What is NTSE ?

The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national-level scholarship program in India that started in the year 1963. The purpose of the scheme is to identify talented students and encourage their talent. It is organized by NCERT and honors talented students by providing financial assistance in the form of a monthly scholarship up to Ph.D. level whereas for professional courses like Engineering, Medicine, Management and Law this assistance is given only up to Post Graduation.
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NTSE Eligibility Criteria

Only Indian Students studying in class 10th from recognized schools are eligible to appear in NTSE stage 1 exam. Students Who undergoing the distance learning are also eligible provided the student is below the age of 18 years and are not employed and appearing the class 10th examination for the first time.

Note: Candidates have to take the examination in the following Parts:

• The questions in MAT and SAT are multiple choice-based questions.

• Candidates are required to answer all the questions in separate Answer sheet.

• Each question has four alternatives, and the candidate has to select one correct answer from the given alternatives and mark in the answer-sheet as per the instructions Each question in both papers shall carry one mark each.

• A student shall get one mark for correct response.

• There is no negative marking in either of the test papers.
   

NTSE Exam Pattern

NTSE exam consists of two Stage-I & Stage-II. 
Stage - I examination will be at the States/UTs level 
Stage - II examination at the National level.

Paper	Test	Timings	No.of Questions	No. of Marks	Time Duration
Paper-I	Mental Ability Test (MAT)	2 Hours	100	100	120 minutes
Paper-II	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	2 Hours, 2 and Half Hours for visually challenged candidates	100(Science-40, Mathematics-20, Social Science-40)	100	120 minutes

NTSE Mental Ability Test (MAT):

This test is given to the candidates to judge their power of reasoning, ability to think, ability to judge, evaluate or discriminate, ability to visualize in the space, spatial orientation, etc. A variety of questions, for example.

Verbal Reasoning	Non-verbal Reasoning
Analog	Classification
Puzzle Test	Transparent paper folding
Alphabet Test	Analogy
Classification	Incomplete Figures
Logical Venn diagrams	Series
Blood relations	Embedded figure
Series	Water images
Logical sequence of words	Folding, Paper cutting
Verification of truth of the statement	Problems on cubes and dice
Coding-Decoding	Dot fixing situation
Problems on clocks
Analytical Reasoning
Direction
Series completion test
Inserting a missing character
Mathematical operations

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

The Scholastic Aptitude Test will consist of 100 multiple-choice questions of one mark each. Each question shall have four alternatives, out of which only one will be the correct answer. There shall be 40 questions from science, 40 from Social Science, and 20 from Mathematics. Candidates are required to answer the questions on a separate OMR sheet.
 

Science

Physics Syllabus	Chemistry Syllabus	Biology Syllabus
Magnetism and Electricity	Acid, Bases, Salt	Air, Water, Soil
Measurements	Periodic Classification of Elements	Micro-organisms
Motion and Force	Metals and Non-Metals	Reproduction
Work and Energy	Structure of Atom	Life Processes
Light and Sound	Physical and Chemical Changes	Heredity and Evolution
The Universe	Carbon and its Compounds	Food Production and Management
Source of Energy	Fibers and Plastics	Diversity in Living Organisms
		Plant and Animal Nutrition & Human Body
		Cellular Level of Organisation
		Some Common Diseases & Our Environment

Social

History Syllabus	Geography Syllabus	Civics Syllabus
French Revolution	Water Resources	Indian Constitution
Industrial Revolution	Biosphere	Local and State Government
British Raj	Atmosphere	Judiciary
Mughal Empire	Agriculture	Indian Government
Maurya Empire	Resources and Development	-
Early Medieval Period	Diversity and Livelihood	-
Medieval Architecture and Culture	Internal Structure of the Earth and Rocks	-
Indian Freedom Struggle	Maps and Globe	-
Early States	Natural Vegetation	-
Indus Valley Civilization	Our Country – India	-
Jainism and Buddhism	India and its Neighbors	-
Conquerors from Distant Lands	The motion of the Earth	-
Popular Movements and Social Reforms	Climate – India and World	-
Nationalism in Various Countries	Indian Physiographic Division	-
Introduction and Sources of Ancient Indian History	Drainage in India	-
Vedic Period	Solar System	-
World War I and II	Major Domains and landforms	-
New Empires and Kingdoms	Population	-
World History	-	-
UN and International Agencies	-	-

Math

Arithmetic Progressions	Number Systems
Polynomials	Real Numbers
Quadratic Equations	Rational Numbers
Square Roots and Cube Roots	Direct and Inverse Variation
Mensuration	Percentage
Surface Areas and Volumes	Trigonometry
Circles	Simple and Compound Interest
Triangles	Arithmetic
Coordinate Geometry	Linear Equations in Two Variables
Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry	Statistics and Probability
Quadrilateral	Parallelogram

Weightage

Below are the weightage of the MAT and SAT Papers by comparing previous year papers. However, the weightage will differ based on the Examiner.

MAT topic-wise weightage

Subject-Verbal Reasoning	No of Marks	Subject-Non-Verbal Reasoning	No of Marks
Analog	3	Classification	3
Puzzle Test	2	Transparent paper folding	-
Alphabet Test	2	Analogy	3
Classification	2	Incomplete Figures	7
Logical Venn diagrams	4	Series	4
Blood relations	4	Embedded figure	1
Series	3	Water images	-
Logical sequence of words	5	Folding, Paper cutting	2
Verification of truth of the statement	4	Problems on cubes and dice	4
Coding-Decoding	2	Dot fixing situation	-
Problems on clocks	4	Matrix Test	2
Arrangements	4	-	-
Direction	4	-	-
Ranking	3	-	-
Inserting a missing character	6	-	-
Mathematical operations	7	-	-

SAT Topic-wise Weightage

Subject	No of Marks	Total
Science	Physics	40
	Chemistry
	Biology
Mathematics	20	20
Social	Geography	40
	Civics
	Economics
	History