NTSE Sample Papers, NTSE Exam Paper Pattern

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The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) will be conducted for students studying at class VIII level. The examination consists of two tests namely the Mental Ability Test (MAT) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Each test consists of 90 multiple choice type questions. Each question has four alternatives marked 1,2,3 and 4. The candidate has to select one correct answer from the given alternatives and mark its number in the answersheet. Each correct answer carries one mark. Thus the total score of a candidate in a test is equal to the number of questions answered correctly by him/her.

NTSE Sample Papers, NTSE Exam Paper Pattern

Mental Ability Test (MAT)

This test is given to the candidates to judge their 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 e.g. analogies, classification, series, pattern perception, hidden figures, coding-decoding, block assembly, problem solving etc. are used for this purpose.

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

These questions are basically multiple-choice questions where one alternative is correct. However, some questions are of different types like matching type, arrange the sequence, true and false statements and questions based on passages apart from simple multiple choice questions.

Sample questions for the two papers can be found on NCERT website at the link shown below:

http://www.ncert.nic.in/html/pdf/NTS/LearnAbouttheTests%28English%29.pdf

related:
National Talent Search Examination - NTSE results, NTSE Exam Detail