NTSE Sample Papers should be your first tool to prepare for NTSE written tests - both at state level as well as at national level. However, from this year onwards (i.e. NTSE 2013), this test is being organised for Class-10 students instead of Class-8 as in previous years. NTSE prep materials (i.e. Sample Papers & Books) currently available both in the market and on the net is still for Class-8.
NCERT has announced exam notification for NTSE 2013 barely few days back and slowly I expect the materials to be available both in the net as well as in book stores. I will be on the lookout for these NTSE exam papers and books for Class-10 and would post them here as and when I spot them.
Meanwhile, I am posting the links below which you can lookout in the future for arrival of the NTSE 2013 (Class-10) sample paper & books. But before that, you should know the exam pattern/format of NTSE - NTSE has two parts:
Part-I: Mental Ability Test (MAT): Questions on analogies, classification, series, pattern perception, hidden figures, coding-decoding, block assembly, problem solving etc. is asked
Part-II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT): Questions on Science, Maths & Social Sciences (Class-9 & Class-10) would be asked.
NTSE Sample Papers:
From NCERT:
Look out for most authentic NTSE sample paper from NCERT just like
this NTSE exam paper for Class-8. NCERT is expected to upload a similar "Learn about NTSE" sample exam paper for Class-10 in
its website. I will also update this blog when the NTSE exam paper for Class-10 appears.
This NTSE sample paper gives you 15 questions on Mental Ability Test (MAT) and 39 questions on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - (15 questions on Social Sciences, 15 questions on Science and 9 questions on Mathematics). From these questions, you can find the question pattern/standard of NTSE exam.
This is a very good solved sample paper on NTSE exam – giving you total 268 questions 9MAT: 48 & SAT: 220 questions). You can still use the MAT portion, although SAT portion of this paper is no longer useful, as it was for Class-8.
Hope above study materials for NTSE exam – Online sample papers and books helps you in cracking this prestigious scholarship exam. This blog post has been made as a part of series of following blog post on NTSE exam, which helps you to prepare for the exam:
May be you would find the above blog post useful.
Do keep visiting this blog as I would update these blog posts with newer information!
Prep books for NTSE Class-10 is now available on the market. You can order the book below from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts upto 25%, apart from free postage if the order exceeds Rs. 300/=. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:
