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About TS SET Philosophy Exam

TS SET (Philosophy) 2023 Application Form for Exam can be filled till 25th January 2023. Apply Online for This Exam and the Admit Card is Released soon. Eligibility Criteria for this exam is that the candidate must be a citizen of India. The TS SET is a Telangana State Eligibility Test conducted by Osmania University to recruit candidates for Lecturer or Assistant Professor positions for the universities and colleges of Telangana. Candidates can read this article further to get details about eligibility criteria, answer key, selection process, syllabus, and exam pattern.


TS SET Philosophy Exam Date

Events Dates

Notification Release Date

23rd December 2022

Applicate Start Date

30th December 2022

Late Date to Apply

25th January 2023

Exam Dates

14th,15th, 17th March 2023

Admit Card Release Date

10th March 2023

Result Date 

25th April 2023

Offical website www.telanganaset.org

TS SET Philosophy Eligibility

It is important to ensure that the candidate successfully meets all the TS SET eligibility criteria mentioned by the university before applying for the examination. Some details regarding the requirements are mentioned below:
 

Age Limit

The candidates applying for the TS SET post should know the decided TS SET Age limit as per the authorities. Candidates applying for the Assistant Professor and Lecturer post must have a minimum age of 18 years. And there is no upper age limit to apply for the post.
 

TS SET Educational Qualification

To recruit the best-qualified candidate for the post, there is a requirement of certain TS SET Minimum qualifications that the candidate must satisfy. These qualifications are specified below: 

Post

Educational Qualification

Assistant Professor and Lecturer

  • Candidates must have earned at least 55% (without rounding off) in their Master's degree to be considered. Eligible degrees include M.A., M.Sc., M.Com, MBA, MLISC, M.Ed, M.PEd, MCJ, LLM, MCA, and M.Tech (CSE & IT only). However, candidates from the OBC, SC, ST, and PwD categories are only eligible for this test if they received at least 50% of the marks (without rounding off) in their Master's degree. 
  • Candidates who are currently enrolled in a Master's degree program, candidates who have taken their qualifying Master's degree (final year) examination but have not yet received their results, and candidates whose qualifying examinations have been postponed may also apply for this test. However, after passing their Master's degree examination with at least 55% marks (or 50% marks in the case of OBC/SC/ST/PwD), such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for Assistant Professor/Lecturer. 
  • Candidates who identify as a third gender, or transgender, would be qualified to receive the same qualification criteria relaxations as SC/ST/PWD categories. 
  • The PhD degree holders who had finished their Master's level examination by September 19, 1991 (regardless of the date of result declaration) are qualified for a 5% aggregate mark relaxation.

​Nationality

As for Nationality, Indian citizens are required to apply for the TS SET. Candidates might have to prove they are a citizen of India, so they must keep the necessary documentation ready.


TS SET Philosophy Admit Card

The candidates can download the TS SET Admit Card 2023 once it is released for the 2022-23 exam cycle. They can follow the given below steps to easily download the Admit Card:

Step 1: Visit the official website of the Telangana SET at  www.telanganaset.org .

Step 2: On the homepage, go to the “Latest Update” section. And look for the TS SET Admit Card 2023 Download link. 

Step 3: A new window asking for the login credentials will appear on the screen. Fill in the necessary details. 

Step 4: Now, the candidate can download the TS SET Hall Ticket. Save the PDF for reference, preview it, and check all the details available on the screen.


TS SET Philosophy Syllabus

General Paper on Teaching and Research Aptitude (Paper I)

Unit-I Teaching Aptitude :
1. Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
2. Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
3. Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
4. Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
5. Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
6. 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 :
1. Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Postpositivistic approach to research.
2. Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
3. Steps of Research.
4. Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
5. Application of ICT in research.
6. Research ethics.

Unit-III Comprehension :
1. A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.

Unit-IV Communication :
1. Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
2. Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.
3. Barriers to effective communication.
4. Mass-Media and Society.

Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude :
1. Types of reasoning.
2. Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
3. Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).

Unit-VI Logical Reasoning :
1. Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, structure of categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition.
2. Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
3. Analogies.
4. Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments.
5. Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
6. Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
7. Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).

Unit-VII Data Interpretation :
1. Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
2. Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
3. Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
4. Data Interpretation.
5. Data and Governance.

Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT) :
1. ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
2. Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
3. Digital initiatives in higher education.
4. ICT and Governance.

Unit-IX People, Development and Environment :
1. Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
2. Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
3. Environmental issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.
4. Impacts of pollutants on human health.
5. Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
6. Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
7. Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.

Unit-X Higher Education System :
1. Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
2. Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
3. Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
4. Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
5. Value education and environmental education.
6. Policies, Governance, and Administration.

Paper 2 : Philosophy :
Unit – 1: Classical Indian: Epistemology and Metaphysics
Unit-2 : Classical Western: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern : Epistemology and Metaphysics
Unit – 3 : Indian Ethics 
Unit – 4 : Western Ethics
Unit- 5 : Contemporary Indian Philosophy
Unit-6 : Recent Western Philosophy
Unit- 7 : Social and Political Philosophy: Indian
Unit- 8 : Social and Political Philosophy: Western
Unit- 9 : Logic
Unit- 10 : Applied Philosophy

TS SET Philosophy Exam Pattern

The Exam conducting body insists that the candidates are qualified (total slots) based on the marks scored in the TS-SET Exam. The Test will consist of two papers. The aggregate of marks in both the papers of TS-SET will be considered to evaluate the Eligibility for Assistant Professor and Lecturer.

  • Written Examination
    • Paper -I
    • Paper -II
 
Papers Subject Total Question Marks Duration
Paper - 1 General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude 50 100 180 Minutes
Paper - 2 Philosophy 100 200
  Total 150 300 180 Minutes

TS SET Philosophy How to Apply

Sometimes candidates might be confused about how to apply for the post. To help the candidates, we have shared below the simple steps that candidates can follow to apply for the recruitment. 

Step 1: Visit the TS SET official website.

Step 2: Candidates have first to register themselves using their email ID, mobile number, name, and other information that is required.

Step 3: On the home page, candidates must search for the link to apply for the “ Telangana State Eligibility Test 2022-23” and click on it.

Step 4: Then, candidates have to read all the instructions and eligibility very carefully and proceed to fill out the complete “ Telangana State Eligibility Test 2022-23” application form.

Step 5: After filling in all the details in the application form, candidates must pay the examination fee by any mode of payment that is decided by the higher authorities.

Step 6: After submitting the application form, candidates must download it and keep a print copy of it for future reference.
 

Application Fee 2022-23

Candidates applying for the Telangana State eligibility test 2022-23 must have to pay an amount for proceeding the application form for further process. The application fees depend on the category of the candidates. Candidates can check out the below table to know the details of application fees for the TS SET exam:

Category 

Fees

Open

Rs. 2000/-

BC (Backward Class)/ EWS

Rs. 1500/-

SC/ST/VH/HI/OH/Transgender

Rs. 1000/-


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