HP SET Exam 2020 - Latest News, Application Form, Eligibility, Admit Card, Result
About HP SET 2019
The Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (Authorized Agency) conducts the State Eligibility Test (SET) for determining the Eligibility for recruitment to the post(s) of Assistant Professor(s) in universities and colleges located within the State of Himachal Pradesh. Candidates applying must ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to the State Eligibility Test (SET). The HP SET is conducted in 22 subjects as given below. Eligible candidates can fill the application form in online mode. The admit card is issued 5 days prior to the exam date to only those candidates who fill the application form successfully. The result is declared in online mode. The Test consists of two papers - paper I and II. Both the papers consist of only objective type questions. The exam is held on a single day in two separate sessions.
HP SET 2019 Highlights
Full Exam Name | Himachal Pradesh State Eligibility Test |
Short Exam Name | HP SET |
Conducting Body | Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission |
Frequency of Conduct | Once a year |
Languages | English |
Mode of Application | Offline / Online |
Application Fee (General) | 700 Rs [Offline] +1 More |
Mode of Exam | Offline |
Exam Duration | 3 Hours |
HP SET 2019 Important Dates
Past Dates and Events
27 Nov, 2020
Answer Key | Mode: Online
22 Nov, 2020
Exam | Mode: Offline
10 Dec, 2019 - 30 Dec, 2019
Application | Mode: Online
HP SET 2019 Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who secure at least 55% marks (50% for reserved categories) in Master's Degree or equivalent examination from Universities/institutions recognized by UGC in Humanities and Social Sciences, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for HP SET.
The PhD Degree holders whose Master‟s level examination had been completed by 19th September, 1993 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e. from 55% to 50%) for appearing in HP SET.
Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their post-graduation only. In case the subject of a candidate is not included in the list of SET subjects, the candidate may appear in UGC NET/UGC-CSIR NET which is held twice a year.
HP SET 2019 Application Process
Mode of Application : Online and Offline
Mode of Payment : Credit Card | Debit Card
The application form of HP SET is released by the examination authority in online mode. Candidates are required to apply online at the official website. Along with filling the application form, candidates must also deposit the application fee of Rs.700 for general category, Rs.350 for OBC and Rs.175 for SC/ST/PwD. in online mode. Candidates can deposit the requisite Examination Fees at any branch of Punjab National Bank through 'e-Challan' generated through the official website. Thereafter, they are required to visit the website again to access the home page of the "Online application filling system' by entering User ID and Password earlier created by the candidates on or before the last date. Click on 'Fee details' and enter the details of 'Branch Code/Name, Transaction Number and Date of deposit' and then click on 'Update Fee Details'.
Interested candidates must carefully go through the eligibility criteria of HP SET before beginning to fill up the HP SET application form.
Application Fees
Category | Quota | Mode | Gender | Amount |
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General | Online, Offline | Transgender, Male, Female | ₹ 700 | |
OBC | Online, Offline | Transgender, Male, Female | ₹ 350 | |
ST, SC | Online, Offline | Transgender, Male, Female | ₹ 175 |
HP SET 2019 Syllabus
General paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude
Teaching aptitude |
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Research aptitude |
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Comprehension |
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Communication |
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Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude |
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Logical reasoning |
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Data interpretation |
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Information and communication technology (ICT) |
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People, Development and Environment |
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Higher education system |
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Chemical sciences
Inorganic chemistry |
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Physical chemistry |
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Organic chemistry |
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Interdisciplinary topics |
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Chemistry in Nanoscience and Technology |
Catalysis and Green Chemistry |
Medicinal chemistry |
Supramolecular Chemistry |
Environmental chemistry |
Commerce
Business Environment and International Business |
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Accounting and auditing |
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Business economics |
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Business finance |
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Business Statistics and Research Methods |
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Business Management and Human Resource Management |
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Banking and Financial Institutions |
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Marketing management |
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Legal Aspects of Business |
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Income-Tax and Corporate Tax Planning |
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Economics
Micro economics |
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Macro economics |
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Statistics and econometrics |
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Mathematical Economics |
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International economics |
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Public Economics |
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Money and banking |
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Growth and Development of Economics |
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Environmental Economics and Demography |
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Indian economy |
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Education
Educational Studies |
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History, Politics and Economics of Education |
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Learner and Learning Process |
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Teacher education |
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Curriculum Studies |
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Research in education |
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Pedagogy, Andragogy and Assessment |
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Technology in/ for Education |
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Educational Management, Administration and Leadership |
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Inclusive education |
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English
Drama |
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Poetry |
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Fiction, short story |
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Non-fictional prose |
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Language: basic concepts, theories and pedagogy. |
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English in India: History, Evolution and Futures |
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Literary criticism |
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Literary theory post World War II |
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Research methods and materials in English |
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Geography
Geomorphology |
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Climatology |
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Oceanography |
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Geography of Environment |
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Population and Settlement Geography |
