NTSE Notification 2021: Exam Dates, Eligibility, Syllabus & Result

NTSE Notification 2021: The National Talent Search Examination, or NTSE, is one of India’s most famous and demanding scholarship programs. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) administers the NTSE exam to students in Class 10 every year. From the last week of July 2021, the NTSE Application Form will be accessible in schools. The application can also be obtained via the Liaison’s office. Here you will get a detailed guide on NTSE Notification 2021.

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NTSE Notification 2021: Overview

Details of Exam	Exam Specifications
Exam Name	National Talent Search Examination
Commonly known as	NTSE Exam
Exam type	National Level Exam
Exam category	Scholarship exam for Class 10 students
Conducting Authority	National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Mode of exam	Offline mode
Application Mode	Both Offline & Online
Fee Payment Mode	Offline only
Exam Medium	English & Hindi
Duration of Exam	120 minutes
Number of section	2; Mental Ability Test and Scholastic Ability Test
Official Website	ncert.nic.in

NTSE Notification 2021: NTSE Exam Dates

In October 2020, the NCERT is scheduled to reveal the NTSE 2021 dates for stage 1 and stage 2. (tentative). All of the dates have been rescheduled because of the current COVID outbreak. Once the official notification from NCERT is released, the exact dates will be posted. Candidates must complete the application forms completely, and it is their responsibility to double-check for errors:

Important Events	NTSE 2021 Dates (Tentative)
Start of application for availability starts	October (Tentative)
Last day to submit application form for NTSE	Varies from state to state
Admit Card Download for NTSE 2021 for stage 1	October (Tentative)
NTSE 2021 Date for Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (stage 1)	December 12, 2020
NTSE 2021 Exam Date for all other states/Union territories	Dec 12, 2020, to Dec 13, 2020
NTSE 2021 Result date (stage 1)	Jun 18, 2021
NTSE 2021 Admit card release (stage 2)	By the third week of April
NTSE 2021 Exam date (stage 2)	Jun 13, 2021 (Postponed)
Results for NTSE 2021 date (stage 2)	To be Announced

NTSE Notification 2021 for Eligibility Criteria

Candidates interested in taking the NTSE 2021 exam should meet the NCERT’s eligibility requirements. Nationality, educational qualification, age limit, reservation, and many other factors are among them. Some of these are described in greater depth below:

Nationality 

1. Applicants for the NTSE 2021 must be citizens of India.
2. Candidates in the tenth grade in any Indian or international school are also eligible to apply. Indian students studying abroad can take the NTSE stage 2 exam right away.

Qualifications in Education

To be eligible for the NTSE 2021 exam, grantees must achieve a minimum of 60% aggregate marks or an equivalent grade in each academic year.

Age Restriction

The NTSE Stage I test has an upper age limit of 18 years for both Indian candidates and students of Indian origin studying abroad.

How To Apply For NTSE 2021?

You should check newspapers for the NTSE advertisement. You should bookmark this page and check it from time to time. We update all the latest news about NTSE 2021 here.

Once the advertisement is out, you will have to do the following:

• You should collect the NTSE application form,
• You have to fill up the application form,
• You have to get it signed by the Principal of your school,
• You should make a payment of NTSE application fees,
• Finally, you should submit your NTSE application form to the State Liaison Officer.

You can post the NTSE 2021 Application Form to the following address of Liaison Officer with respect to their State.

The NTSE application fee and mode of payment can be various by the respective States and Union Territories. You should know that there is no fee necessary for Stage 2 of the exam.

