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 was the Council set up than it mounted many programs in this direction. One such program was to identify and nurture talented students. This program took the form of a scheme called the National Science Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS) in 1963, which aimed to identify talented students and award them scholarships. During the first year of the scheme’s implementation, it was confined to the Union Territory of Delhi, where only 10 scholarships were awarded to Class XI students.
The scholarship under the present scheme is awarded to candidates for pursuing courses in science and social science up to the doctoral level and in professional courses like medicine and engineering up to the 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, 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 set their own norms for determining candidate eligibility. This examination is primarily used to recommend a specified number of candidates for the second-level test 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 the first Sunday of November, except in Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya and Mizoram, where it will be conducted on the 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 the Appendix, with whom information about state-level examination may be sought.
This year, the NTSE Exam will be conducted on November 3, 2024.
NTSE Exam Pattern
| Paper | Timing | No. of Questions | Marks | Exam Name |
| Paper-1 | 9.30 AM to 11.30 AM | 100 | 120 | Mental Ability Test (MAT) |
| Paper-2 | 1.30 PM to 3.30 PM | 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
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