NTSE 2020 Stage-1 & Stage-2 Official Schedule

The official NTSE 2020 Notification has been issued on July 17, 2019. National Talent Search Examination popularly known as NTSE is conducted by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for identifying and nurturing the talented students who want to pursue higher education in Science and Social Studies streams.

Based on student’s scores in Mental Ability Test, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and Interview, the NTSE scholarships will be distributed. Alike last year, 2000 scholarships will be awarded this year for different stages.

a) Scholarship of Rs. 1250/- per month for class XI and XII
b) Scholarship of Rs. 2000/- per month for Undergraduate and postgraduate
c) Amount of scholarship for Ph.D. is fixed in accordance with the UGC norms.

 NTSE Eligibility Criteria

Students of class X studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the Stage-1 exam, conducted by the States/UTs, in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction. Students registered under Open Distance Learning (ODL) will also be eligible for the scholarship, provided the student is below the age of 18 years (as on 1st July of the particular year), the student is not employed and she/he is appearing in class X examination for the first time. Those students who quality NTSE Stage 1 are eligible for NTSE Stage 2.

 NTSE 2020 Exam Dates

NTSE will be conducted in two stages:

1. NTSE Stage 1 exam will be held on November 2, 3 & 17, 2019.
2. The stage 2 exam will be held on May 10, 2020.

Only those who qualify Stage 1 NTSE 2020 exam will be called for the Stage 2 exam.

NTSE 2020 Examination Pattern is Given Below :

Paper	Test	No. of Questions	No. of Marks	Duration (in Minutes)
Paper 1	Mental Ability Test (MAT)	100	100	120
Paper 2	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	100	100	120

Note: There will be no negative marking done in the NTSE Stage II exam.

NTSE 2018 (Stage-1): Detailed Analysis by Resonance

NTSE 2018: The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national level examination cum scholarship program. The scholarship program is conducted by NCERT and the students who are studying in class X are eligible for NTSE 2018 examination and selection procedure.

Eligibility: As per the eligibility criteria of NTSE 2018, all the students who are studying in X standard are eligible to apply for this scholarship program. A student from any state of the country can register for this examination and scholarship scheme. Whether a student is from a government or a private school, he/she is eligible.

Pattern/ Syllabus: The National Talent Search Examination is conducted for the students studying in the Class X. The examination consists of two tests:

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

NTSE Mental Ability Test (MAT) Syllabus

This test is given to judge the power of reasoning, to evaluate and discriminate the ability of thinking, judging and visualizing etc. A variety of questions, for example – analogies, classification, series, pattern perception, hidden figures, coding decoding, block assembly, problem solving, etc. are used for this purpose.

NTSE Language Test (LCT) Syllabus

Language Test is designed to judge the power of reading comprehension, logical sequencing, and interpretative, evaluative, predictive and creative components of language. The test is conducted in English and Regional languages.

NTSE Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Syllabus (Maths, Science & Social Science)

This section is conducted to judge that how much of text-book knowledge you have gained. As India doesn’t has any single unified board system, NCERT has not prescribed any particular syllabus for the State Level Examination or for National Level Examination.

You can expect questions that are asked at the National Level (Stage-II) according to the standard of Classes IX and X level.

IMPORTANT : NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION (NTSE) – 2017

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conduct the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), a national level exam, every year to award scholarships. Every year, lakhs of students appear in the examination to avail scholarships. This scholarship examination conducts in 02 stages, Stage-I (conducted at State Level) and Stages-II (conducted at National Level). Both stages include Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Aspirants need to qualify both the examination in order to avail the scholarship. Students should know some important facts and Stats of NTSE Examination before appearing.

• In NTSE 2016 exam, a total of 975 students were declared qualified from across India in NTSE. NTSE examinations test logical and analytical skills of students and where the good understanding of the subject is needed.
• To appear in stage-2 examination, students have to qualify the stage-1 exam. Every year, almost 4000 students appear in Stage-II exam.

SAT 2014: Ten top ranked colleges of US

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the globally recognised college admission test conducted by College Board of the US, will be held on October 11, 2014.

SAT scores is considered by US colleges or universities for admissions to undergraduate programmes. Ten top ranked colleges of the US according to the SAT scores accepted last year is given below: