NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION (NTSE)

WHAT IS NTSE  ?

The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a National Level scholarship program in India to bringing about qualitative improvement in school education in the country to pursue higher education in Science and Social Studies streams.

 The examination is conducted at two levels i.e. first, state-level talent search examination and then, National Level Talent Search Examination. Under this scheme a student can easily judge where he or she stands in the national level by competing with other students in all India level. As it is organized by an official body (NCERT), it is widely regarded as the most prestigious examination at high school level in India.

WHY A STUDENT SHOULD I APPEAR IN NTSE ?

A student should give the NTSE exam due to some of the basic reasons -

• In this competitive world we know that a student has to face this competitive world and after Class 12th a student has to give many entrance examination and NTSE is one of the most prestigious scholarship examinations for a secondary level student in India. 
• An NTSE scholar commands tremendous respect in the society. Around 1000 NTSE Scholars are finally awarded scholarships based on Stage – II.
• It honours talented students by providing financial assistance in the form of a monthly scholarship. The scholarships under the present scheme are awarded to the candidates for pursuing courses in sciences and social sciences up to doctoral level and in professional courses like medicine and engineering up to second-degree level subject to the fulfillment of the conditions.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA -

NTSE is held in two stages and different eligibility criteria apply for each stage:

STAGE 1 OR THE STATE LEVEL NTSE 2016 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: 

Only Class X Indian students from a State or Union Territory recognized school who have secured at least 60% marks during their class IX exams can sit for the test. The minimum percentage of students belonging to SC/ST/PH category is 55% (5% relaxation).

STAGE 2 OR THE NATIONAL LEVEL NTSE 2016 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: 

The students who secured at least 80% marks in the state level NTSE can appear for the stage 2 national level exam. All the students who achieve requisite scores at this level automatically qualify for scholarships that are handed over by NCERT.

Exam outlines (MAT and SAT):

Each question of the exam comprises of four alternatives, out of which the students have to select the best-suited answer.

• The correct answer marked earns 1 mark.
• The complete score is equal to the number of correct answers successfully served by the students.

NTSE 2019 Application Form

Candidates can fill application form through both the online and offline modes. Application form will be distributed separately by different states. Last date of application submission also varies from state to state.

• Some general guidelines regarding the form filling process are as discussed below.
• If downloading, then while taking the printout use legal 8.5” * 14” size paper.
• Application form available online or with State/ UT liaison officer is only applicable for Stage 1 exam.
• Candidates have to pay the application fee as prescribed by their respective State/UT.
• While filling NTSE 2019 Application Form candidates or the principle have to leave the 4-digit center code blank, this has to be filled by the liaison officer or concerned district officer or center superintendent. 

How to fill NTSE Form ?

The process of form filling is different for Indian students who are studying in their home country and Indian students studying abroad. The details are provided below.

Indian Students

1.    Candidates must download the application form available on the official NCERT website.

2.    After filling in all fields, the applicant must get the form signed by the principal of his school.

3.    Then the application form must be submitted to the State Liaison Officer before the last date of submission.

Indian Students Studying Abroad

1.    Such candidates can directly apply for Stage 2 of NTSE exam.

2.    The application form will have to be downloaded from the website.

3.    The duly filled in application must be sent with a photocopy of the mark sheet of the previous exam to the following address:

Head, Educational Survey Division,
National Council of Educational Research and Training,
Sri Aurobindo Marg,
New Delhi 110016.

NTSE 2020 Exam Pattern

NTSE Exam is conducted in two stages i.e. Stage 1 and Stage 2. Stage 1 is a state level examination conducted by authorities of various states and union territories. Stage 2 is a national level examination conducted by NCERT for Stage 1 qualifiers and Indian nationals studying abroad as they are exempted from stage 1 exam. The pattern for both the Stage 1 and Stage 2 exam is same.

