NSTSE Exam 2022

NSTSE 2022 Eligibility Criteria

This test is open to students in classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 PCM, 11 PCB, 12 PCM, and 12 PCB.

NSTSE 2022 Syllabus

NSTSE Question Papers are appropriate for students studying the CBSE, ICSE, ISC, and other State Board curricula.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 1

Mathematics: Numbers up to 100, Ordinal numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Lengths, weight, capacity, Time, Money, Geometrical Shapes.

General Science: Living & Non-living things, Plant life, Animal life, Human body, Air, water & weather.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 2

Mathematics: Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Length, Weight, Capacity, Time, Money, Shapes.

General Science: Living & Non-living things, Plant life, Animal life, Human body, Air, water & weather, Rock and Minerals, Our Universe.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 3

Mathematics: Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Length, Weight, Capacity, Time, Money, Shapes.

General Science: Living & Non-living things, Plant life, Animals their food & Home, birds: beaks claws & nests of the birds, Soil, Air water and weather, Our universe, Human body, Safety & first Aid.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 4

Mathematics: Large Numbers, Roman numerals, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and division, Factors and Multiples, Fractions, Length, Weight, Capacity, Time, Geometry, Perimeter and area.

General Science: Plant life - I, Plant life - II, Animal life - I, Animal life - II, Food & Digestion, Health & Hygiene, Teeth & Microbes, Safety & First aid, Our clothes, Air water and weather, Our universe.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 5

Mathematics: Large Numbers, Factors and multiples, Fractions and Decimals, Measurement of Length, Weight, Capacity, Volume, Time, Temperature, Conversions, Percentages, Ratios, Speed, distance and time, Simple interest, Profit and loss, Geometry, Perimeter and area.

General Science: Plant life, Animal life - II, Human body - I, Human body - II, Soil Rocks & Minerals, Air water and weather, The moon, Matter, Force work & energy.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 6

Mathematics: Knowing our Numbers, Whole Numbers, Playing with Numbers, Basic Geometrical Ideas, Understanding Elementary Shapes, Integers, Fractions, Decimals, Data Handling, Mensuration, Algebra, Ratio and Proportion, Symmetry.

Physics: Motion and Measurement of Distances, Light shadows and reflections, Electricity and circuits.

Chemistry: Sorting materials into groups, Separation of substances, Changes around us, Water.

Biology: Food & its source, components of food, Fibre to fabric, Plants, Body movements, Living organisms and their surroundings.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 7

Mathematics: Integers, Fractions and Decimals, Data Handling, Simple Equations, Lines and Angles, Triangle and its Properties, Congruence of Triangles, Comparing Quantities, Rational Numbers, Practical Geometry, Perimeter and Area, Algebraic Expressions, Exponents and Powers, Symmetry.

Physics: Motion and time, Heat, Light.

Chemistry: Physical and chemical changes, Acids bases and salts, Winds storms and cyclones.

Biology: Nutrition in plants, nutrition in animals, Fibre to fabric, Organization in living beings, Changes and adaptation, Soil, Respiration in organisms, Transportation in living beings, Reproduction and growth in plants.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 8

Mathematics: Rational Numbers, Linear Equations in One Variable, Understanding Quadrilaterals, Data Handling, Squares and Square Roots, Cubes and Cube Roots, Comparing Quantities, Algebraic Expressions and Identities, Visualizing Solid Shapes, Mensuration, Exponents and Powers, Direct and Inverse Proportions, Factorization.

Physics: Force and Pressure, Friction, Sound, Chemical effects of electric current, Some natural phenomena, Light.

Chemistry: Synthetic fibres and plastics, Materials: Metals and non-metals, Coal and petroleum, Combustion and flame.

Biology: Food production and management, Cell, Microorganisms, Conservation of plants and animals, Reproduction in animals.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 9

Mathematics: Number Systems, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry, Linear Equations in Two Variables, Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry, Lines and Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles, Circles, Heron’s Formula, Surface Areas and Volumes.

Physics: Motion, Force and laws of motion, Gravitation & Pressure, Work energy & power.

Chemistry: Matter in our surroundings, It matters around us pure, atoms and molecules.

Biology: Cell, Tissues, Diversity in living organisms, Health and diseases, Improvement in food Resources.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 10

Mathematics: Real Numbers, Polynomials, Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic Progressions, Triangles, Coordinate Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Some Applications of Trigonometry, Circles, Areas Related to Circles, Surface Areas and Volumes.

