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TS SET Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility, Important Dates

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The Telangana State Eligibility Test, now called TG SET, decides eligibility for Assistant Professor and Lecturer posts in Telangana's universities and colleges. Osmania University conducts it for the state government, from its TG SET office at the PGRR Centre for Distance Education in Hyderabad.

It's a computer-based test in a general paper and 29 subjects, held at nine centres across the state's old districts. A pass counts only in Telangana. Candidates from other states can sit it but are treated as Unreserved, whatever their category at home.

TG SET 2026 was held from 28 to 30 September 2026; the provisional answer keys are out for objections.

Previous year question papers

TS SET Details

Exam Pattern
PaperQuestionsMarks
Paper I, general: teaching and research aptitude, reasoning, comprehension, divergent thinking, general awareness50100
Paper II, your subject, across its whole syllabus100200
  • One session of 3 hours for both papers.
  • Objective questions, two marks each, all compulsory.
  • Paper I is in English and Telugu. Paper II is bilingual in Commerce, Economics, Education, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Administration, Sociology and Social Work; the language papers are in their language and the rest in English.
  • A practice mock test goes up on the TG SET website before the exam.
Syllabus

TG SET uses the CSIR/UGC-NET syllabus, adopted under the UGC guidelines for all 29 subjects. Each one is a PDF on the TG SET syllabus page, and the same syllabi are on ugcnetonline.in and csirhrdg.res.in. Paper I (code 00) is the UGC-NET general paper.

GroupSubjects
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi, Telugu, Urdu, Sanskrit, Linguistics
Social sciences and humanitiesEconomics, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Social Work, Geography, Journalism and Mass Communication, Library and Information Science
SciencesChemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Science, Computer Science and Applications
ProfessionalCommerce, Management, Education, Law, Physical Education

Several subjects take a cluster of Master's degrees:

  • Chemical Sciences: analytical, inorganic, organic, physical, medical, applied, nuclear, environmental, marine, pharmaceutical and bio-inorganic chemistry. M.Pharm holders can't apply.
  • Life Sciences: botany, zoology, biochemistry, biotechnology, genetics, microbiology, fishery science, animal and marine biology.
  • Earth Sciences: geology in its branches, geophysics, meteorology, geo-informatics, applied geochemistry, oceanography.
  • Mathematical Sciences: mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, applied statistics, mathematics with computer science.
  • Computer Science and Applications: M.Sc. (Computer Science or Information Systems), MCA, M.E./M.Tech. in CSE or IT.
  • Commerce: M.Com, Master of Finance and Control, or CA, CS or ICWA.
  • Environmental Science also takes M.Sc. (Forestry).
Eligibility Criteria
  • A Master's degree with 55 per cent, or 50 per cent for BC, SC, ST and PwD candidates. No rounding off. Transgender candidates get the same relaxations as SC, ST and PwD.
  • Recognised degrees include M.A., M.Sc., M.Com, MBA, MLISc, M.Ed., M.P.Ed., MCJ, LL.M., MCA, and M.E./M.Tech. in CSE and IT.
  • Final-year students can apply provisionally, but must pass with the required marks within two years of the result.
  • Ph.D. holders whose Master's was completed by 19 September 1991 need only 50 per cent.
  • No age limit.
  • Sit in your post-graduation subject. One application per candidate.

Nothing is checked when you apply. Qualified candidates show original certificates at verification, and anyone found ineligible is cancelled.

Selection Process

Roughly the UGC-NET method, with Telangana's reservation rules:

  1. The qualifying pool is 6 per cent of those who sat both papers.
  2. It's split by category under the state's policy (below).
  3. To be counted you need 40 per cent aggregate across both papers (Unreserved) or 35 per cent (SC, ST, BC, PwD and Transgender).
  4. Each category's slots are shared across subjects in proportion to the candidates who reached the minimum; where a subject's share runs out is its cut-off.
CategoryShare of slots
General (Unreserved)36%
BC-A / BC-B / BC-C / BC-D / BC-E7% / 10% / 1% / 7% / 4%
EWS10%
SC Group I / II / III1% / 9% / 5%
ST10%

Within every subject and category, 33.3 per cent of slots go to women (unused slots pass to men of the same category), and there's a 5 per cent horizontal reservation for PwD candidates.

How to Apply

Apply online through the TG SET application portal.

CategoryFee
General (UR)₹2,000
BC, EWS₹1,500
SC, ST, PwD, Transgender₹1,000

Pay by UPI, card or net banking; processing charges are extra and the fee isn't refunded. Late applications cost an extra ₹1,500, ₹2,000 or ₹3,000 depending on how late. Have a photo (20–40 KB), signature (5–20 KB) and caste certificate (50–300 KB) scanned as JPG before you start.

Exam Centres

Nine regional centres: Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Warangal, Khammam and Ranga Reddy. Centres can't be changed.

  • Gates close at 8:30 a.m. for the forenoon session and 1:30 p.m. for the afternoon one; there's no entry after that.
  • Your photo and left thumb impression are taken at check-in, so don't put mehndi or ink on your hands.
  • Bring the hall ticket and an original photo ID. Nothing else is allowed in.
  • Candidates with 40 per cent or more disability get 20 extra minutes for Paper I and 40 for Paper II, and can ask for a scribe at least two weeks ahead.
Important Dates

TG SET 2026

EventDate
Notification1 August 2026
Online application, no late fee3 August to 30 August 2026, later extended to 5 September
With late feeto 12 September 2026, in three steps
Edit window13 to 15 September 2026
Hall ticketsFrom 24 September 2026
Exam28 to 30 September 2026

Objections to the provisional key cost ₹200 a question, refunded if the objection is upheld.

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