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Geography of Economic Activities and Regional Development |
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Cultural, Social and Political Geography |
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Geographic thought |
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Geographical Techniques |
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Geography of India |
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Hindi
History
Negotiating the sources |
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Pastoralism and food production |
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Indus/Harappa Civilization |
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Vedic and later Vedic periods |
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Expansion of state system |
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From State to Empire |
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Dissolution of Empire and emergence of regional powers |
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Gupta Vakataka Age |
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Harsha and his times |
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The emergence of Regional Kingdoms |
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Kingdoms in South India |
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Kingdoms in Eastern India |
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Kingdoms in Western India |
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Kingdoms in North India |
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Characteristics of early Medieval India |
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Agrarian Economy |
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Trade and Urbanization |
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Growth of Brahminical religions |
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Society |
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Education and educational institutions |
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Arab contracts |
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Source of Medieval Indian History |
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Political developments |
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Foundation of the Mughal Empire |
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The Vijayanagara and the Bahmanis |
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Rise of the Marathas & the foundation of swaraj by Shivaji |
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Administration & economy |
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Sher Shah’s administrative reforms |
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The administrative system in the Deccan |
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Industries |
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Trade and Commerce |
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Society and culture |
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The Sufis |
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Bhakti movement |
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The saints of the Medieval Period |
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The Sikh Movement |
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Social classification |
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Rural society |
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Position of Women |
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Fine arts |
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Sources of Modern Indian History |
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Rise of British power |
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British relations with principal Indian States |
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Colonial economy |
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Decline of industries |
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British Industrial policy |
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Growth of New Urban Centre’s |
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Indian society in transition |
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The new education |
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Indian renaissance |
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Women’s question |
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The printing press |
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Modernization of Indian languages and literary forms |
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Rise of Indian Nationalism |
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Birth of Indian National Congress |
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Gandhian Mass Movements |
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Left wing politics |
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Depressed class movement |
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Communal politics |
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India after independence |
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The structure of Bureaucracy |
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New education policy |
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Economic policies and the planning process |
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Linguistic reorganization of states |
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Foreign policy initiatives |
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Historical method, Research, Methodology and Historiography |
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Life science
Molecules and their interaction relevant to biology |
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Cellular organization |
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Fundamental processes |
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Cell communication and cell signaling |
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Developmental biology |
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System physiology – plant |
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System physiology – animal |
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Inheritance biology |
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Diversity of life forms |
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Ecological principles |
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Evolution and behavior |
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Applied biology |
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Methods in biology |
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Mass communication and journalism
Introduction to journalism and mass communication |
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Communication for development and social change |
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Reporting and editing |
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Advertising and Marketing Communication |
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Public Relations and Corporate Communication |
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Media laws and ethics |
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Media management and production |
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ICT and Media |
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Film and visual communication |
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Communication Research |
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Mathematical science
Analysis |
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Linear algebra |
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Complex analysis |
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Algebra |
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Topology |
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Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) |
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Partial differential equations (PDEs) |
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Numerical analysis |
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Calculus of variations |
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Linear integral equations |
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Classical mechanics |