Physics: Light, reflection & refraction, The human eye and the colourful world, Electricity, Magnetic effects of electric current.

Chemistry: Chemical reactions & equations, Acids bases and salts, Metals & non-metals, Carbon and its compounds.

Biology: Life processes, Control & Coordination, Reproduction, Heredity & Evolution, Our Environment.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 11

Mathematics: Sets, Relations and Functions, Principle of Mathematical Induction, Logarithms, Complex Numbers & Quadratic Equations, Linear In-equations, Sequences and Series, Trigonometry, Straight Lines, Conic Sections, Permutations and Combinations, Binomial Theorem, Statistics, Mathematical Reasoning, Limits and Derivatives, Probability, Introduction to 3D Geometry.

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Biology: Diversity in the living world, Structural organisation in plants & animals, Cell structure and functions, Plant physiology, Animal physiology.

Physics: Physical world, Units & measurements, Motion in a straight line, Motion in a plane, Laws of Motion, Work energy & power, System of particles & rotational motion, Gravitation, Mechanical properties of solids, Mechanical properties of fluids, Thermal properties of matter, Thermodynamics.

Chemistry: Basic concepts of chemistry, Structure of atoms, Classification of elements & Periodicity in properties, Chemical bonding & molecular structure, States of Matter: Gases & liquids, Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Redox reaction, Hydrogen, s-Block elements, Some p block elements, Organic chemistry: Basic principles & techniques.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE Syllabus for Class 12

Mathematics: Relations and Functions, Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Matrices and Determinants, Continuity and Differentiability, Application of Derivatives, Integrals, Application of Integrals, Differential Equations, Vector Algebra, Three Dimensional Geometry, Probability, Linear Programming.

(OR)

Biology: Reproduction, Genetics and Evolution, Biology and human welfare, Biotechnology, Ecology.

Physics: Electric charges and fields, Electrostatic potential and capacitance, Current electricity, Moving charges and magnetism, Magnetism and Matter, Electromagnetic induction, Alternating current, Electromagnetic waves, Ray optics and optical instruments, Wave optics, Dual nature of radiation and matter, Atoms, Nuclei.

Chemistry: Solid state, Solutions, Electrochemistry, Chemical kinetics, Surface chemistry, Isolation of elements, p-block elements, d- and f-block elements, Coordination compounds, Haloalkanes and Haloarenes, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic acids, Organic compounds containing nitrogen, Biomolecules.

Critical Thinking: This section includes a combination of skills like conscious application in real life, Logical & Inductive Reasoning, Tactics & Strategies in decision making, higher-order thinking.

NSTSE 2022 Exam Pattern

Each class will have a different question paper. All of the questions are factual in nature, and there is no negative marking for incorrect answers.

NSTSE 2022 Distribution of Marks in the Question Paper

For Class 1 -

Mathematics: 15

General Science: 25

For Class 2 -

Mathematics: 20

General Science: 30

For Classes 3 to 5 -

Mathematics: 25

General Science: 30

Critical Thinking: 05

For Classes 6 to 10 -

Mathematics: 25

Physics: 10

Chemistry: 10

Biology: 10

Critical Thinking: 05

For Classes 11 PCM to 12 PCM -

Mathematics: 25

Physics: 15

Chemistry: 15

Critical Thinking: 05

For Classes 11 PCB to 12 PCB -

Biology: 25

Physics: 15

Chemistry: 15

Critical Thinking: 05

The Critical Thinking section covers a wide range of skills, including intentional implementation in real life, logical and inductive reasoning, decision-making tactics and strategies, and subjective and objective analysis.

NSTSE Important Dates 2022

NSTSE 2022 Application Fee

The application fee depends on the option which you select while filling the application form.

Option 1: Exam Registration Fee + Success Series Book + 2 Previous Question Papers

Option 2: Option 1 Features + Online Olympiad Preparation Packages

Option 3: Option 2 Features + Online Olympiad Mock Test Packages

NSTSE 2022: Rewards & Recognition

1. Every class's top two rankers receive a laptop and a tablet computer, respectively, as well as a memento, a medal, and a merit certificate.

2. The top seven students in each class (Ranks 4-10) are each given a cash prize of Rs. 1000.

3. The next 15 rankers in each class (Ranks 11-25) receive Rs. 599 olympiadcoach.com voucher plus a Brain Mapping Academy book prize.

Each participant receives a digital certificate and a Student Performance Report (SPR).