Details in NTSE 2021 Application Form

You have to provide following details while filling the application form:

Name	Without prefix or suffix just write the name as in birth certificate
Photo	Affix a self-attested passport size photograph.
Father’s name	Complete name without any prefix of Mr/Dr./Prof.
Mother’s name	Complete name without any prefix.
Sex	Tick the option applicable: Male or Female
Area of residence	Tick the option applicable: Rural or Urban
Caste/ Category details	Tick the option: General or SC or ST
Disability status	If you are suffering from any disability tick one or more options as applicable: Orthopedic or Hearing or Visually Impaired or None
Postal address	Complete address along with details of street, state, city, etc.
Name of school	Complete school address with details of street, state, city, pin code, etc.
Type of school studying in class 10	Select the option applicable: Govt or Local body or Private or Private unaided
Area of school	Tick the option applicable Rural or Urban
Medium of examination (S)	Select options applicable (use code as applicable) At state level or At NCERT level
Father’s education	Details of highest level of education (use code as applicable)
Father’s occupation	Occupation in which sector (use code as applicable)
Mother’s education	Details of highest level of education (use code as applicable)
Mother’s education	Occupation in which sector (use code as applicable)
Number of family members living in house	Number representation eg.: 5, 3,2, etc.
No. of brother (s)	Total number of brothers excluding yourself (use code as applicable)
No. of sister (s)	Total number of sisters excluding yourself
At what no. is the candidate among his/her brothers and sisters	Put 1, 2, 3, 4 etc according to order of age, among siblings.
Parental income	Tick the option as applicable: Upto 50,000 or 50,000- 1 lakh or 1 lakh- 2lakh or 2lakh- 5, lakh or More than 5 lakhs
Telephone number	Landline number with std code details
Phone	11-digit mobile number of yourself or your parent’s. The number must be working
Email address	A valid email address
Mobile number	A function 11-digit mobile number. It is important to fill this field.

Documents to Be Attached with Application Form According To NTSE Notification 2021

You need to send following documents along with application form.

• Colored photograph not older than 6 months from the date of form filling.
• Dark background and no goggles only simple spectacles.
• No makeup in the photograph clicked for the form.
• Hair must be properly tied.
• Photograph must be clicked in school uniform.
• Indian nationals do not have to produce any document with the application form.
• Students of Indian origin who are doing class 10 from abroad, have to prove their Indian citizenship, so they have to attach a copy of class 10 marks

NTSE 2021 Exam Centers

NTSE 2021 exam is conducted in various states and union territories as per NTSE Notification. You have mentioned the preferred exam centre at the time of filling up the NTSE Application Form.

Your allotted Exam Centre Address will be mentioned on the NTSE admit card.

Here you can check the available exam centres for NTSE 2021 examination:

States/ UTs	Exam Centre Venue
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	KV No 2, Raksha Vihar, Minnie Bay
Andhra Pradesh	KV, Gandhi Gram Post, Malkapuram, Visakhapatnam
Arunachal Pradesh	KV No 2, Itanagar, Chimpu Post, Arunachal Pradesh
Assam	KV CRPF 9 Mile Amerigog, Kamrup, Guwahati
Bihar	KV No 1, Lohiya Nagar, Near Heart Hospital, Kankarbagh, Patna
Chandigarh	KV, ASF High Grounds, Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh	KV No 2, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar, Sector 4, Raipur
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	KV, Government High School Campus, Silvassa
Delhi	KV No 3, Ringroad, Near Seema Sadak Bhawan
Goa	KV, INS Madovi, Panjim
Gujarat	KV No 1, Near Police Commissioner’s Office, Shahi Baug, Ahmedabad
Haryana	KV No 1, AFS, Sector 14, Old Delhi Road, Gurugram
Himachal Pradesh	KV, Dharamshala Cantt, Kangra
Jammu & Kashmir	KV No 1, Gandhinagar, Jammu
Jharkhand	KV CCL, Rajendra Nagar, Ranchi
Karnataka	KV, ASC Center, Victoria Road, Bangalore, Karnataka
Kerala	KV No 3, Port Trust, Willingdon Island, Kochi, Ernakulam
Lakshadweep	KV, Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh	KV No 1, Opp Central India Flour Mill, Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal
Maharashtra	KV, Bhandup, LBS Marg, Kanjurmarg West
Maharashtra	KV, BEG, Near Deccan College, Pune
Manipur	KV No 1, Lamphelpat, Imphal
Meghalaya	KV, Happy Valley, Shillong
Mizoram	KV, Project Pushpak Zemabawk, Aizawl
Nagaland	KV, CRPF Camp, Lerie Hill, Kohima, Nagaland
Odisha	KV No 1, Unit 9, Near Ram Mandir, Bhubaneswar
Puducherry	KV, IIT Campus, Chennai
Punjab	KV, ASF High Grounds, Chandigarh
Rajasthan	KV No 1, Bajaj Nagar, Opp Tonk Phatak, Jaipur
Sikkim	KV, Post Tadong, Middil, Siyari, Gangtok
Tamil Nadu	KV, IIT Campus, Chennai
Telangana	KV No 1, Langer House, Golconda, Hyderabad
Tripura	KV (GC) CRPF, Adarani, Salbagan, Agartala
Uttarakhand	KV ONGC, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun
Uttar Pradesh	KV, Lucknow Cantt
Uttar Pradesh	KV, New Cantt, VD Road, Allahabad
West Bengal	KV, Ballygunge, Circular Road, Kolkata

