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Here we are going to analyse the 2017 National Talent Search Examination or NTSE 2017 as it is more popularly known to ensure that your life become easier as you prepare for the all-important exam. Conducted in two stages, this test aims to identify talented students studying in Class X and nurture them. It is an all-India exam and the first stage was held on 04th & 05th November 2017. The results for NTSE 2017 were announced in January 2018.
The first stage of NTSE 2017 tested three abilities in allotted time and through allocation of marks shown in the table below. This is a general distribution and the NTSE paper pattern can vary from state to state. There is no negative marking in first stage of examination.
|
Name of Test |
Subject |
Time of Test |
No. of Questions |
Marks Allocated |
|
Mental Ability Test |
|
9.00 a.m. - 9.45 p.m. |
50 |
50 |
|
Languages Comprehension Test |
English/Hindi |
10.15 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. |
40 |
40 |
|
Scholastic Aptitude Test |
|
11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. |
100 |
100 |
|
|
Sciences |
|
35 |
35 |
|
|
|
Physics |
12 |
12 |
|
|
|
Chemistry |
11 |
11 |
|
|
|
Biology |
12 |
12 |
|
|
Social Sciences |
|
35 |
35 |
|
|
|
History |
11 |
11 |
|
|
|
Geography |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
Civics |
9 |
9 |
|
|
Economics |
5 |
5 |
|
|
|
Mathematics |
|
20 |
20 |
|
Total |
|
|
180 |
180 |
This was an all-India exam; however, the syllabus for NTSE 2017 was based broadly on the prescribed State Board Syllabuses of Class IX and X.
NTSE exam for Sciences, Mathematics and Social Sciences covered questions from respective State Boards syllabus of Class IX and X.
Mental Aptitude Test covered general questions that test their power of reasoning and evaluate.
Language Comprehension Test was a general test that focuses on vocabulary, grammar and basic understanding of topics covered by the State/UT Board Books
In the tables given below is provided the marks allocation as per topic of every subject as per NTSE 2013 of Rajasthan State. Most states follow a similar pattern, but you need to analyse the NTSE paper pattern of the state from which you are planning to appear from.
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This is just a broad guide that tells you which topics carry what weightage and thus help you plan your study schedule.
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
Wave Motion of Sound |
3 |
3 |
25.0 |
|
Electricity |
2 |
2 |
16.7 |
|
Sources of Energy and Nuclear Physics |
2 |
2 |
16.7 |
|
Heat and Universe |
2 |
2 |
16.7 |
|
Magnetic Effect of Current |
1 |
1 |
8.3 |
|
1 |
1 |
8.3 |
|
|
Force and Laws of Motion |
1 |
1 |
8.3 |
|
Total |
12 |
12 |
100.0 |
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
Structure of Atoms |
2 |
2 |
18.2 |
|
Acids, Bases and Salts |
2 |
2 |
18.2 |
|
Metals and Non- Metals |
2 |
2 |
18.2 |
|
Mole Concept |
1 |
1 |
9.1 |
|
1 |
1 |
9.1 |
|
|
Carbon and Its Compounds |
1 |
1 |
9.1 |
|
Total |
11 |
11 |
100.0 |
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
Nutrition |
3 |
3 |
25.0 |
|
Diversity of Living World |
3 |
3 |
25.0 |
|
Transportation |
2 |
2 |
16.7 |
|
Fundamental Unit of Life |
1 |
1 |
8.3 |
|
Tissue |
1 |
1 |
8.3 |
|
1 |
1 |
8.3 |
|
|
Control and Coordination |
1 |
1 |
8.3 |
|
Total |
12 |
12 |
100.0 |
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
Trigonometry |
2 |
2 |
10.0 |
|
Lines and Angles, Triangles |
2 |
2 |
10.0 |
|
Perimeter and Area of Plane Figure |
2 |
2 |
10.0 |
|
Surface Area and Volume |
2 |
2 |
10.0 |
|
Statistics |
2 |
2 |
10.0 |
|
Number System |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
Surds and Exponents |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
Polynomial |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
Linear Equations in two Variables |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
Quadratic Equations |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
Progression |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
Co-ordinate Geometry |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
Quadrilateral |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
|
Probability |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
|
Total |
20 |
20 |
100.0 |
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China |
1 |
1 |
12.5 |
|
Work, Life and Leisure |
1 |
1 |
12.5 |
|
Print Culture and the Modern World |
1 |
1 |
12.5 |
|
Nazism and the Rise of Hitler |
1 |
1 |
12.5 |
|
Pastoralist in the Modern World |
1 |
1 |
12.5 |
|
Peasants and Farmers |
1 |
1 |
12.5 |
|
1 |
1 |
12.5 |
|
|
The Indian National Movement |
1 |
1 |
12.5 |
|
Total |
8 |
8 |
100.0 |
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
Forest and Wild Life Resources |
2 |
2 |
20.0 |
|
Mineral and Energy Resources |
2 |
2 |
20.0 |
|
Physical Division of India |
2 |
2 |
20.0 |
|
Drainage |
1 |
1 |
10.0 |
|
Climate |
1 |
1 |
10.0 |
|
1 |
1 |
10.0 |
|
|
Water Resources |
1 |
1 |
10.0 |
|
Total |
10 |
10 |
100.0 |
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
Federalism |
2 |
2 |
22.22 |
|
Democracy in the Contemporary World |
2 |
2 |
22.23 |
|
Political Parties |
1 |
1 |
11.11 |
|
Constitutional Design |
1 |
1 |
11.11 |
|
Electoral Politics |
1 |
1 |
11.11 |
|
1 |
1 |
11.11 |
|
|
What is Democracy, Why Democracy |
1 |
1 |
11.11 |
|
Total |
9 |
9 |
100.0 |
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
Sectors of the Indian Economy |
2 |
2 |
40.0 |
|
2 |
2 |
40.0 |
|
|
Globalisation and the Indian Economics |
1 |
1 |
20.0 |
|
Total |
5 |
5 |
100.0 |
Note: This section can vary for every state and Union Territory.
|
Topic |
No of Questions |
No. of Marks |
Weightage (in %) |
|
Rajasthan General Knowledge |
3 |
3 |
10.0 |
|
Total |
3 |
3 |
100.0 |
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