• NTSE Exam is an offline test. Candidates have to mark their answers in OMR sheets.
• The exam is divided into two papers. Paper 1 is Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Paper 2 is Scholastic Ability Test (SAT).
• The medium of Stage 1 exam is specified by respective state authorities while Stage 2 exam is offered in Asamiya, Bangla, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu language.
• There is no negative marking applicable in NTSE 2020.

NTSE Exam Pattern for both Stage 1 and Stage 2 are explained below:

NTSE Papers	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
Paper 1 – MAT	100	100	120 Minutes
Paper 2 – SAT	100 (Science-40, Math-20, Social Science-40)	100	120 Minutes

NTSE PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPERS

Click here to download the previous year question papers of different years and of different states. The question papers and there answer keys both ate provided. You can easily download the question papers to understand the previous year exam pattern and difficulty level

 

NTSE 2020 SYLLABUS

• Syllabus of NTSE is based on 10 curriculum of NCERT.
• Students are advised to go through each and every topic while preparing for the exam.
• NTSE consists of multiple choice questions which are asked from the subjects like Mathematics, Science, Social Science, English, General Knowledge and Mental Ability syllabus.
• Following is the detailed explanation of all the topics of different subjects along with the weight-age of particular topic:

Mathematics Syllabus

NTSE Mathematics section contains around 30 questions which include the topics from class 6 to 10.

Topics	Topics
Algebraic Expressions	Percentage& Its Application
Arithmetic	Playing with Number
Basic Geometry	Probability
	Quadratic Equations
Circles	Rational Numbers
Coordinate Geometry	Simple & Compound Interest
Direct& Inverse Variations	Square & Cube Roots
Exponent	Statistics
Linear Equation	Surface Areas and Volume
Mensuration	Triangles
Number System	Trigonometry

Science Syllabus

In the science syllabus, topics are included from Physics, Chemistry and Biology. This section contains around 35 questions.

Topics	Weight-age	Topics	Weight-age
Acid Bases and Salts	2%	Metals & Non Metals	5%
Air	4%	Micro-Organisms	3%
Carbon and its Compound	6%	Motion and Force	3%
Cellular Level of Organization	4%	Our Environment	5%
Diversity in Living organisms	2%	Periodic Classification of Elements	2%
Fibres and Plastics	1%	Reproduction	5%
Food Production & Management	1%	Soil	1%
Heredity and Evolution	1%	Some Common Diseases	7%
Human Body	7%	Sound	2%
Life Processes	4%	Sound of Energy	4%
Light	5%	Structure of Atom	3%
Acid Bases and Salts	2%	The Universe	1%
Magnetic & Electricity at Work	5%	Water	4%
Measurement	3%	Work and Energy	6%

Social Science Syllabus

In this subject, topics are from History, Civics, Geography, Economics and General Awareness. This section contains around 35 questions.

Topics	Weight-age	Topics	Weight-age
Agriculture	2%	Local and State Government	1%
Atmosphere	3%	Medieval Architecture and Culture	1%
Biosphere	1%	Motion of the Earth	3%
British raj	5%	Nationalism in Various Countries	2%
Culture, Science and Literature	1%	Natural Vegetation	3%
Democracy and Elections	2%	New Empires and Kingdoms	2%
Diversity and Livelihood	2%	Our Country- India	4%
Early Medieval Period	3%	Popular Movements and Social Reforms	2%
Early States	1%	Population	1%
Eighteen Century Political Formation	1%	Resources and Development	5%
French Revolution	1%	Solar System	1%
India and Its Neighbours	2%	The Delhi Sultanate	3%
Indian Constitution	4%	The Judiciary	2%
Indian Economics	4%	The Maurayas	2%
Indian Freedom Struggle	5%	The Mughal Empire	5%
Indus Valley Civilization	4%	UN and International Agencies	1%
Industrial Revolution	2%	Union Government	2%
Industries	1%	Vedic Period	2%
Internal Structure of the Earth and Rocks	2%	Water Resources	2%
Introduction and Sources of Ancient Indian History	2%	World History	3%
Jainism, Buddhism and Conquerors from Distant Lands	2%	-	-

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