JSTSE/NTSE Special Course
Paper-I includes 100 questions on Social Studies, Sciences and Mathematics. Paper- lI includes 100 questions on Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation
The exam is usually conducted between December to February every year.
X-NTSE : NTSE (National Talent Search Examination) is an exam conducted by NCERT, the purpose of which is to identify talented students from all over India and provide them scholarships for further education. The eligibility of this exam is for Class X students who must have scored 65% in class IX.
2000 students are selected from all over India and they are granted scholarships starting from Rs. 1250/- per month. This facility is provided upto Ph.D. level and the amount of scholarship also keeps on increasing, depending upon the level of study.
This exam is conducted in two levels : Stage 1 exam is conducted around November every year and Stage 2 exam is conducted in the month of May next year. It is not necessary that those who qualify Stage 1 are eligible for Stage 2 exam.
All the states select the top students from the stage 1 qualified list and only those students are eligible to appear for stage 2 exam. The content of the exam is MCQ type of 4 hrs. duration including :
- Mental Ability Test (MAT) covering Verbal & Non Verbal reasoning consisting of 100 questions to be attempted in 2hrs.
- Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering Social Studies, Science, Mathematics consisting of 100 questions to be attempted in 2 hrs.