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15 questions picked from past KSET papers. Every question has the correct answer and a short explanation. Each page is printed in Kannada, followed by the same questions in English.
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KSET previous year questions with answers
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Interviews conducted which is fully planned to a high degree of accuracy is referred to as
From: KSET 2025 Commerce (Paper II)
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Answer: D. Structured Interview
- The correct answer is Structured Interview.
- A structured (patterned) interview is planned in advance — fixed questions, sequence and rating scheme — to give accurate, comparable results.
- Unstructured and informal interviews are free-flowing conversations without a predetermined plan.
- A depth interview probes one area intensively, but it is flexible rather than fully pre-planned. -
Which of the following correctly represents a simple food chain in the Tundra ecosystem?
From: KSET 2025 Geography (Paper II)
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Answer: C. Lichens - Lemming - Arctic fox - Polar bear
- The correct answer is Lichens - Lemming - Arctic fox - Polar bear.
- Lichens (e.g. reindeer moss) are key producers of the treeless Tundra; lemmings graze on them, Arctic foxes prey on lemmings and polar bears are top predators of the Arctic.
- Grass–rabbit–eagle–wolf is a grassland/temperate chain (and an eagle is not eaten by a wolf in a normal chain).
- Algae–fish–seal–shark is a marine chain, and leaves–caterpillar–bird–snake belongs to forests; neither is a Tundra land chain. -
'Chitrameli-Periyanadu' a term associated with
From: KSET 2025 History (Paper II)
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Answer: C. Peasant Organisation
- The correct answer is Peasant Organisation.
- The Chitrameli-Periyanadu was an association of agriculturists (vellalas) in the Chola and later Tamil country; chitrameli, "the beautiful plough", was its emblem.
- It functioned like a guild of cultivating landholders, comparable to the merchant guilds of the period.
- Merchant bodies were the Ainnurruvar, Manigramam and Nanadesi; artisans and artists had their own separate groups. -
Six students are ranked in the increasing order as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 based on their scores in a test. Suppose score of each student is added by grace marks 2, then which of the following IS True?
From: K SET General Paper 2025
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Answer: B. Rank of each student remains same
- The correct answer is Rank of each student remains same.
- Adding the same constant (2 marks) to every score shifts all scores equally, so the order of the scores does not change.
- Since ranks depend only on the relative order of scores, every student keeps the same rank.
- Ranks cannot be increased by 2, reduced or changed, because the differences between the students’ scores remain exactly the same. -
Which of the following groups of religions originated in the Middle East?
From: KSET 2024 Geography (Paper II)
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Answer: C. Judaism-Islam-Christianity
- The correct answer is Judaism-Islam-Christianity.
- Judaism, Christianity and Islam are the Abrahamic religions, all born in the Middle East (Palestine/Israel and Arabia).
- Confucianism and Taoism originated in China, in East Asia.
- Hence every option containing Confucianism or Taoism includes a non-Middle Eastern religion. -
Who was the first to establish the historical seminar?
From: KSET 2024 History (Paper II)
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Answer: A. Leopold von Ranke
- The correct answer is Leopold von Ranke.
- Leopold von Ranke introduced the research seminar (Übungen) at the University of Berlin in the 1830s, training students in critical use of archival sources.
- This seminar method made history a professional academic discipline and spread to universities across Europe and America.
- Voltaire (18th century), Francis Bacon (16th-17th century) and Benedetto Croce (20th century) did not found the historical seminar. -
The information function of mass communication is described as
From: K SET General Paper 2024
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Answer: C. Surveillance
The information function of mass communication is described as 'Surveillance'. In communication theory, surveillance refers to the media's role in collecting and distributing information about events in the environment — essentially monitoring and reporting on what is happening in society. This concept was introduced by Harold Lasswell. Diffusion is about spread of ideas, publicity is about promotion, and diversion is about entertainment.
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The geographical treatise, namely ‘Geographica’ was designed by __________ .
From: KSET 2023 Geography (Paper II)
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Answer: A. Strabo
- The correct answer is Strabo.
- Strabo wrote the 17-volume Geographica (c. 7 BC to AD 23), an encyclopaedic regional description of the known world.
- Ptolemy's work is Geographike Hyphegesis (Guide to Geography), often called Geographia.
- Eratosthenes wrote a Geographika that survives only in fragments, and Al-Masudi wrote Muruj al-Dhahab (Meadows of Gold). -
The launching pad of the Kushana expansion was
From: KSET History 2020 (Paper II)
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Answer: C. Bactria
- The launching pad of the Kushana expansion was Bactria.
- The Kushanas, who were a branch of the Yuezhi confederation from Central Asia, first consolidated their power in the Bactria region under Kujula Kadphises.
