KSET Exam Pattern 2026

The Karnataka State Eligibility Test or the KSET Exam is conducted by the University of Mysore. The main purpose of the KSET exam is the appointment of Assistant Professors in the Government/Private and Aided Colleges of Karnataka. Each year a large number of candidates appear for the KSET exams.

Aspirants who are aiming to appear for the KSET exams must know the KSET exam pattern 2026 thoroughly. The exam pattern is the most important criteria that will help the candidates to prepare for the exam in a strategic manner.

The KSET exam pattern consists of important details like the total number of questions of the exam, mode of exam, type of questions, total number of papers, sections of the exam and the marking pattern.

Knowledge of the KSET exam pattern 2026 is extremely important as it will help the candidates to prepare for the exam properly and score high marks.

Particulars of the KSET Exam Pattern

• The KSET Exam will be held in the offline/pen and paper mode.
• The KSET Exam pattern will be conducted for 2 papers- Paper I and Paper II.
• Both Paper I and Paper II are qualifying in nature and candidates who clear Paper I can appear for Paper II of the KSET exam.
• Both Paper I and Paper II will consist of objective questions with multiple choice answers.
• The total number of questions for Paper I are 50 and the total marks is 100.
• The total number of questions for Paper II are 100 and the total marks is 200.
• The time duration for KSET Paper I is 1 hour and the time duration of KSET Paper II is 2 hours.
• Each question of the KSET exam carries 2 marks.
• There is no negative marking for wrong attempts.

KSET Exam Pattern 2026: Highlights

Name of the Papers	Total No. of Questions	Total Time Duration	Total Marks
Paper I	50	1 Hour	100
Paper II	100	2 Hours	200

Details of KSET Exam pattern for Paper I and Paper II

Paper I

• The KSET Exam Paper I will consist of 50 compulsory questions.
• All the questions are objective types with multiple choice answers.
• The total time duration of Paper I is 1 hour.
• Each question will carry 2 marks.
• There will be no negative marking for KSET Paper I.
• The questions of Paper I will be based on Teaching Aptitude, Research Aptitude, General awareness, Reasoning ability. Divergent thinking and Reading Comprehension.

Paper II

• There are a total of 41 subjects in Paper II of which the candidates can choose their preferred subject.
• KSET Paper II will consist of subject-wise questions based on the subject chosen by the student while filling the application form.
• There are a total of 100 compulsory questions in KSET Paper II.
• All the questions are objective types with multiple choice answers.
• The question will be set in English or Kannada/English and Kannada based on the subject codes.

List of subjects for the KSET Exam pattern 2026 and the languages in which the exams will be conducted:

Name of the Subject	Medium of Exam
Commerce	English, Kannada
Kannada	Kannada
Economics	English, Kannada
English	English
Political Science	English, Kannada
History	English, Kannada
Sociology	English, Kannada
Geography	English, Kannada
Hindi	Hindi
Management	English, Kannada
Tourism Administration and Management	English, Kannada
Education	English, Kannada
Library and Information Science	English
Mass Communication and Journalism	English, Kannada
Psychology	English, Kannada
Social work	English, Kannada
Criminology	English, Kannada
Law	English, Kannada
Sanskrit	Sanskrit
Physical Education	English, Kannada
Folk Literature	English, Kannada
Urdu	Urdu
Public Administration	English, Kannada
Computer Science and Applications	English
Physical Sciences	English
Mathematical Sciences	English
Chemical Sciences	English
Life Sciences	English
Environmental Sciences	English
Home Science	English
Electronic Science	English
Earth Sciences	English
Archaeology	English, Kannada
Anthropology	English, Kannada
Marathi	Marathi
Philosophy	English, Kannada
Women Studies	English, Kannada
Linguistics	English, Kannada
Performing Arts	English, Kannada
Music	English, Kannada
Visual Arts	English, Kannada

Significant factors of the KSET Exam Pattern 2026

• The KSET Exam pattern will be released on the official website.
• Candidates can download the exam pattern and start their preparation.
• Candidates must be familiar with the exam pattern before starting their preparations.
• The Exam pattern consists of important information like total number of papers, subjects of the exam, number of questions, total time, marking pattern and negative marking pattern(if any).
• Paper I will be based on General Aptitude.
• Paper II will be based on the subject that the candidates choose in their KSET Application Form 2026.
• The study material for the KSET exam is designed according to the exam pattern and candidates must include the best textbooks and study material in their preparation strategy to give their best performance in the exam.