Kerala SET

1- General Studies
General Knowledge (Lucent)
General Knowledge (Arihant)
2- Language and Reasoning
High School English Grammar and Composition Key (Wren & Martin)
Objective General English (SP Bakshi)
Quantitative Aptitude (RS Aggarwal)
Aptitude (Talent Publication)
3- Current Affairs
Daily Newspapers (The Hindu, The Indian Express)
Current Affairs Monthly Compilation (Vision IAS)
Manorama Year Book
4- Foundation of Education and Communication
Foundations of Education (A. Chaube and S. P. Chaube)
Foundations of Education (Jason C. Robinson)
1- Anthropology
Physical anthropology by P. Nath
An Introduction to Social Anthropology by D. N. Majumdar & T. N. Madan
Anthropology by Ember and Ember
An Introduction to Anthropological thought ( Theories) - by Makhan Jha
2- Arabic
The Kalimni Arabi Series
A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language (Haywood Nahmad)
3- Botany
Cell Biology (De Robertis & Ambrose and Easy or Powar)
Genetics (Strickberger or Vir Bala Rastogi)
4- Chemistry
Advanced physical Chemistry (Gurdeep Raj)
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (J. D. Lee)
5- Commerce
Corporate Accounting (Naseem Ahmed)
Auditing Students Guide to Auditing (Aruna Jha)
Accounting Standards (D. S. Rawat)
Industrial Relations (T. N. Chabra and R. K. Suri)
6- Economics
Indian Economy (Ramesh Singh)
Banking (S. B. Gupta)
Dictionary of Economics (Graham Bannock, T. E. Baxter, Ray Rees)
Economic Growth and Development (Mayer and Baldwin)
7- English
Introduction to English Literature by W. H Hudson
The Routledge History of Literature in English
8- French
Beaumarchais (Le Mariage de Figaro)
Victor Hugo (La Conscience. Elle Avait Pris Ce Pli)
9- Gandhian Studies
Gandhian Thoughts (Swanand S. Pathak)
10- Geography
Indian geography (D. R. Khullar)
Human Geography (Majid Hussain)
Models and Theories (Majid Hussain)
Geographical Thoughts (Dixit)
11- Geology
Concise Glossary Of Geology (S. M. Mathur)
Principles of Petrology (G. W. Turrel)
12- Hindi
Aadhunik Sahitya Ki Pravritiyan (Namavar Sinhaas)
Khadi Boli Ka Prarambhik Swaroop (Nilesh Jain)
13- History
Medieval India (Satish Chandra)
India since Independence by Bipan Chandra
14- Home Science
Home Science (Surjeet Publications)
15- Journalism
On Writing Well (William Zinsser)
The Press (A. J. Liebling)
16- Kannada
Linguistic History of Kannada Language (M. H. Krishnaiah)
I hope this will help you.

Exam pattern for Kerala SET
Name of exam: Kerala State Eligibility Test (Kerala SET)
Conducting body: LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Exam level: State
Exam frequency: Once a year
Exam mode: Offline
Exam duration: 2 hours for each paper
Exam fees;
INR 1,000 for General/ OBC
INR 500 for SC/ ST/ PwD
No. Of papers and total marks
Paper 1: 120 marks
Paper 2: 120 marks
Total questions;
Paper 1: 120
Paper 2: 120 (80 in Mathematics and Statistics)
Medium of exam: English & Malayalam
For more details, you may visit the Shiksha Kerala State Eligibility Test page. (https://www.shiksha.com/exams/Kerala-set-exam). I hope this will help you.

Kerala SET Eligibility Criteria:
1- For Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Have a Master of Science degree in the concerned subject with at least 50 % marks or equivalent grade from any Regional Institute of Education that is sponsored by NCERT.
2- Botany and Zoology Have a Master of Science degree in the concerned subject with at least 50 % marks or equivalent grade from any Regional Institute of Education that is sponsored by NCERT.
3- Anthropology, Commerce, French, Gandhian Studies, Geology, German, Home Science, Journalism, Latin, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Russian, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics and Syriac: Possess Bachelor of Education degree.
4- English Possess class Masters's Degree in Communicative English with at least 50 % marks as well as a Bachelor of Education degree.
5- Hindi Students who have acquired a Bachelor of Education Degree in Hindi conducted by the Dakshin Bharatha Hindi Prachar Sabha are exempted from the requirement of producing the equivalency Certificate as the degree has been recognised by the Universities in Kerala, informs the official website.
6- Latin: Cleared their degree exam in any discipline with Latin as their second language under Paper 2 wherein they have secured at least 50% marks. These eligibility criteria hold true only if the aspirants have secured a minimum of 50% aggregate marks for that Part 2. For more information, you may visit the Shiksha Kerala SET page. (https://www.shiksha.com/exams/Kerala-set-exam). I hope this will help you.

Kerala SET is organized by the LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, for the students to be selected as Higher Secondary School Teachers and Non-Vocational Teachers in VHSE. Qualifying for the Kerala State Eligibility Test is stipulated as a mandatory requirement for candidates to be appointed as Higher Secondary School Teachers in the State. The Kerala SET exam is of a four-hour duration. As part of the Kerala State Eligibility Test exam, aspirants have to give two papers. While Paper 1 is common for all candidates, Paper 2 contains questions from the subject in which the candidate had a specialisation at the post-graduation level. Students can select from a list of 31 subjects to give the Kerala State Eligibility Test Paper 2 exam. The subjects are Arabic, Hindi Political Science, Biotechnology, History, Psychology, Botany, Home Science, Russian, Chemistry Journalism, Sanskrit, Commerce, Latin, Social Work, Economics, Malayalam, Sociology, English Mathematics, Statistics French, Music, Syriac, Geography, Philosophy, Tamil, Geology, Physics Urdu, German, and Zoology. For more information, you may visit the Shiksha Kerala SET exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/exams/Kerala-set-exam). I hope this will help you.