Hi I would like to have the information about the NTSE - National Talent Search Examination 2016-17?

NTSE - National Talent Search Examination 2016-17 is a grant exam led by NCERT. NTSE grant was constituted in 1963 by NCERT. It is a standout amongst the most prestigious grants in India and is likewise viewed as one of the hardest grant exam in India. NTSE is for understudies of Class 10 and is directed in 2 phases. The understudies get NTSE Scholarship from Class 11 till their PhD thinks about. It is legitimacy based grant and not a methods based grant.

NTSE Exam Date: NTSE 2016-17 phase 1 exam will be held on November 6, 2016, in every one of the states and UTs aside from Meghalaya, Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar Islands where the exam will be directed on November 5, 2016, and NTSE Examination of Bihar and West Bengal will be led on November 13, 2016.

NTSE 2016-17 phase 2 exam for the chose competitors will be directed on May 14, 2017.

NTSE 2016 Important Dates

Stage 1 (State)
Area
Dates

Exam in Meghalaya , Mizoram, Nagaland and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
November 5, 2016

Exam in West Bengal and Bihar
November 13, 2016

Exam in every single other State and UTs
November 6, 2016

Stage 2 (National)

Examination in all States and Union Territories
May 14, 2017

NTSE Eligibility Criteria

Gender

Girls and Boys both can apply for NTSE 2016-17

Region All India and NRI Students

Class Class 10

The information about the timings for the examination is not available as on 1st September 2016.

Points of interest

The grant is for higher studies in Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages Commerce, professional studies and expressive arts.

Understudies concentrate abroad however are Indian nationals can take an interest in NTSE second stage specifically.

NTSE Reward

NTSE Scholarship sum has been expanded from this year onwards.The Students who qualify NTSE Exam will be paid the grant on every month premise as takes after:

Rs. 1250 every month for Class 11& 12

Rs. 2000 every month for Undergraduate and Post Graduate Students

For Ph.D understudies the grant would be paid in understanding to the UGC standards

The NTSE grant will be paid to understudies examining in Class 11 onwards (independent of class/course).

NTSE Application Fees

Stage 1 of NTSE is led by various State/UTs so the application expense must be paid to them straightforwardly.

There is no charge for taking NTSE Stage 2 exam directed by NCERT.

NTSE 2016 - 17 Exam design

The Examination will be Consist of Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Scholastic Ability Test (SAT)

Marks Questions Duration

Mental Ability Test-MAT 50 50 45 minutes

Educational Ability Test-SAT

Dialect Comprehensive Test 50 50 45 minutes

Educational Ability Test-SAT

Physical Test 100 100 90 minutes

Physical Test-The fitness test will comprise questions from History, Geography, Political Science, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.

Negative Marking in NTSE: There will be negative stamping of 1/3 for each wrong answer and no negative imprints would be granted for unanswered inquiries.

The dialect of NTSE Examination: The Examination is led in different dialects that are: Assamese, Bangla, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

NTSE Examination qualifying imprints are 40% for the general class and 32% for the saved classifications i.e SC/ST/PwD. Hopefuls need to score these base imprints in every paper in order to qualify.