- From their base in Bactria, Kujula Kadphises and his successor Vima Kadphises crossed the Hindu Kush to expand into Gandhara and northwestern India.
- Regions like Kausambi and Pataliputra were eastern territories annexed later, primarily during the reign of Kanishka I, rather than their initial launching base. -
If a boy walks from his house at 4 km/hr, he reaches school 10 minutes early. If he walks at 3 km/hr, he reaches 10 minutes late. What is the distance from his house to school?
From: K SET General Paper 2020
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Answer: B. 4 km
Let distance = d km. Time difference = 10 + 10 = 20 minutes = 1/3 hour. d/3 - d/4 = 1/3. (4d - 3d)/12 = 1/3. d/12 = 1/3. d = 4 km.
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A joint programme of training in which educational institutions and business firms co-operate is known as
From: KSET 2025 Commerce (Paper II)
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Answer: B. Internship training
- The correct answer is Internship training.
- Internship training is defined as a joint programme in which educational institutions and business firms co-operate: students get theory in the institution and practical exposure in the firm.
- Vestibule training is given in a separate area that simulates the actual workplace, and classroom training is lecture-based instruction.
- Apprenticeship training is a long-term learn-while-working programme under a master craftsman, mainly in trades, not a joint institution–firm scheme. -
Which of the following profile types is used to study changes in landscape overtime or compare different features on the same baseline?
From: KSET 2025 Geography (Paper II)
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Answer: C. Superimposed profile
- The correct answer is Superimposed profile.
- In superimposed profiles several profiles (of different lines, or of the same line at different dates) are drawn one over another on a common baseline, so differences in relief or change over time can be compared directly.
- Serial profiles are drawn separately, one below the other, along parallel lines; projected profiles show only the parts of each profile not hidden by nearer ones, giving a panoramic view.
- A composite profile shows only the highest points of a set of profiles, giving the skyline of the area, not a comparison on one baseline. -
"Deva Raya II felt that the superiority of the Bahmani army was due to their sturdier horses and their large body of mounted archers".
Who made the above statement?From: KSET 2025 History (Paper II)
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Answer: D. Ferishta
- The correct answer is Ferishta.
- The Persian chronicler Ferishta records that Deva Raya II attributed Bahmani success to better horses and mounted archers, and so recruited Muslim archers and gave them land grants.
- Domingo Paes visited Vijayanagara under Krishnadeva Raya and Duarte Barbosa wrote in the early 16th century, long after Deva Raya II.
- Nicolo Conti did visit Vijayanagara under Deva Raya II (c. 1420), but this remark on army reform comes from Ferishta. -
A car covers a certain distance at a speed of 50 kmph in 6 hours. To cover the same distance in 4 hours, it must travel at a speed of
From: K SET General Paper 2025
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Answer: D. 75 kmph
- The correct answer is 75 kmph.
- Distance = 50 × 6 = 300 km.
- Required speed = 300 ÷ 4 = 75 kmph.
- At 60, 70 and 80 kmph the trip would take 5 hours, about 4.29 hours and 3.75 hours respectively. -
Jawaharlal Nehru Port was opened in the year 1989, it has been built at an Island named __________ .
From: KSET 2024 Geography (Paper II)
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Answer: D. Nhava Sheva
- The correct answer is Nhava Sheva.
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), commissioned in 1989 to relieve Mumbai Port, is at Nhava Sheva across the harbour from Mumbai in Raigad district, Maharashtra.
- Zuari is the estuary-river near Mormugao in Goa, and Ennore is the port north of Chennai (Kamarajar Port).
- Vypeen is an island at Kochi, Kerala, site of the Vallarpadam terminal and LNG terminal, not JNPT.
17 KSET previous year papers in the Sadhisu app
Practise these full KSET papers as timed tests, with answers, explanations and your score:
- K SET General Paper 2020
- K SET General Paper 2024
- K SET General Paper 2025
- KSET 2023 Commerce (Paper II)
- KSET 2023 Geography (Paper II)
- KSET 2024 Chemistry (Paper II)
- KSET 2024 Computer Science & Applications (Paper II)
- KSET 2024 Geography (Paper II)
- KSET 2024 History (Paper II)
- KSET 2024 Life Science (Paper II)
- KSET 2025 Commerce (Paper II)
- KSET 2025 Computer Science & Applications (Paper II)
- KSET 2025 English (Paper II)
- KSET 2025 Geography (Paper II)
- KSET 2025 History (Paper II)
- KSET 2025 Kannada (Paper II)
- KSET History 2020 (Paper II)
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KSET previous year papers — FAQs
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This page has a free PDF of 15 solved KSET previous year questions. The Sadhisu app has 17 full KSET papers — including KSET History 2020 (Paper II), KSET 2025 Kannada (Paper II), KSET 2025 History (Paper II) — to practise as timed tests with answers.
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