Rajasthan SET Notification 2026, Eligibility, syllabus, complete Guide

Official Website

Kota University

Post

Assistant Professor

Application Start Date

14 June 2026

Application End Date

15 July 2026

Exam Date

06 September 2026

Paper 

• Paper 1 (Will Test Reasoning Ability, Reading Comprehension, Divergent Thinking & General Awareness)
• Paper 2 (Will Test Subject Knowledge)

Number of Questions

150 ( 50 in Paper 1, 100 in Paper 2)

Marks 

2 marks for each question (100 in Paper 1 & 200 in Paper 2)

Negative Marking

No negative marking

Unit-I 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 (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), 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 centered vs. Learner centered methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
• Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
• Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer based testing, Innovations in evaluation systems

Unit-II Research Aptitude

• Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post-positivist approach to research.
• Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
• Steps of Research
• Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing
• Application of ICT in research
• Research ethics

Unit-III Comprehension

A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered

Unit-IV Communication

• Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication
• Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication
• Barriers to effective communication
• Mass-Media and Society

Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude

• 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-VI Logical Reasoning

• Understanding the structure of arguments
• Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning
• Analogies
• Venn diagram
• Indian Logic
• Pramanas
• Structure and kinds of Anumana

Unit-VII 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-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
• Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
• Digital initiatives in higher education.
• ICT and Governance.

Unit-XI

• People, Development and Environment

Unit-X

• Higher Education System