Is NTSE For Class 8 Cancelled

Is National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Exam Cancelled for Class 8th students?

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Yeah, National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Exam is Cancelled for Class 8th students.

The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) will be conducted only for Std X students from this year onwards.

National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is an exam under NTS scheme to award scholarship to students studying at the Class X level.

NTSE consists of Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) having multiple choice questions.

NTSE Eligibility Criteria

All students studying in Class X in any recognized school is eligible to appear in Stage-I NTS exam.

Students with Indian Nationality studying abroad need to secure 60% marks in previous examination to apply for NTS exam

Exam Pattern

There are 3 papers in both stages

1. Mental Ability Test (MAT),
2. Language Test and
3. Scholastic Ability Test (SAT).

Questions are in the form of multiple choices with negative marking deducting 1/3 marks. The tests are available in Asamiya, Bangla, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malyalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

However, language test is available in two languages English & Hindi.

Test No. of Questions Maximum Marks Time
Mental Ability Test (MAT) 50 50 45 minutes
Language Test 50 50 45 minutes
Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) 100 100 90 minutes