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NTSE Stage 1
NTSE STAGE – 1 (State Level, National Talent Search Exam)
NTSE Stage -1
NTSE consists of 2 Stages (Stage -1 and Stage – 2). To receive the award of scholarship scheme, students need to qualify for both the Stages.
- The first stage of NTSE examination is conduct at Sate level, each state or Union Territory conducts its own exam.
- The notification for examination is released in the Month of July-August in form of advertisement.
- Every year the examination is generally conducted in almost all states and Union territory on second Sunday of November except for Nagaland, Adaman and Nicobar; there it is conducted on second Saturday of November every year until and unless some special circumstances occur.
- To appear for stage-1 exam, only the Indian students of class X of a recongnised school can apply in month of July – September, by downloading or collecting the application form, from the Liaison Officer of respective State or Union Territory. Liaison Officers Addresses are available on the NCERT site i.e. (www.ncert.nic.in).
- The applicant should be less than 18 years as on 1st July2017 and should not be employed
- The candidate has to fill the form and get it signed by the Principal of their school.
- Candidate should submit only once, for both the level a common application form and fees to the liaison officer of State/Union territory.
- If the candidates have any query related to stage 1 exams, they can only approach the Liaison officers of their State or Union Territory.
- The result of Stage -1 exam is generally declared in the month of January/February by the State or Union Territory.
- The Indian nationality Students, who are studying abroad are exempt from Stage-1 exam.
Exam Pattern
Two-type tests are conducted. The students qualifying for both the test are eligible for stage -2 exam conducted by NCERT.
Type-1: Mental Ability Test (MAT), and
Type-2: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) (with questions on History, Civics, Geography, Economics, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.)
NTSE Exam Pattern
Test Type |
Marks |
Questions |
Duration (in mins.) |
|
Mental Ability Test |
50 |
50 |
45 |
|
Scholastic Test |
Language Comprehensive Test |
40 |
40 |
45 |
Aptitude Test |
90 |
90 |
90 |
SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) |
MAT (Mental Ability Test) |
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