NSTSE

National Level Science Talent Search Examination

NSTSE is a diagnostic test which actually helps students improve.

Unlike regular tests which try only to find out how much a child knows (or has memorized), NSTSE measures how well a student has understood concepts and gives detailed feedback on the same, to help them improve.

Thus NSTSE helps each student know whether he/she has actually understood a concept early on so that immediate action can be taken. Often students have conceptual gaps which increase as they progress and when they reach the higher classes, they develop a "phobia" for the subject.

School tests - including board exams - tend to be superficial, testing what children have memorised. But the important skills like the ability to think independently and reason logically - critical in today's world - are often not emphasised in school tests.

The focus on fundamentals is so important that when the child finishes studies he/she will have to face the competitive world armed with these fundamentals. Even while opting for higher studies, the student has to go through a complete scan of what he/she knows and how much. Exams like IIT-JEE, AIEEE, AFMC, AIIMS, GRE, GMAT, CAT etc., are so designed to test the fundamental strength of student. Hence the need of the hour is building the fundamentals base as strong as possible.

This exactly is the philosophy behind the Unified Council's NSTSE.

NSTSE is unlike other tests in many different ways. It

• has interesting questions that require thinking, not simply recall.
• provides detailed skill-wise feedback highlighting strengths and weaknesses
• provides a benchmark of the student's performance with peers all over the country.

Thus, NSTSE focuses on IMPROVEMENT rather than comparison or grading. It also reduces the stress of exams by checking UNDERSTANDING rather than FACTS.

Students studying Classes

• II, III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX and X
  
• XI(PCM) and XI(PCB)
  
• XII(PCM) and XII(PCM)

NSTSE follows CBSE syllabus but Question Papers are also suitable for Students of ICSE/ISC and Various State Board/Matriculation Syllabi.

NSTSE EXAM FEE

Students who wish to enroll should fill in the registration form. The duly filled Registration form should be accompanied by a crossed Demand Draft in favour of UNIFIED COUNCIL payable at HYDERABAD. Option A) Rs. 140 which includes Examination Fee (Rs.100) + SPR (Rs.15) + Stamps for sending Success series book, Hall Ticket, Certificate & SPR (Rs.25). Option B) Rs.185/- which includes Examination Fee (Rs.100) + SPR (Rs.15) + Set of Question papers (Rs. 40/-)+Stamps for sending Success series book, MQP, Hall Ticket, Certificate & SPR (Rs.35 ).

NSTSE SEXAM PATTERN

There will be a different Question Paper for each class. All the questions are objective-type with no negative marking for wrong answers. Class No. Of Questions Marks 2 50 50 3 75 75 4-12 100 100   Division of marks in the Question Paper : For Classes II : Mathematics : 25 Science : 25 For Classes III : Note:  (for Class III)  Question Paper consists of 75 questions only & 75 marks. Mathematics : 40 Science : 35       For Classes IV & V : Mathematics : 45 Science : 45 General Questions : 10       For Classes VI to X : Mathematics : 25 Physics : 25 Chemistry : 20 Biology : 20 General Questions : 10       For Classes XI & XII (PCM) Mathematics : 40 Physics : 25 Chemistry : 25 General Questions : 10       For Classes XI & XII (PCB) Biology : 40 Physics : 25 Chemistry : 25 General Questions : 10       All questions are in objective type only NSTSE follows CBSE syllabus but Question Papers are also suitable for Students of ICSE/ISC and Various State Board/Matriculation Syllabi.