NTSE Exam Pattern 2021

Both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of NTSE 2021 will have two papers as tabulated below:

NTSE 2021 Exam Pattern
Papers	Subjects	Number of Questions
Paper 1 – Mental Ability Test (MAT)	Aptitude Test	100
Paper 2 – Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	Science, Social Science, Mathematics	100 (Science – 40, Social Science – 40, Mathematics – 20)

Marking Scheme: You will get one mark after every correct answer. There is no negative marking in NTSE.

Time Duration: You will get 120 minutes for each paper for both NTSE 2019-20 Stage-1 and 2.

Type of Questions: 100 Multiple Choice Questions will be asked for both MAT and SAT papers.

Exam Mode: You have to answer the items on an OMR sheet provided at the examination center as per instructions.

Test Language: The tests will be available in various languages. These are:

• Asamiya,
• Bangla,
• English,
• Gujarati,
• Hindi,
• Kannada,
• Marathi,
• Malayalam,
• Odia,
• Punjabi,
• Tamil,
• Telugu,
• Urdu.

NTSE Syllabus 2021

There is no specific NTSE 2021 syllabus available. However, the questions are generally coming from the level of Classes IX and X.

The exam pattern is same for both NTSE Stage 1 and Stage 2. In both the stages, there are two sections,

• Mental Ability Test (MAT),
• Scholastic Ability Test (SAT).

The SAT again has two parts,

• Language Test,
• Science, Social Science & Mathematics.

NTSE MAT Syllabus 

 You can check the MAT Paper Syllabus as given below:

• Verbal and Non Verbal Analogy
• Verbal and Non-Verbal Series
• Classification
• Coding-Decoding
• Distance and Direction
• Blood Relations
• Alphabet and Number Test
• Ranking and Arrangements
• Venn Diagrams
• Mathematical Operations
• Calendar, Time and Clock
• Missing Characters
• Embedded Figures
• Paper Cutting and Folding
• Cube and Dice
• Word Problems

NTSE SAT Syllabus 

You can check the SAT Language Test Syllabus as given below:

• Antonyms and Synonyms
• Basic Rules of Grammar
• Sentence Completion
• Filling the Gaps
• Comprehension Reading
• Rearrangement of Jumbled Words
• One Word Substitution
• Paragraph Completion

You can check the SAT Science, Social Science & Mathematics  Syllabus as given below:

