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I live in Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) and want to know more about National Talent Search Examination organized by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)?

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Scholarship Criteria
Candidates who will pursue further studies in Science, Humanities, Languages, Commerce, vocational studies and Fine Arts will be awarded scholarship amount till Ph.D level

Candidates who study professional programmes i.e. Medicine, Engineering, Technology, Management and Law are provided scholarship amount till their second degree level or postgraduate programme

Reservation Policy
Category Reservation Criteria

Scheduled Caste 15%

Scheduled Tribes 7.5%

Physcially Handicapped 4%

Total reserved scholarships 26.5% of 1000 scholarships

Exam pattern
Stage I & II: Examination at the State / UT level will comprise of three papers i.e.
Paper - Test - No of Questions - No of Marks - Duration -

Paper I - Mental Ability Test (MAT) - 50 Qs - 50 Marks - 45 Minutes
Paper II - Language Test (LT) English / Hindi - 50 Qs - 50 Marks - 45 Minutes
Paper III - Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - 100 Qs - 100 Marks - 90 Minutes

At stage II (National Level) - There will be negative marking in each paper. For each wrong answer 1/3 marks will be deducted. No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.

Selection process
There will be two-stage selection process for award of scholarship. For Stage-I, selection will be done by States/UTs through a written examination. Students who qualify Stage I will be eligible to appear for Stage II examination conducted by NCERT.

Qualifying marks for candidates from General category is 40% in each paper and for candidates from SC, ST, PH is 35% in each paper.

Language Test : Qualifying in nature and marks obtained for language test will not be counted for final merit

The States/UTs will also conduct the selection test for National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme along with the Stage-I written examination for NTS.