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Dear Friend,

The Acronym "SET" stands for State Eligibility Test. And The Acronym "NET" stands for the National Eligibility Test.

The State Eligibility Test is considered as the copy of the National eligibility Test or better say NET Exam conducted by the respective state Governments instead of the University Grants Commission is known as the State Eligibility Test.

Both the NET and the SET are conducted for the below mentioned posts :

a) Lectureship

b) Junior Research Fellowship

The Qualifications Required for NET/SET Exam are :

* You must have completed Post Graduation in any stream from any recognized university.

* Your must have secured a minimum of 55% marks in Post Graduation.

* You can also apply if you are in the final year of Post Graduation.

* Age Limitations :

a) There is no age limit for the post of Lectureship.

b) Your age must lie in between 21-28 years.

c) You will also get a relaxation of 5 years if you belong to SC/ST Category.

* Nationality : You Must be an Indian.

The NET/SET Exam is conducted as per the below mentioned pattern :



This is the information i have to the best of my knowledge regarding your query. Hope the information will help you to the extent you want.

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For NET/SLET exam you have to pass your post graduation with minimum 55% of marks (5% relaxation is given to reserved category students)
It consists 3 paper's. 1st paper is common for all. It includes teaching and research aptitude, reasoning, data interpretation, EVS, polity n higher education system, computer, passage etc.
Now 1st paper will have only 50 MCQ and all are compulsory.
2nd and 3rd paper is related to your particular subjects consisting 50 and 75 questions respectively.
Regarding this paper pattern you can start your preparation for NET/ JRF.
You can solve previous years question papers also so that you come to know the types of questions and sometimes various questions got repeated also so this will be beneficial for you.

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