NTSE Previous Year Question Papers & Solutions (Stage-I) PDF

NCERT NTSE 2024 Model Papers pdf: The National Talent Search Examination will be Conducted by NCERT Every Year. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was established by the Government of India in the year 1961 to bring about qualitative improvement in school education in the country. No sooner the Council was set up than it mounted many programs in this direction. One such program was to identify and nurture talented students. This program took the shape of a scheme called the National Science Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS) in 1963, which provided for identifying talented students and awarding them with scholarships. During the first year of the scheme’s implementation, it was confined to the Union Territory of Delhi, wherein only 10 scholarships were awarded to the Class XI students.
The scholarship under the present scheme is awarded to the candidates for pursuing courses in science and social science up to doctoral level and in professional courses like medicine and engineering up to second-degree level subject to fulfilling the conditions provided in this brochure. As of date, 2000 scholarships are awarded in the country with reservations of 15 percent for SC, 7.5 percent for ST and 27 percent for other backward classes and 4 percent for groups of students with benchmark disabilities.

Selection Process

Identification of talent comprises a two-stage selection process. While the individual State/UT conducts the first stage selection, the second stage selection at the national level is carried out by the NCERT.
Each State/UT conducts its own examination. They have the autonomy to lay down their own norms to determine the eligibility of the candidates. This examination is primarily used to recommend a given number of candidates for the second level test to be conducted by the NCERT. This number is based on the enrolment of students at Classes IX and X in different States/UTs. The candidates are to be recommended on the basis of the merit in the written examination conducted by the States/UTs. The details of the number of candidates for different States/UTs as applicable are notified separately.
The state level screening examination is conducted in all State/UT’s on first Sunday of November except in Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar Island, Meghalaya and Mizoram where it will be conducted on first Saturday of November every year until and unless some special circumstances occur.
The addresses of the Liaison Officers of each State/UT are given in Appendix with whom information about state level examination may be sought.
This Year NTSE Exam will be Conducted on November 3, 2024.

NTSE Exam Pattern

Paper	Timing	No. of Questions	Marks	Exam Name
Paper-1	9.30AM to 11.30AM	100	120	Mental Ability Test (MAT)
Paper-2	1.30PM to 3.30PM	100 Science-40 Maths-20 Social-40	120	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

Only candidates qualifying in both the papers separately will be considered for merit
Selection of the awardees will be made on the basis of total Marks scored in MAT & SAT based on merit.
There is No Negative Marking.
Students are allowed to take away question booklets of both the tests (Mental Ability Test and Scholastic Aptitude Test) after the examination