology | D.N. Majumdar & T. N. Madan |
| 3 | Anthropology | Ember and Ember
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| 4 | Indian Anthropology | R. N. Sharma
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| 5 | Indian Anthropology | Nadeem Hasnain |
| 6 | Tribal India | Nadeem Hasnain |
| 7 | State, society, and tribes | Virginius Xaxa |
| 8 | Xaxa committee report |
Arabic
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | The Kalimni Arabi Series | |
| 2 | Arabi Liblib |
Botany
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Cell Biology. | De Robertis and Ambrose and Easy or Powar |
| 2 | Genetics | Strickberger or Vir Bala Rastogi |
| 3 | Ecology | Vir Bala Rastogi and M.S. Jayaraj and P.D. Singh |
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Chemistry
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | A textbook of environmental chemistry and Pollution. | S. S. Dara |
| 2 | Advance physical chemistry | Gurdeep Raj |
| 3 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | (J.D. Lee |
Commerce
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Corporate Accounting | Naseem Ahmed |
| 2 | Auditing Students’ Guide to Auditing | Aruna Jha |
| 3 | Accounting Standards | D. S. Rawat |
| 4 | Income Tax | V.K. Singhania or Girish Ahuja |
| 5 | Cost Accounting; Theory & Problems. | Maheshwari & Mittal |
| 6 | Indian Financial System | M. Y. Khan |
| 7 | Human Resource Management | C.B. Gupta |
| 8 | Industrial Relations | T.N. Chabra and R.K. Suri |
Economics
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Indian Economy | Ramesh Singh |
| 2 | Banking | S.B. Gupta |
| 3 | Dictionary of Economics | Graham Bannock, T.E. Baxter, Ray Rees |
| 4 | Economic Growth and Development. | Mayer and Baldwin |
| 5 | Growth and Development | M L Jhingan |
| 6 | International Economics | Bo Soderston |
| 7 | Monetary Theory and Public Policy | Kenneth Kurihara |
| 8 | Outline of Monetary Economics | A. C. I.Day |
| 9 | Public Finance | H. L. Bhatia |
English
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Introduction to English Literature | W. H Hudson
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| 2 | The Routledge History of Literature in English | |
| 3 | The Tempest
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William Shakespeare |
| 4 | Canonization
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John Donne |
| 5 | Upon Westminster Bridge | William Wordsworth |
| 6 | The Mill on the Floss
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George Eliot |
| 7 | Hard Times | Charles Dickens |
| 8 | Gulliver’s Travels
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Jonathan Swift |
| 9 | Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen |
| 10 | Tom Jones
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Henry Fielding |
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French
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Corneille | Le Cid |
| 2 | Beaumarchais | Le Mariage de Figaro |
| 3 | Victor Hugo | La Conscience. Elle Avait Pris Ce Pli |
| 4 | Apollinaire | Nuit Rhénane, Le Pont Mirabeau |
Gandhian Studies
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Gandhian Thoughts | Swanand S. Pathak |
Geography
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Indian geography | D. R. Khullar |
| 2 | Human Geography | Majid Hussain |
| 3 | Models and Theories | Majid Hussain |
| 4 | Geographical Thoughts | Dixit |
| 5 | Oxford Atlas | |
| 6 | Class 10th, 11th & 12th Geography | NCERT |
Geology
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Concise Glossary of Geology | S. M. Mathur |
| 2 | Principles of Petrology | G. W. Turre |
| 3 | The dimension of Himalayan Geology | A. K. Biyani |
| 4 | Marine Geology | T. K. Malik |
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Hindi
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Aadhunik Sahitya Ki Pravritiyan | Namavar Sinhaas |
| 2 | Khadi Boli Ka Prarambhik Swaroop | Nilesh Jain |
| 3 | Hindi Bhasha Ki Parampara Aur Vikas | Dr Ramprakash |
| 4 | Hindi Bhasha | Dr Hardev Bihari |
| 5 | Hindi Sahitya Ka Sankshipt Itihas | (Dr. Vishwanath Tripathi |
| 6 | Godan | Munshi Premchand |
| 7 | Maila Anchal | Phanishwar Nath Renu |
| 8 | Bharat Durdasha | Bhartendu Harishchandra |
| 9 | Skandagupta | Jai Shankar Prasad |
| 10 | Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman | Dr Namvar Singh |
History
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Medieval India. | Satish Chandra |
| 2 | From Plassey to Partition and after a History of Modern India. | Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
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| 3 | India’s Struggle for Independence. | Bipan Chandra
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| 4 | India since Independence. | Bipan Chandra |
Home Science
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Home Science. | Surjeet Publications |
Journalism
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | The Art and Craft of Feature Writing. | William E. Blundell |
| 2 | On Writing Well. | William Zinsser |
| 3 | The Press. | A. J. Liebling |
Kannada
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Linguistic History of Kannada Language. | M.H. Krishnaiah |
| 2 | Kannada Bhasha Shastra. | R. Y. Dharwadkar |
| 3 | Kannada Sahitya Charitre. | R. S. Mugali |
| 4 | Madhavi. | Arupama Niranjana) |
| 5 | Odalaala. | Devanuru Mahadeva |
| 6 | Devaru. | A. N. Moorty Rao |
| 7 | Janapada Swaroopa. | Dr H. M. Nayak |
| 8 | Kannada Janapada Kathegalu. | J. S. Paramashivaiah |
| 9 | Kannada Sanna Kathegalu. | G. H. Nayak |
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Malayalam
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | 100 Chintha Vishayangal | T. Chandy |
| 2 | Charithram Ethra Eluppam | Jayakar Thalayolaparambu |
| 3 | Jeevithathile Tholvikal Engane Vijayangalakkam | Jobin S Kottaram/Sebin S Kottaram and Asin |
Mathematics
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Linear Algebra | Hoffman and Kunze |
| 2 | Mathematical Analysis | S. C. Malik and Savita Arora |
| 3 | Analytical Solid Geometry. | Shanti Narayan and P K Mittal |
| 4 | Ordinary and partial differential equations | M. D. Raisinghania |
| 5 | Dynamics and Statics | Krishna Series |
| 6 | Contemporary Algebra | Joseph Gallian |
| 7 | Schaum Series | Spiegel, Lipschitz, Schiller, Spellman |
Philosophy
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | History of Philosophy | Frank Thilly |
| 2 | Survey of Indian Philosophy | C. D. Sharma |
| 3 | Existentialism: A Reconstruction | David Cooper |
| 4 | A Critical Survey Of Indian Philosophy. | C. Sharma |
| 5 | Contemporary Western Philosophy | Dr B. K. Lal |
| 6 | Introduction to political theory | O. P. Gauba |
| 7 | Introduction to political theory | O. P. Gauba |
Physics
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | Classical Mechanism | Gupta, Kumar & Sharma, Takewale, Puranik &H.Goldstein |
| 2 | Mechanics | Kleppner & Kolenkov |
| 3 | Quantum Mechanics | A. Ghatak |
| 4 | Waves and Oscillations | Brijlal & Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal |
| 5 | Special Relativity | R.Resnic, Gupta & Goyal |
| 6 | Optics | Ajay Ghatak & B.S. Agarwal |
| 7 | Fundamental of Magnetism electricity | B.N. Basudeva |
| 8 | Introduction of Electrodynamics | David Griffiths |
| 9 | Thermal Physics | Singal, Agarwal & Prakash, B.S. Agarwal, Shah & Srivastava |
| 10 | Statistical Physics | B.B. Laud |
Political Science
| SI No | Title of the Book | Name of the Writer |
| 1 | An Introduction to Constitution | D. D. Basu |
| 2 | An Introduction to Political Theory. | O.P. Gauba |
| 3 | Foundations Of Indian Political Thought | V. R. Mehta |
| 4 | A New Look at Modern Indian History | B. L. Grover & Alka Mehta |
| 5 | A New Look at Modern Indian History | B. L. Grover & Alka Mehta |
| 6 | India’s Struggle for Independence | Bipan Chandra |
| 7 | Indian Government and Politics | B. L. Fadia |
| 8 | India’s Foreign Policy | V. P. Dutt |
| 9 | International Organisations | Spectrum Books Publication |
| 10 | Challenge And Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy | Rajiv Sikri |
| SI No | Subject | Book and Writer |
| 1 | Psychology |
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| 2 | Sociology |
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| 3 | Statistics |
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| 4 | Sanskrit |
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| 5 | Tamil |
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| 6 | Zoology |
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| 7 | Biotechnology |
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