There are various talent search examinations for the students, NTSE is one of them and is the most prestigious. It is a National Level Examination and thereby termed as National Talent Search Examination.
This exam is conducted by the NCERT or National Council of Education Research and Training to find talented and deserving students for scholarship support.
Every year NTSE is conducted in searching for such students and is conducted every year in two stages: Stage 1 and stage 2. Here stage 1 is for state level and stage 2 is for National Level. The expected date for the form for the first stage NTSE is September.
The exam is conducted in the month of November whereas the second stage NTSE is conducted in May month of consecutive year. NTSE exam is conducted through both online and offline mode and the pattern is objective type of questions.
Around 1,200,000 to 1,400,000 students participate in the examination, but only 5000 students are able to crack the exam for stage 2. Thereafter, only 1000 candidates are selected for the scholarship.
Exam Pattern
Exam will be conducted via two stages in which the first exam is conducted for state and union territory level. Whereas the Second exam is conducted on the national level and is conducted by the NCERT. However Indian nationals studying abroad are exempted. This paper is conducted in two parts: MAT and SAT. MAT is termed as General Mental Ability Test and SAT is termed as Scholastic Aptitude Test. The SAT exam is further divided into two sections language comprehensive and aptitude test.
Both the exams are conducted for 120 minutes and have 100 marks each. There is no negative marking applicable in NTSE 2020. The exam is offered in different languages such as Asamiya, Bangla, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu language.
Exam Date
| Events | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
| NTSE 2020 Application Form Dates | August 2019 | No Registration |
| NTSE 2020 Admit Card Release | October 2019 | April 2020 |
| NTSE 2020 Exam Date for Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands | November 02, 2019 | May 10, 2020 |
| NTSE 2020 Exam Date for Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Delhi, and Jammu & Kashmir | November 17, 2019 | May 10, 2020 |
| NTSE 2020 Exam Date for Rest of the States and Union Territories | November 3, 2019 | May 10, 2020 |
| NTSE 2020 Result date | January, 2020 | September, 2020 |
Eligibility Criteria for NTSE exam
- Applicant should be Indian national.
- The applicant should be in class 10 and from a private or government school in India.
- Age of the applicant must be below 18
- Applicant studying in class 10 from open or distance learning is also applicable.
- There is more condition for States or UTs that may be related to minimum qualifying marks in the previous class, age limit, etc.
Information related to State Quotas
There is a fixed quota allotted to each state/union territory which is recommended for the specific number of students for next stage. However there is no further level quota at next stage NTSE exam and final scholarship will be given on the basis of the results. This quota is revised every year under the authority. For the duration of 2018-2020, the quota decided for each stage is given below:
| State | No. of qualifying students | State | No. of qualifying students |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 20 | Karnataka | 371 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 263 | Kerala | 220 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 50 | Lakshadweep | 20 |
| Assam | 202 | Madhya Pradesh | 530 |
| Bihar | 691 | Maharashtra | 774 |
| Chandigarh | 20 | Manipur | 50 |
| Chattisgarh | 195 | Meghalaya | 50 |
| Mizoram | 50 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 20 |
| Nagaland | 50 | Daman & Diu | 20 |
| Odisha | 259 | Delhi | 153 |
| Puducherry | 20 | Goa | 50 |
| Punjab | 183 | Gujarat | 360 |
| Rajasthan | 485 | Haryana | 186 |
| Sikkim | 50 | Himachal Pradesh | 51 |
| Tamil Nadu | 466 | Jammu & Kashmir | 64 |
| Telangana | 216 | Jharkhand | 142 |
| Tripura | 50 | Uttarakhand | 79 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1408 | West Bengal | 569 |
Category Reservation
There are provisions of reservation in NTSE 2020 as per government of India norms:
| Category | Reservation Percentage |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.5% |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 27% |
| Persons with Disabilities (PWD) | 4% |
| Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 10% |
Syllabus of NTSE Exam
It includes subjects like Mathematics, Science, Social Science, English, General Knowledge, and Mental Ability syllabus.
| Mathematics | 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 | Acid Bases and Salts, Metals & Non Metals, Air, Micro-Organisms, Carbon and its Compound, Motion and Force, Cellular Level of Organization, Our Environment, Diversity in Living organisms, Periodic Classification of Elements, Fibres and Plastics, Reproduction, Food Production & Management, Soil, Heredity and Evolution, Some Common Diseases, Human Body, Sound, Life Processes, Sound of Energy, Light, Structure of Atom , Acid Bases and Salts, The Universe, Magnetic & Electricity at Work, Water, Measurement, Work and Energy |
| Social Science | Agriculture, Local and State Government, Atmosphere, Medieval Architecture and Culture, Biosphere, Motion of the Earth, British raj, Nationalism in Various Countries, Culture, Science and Literature, Natural Vegetation, Democracy and Elections, New Empires and Kingdoms, Diversity and Livelihood, Our Country- India, Early Medieval Period, Popular Movements and Social Reforms, Early States, Population, Eighteen Century Political Formation, Resources and Development, French Revolution, Solar System, India and Its Neighbours, The Delhi Sultanate, Indian Constitution, The Judiciary, Indian Economics, The Maurayas, Indian Freedom Struggle, The Mughal Empire, Indus Valley Civilization, UN and International Agencies, Industrial Revolution, Union Government, Industries Vedic Period, Internal Structure of the Earth and Rocks , Water Resources , Introduction and Sources of Ancient Indian History, World History, Jainism, Buddhism and Conquerors from Distant Lands |
| English | One Word Substitution, Paragraph Completion, Reading Comprehension, Rearrangement of Jumbled Words, Sentence Completion, Synonyms, Antonyms, English Grammar |
| General Knowledge | India, World, Abbreviations, Awards and Recognitions, Books and Authors, Sports |
| Mental Ability syllabus | Alphabets and Number test, Figure Partition and Dot Situation, Analogy(Non Verbal), Mathematical Operations, Analogy(Verbal), Missing Character, Blood relations, Paper Folding and Cutting, Calendar, Time and Clock, Ranking and Arrangements, Classification, Series (Verbal), Coding-Decoding, Series(Non Verbal), Cube and Dice, Venn Diagrams, Direction Sense, Water and Mirror Images, Embedded Figure |
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