Pattern of Examination

1. The TNSET would be conducted in the pattern of UGC-NET. Accordingly, the test will consist of two papers as in UGC-NET.
2. The test will consist of two papers, Paper I and Paper II. Paper I will be common to all the candidates, while Paper II will be based on the PG subject chosen by the candidates (as given in the TNSET list of subjects). Both the papers are only of objective type and multiple choice questions (MCQ) in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. There will be no break between the papers.
   
   

   Papers	Marks	Number of Questions	MCQ	Total duration
   Paper I	100	50	Paper I tests to assess the general knowledge, teaching capabilities, research aptitude, reasoning ability, reading comprehension, higher education system, people and development, environment, mathematical aptitude , divergent thinking and general awareness of the Candidate.	03 hours (180 minutes) without any break. All the questions are compulsory.
   Paper II	200	100	Paper II tests the understanding of the domain knowledge of the candidate in the PG subject chosen from the list of TNSET subjects.

3. Syllabus for TNSET will be the same as in UGC-NET/CSIR-NET. Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Tirunelveli will not send the syllabi to the candidates individually.
4. The medium of Question Papers (Paper I and Paper II) shall be in Tamil and English except Paper II of language subjects (Tamil, Arabic, Hindi, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Telugu and Urdu).
5. There is no negative mark for incorrect answers.