NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION (NTSE)

There is no prescribed syllabus for the NTS Examination

The National Talent Search Examination will be conducted for students studying at class X level.The examination consists of two tests namely the

Mental Ability Test (MAT)
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).


Each test consists of 90 multiple choice type questions.

Each question has four alternatives marked 1,2,3 and 4.The candidate has to select one correct answer from the given alternatives and mark its number in the answer sheet.Each correct answer carries one mark. Thus the total score of a candidate in a test is equal to the number of questions answered correctly by him/her.

Mental Ability Test Items

There will be 100 multiple choice type items, with five alternatives, out of which only one will correct answer. 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 e.g. analogies, classification, series, pattern perception, hidden figures, coding-decoding, block assembly, problem solving etc. are used for this purpose.

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

The Scholastic Aptitude Test consists of 100 multiple choice items of one mark each. Each item shall have four alternatives, out of which only one will be the correct answer.There will be 40 items from science, 40 from social science and 20 from Mathematics.
These questions are basically multiple-choice questions where one alternative is
correct. However, some questions are of different types like matching type,
arrange the sequence, true and false statements and questions based on passages
apart from simple multiple choice questions.

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www.ncert.nic.in
Go to PROGRAMMES section,
Go to TALENT EXAM section.


Good Luck!!!