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NTSE Scholarship : Path made simple and clear

Are you a student of Class X and looking for a platform to identify your hidden talent and evaluate your preparedness for further studies? The right answer and the platform catering to your needs is National Talent Search Examination (NTSE). NTSE identify and recognize students with high intellect and academic talent at the high-school level.

NTSE is a two-tier exam- Stage I (State Level)  is  conducted by  the States/ Union  Territories  and Stage-II(National Level) is conducted by NCERT. The objective of the two-tier  examination is to identify the talented students who have a special aptitude for sciences, maths, social sciences and questions based on analytical reasoning.

Stage I is for all interested students studying in class X to participate at state level While stage II can be written by stage I qualified students. The examination acts as unique platform for the students to check their capability and potential. It also points out the weaknesses and short comings in the domains covered by the examination. Every year, lakhs of students appear for this scholarship exam, out of which One Thousand scholarships are awarded. The scholarship is open only to the students of Indian nationality whether they are studying in India or a broad in class X or equivalent.

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) SAT comprises of 100 multiple choice questions, where one alternative is correct.There are 40 questions from Science, 40 from Social Science and 20 from Mathematics. The idea is to assess the subject knowledge, reasoning ability and logical thinking of the candidates.

Mental Ability Test (MAT) : 

This also comprises of 100 multiple choice questions with only one out of four options correct. Each question carries 1 mark. There is no negative marking.  It has a variety of questions about analogies, classification, series, pattern perception, hidden figures, coding-decoding, block assembly, problem-solving, etc. Here, the goal is to gauge the power of reasoning, ability to judge, evaluate, visualize in space, spatial orientation, etc. of the candidates.

The second level test takes place every year in the month of May. As per the new pattern of Stage II announced by NCERT, each correctly answered question earns the candidate one mark with no negative marks. This level of exam tests the students’ potential concerning their mental ability and scholastic aptitude. income, government school, domicile, etc. However, no scholarships shall be available for studies abroad for any course. The rates of scholarship sat different stages of study are as under.

PREPARATION STRATEGY :It’s necessary to know your strengths and weaknesses. For example, if you are strong in math and science but average in MAT and weak in social scien­ces, then you can work on your weaknesses and turn them into strengths for an over all very good or excellent score.

Follow NCERT books : Follow NCERT books of classes IX and X for NTSE preparation. For some concepts in biology, refer NCERT Class XI Biology textbook (only portions that are relevant to Class IX and X curriculum). It is imperative to study the Social Studies NCERT book for NTSE thoroughly.

Strengthen your MAT section : MAT  and   SAT  carry  equal weight in NTSE. Therefore, it is critical to give due time to both the   papers  while   preparing. Some of us tend to overdo prepa­ration of 3 subjects but  in the process  tend to ignore MAT. However,   it is important to real­ize  that   MAT  carries  more weight than any of the subjects. The MAT section tests your men­tal ability.

Solving sample papers : Practice makes a man perfect is the mantra to success. So,if you are aspiring excellence, it is important that you solve lot of sample papers and mock tests at least thrice a week.  You should aim to solve these papers within the stipulated time so that you can improve your speed and know the sections that consume more time.

Analyse your performance : Make sure you minutely assess what you could do and what you had a hard time with. Was it the subject understanding   you lacked? Or did you miss out on the scores because of silly mistakes?

Proper guidance : Find a good mentor. There are times when in quest of achieving something, you tend to go off the track. To ensure you are on the right track, it is important  to have a mentor to guide you and show you the right path in your success journey.

Self-study : For clearing any exam,a decent amount of self-study is important. It is one of the most basic and important of all the tips to become an NTSE scholar. One should devote at least 3-4 hours to self-learning to crack this competitive exam.

Keep Practicing : Solve as many questions of men­tal ability as possible so that you are not shocked on the exam day. With practice, you’ll also get more confident about  your speed, accuracy and subject knowledge. Just remember that you don’t have to beak now-it-all to compete and excel. You can be just an ordinary candidate and follow these tips to become an NTSE scholar.





Best Colleges In India

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) today released the India Rankings 2016 at the Vigyan Bhawan.A National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was constituted by the HRD ministry last year to conduct annual surveys. Based on it’s findings and verification, the listing has been released.

According to the rankings, IIT Madras has been named the best engineering college in the country. The other engineering colleges that made it to the list include IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi etc.

For the management category, IIM Bangalore has been ranked number one followed by IIM Ahmedabad & IIM Calcutta at the second and third position respectively.

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore has been named the best university in the country.

The complete India Rankings 2016 for different categories are as follows:

Top 10 Engineering institutes in India:
1. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
3. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
4. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
5. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
6. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
8. Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
9. Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar-Rupnagar
10. Indian Institute of Technology, Patna

Top 10 Universities in the country:
1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
3. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
5. Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam
6. University of Delhi, Delhi
7. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
8. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvanathapuram
9. Birla Institute of Technology and Science -Pilani
10. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Top 10 Management institutes in the country:
1. Indian Institute of Management, Bangaluru
2. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
3. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
4. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
5. Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur
6. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
7. International Management Institute, New Delhi
8. Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
9. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
10. Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Top 10 Pharmaceutical institutes:
1. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
2. University institute of pharmaceutical sciences -Chandigarh
3. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
4. Poona College of Pharmacy, Erandwane, Pune
5. Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
6. Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai
7. Birla Institute of technology, Ranchi
8. Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi
9. JSS college of Pharmacy, Ootacamund
10. JSS college of Pharmacy, Mysuru