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Descriptive statistics, exploratory data analysis |
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Vedic and later Vedic periods |
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Music
Technical terms |
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Folk music |
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Rasa and Aesthetics |
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Research methodology and pedagogy, avenues, interdisciplinary aspects and modern technology |
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Hindustani music |
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Applied theory |
History of Indian music, contribution of musicologists and their textual tradition |
Compositional forms and their evolution |
Musical instruments and its classification |
Contribution of composers/performers to Indian music |
Ghana and institutional system and conferences of Hindustani music |
Karnataka music |
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Applied theory |
Historical perspective of music- contributions of scholars, musicologists, musical concepts in treatises |
Compositional forms and their evolution |
Music instruments of India |
Contribution of composers/performers to music (Indian and western) |
Prominent banis, music training, education and propagation |
Percussion |
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Applied theory – taal & avanadhavadhya |
History of music, treies and controbution of musicologist |
Detailed study of the texts |
Detailed study of compositional forms of avanaddha vadyas |
Classification of musical instruments, descriptions of musical instruments from ancient to present period in India |
Performer & composers |
Detailed study of gharanas and institutional system in music |
Rabindra Sangeet |
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Applied theory |
Historical perspective of music |
Composition forms and their evolution |
Music instrument of India |
Contribution of scholars/performer and their textual traditions |
Gharana and institutionalized system of music |
Philosophy
Classical Indian: Epistemology and Metaphysics |
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Classical western: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern: epistemology and metaphysics |
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Indian ethics |
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Western ethics |
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Contemporary Indian Philosophy |
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Recent Western Philosophy |
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Social and Political Philosophy: Indian |
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Social and Political Philosophy: Western |
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Logic |
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Applied philosophy |
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Physical education
Unit 1 |
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Physical education and adapted physical education, their objectives Philosophies of education as applied to physical education |
Development of Physical education in Greece, Rome, Sweden, Russia England, Denmark, Germany, USA, Australia and China. |
Growth and development of physical education in India |
Recreation |
Wellness |
Teaching Aptitude |
Social aspects of sports |
Ancient & Modern Olympics games, Asian and Commonwealth games. |
tructure and functions of international and national bodies controlling various games and sports,. Prominent honours and awards in games and sports. |
Unit 2 |
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Exercise physiology its scope and importance in the field of physical education and sports. |
Cardio respiratory adaptations to long and short term physical activities |
Muscle |
Neuro-muscular junction and transmission of nerve impulse, kinesthetic Sense organs and neural control of motor skills. |
Bio-Chemical aspects of exercise |
Recovery process |
Environmental influence on Human Physiology under exercise. |
Women in sports |
Aging |
Physiological responses of various therapeutic modalities and rehabilitation |
Physiological aspects of various Ergogenic aids. Massage manipulations and their physiological responses |
Unit 3 |
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Kinesiology and biomechanics. Modern trends in biomechanics. Planes and Axes of human body. Joints and their movements |
Muscle attachments |
Motion |
Linear and Angular Kinematics and Kinetics |
Friction, Spin, impact and elasticity |
Air and water dynamics |
Mechanical advantage and applications of Levers in sports |
Posture and its deformities with their corrective exercises |
Kinesiological, Muscular and mechanical analyses of fundamental movements |
Mechanical analyses of major sports skills |
Unit 4 |
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Sports psychology |
Motivation in sports |
Psychological factors affecting sports performance |
Personality |
Group dynamics, Group cohesion and leadership in sports |
Cognitive process |
Transfer of training and its types with its implication in sports. |
Long and short term psychological preparation for performance/ competition |
Psychological skill training for activation and relaxation |
Spectators and sports performance |
Unit 5 |
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Development of teacher education for physical education in India. Comparative study of professional preparation in physical education of India with those of USA, Russia, Germany, Australia and UK |
Professional and other courses of physical education in India. Role of Government agencies monitoring professional courses in physical education |
Qualities, qualifications and responsibilities of physical education personnel at primary, secondary and higher education levels. Scope of physical education personnel in the promotion of health, fitness and wellness |
Recent Government policies for promoting physical education and sports in India |
Hierarchy of organizational set-up in physical education at Schools, Colleges and University level |
Role of public & private sectors in the promotion of physical education and sports in the country |
Curriculum Development |
Curriculum design and content |
Teaching aids |
Curriculum evaluation |
Unit 6 |
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Health |
Community health programme- |
School health programme and personal hygiene |
Communicable diseases |
Psychosomatic disorders/ sedentary life style diseases |
Obesity related health problems. Body weight control and its significance on health. Role of exercise, dieting and combination of exercise & dieting on weight control. |
First-aid |
Pollution |
Nutrition |
Effects of smoking, alcohol, & drugs on health; prevention and rehabilitation |
Unit 7 |
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Sports training |
Strength |
Endurance |
Speed |
Flexibility |
Coordinative Abilities |
Technique and Skill |
Planning |
Periodization |
Talent Identification |
Unit 8 |
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Research in Physical Education |
Methods of research |
Identification and formulation of research problem. Types of research hypotheses and their formulation. Hypotheses testing |
Tools of Research |
Sources and steps of literature search- |
Sampling techniques |
Data, its types and collecting measures |
Normal probability curve and grading scales |
Statistical processes, their importance and uses in research |
Application of parametric and non parametric statistical techniques in research |
Computer Applications |
Preparation of research proposal, report, abstract, paper for publication and paper for presentation |
Unit 9 |
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Test, measurement and evaluation |
Criteria of selecting an appropriate test and administration of testing programme |
Types of tests and construction of standard knowledge and skill tests |
Tests for fitness |
Test for fitness components |
Sports skill tests |
Anthropometric Measurements |
Somatotype and Posture evaluating techniques |
Testing of Physiological Phenomenons |
Tests for Psychological Variables |
Unit 10 |
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Management |
Personnel management |
Financial management |
Supervision |
Facility Management |
Role of sports manager |
Event Management |
Public Relation |
Physical Science Part-A core
Mathematical methods of physics |
