West Bengal SET Exam Date

Can you tell me the SET (State Eligibility Test) Exam date of West Bengal as I want to apply for the exam?

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The West Bengal State Eligibility Test (WB SET) is going to be conducted on 14th December 2014. The online submission of application started from 18th September and will continue till 11th October 2014. The application Fee has to be paid at UBI branches before 17th October 2014

West Bengal WB SET 2014 – Important Dates:
Starting Date of Online Application Submission – 18th September 2014
Last Date of Submission of Application Form - 11th October 2014
Last Date of Payment of Application Fee at UBI branches - 17th October 2014
Date of SET 2014 – 14th December 2014

Complete Details of WB SET 2014 –

Subjects and Subject Codes in WB SET 2014
English(01)
Bengali(02)
Sanskrit(03)
Hindi(04)
Urdu(05)
Commerce(06)
Economics(07)
History(08)
Philosophy(09)
Political Science(10)
Education(11)
Chemical Sciences(12)
Geography(13)
Life Sciences(14)
Mathematical Sciences(15)
Physical Sciences(16)
Sociology(17)
Psychology(18)
Library & Information Science(19)
Physical Education(20)
Electronic Science(21)
Computer Science and Applications (22)
Home Science(23)

Eligibility Criteria:

Candidates with Post Graduation Degree in relevant subject with minimum 55 percent marks are eligible.

Syllabus of West Bengal SET 2014 and Question Paper Pattern & Cut off Marks:

There will be two papers, namely Paper 1 and Paper 2. Exam will conduct in two sessions. Details are mentioned below

First Session – paper 1 – 100 marks – 90 minutes
60 out of which 50 question to be attempted

Paper cutoff marks:
GENERAL 40 (40%)OBC/ PWD/ SC/ ST 35 (35%)

First session paper 2 , 100 marks, 90 minutes
50 questions – all are compulsory

Paper 2 cutoff :
40/35 percent,

Second session -paper 3rd , 150 marks . 150 minutes ,
75 question all are compulsory.

Paper 3 cutoff:
75/60 percent

Application Fee :
General Category – Rs. 700
SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH – Rs. 350