SAT Science Syllabus

• Magnetism and Electricity
• Measurements
• Motion and Force
• Work and Energy
• Light and Sound
• The Universe
• Source of Energy
• Acid, Bases, Salt
• Periodic Classification of Elements
• Metals and Non Metals
• Structure of Atom
• Physical and Chemical Changes
• Carbon and its Compounds
• Fibres and Plastics
• Air
• Water
• Soil
• Micro-organisms
• Reproduction
• Life Processes
• Heredity and Evolution
• Food Production and Management
• Diversity in Living Organisms
• Plant and Animal Nutrition
• Human Body
• Cellular Level of Organisation
• Some Common Diseases
• Our Environment

SAT Social Science Syllabus

• French Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• British Raj
• Mughal Empire
• Maurya Empire
• Early Medieval Period
• Medieval Architecture and Culture
• Indian Freedom Struggle
• Early States
• Indus Valley Civilization
• Jainism and Buddhism
• Conquerors from Distant Lands
• Popular Movements and Social Reforms
• Nationalism in Various Countries
• Introduction and Sources of Ancient Indian History
• Vedic Period
• World War I and II
• New Empires and Kingdoms
• World History
• UN and International Agencies
• Water Resources
• Biosphere
• Atmosphere
• Agriculture
• Resources and Development
• Diversity and Livelihood
• Internal Structure of the Earth and Rocks
• Maps and Globe
• Natural Vegetation
• Our Country – India
• India and its Neighbors
• Motion of the Earth
• Climate – India and World
• Indian Physiographic Division
• Drainage in India
• Solar System
• Major Domains and landforms
• Population
• Indian Constitution
• Local and State Government
• Judiciary
• Indian Government

SAT Mathematics Syllabus

• Arithmetic Progressions
• Number Systems
• Polynomials
• Real Numbers
• Quadratic Equations
• Rational Numbers
• Square Roots and Cube Roots
• Direct and Inverse Variation
• Mensuration
• Percentage
• Surface Areas and Volumes
• Trigonometry
• Circles
• Simple and Compound Interest
• Triangles
• Arithmetic
• Coordinate Geometry
• Linear Equations in Two Variables
• Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry
• Statistics and Probability
• Quadrilateral
• Parallelogram

NTSE Notification 2021: NTSE Admit Card

You can easily download your admit card from the NCERT website. Here you can get the step by step guide to download the NTSE Admit Card for Stage-2:

NTSE Notification 2021 for Result & Selection Procedure

NTSE Stage-1 Merit List: Every State/Union Territory publishes a merit list of their own for Stage 1 based on the performance of the candidates in the NTSE 2021 Result.

NTSE Stage-1 Qualifying Marks: Generally, qualifying marks for various category students are given below.

• For General category students for each of the papers (MAT and SAT) is 40 percent.
• For SC/ST/physically challenged candidates 32 percent.

The NTSE Stage-1 Result: The Stage-1 result is published generally between January & March. You should keep in mind that the marks of the State level Examination are not added to the National Level Examination for the award of scholarship. This exam is conducted only to recommend the candidates for the second-level NTS examination conducted by the NCERT.

NTSE Stage-2: After passing the NTSE Stage-1, you will be eligible to appear for NTSE Stage 2, usually conducted in May. The final merit list will be created based on the performance of the students. 

NTSE Notification | NTSE Cut off 2021

Cut off marks are the minimum marks required to clear the examination. The cut-off marks will be varies based on state. The final cut-off mark will be declared by NCERT after the completion of the stage 2 examination. You will find the category-wise and subject-wise cut-off marks on the NCERT website.

The factors affecting the state wise cut off marks are as follows:

• Students appearing in the exam
• The difficulty level of the paper
• Marking scheme
• Number of seats available

NTSE 2021 Expected Qualifying Cutoff

Category	Cutoff
General	40
OBC	40
SC	32
ST	32

NTSE Notification | NTSE Scholarship

The top 1000 students get scholarship amount as given below:

NTSE Scholarship Details
Class 11 and 12	Rs 1250 per month
UG and PG	Rs 2000 per month
PhD	As per UGC norms

We have provided a detailed guide on NTSE Notification 2021. Feel free to ask any questions related to NTSE Exam 2021.

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