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Classical mechanics |
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Electromagnetic theory |
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Quantum mechanics |
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Thermodynamic and statistical physics |
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Electronics and experimental methods |
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Physical Science Part-B Advanced
Mathematical methods of physics |
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Classical mechanics |
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Electromagnetic theory |
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Quantum mechanics |
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Thermodynamic and statistical physics |
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Electronics and experimental methods |
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Atomic & Molecular Physics |
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Condensed matter physics |
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Nuclear and particle physics |
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Political science
Political theory |
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Political thought |
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Indian political thought |
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Comparative political analysis |
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International relations |
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India’s foreign policy |
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Political institutions in India |
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Political processes in India |
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Public administration |
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Governance and public policy in India |
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Psychology
Emergence of Psychology |
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Research methodology and statistics |
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Psychological testing |
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Biological basis of behavior |
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Attention, perception, learning, memory and forgetting |
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Thinking, intelligence and creativity |
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Personality, motivation, emotion, stress and coping |
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Social psychology |
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Human development and interventions |
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Emerging areas |
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Public administration
Introduction to public administration |
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Administrative thought |
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Indian administration |
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State & local administration |
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Comparative and development administration |
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Economic and financial administration |
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Social welfare administration |
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Public policy |
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Governance and good governance |
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Research methodology |
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Sanskrit
Vedic-literature |
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Specific study of Vedic literature |
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Darsana |
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Darśana literature:Special study |
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Grammar and linguistics |
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Specific study of grammar |
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Sanskrit literature, poetics and prosody |
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Specific study of the topics |
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Purāṇetihāsa, dharmaśāstra and epigraphy |
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Sociology
Sociological theory |
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Research methodology and methods |
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Basic concepts and institutions |
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Rural and urban transformations |
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State, Politics and Development |
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Economy and society |
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Environment and society |
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Family, marriage and kinship |
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Science, Technology and Society |
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Culture and symbolic transformations |
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Tourism administration and management
Tourist/ visitor/ traveller/ excursionist |
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Earth’s movement |
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Nature and characteristic of tourism products of India |
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Transportation |
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Historical background of travel trade, significance of travel agency business, types of travel agent |
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Distinctive characteristics of hospitality industry |
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Concept of goods & services |
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Tourism planning |
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Statistics |
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Managerial processes, functions, skills, and roles in organization, systems, contingency and operational approaches to management |
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HP SET 2019 Exam Pattern
HP SET Paper 1 Exam Pattern
According to the HP SET exam pattern, Paper-I shall be of general nature, and will assess the teaching/ research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. The paper shall consist of 50 objective type compulsory questions and each question will carry 2 marks. The maximum marks of the paper is 100 and the duration of the paper will be one hour.
HP SET Paper 2 Exam Pattern
Paper-II of HP SET shall consist of 100 objective type compulsory questions each carrying 2 marks which will be based on the subject selected by the candidates. They need to finish the paper within 2 hours.
HP SET 2019 Admit Card
The admit card of HP SET is now released in online mode. Candidates must take a printout of the HP SET admit card. They have to carry the admit card on the day of exam as not candidate will be allowed to sit for the exam without it.
HP SET 2019 Exam Centers
State | City |
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Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
Solan | |
Sundernagar | |
Dharamshala | |
Palampur | |
Kangra | |
Mandi |
Documents Required at Exam
- Admit card
- Aadhaar card
- Voter ID card
- Driving license
- PAN card
- Passport
- Employee card
HP SET 2019 Result
The Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission releases the HP SET in online in PDF mode only.
Top 6% of the appearing candidates who appear in all three papers and secure at least 40% aggregate marks for candidates belonging to General Category and at least 35% aggregate marks for candidates belonging to reserved categories will be declared qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor by following the reservation policy of the State Government.
If there is a tie at the least qualifying cut-off marks in any given subject, then all candidates who are tied (i.e. have the same marks) will be considered as qualified and as such the number of qualified candidates may exceed 6%.
Qualifying Marks Trend
Year | Category | Cutoff |
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2019 | General | 40 |
OBC | 35 | |
SC | 35 | |
ST | 35 |
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