WB SET Question Paper

1. Who is associated with the concept of 'power elite' ?
(A3 Pareto
(B) Mosca
(C) Wright Mills
(D) Laski.
2. S a v i t i is written by
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Savarkar
(C) Jayaprakash Narayan
(D) None of them.
3. The Laws was authored by
(A) Aristotle
(B) St. Augustine
(C) Plato
(D) Rousseau.
4.. The concept of 'Bonapartist state' is associated with
(A) Hegel
(B) Ivk3l-x
(C) Rousseau
(D) Green.
5. Who among the following championed 'Positive Liberalism' ?
(A3 John Locke
(B) Hobhouse
(C) Hegel
(D) Marx.
6. Prison Diary is written by
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Savarkar
(D) Jayaprakash.
7. The German Ideology is written by
(A) imUX
(B) Engels
(C) Neither of them
(D) Both of them.
8. The book Reason, Romanticism, Revolution was written by
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Savarkar
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh.
9. Rousseau's criticism of liberal representative government came from the belief
(A) that it gives people the illusion that they are free
(B) people are free only during elections
(C) law which the people have not ratified in person is void
(D) all of these.
10. The number of rulers and quality of rule were variables in Comparative Politics
suggested by
(A) Aristotle
(B) Montesqueieu
(C) Tocqueville
(D) Marx.
1 1 . Civic Culture theory is based on a study of which of the following countries ?
(A) U.K., U.S.A., ( West ) Germany, Italy and Mexico
(B) U.K., U.S.A., Japan. ( West ) Germany and Spain
(C) U.K., U.S.A.. France, ( West ) Germany and Portugal
(D) U.K., U.S.A., Spain, Italy and Mexico.
12. 'Adaptation, Goal-attainment, Pattern-maintenance and Tension Management and
Integration are the functions of the society', says
(A) Gabriel Almond
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) David Easton
(D) Robert K. Merton.
13. 'Who says organization, says oligarchy' is a statement made by
(A) Mosca
(B) Pareto
(C) Schumpeter
(D) Michels.
14. Bimodality is a marked feature of
(A) Multi-party system
(B) Bi-party system
(C) One-party dominant system
(D) None of these.
15. Rule adjudication is the function of
(A) Bureaucracy
(B) Judiciary
(C) Chief Executive
(D) None of these.
16. 'Comparative Politics is a movement, not a sub-field or discipline' - has been observed
by
dA) G.A. Almond
(B) Lucian Pye
(C) Samuel P. Huntington
(D) None of them.
17. Financial distribution between the Union and States takes place on the basis of the
recommendations of
(A) National Development Council
(B) Finance Commission
(C) Central Pay Commission
(D) Planning Commission.
18. Right to education was guaranteed as a fundamental right through the .......... ............
to the Constitution of India.
(A) 25th Amendment
(B) 26th Amendment
(C) 86th Amendment
(D) 42nd Amendment.
19. All regional movements stand for
(A) Identity
(B) Autonomy
(C) Separatism
(D) Economic development.
20. The move for impeachment of the President of India can be made when a resolution in
this regard has been passed by
(A) a majority of not less than one-third of the total membership of the concerned
House of Parliament
(B) a simple majority of the concerned House of Parliament
(C) a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the concerned
House of Parliament
(D) a simple majority of both the Houses of Parliament.
2 1. 'Gram Sabha' is constituted by
(A) all members of a village
(B) all adult members of a village
(C) all voters of a Panchayat constituency
(D) all voters of a Panchayat.
22. The Sarkaria Commission was constituted in
(A) 1975
(B) 1977
(C) 1983
(D) 1989.
23. Which one of the following Acts, for the first time, separated provincial subjects from
the central subjects in India ?
(A) Government of India Act, 1909
(B) Government of India Act, 19 19
(C) Government of India Act, 1935
(D) Indian Councils Act, 1892.
24. Which one of the following is not correctly paired ?
(A) INTUC - Congress
(B) AITUC - CPI
(C) Hind Mazdoor Sabha - BJP
(D) United Trade Union Congress - RSP.
25. Which one of the following is an ardent supporter of the integral view of
administration ?
(A) F.W.Taylor
(B) Max Weber
(C) L.D. White
(D) Karl Marx.
26. Politics-administration dichotomy theory was initiated by
(A) Frank Goodnow
(B) L.D. White
(C) Woodrow Wilson
(D) F.W. Taylor.
27. In which pattern of formal communication there is a central authority who receives
and transmits messages to subordinate levels ?
(A) Chain pattern of communication
(B) Circular pattern of communication
(C) Wheel pattern of communication
(D) Y-pattern of communication.
28. Who among the following is known for Environmental Model of Political Development ?
(A) Fred Riggs
(B) Leonard Binder
(C) Lucian Pye
(D) Kenneth Organski.
29. Identify the wrong pair :
(A) Herbert Simon - Administrative Behaviour
(B) F.W.Taylor - Differential piece rate plan
(C) Herzberg - Two-factor theory
(D) Chris Argyris - The Human Side of Enterprise.
30. Which of the following statements regarding decision-making are attributable to
Herbert Simon ?
I. Divorce of ends from means is false.
11. Means also entails value assumptions.
111. The Ends-means approach is not logical.
IV. Behaviour alternative model is superior.
Codes :
(A) I and I1
(B) I1 and I11
(C) I, I1 and I11
(D) I, I1 and IV.
3 1. Northcote Trevelyan Report of 1953 paved the way for a permanent civil service in
(A) England
(B) USA
(C) Belgium
(D) Switzerland.
32. The Making of the Second Cold War has been authored by
(A) Fred Halliday
(B) Bruce Cumings
(C) Frantz Fanon
(D) David Horowitz.
33. Who among the following is the best exponent of the theory of 'liberal state' ?
(A) Machiavelli
(B) Hobbes
(C) Locke
(D) Marx.
34. In which year was the New Delhi Non-aligned Summit held ?
(A) 1981
(B) 1982
(C) 1983
(D) 1984.
35. The Author of The Anarchical Society is
(A) Stanley Kochanek
(B) Hedley Bull
(C) Henry Kissinger
(D) Joseph Frankel.
36. 'Rebus sic stantibus' Doctrine is associated with
(A) Termination of Treaty
(B) Conclusion of Treaty
(C) Revision of Treaty
(D) Interpretation of Treaty.
37. World Trade Organisation came into force from
(A) 1st January. 1993
(B) 1st January, 1994
(C) 1st January, 1995
(D) 1st January, 1996.
38. Some of the prominent Treaties/Agreements with their years of conclusion are given
below. Identify the wrong pair :
(A) UNCTAD : 1964
(B) NPT:1970
(C) Simla Agreement ; 1972
(D) SALT-I: 1980.
39. United Nations consists of ............. members at present.
(A) 190
(B) 191
(C) 192
(D) 195.
40. Which of the following is not a member of the SAARC ?
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Bhutan
(C) Myanmar
(D) Maldives.
41. International Court of Justice is composed of ...... .......... .. judges in all.
(A) Ten
(B) Twelve
(C) Fifteen
(D) Twenty.
42. Which of the following is the most accepted theory of the origin of the state ?
(A) Divine Origin Theory
(B) Social Contract Theory
(C) Force Theory
(D) Historical Theory.
43. Who coined the acronym - POSDCORB ?
(A) Henri Fay01
(B) F.W.Taylor
(C) Luther Gulick
(D) Lyndall Urwick.
44. Who said 'Authority is Federal' ?
(A) Ivor Jennings
(B) Harold Laski
(C) Herman Finer
(D) K.C. Wheare.
45. What transforms power to authority ?
(A) Election
(B) Recognition
(C) Force
(D) Legitimacy.
46. 'Contemptuous distrust of human nature' is better known as
(A) Anomie
(B) Alienation
(C) Passivity
(Dl Apathy.
47. AIKS denotes
(A) a peasant organization
(B) a human rights group
(C) an environmentalist group
(D) a women's organisation.
48. The provisions relating to the Election Commission of India are enshrined in
(A) Article 352
(B) Article 368
(C) Article 324
(D) Article 360.
49. The father of 'the study of public administration' is
(A) Henri Fay01
(B) Luther Gulick
(C) Woodrow Wilson
(D) Herbert Simon.
50. Who is the author of The Functions of Executive ?
(A) Herbert Simon
(B) Mary Parker Follett
(C) Chester Barnard
(D) Rensis Likert.