NTSE 2017 Syllabus

National Talent Scholarship Examination (NTSE) is a national level examination. NTSE exam will be Pen and Paper based. The syllabus of NTSE 2017 will primarily be based on the 10+2 curriculum of NCERT. The candidates should have knowledge about all the topics, number of questions, marking scheme and the total duration of the paper.

• NTSE is conducted in two stages. Only the candidates who qualify the first stage will appear in the stage 2.
• Stage 1 is a State/UT level test which will be held in two parts, viz MAT and SAT (Language Test) in the first part and SAT (Mathematics, Science and Social Science) in the second partof 90 minutes duration of both the parts.
• The syllabus includes various topics from different subjects such as English, General Knowledge, Mental Ability, Science, Mathematics and Social Science which are mentioned in detail on this page further.

NTSE 2017 Exam Pattern for Stage-I

Stage 1 is conducted at state/UT level by the concerned authority of State/UT.

• Candidates need to choose one language i.e. English or Hindi to solve the exam.
• Every correct answer will help you earn 1 mark. There will not be any negative marking at this stage.
• This paper will be divided into two parts, each of them for 90 minutes of time duration.

1. Part 1- (Mental Ability Test)MAT

• It contains analytical and logical reasoning based questions.
• It checks the ability to think, evaluate discriminate and visualize andreasoning of a candidate.
• There will be 50 questions in total for 50 marks with time duration of 45 minutes.
• There will be questions from analogies, series, classification, pattern perception, coding decoding, hidden figures and problem solving.

2. Part 2- (Scholastic Aptitude Test)SAT

• It contains 150 questions from Language and Science, mathematics and Social Science.
• It will judge the candidate’s ability to read, interpret, evaluate and general awareness of the subjects.

Test	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Allotted
MAT	50 Questions	50 Marks	45 minutes
SAT – Language Test	50 Questions	50 Marks	45 minutes
SAT – Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences	100 Questions	100 Marks	90 minutes

NTSE 2017 Exam Pattern for Stage 2

This stage will be conducted at the National Level by the NCERTwhere only the shortlisted candidates from the state level exam will appear to compete for scholarship.

• It will be divided into two parts MAT and SAT, like it was in stage 1.
• There will be negative marking of 1/3 marks on every wrong answer marked by the candidate.
• The total time duration of this test will be of 135 minutes.

NTSE 2017 Exam Syllabus

The prescribed 10+2 curriculum of NCERT is mentioned below.

NTSE Mathematics Syllabus

There are 22 chapters to be covered in the NTSE 2017 Mathematics Syllabus.

The syllabus includes topics from class 6 to 10. In NTSE, Mathematics section contains around 30 questions.

Algebraic Expressions	Arithmetic	Arithmetic Progressions
Basic Geometry	Circles	Coordinate Geometry
Direct& Inverse Variations	Exponent	Linear Equation
Mensuration	Number System	Percentage& Its Application
Playing with Number	Probability	Quadratic Equations
Rational Numbers	Simple & Compound Interest	Square & Cube Roots
Statistics	Surface Areas and Volume	Triangles
Trigonometry	—	—

 

NTSE Science Syllabus

There are 29 chapters to be covered in the NTSE 2017 Science Syllabus.

• The syllabus includes topics from class 6 to 10 and subjects included are Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
• In NTSE, this section contains around 35 questions.

Acid Bases and Salts	Air	Carbon and its Compound
Cellular Level of Organization	Diversity in Living organisms	Fibres and Plastics
Food Production &Management	Heredity and Evolution	Human Body
Life Processes	Light	Magnetic & Electricity at Work
Measurement	Metals & Non-Metals	Micro-Organisms
Motion and Force	Our Environment	Periodic Classification of Elements
Reproduction	Soil	Some Common Diseases
Sound	Sound of Energy	Structure of Atom
The Universe	Water	Work and Energy

NTSE Social Science

There are 43 chapters to be covered in the NTSE 2017 Social Science Syllabus.

• The syllabus will include topics from class 8 to 10 and subjects included are History, Civics, Geography, Economics and General Awareness.
• In NTSE, Social Science section contains around 35 questions.

Agriculture	Atmosphere	Biosphere
British raj	Culture, Science and Literature	Democracy and Elections
Diversity and Livelihood	Early Medieval Period	Early States
Eighteen Century Political Formation	French Revolution	India and Its Neighbors
Indian Constitution	Indian Economics	Indian Freedom Struggle
Indus Valley Civilization	Industrial Revolution	Industries
Internal Structure of the Earth and Rocks	Introduction and Sources of Ancient Indian History	Jainism, Buddhism and Conquerors from Distant Lands
Local and State Government	Medieval Architecture and Culture	Motion of the Earth
Nationalism in Various Countries	Natural Vegetation	New Empires and Kingdoms
Our Country- India	Popular Movements and Social Reforms	Population
Resources and Development	Solar System	The Delhi Sultanate
The Judiciary	The Maurayas	The Mughal Empire
UN and International Agencies	Union Government	Vedic Period
Water Resources	World History	—

 

NTSE English Language Syllabus

There are 8 chapters to be covered in the NTSE 2017 English Language Syllabus.

One Word Substitution	Paragraph Completion
Reading Comprehension	Rearrangement of Jumbled Words
Sentence Completion	Synonyms

 

NTSE General Knowledge Syllabus

There are 6 chapters to be covered in the NTSE 2017 General Knowledge Syllabus

Abbreviations	Awards and Recognitions
Books and Authors	India
Sports	World

 

NTSE Mental Ability Syllabus

There are 20 chapters to be covered in the NTSE 2017 Mental Ability Syllabus

Alphabets and Number test	Analogy(Non-Verbal)
Analogy(Verbal)	Blood relations
Calendar, Time and Clock	Classification
Coding-Decoding	Cube and Dice
Direction Sense	Embedded Figure
Figure Partition and Dot Situation	Mathematical Operations
Missing Character	Paper Folding and Cutting
Ranking and Arrangements	Series (Verbal)
Series(Non-Verbal)	Venn Diagrams
Water and Mirror Images	Word Problems