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Delhi NTSE 2016 A Detailed Analysis

NTSE 2016: The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national level examination
cum scholarship program. The scholarship programme is conducted by NCERT and students
studying in class X are eligible for NTSE 2016 examination and selection procedure. NTSE
stage-I was conducted on November 6, 2016 and November 13, 2016 in different regions of
India.

Eligibility: As per the eligibility criteria of NTSE 2016 all the students studying in X standard are
eligible to apply for this scholarship programme. A student from any state of the country can
register for this examination and scholarship scheme. Whether a student is from a government
or a private school, he/she is eligible.

Pattern/ Syllabus: The National Talent Search Examination is conducted for students studying
at the Class X level. The examination consists of two tests:

1. Mental Ability Test (MAT)

2. Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT)

NTSE Mental Ability Test (MAT) Syllabus

This test is given to judge power of reasoning, ability to think, ability to judge, evaluate or
discriminate, ability to visualize in the space, spatial orientation, etc. A variety of questions, for
example – analogies, classification, series, pattern perception, hidden figures, coding decoding,
block assembly, problem solving, etc. are used for this purpose.

NTSE Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Syllabus (Language Test)

Language Test is designed to judge the power of reading comprehension, logical sequencing;
interpretative, evaluative, predictive and creative components of language. The test is conducted
for English and Regional Languages.

NTSE Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Syllabus (Maths, Science &

Science)
This section is conducted to judge how much of text-book knowledge you have gained. As India
doesn’t has any single unified board system, NCERT has not prescribed any particular syllabus
for the State Level Examination or for National Level Examination.

You can expect questions that are asked at the National Level (Stage-II) to be standard of
Classes IX and X level.

Question Paper:

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The medium of test is English and regional languages and it comprised of 200 question. The
students have to select and mark one right answer from the four given options. Each right
answer carry one point each, thus making the total score of the candidate in a test equal to the
number of questions answered correctly. However, at the second stage 1/3 mark is deducted for
every wrong answer.

Merit Clause: All the students who achieve requisite scores at this level automatically qualify for
scholarships that are handed over by NCERT.

Overall Marks Distribution:

The NTSE 2016 Exam Pattern was an objective test based on paper-pen format.

T O O P -P
D

Test No.of Questions Maximum Marks Time Allotted

MAT 50 Questions 50 Marks 45 minute

SAT - Language Test 50 Questions 50 Marks 45 minute

SAT – Maths, Science, Social Sciences 100 Questions 100 Marks 90 minute

T O O P -P
D

S.NO Subject Year

2016 Total

1 Physics 14 14

2 Chemistry 13 13

3 Biology 13 13

4 Mathematics 20 20

5 Mental Ability 50 50

6 Social Science 40 40

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7 English 50 50

Total Question 200 200

Total Marks 200 200

Overall Analysis:
T O D L A
D

Subject Difficulty Level

Physics 1.16

Chemistry 1.4

Biology 1.4

Mathematics 1.1

Social Science 1.5

MAT 1.14

LCT 0.82

Overall Average 1.66

Difficulty Level Analysis: No of Questions

T S D L A
D

Subject Easy Level Medium Level Difficult Level

No of Total No of Total No of Total

Questions Marks Questions Marks Questions Marks

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Chemistry 05 05 05 05 03 03

Mathematics 11 11 08 08 01 01

Physics 12 12 02 02 00 00

Biology 08 08 05 05 00 00

MAT 07 07 41 41 02 02

Social 27 27 08 08 05 05
Science

LCT 35 35 14 14 01 01

Grand Total 105 105 83 83 12 12

All subjects were of similar difficulty level, while Social Science, Mathematics, Physics, Biology
and LCT were on tougher side, Chemistry, MAT were of moderately difficulty. Based on the
analysis, more than 70% questions were easy. If you had prepared nicely, this exam should not
seem difficult.

Overall, it is felt that paper was on tougher side compared to last year and the cut-off is expected
to be higher than of last year.

Question Wise Difficulty Breakup:

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A Pie-Chart Is Difficulty Breakup

Subject Wise Analysis:

Science Analysis:
There are three subject units as following: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. There is around
total 100% weightage for all subjects while 35.00% weightage can be considered for Physics and
32.50% weightage for Chemistry and Biology.

T S S W A
D

Unit & Topic Name No of Questions Total Marks (%) Weightage

Science 40 40 100.00%

Physics 14 14 35.00%

Chemistry 13 13 32.50%

Biology 14 13 13.00%

Grand Total 40 40 100.00%

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Mathematics Analysis:
There are all mathematics subject units as following: Mathematics 11 units. There is around
total 100% weightage for all subjects within high 20.00% weightage can be considered for
Number System, Perimeter and area of Plane Figure and 10.00% to 5.00% weightage for
Polynomial, Surds and Exponents and other mathematics subject.

T M S W A
D

Unit & Topic Name No of Questions Total Marks (%) Weightage

Mathematics 20 20 100.00%

Number System 4 4 20.00%

Surds and Exponents 1 1 5.00%

Polynomial 2 2 10.00%

Linear Equations in two Variables 1 1 5.00%

Quadratic Equations 1 1 5.00%

Progression 1 1 5.00%

Trigonometry 2 2 10.00%

Line and Angles, Triangles 1 1 5.00%

Perimeter and area of Plane Figure 4 4 20.00%

Surface Area & Volume 2 2 10.00%

Commercial Mathematics 1 1 5.00%

Grand Total 20 20 100.00%

Social Science Analysis:

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There are five Social Science subject units as following: Economics, Geography, History, Civics,
and GK . There is around total 100% weightage for all subjects within high 27.50% weightage
can be considered for History, and 25.00% to 10.00% weightage for Economics, Civics and
other Social Science Subject.

T S S S W A
D

Unit & Topic Name No of Questions Total Marks (%) Weightage

Social Science 40 40 100.00%

History 11 11 27.50%

Civics 10 10 25.00%

Geography 10 10 25.00%

Economics 4 4 10.00%

GK 5 5 12.50%

Grand Total 40 40 100.00%

Mental Ability Analysis:

There are two Mental Ability subject units as following: Non Verbal Reasoning, and Verbal
Reasoning. There is around total 100% weightage for all subjects while 10.00% weightage can be
considered for Non Verbal Reasoning and 90.00% weightage for Verbal Reasoning.

T M A S W A
D

Unit & Topic Name No of Questions Total Marks (%) Weightage

Mental Ability 50 50 100.00%

Number Series 1 1 2.00%

Alphabet Series 1 1 2.00%

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Missing term in figure 2 2 4.00%

Mathematical Operations 3 3 6.00%

Coding-Decoding 2 2 4.00%

Sitting Arrangement 3 3 6.00%

Direction Sense 1 1 2.00%

Ranking & Ordering- Test 1 1 2.00%

Venn Diagram 1 1 2.00%

Clock Test 2 2 4.00%

Dice Test 1 1 2.00%

Figure Partition & Counting 1 1 2.00%

Non-Verbal Classification 1 1 2.00%

General Mathematics 25 25 50.00%

Mirror Image & Water Image 1 1 2.00%

Arithmetic Reasoning 3 3 6.00%

Blood Relation 1 1 2.00%

Grand Total 50 50 100.00%

Expected Cutoff:
The overall paper was difficult from previous year, due to relative ease in solving mental ability
questions; the cutoff is expected to increase from last year.

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