WB SET Cut-Off – West Bengal College Service Commission releases WB SET Cut-off on the official website at wbcsc.org.in. The cut-offs for WB SET examination are declared every year on the basis of the difficulty level and number of candidates appearing. The West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC) conducts WB SET examination annually statewide to recruit eligible candidates to the post of assistant professor with the state of West Bengal. Candidates can find the category wise yearly cut-offs decided by WBCSC for WB SET exam from the year 2018 to 2022 in this article.
WB SET Cut-Off
Candidates can follow the previous year cut-off trends of WB SET examination to predict the present year cut-off marks. Candidates will have to score the minimum qualifying cutoff marks for both papers of WB SET examination to be considered as eligible. Candidates are advised to follow this article to check the official cut off for WB SET exam which will be posted here once it is released.
WB SET 2020 Cut-off Marks
WB SET Cut-Off 2019
| Subjects | General | OBC | SC | ST |
| Bengali | 62.67 | 58.00 | 56.00 | 49.33 |
| Sanskrit | 62.67 | 58.00 | 56.00 | 49.33 |
| English | 52.67 | 48.67 | 46.00 | 44.00 |
| Commerce | 60.67 | 58.00 | 49.33 | 50.67 |
| Political Science | 62.00 | 56.00 | 55.33 | 49.33 |
| History | 56.00 | 51.33 | 50.00 | 44.00 |
| Economics | 61.33 | 54.67 | 52.67 | 47.33 |
| Geography | 55.33 | 52.00 | 51.33 | 48.00 |
WB SET Cut-Off 2018
| Subject | PWD | ST | SC | OBC-B | OBC-A | General (UR) |
| English | 42.00 | 44.00 | 46.00 | 50.00 | 48.67 | 52.67 |
| Bengali | 46.67 | 49.33 | 56.00 | 59.33 | 58.00 | 62.67 |
| Sanskrit | 45.33 | 46.67 | 53.33 | 56.00 | 55.33 | 58.67 |
| Hindi | 39.33 | 45.33 | 50.67 | 50.67 | 46.67 | 52.00 |
| Urdu | 54.00 | – | – | 38.00 | 56.67 | 60.00 |
| Commerce | – | 50.67 | 49.33 | 58.67 | 58.00 | 60.67 |
| Economics | 42.00 | 47.33 | 52.67 | 59.33 | 54.67 | 61.33 |
| History | 44.00 | 44.00 | 50.00 | 53.33 | 51.33 | 56.00 |
| Philosophy | 51.33 | 50.67 | 58.00 | 60.00 | 60.00 | 62.67 |
| Political Science | 49.33 | 49.33 | 55.33 | 59.33 | 56.00 | 62.00 |
| Education | 46.00 | 45.33 | 47.33 | 50.67 | 49.33 | 53.33 |
| Chemical Sciences | 38.67 | 48.67 | 48.67 | 51.33 | 50.00 | 54.00 |
| Geography | 46.00 | 48.00 | 51.33 | 54.00 | 52.00 | 55.33 |
| Life Sciences | 44.00 | 43.33 | 48.67 | 51.33 | 50.00 | 54.00 |
| Mathematical Sciences | 40.67 | 40.67 | 44.00 | 48.00 | 46.67 | 50.00 |
| Physical Sciences | 42.67 | 46.00 | 48.67 | 53.33 | 51.33 | 54.67 |
| Sociology | 43.33 | 50.00 | 54.00 | 55.33 | 54.00 | 58.00 |
| Psychology | 42.00 | 64.67 | 66.67 | 50.00 | 70.67 | |
| Library & Information Science | 42.00 | 44.67 | 43.33 | 48.00 | 43.33 | 50.00 |
| Physical Education | 42.67 | 47.33 | 50.00 | 50.67 | 49.33 | 54.67 |
| Electronic Science | – | – | 47.33 | 54.00 | 52.00 | 56.67 |
| Computer Science | 47.33 | 42.67 | 52.67 | 54.00 | 51.33 | 58.00 |
| Home Science | 43.33 | 46.00 | 51.33 | 54.67 | 54.00 | 56.67 |
| Santhali | – | 44.67 | 44.67 | 42.67 | – | 50.67 |
| Mass Communication & Journalism | 40.00 | – | 45.33 | 58.00 | 50.67 | 60.00 |
| Anthropology | – | 51.33 | 54.67 | 50.67 | 51.33 | 58.67 |
| Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences | – | 60.00 | 56.00 | 60.67 | 64.67 | 65.33 |
| Music | 46.67 | 37.33 | 44.00 | 47.33 | 38.00 | 53.33 |
| Law | 48.00 | 41.33 | 54.00 | 56.00 | 54.00 | 58.67 |
| Nepali | – | 39.33 | 43.33 | 48.67 | 41.33 | 49.33 |
WBSET Cut Off 2017
WBSET Cut Off 2014
How to Check WB SET Cut-off
To download the cut-off marks for WB SET 2022 examination, candidates shall follow the below given steps.
- Visit the official website of WBCSC at wbcsc.org.in
- Click on ‘careers’ button and tap on ‘State Eligibility Test (SET)’
- On the homepage search for the “WB SET Cut-off percentage” link.
- A new window displaying the WB SET cut-off list appears.
- Candidates may download or take a printout of the PDF file containing the WB SET cut-off list.
Factors Affecting WB SET Cut-off
The Cut-Off for WB SET exam is decided by the West Bengal College Service Commission based on many factors. Some of the factors affecting the qualifying marks/cut-off are given below.
- Level of difficulty of WB SET examination
- Number of attendees
- Number of applications submitted for a specific subject (affects subject wise cut-off)
- Vacancies
- Scores obtained by candidates
WB SET Qualifying Marks
The West Bengal College Service Commission has set a minimum percentage of marks as qualifying criteria for the West Bengal State Eligibility Test or WB SET examination. The category wise WB SET Qualifying Marks are as given below.
| Category of candidate | Qualifying marks |
| General/Unreserved | 40% |
| SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD/Transgender | 35% |
WB SET Result
The WB SET result releases on the official website of West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC), wbcsc.org.in. Candidates need to login to the official website to check their result. The WB SET result contains important details of the exam such as the Name, Category and Roll Number of the qualifying candidates. Only those candidates who have qualified WB SET will receive the certification.
About WB SET
WB SET Exam or West Bengal State Eligibility is a state level examination held annually by the West Bengal College Service Commission or WBCSC. This examination is conducted every year to recruit assistant professors/lecturers to the various colleges and universities within the state of West Bengal. For a candidate to be considered eligible for the post of Assistant Professor/Lecturer within the state of West Bengal, the candidate must have appeared in both the papers of WB SET examination. And should have subsequently secured a minimum of 40% marks (aggregate of both papers) for General (Unreserved) or General-EWS category and at least 35% marks (aggregate of both papers) for reserved categories – SC, ST, OBC-NCL, PWD and Transgender.
WB SET Cut Off FAQs
ans. Cut off marks are decided by the West Bengal College Service Commission or WBCSC every year. Each year the cut off marks for WB SET exam varies based on number of candidates attending, category of the candidate and difficulty level of the exam.
ans. The cut off marks are published by the West Bengal College Service Commission at their official website at wbcsc.org.in. Candidates can download the cut off details as a pdf file and determine their category wise cut off marks.
Ans. The minimum required percentage of marks for qualifying in the WB SET examination for unreserved or general category is 40% and for reserved categories such as SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwD/Transgender, it is 35%.
