The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national-level scholarship programme conducted by NCERT to recognize and nurture talented students throughout India. The question paper is divided into two sections – Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT).
MAT judges your ability to think, power of reasoning, ability to evaluate, visualize in space, etc. questions are asked from series, analogies, pattern perception, classification, coding-decoding, problem solving, hidden figures, block assembly, etc. SAT consists of a language (English or Hindi) test and a test for Science, Math and Social Sciences.
Both the tests carry equal weightage. Start your preparation by solving last year’s NTSE papers. It does not matter if you have not prepared for it before. Just sit down and write the test. This will help you gain knowledge of NTSE and also give you a fair idea of your standing. Then analyze your performance and study your weak areas. Make a plan, allocating more time to weaker subjects. The final word is practice and more practice. As you practice, you will also get confident of your speed, subject knowledge and accuracy.
The NTSE examination is held in November, so you have enough time to prepare for the boards. Make sure that you attend all your classes in school and do your homework.
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