This document provides an overview of the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) and private Olympiad exams in India. It discusses the historical background of NTSE, details of the exam structure and eligibility, differences between Stage 1 and Stage 2, and how Resonance helped students using Right to Information requests. It also summarizes other competitive exams conducted by organizations like Unified Council, Science Olympiad Foundation, and Silver Zone for classes 2-12. These exams identify talented students in areas like science, mathematics, computers and English to provide scholarships and international representation.

1. Presentation on
NTSE & Pvt.
Olympiad
By : - Bhawana Gupta
Resonance PCCP
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2. Index
Introduction
Historical background
Details Regarding NTSE
NTSE V/S RTI V/s Resonance
NTSE in 2010
NTSE in 2011
How to write RTI
NTSE courses @ Resonance
Beyond the call of Duty
Splendid success of Resonite in NTSE
Stage-1'2012 2

3. Index
Our Competitors
Talent Search Examination conducted by NGOs
Competitive exams at Junior Level - Why
Important ???
International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO)
Competitive exams conducted by Unified council,
Hydrabad
Competitive exams conducted by SOF,New Delhi
Competitive exams conducted by Silver
Zone,New Delhi
Competitive Exams Calender
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4. National Council of Education And
Training
NTSE is a scheme to identify talented students. It’s the oldest & most prestigious scholarship
exam in India.
Being conducted by NCERT (National Council of Education Research and Training) which
was started in 1963.
Advantage: Through NTSE, talented students are honoured and helped by providing financial
assistance in the form of monthly scholarship.
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5. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Earlier This programme took up the shape of a scheme called
National Science Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS) in the year
1963.
It was renamed as National Talent Search Scheme (NTSS) in
1976
the scheme was made open to the students of Classes X, XI
and XII
A major change in the scheme came in 2006, The following
modifications have been made in the scheme.
* The scheme has been brought down from Class X to Class
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6. Details Regarding NTSE
Eligibility : Student Studying in class- VIII
Syllabus : NCERT
Medium : English & Hindi both.
Scholarship: On the basis of the examination conducted,
1000 scholarships are awarded throughout the nation.
Awardees receive a sum of Rs. 500/- per month.
Assistance up to Ph. D. level – for courses in Social Sc., Basic
Sc. & Commerce
Assistance up to Post Graduation – for courses in Engg.,
Management & Law
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7. Examination levels:-
Stage-1 is held at state / UT level
The state level examination has two parts for nominating the required
number of candidates for the second level test to be conducted by the
NCERT.
Part-I: Mental Ability Test (MAT), - Total 90 questions
Part-II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - Total 90 questions
(S.St – 35, Science -35 & Maths 20)
Stage-2 is held at National level
Candidates acquiring more than the required percentage in the state level examination
are eligible to appear for the national level examination.
Part-I: Mental Ability Test (MAT), - Total 100 questions.
Part-II: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) – Total 100 questions
(Maths 20, Science 40 & S.St- 40)
Objective Type - Single Choice
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8. Reservations : 15% for SC, 7.5 % for ST & 3% for
Physically Challenged Students
Negative marking : Normally there is No negative marking
in this exam.
Syllabus : Normally upto VIII standard NCERT. It is made
available with the Application Form.
Month of stage -1 : 3rd Sunday of November
Month of stage -2 : 2nd Sunday of May 8

9. Difference between Stage-1 & stage-2
?
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10. NCERT Website : - ncert.nic.in
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11. NTSE
V/s
Right to Information(RTI) Act
V/s
Resonance
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12. NTSE in 2010
Earlier Only Qualified students's
result was uses to declare with
their Roll No. !!!
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13. NTSE 2011
For the students welfare it was necessary to
bring transparency in the system (as they were
not able to judge themselves properly due to
incomplete information). So to make this task
accomplish our HOD Mr. Nilesh gupta took
initiative by using RTI & after the lots of efforts
of him we got victory in bringing transparency
in NTS Examination. With the effect of RTI
there were lots of changes that have been
made in NTS Examination.
Like : -
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14. NTSE 2011
* Marks & Rank were declared
* paper back to the students
* Able to access ORS & answer key
* No. of students appeared & selected for the
examination were declared
* Cutoff were declared
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15. How to write RTI
Dated: 12 Feb 2011
PIO
SIERT, 111 Saheli Marg
Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan
File Ref No: RTI/NCERT/SIERT/1 15

16. NTSE Courses @ Resonance
Workshops : - 5 days workshop
Crash Course : - One month crash course
Test Series :- 3 or 4 tests in Live, online &
postal mode through
which students get AIR
Study Material :- NTSE Pre-foundation, NTSE
Plus
Test Papers :- Last 5 years' papers of NTSE
stage-1
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17. Why???
We conduct Crash course & worskshops for
both NTSE stage-1 & stage-2.
NTSE stage-1 is conducted at State level.
Every state has his own criteria & syallabus
for NTSE stage-1 examinaiton. Still many
outsiders come here to attend the workshop
for the preparation of NTSE stage-1!!!
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18. Beyond the call of duty
Student Name - Adarsh Gupta
Study centre - PCCP Bhopal
Class - VIII
Have a brief : -
> He appeared for NTSE-Stage-I
conducted by M.P. State.
> We filled RTI-1 about answer key of
question paper and his OMR and
marks obtained in exam.
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19. Do you remember the incident of the
student who has become NTSE scholar
in 2009 & didn't getting his scholarship
amount since then??
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20. Splendid Success of Resonites in NTSE
Stage-1'2012
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23. Our Competitors
Allen :- allen.ac.in
FiitJee :- fiitjee.com/
Mottion : - motioniitjee.com
Career Point : - careerpointgroup.com/
Rao : - raoiitacademy.com
Garg : -gargclasseskota.com/
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24. IESO
It is conducted by Geological Society of India
The IESO is intended to raise student interest in and public awareness of Earth Science, to enhance
Earth science learning of students, and to identify talented and gifted students in Earth science.
The IESO is aimed at improvement of teaching of Earth science in school.
Eligibility : Students of X and XI standards who were born between 15th September 1993
and 15th September 1996, and who have not won a prize in an earlier IESO.
Centers : 56 centres across the country
No. of Stages: 3
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25. IESO
Duration- 1 1/2 hours
Language- English
Type of que.- Multiple-choice and fill in the blanks
Syllabus- Geosphere-45 marks
Atmosphere-20 marks
Hydrosphere-15 marks
Astronomy-20 marks
Stage-2 - Training camp(20 selections) in May at Mangalore
Stage-3 - 4 students will represent India at Argentina in Oct,2012
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27. Talent Search Examinations
Conducted by
Non- Government Organisation (NGOs)
HAVE U EVER
HEARD OF THESE
EXAMS
National Science talent search examination (NSTSE) BEFORE ???
Unified Cyber Olympiad (UCO)
International Olympiad of English Language (IOEL)
International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)
National Cyber Olympiad ( NCO)
National Science Olympiad ( NSO)
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28. COMPETITIVE EXAMS AT JUNIOR LEVELS -
WHY
IMPORTANT ???....
Value addition
Personal Development
Aptitude Building
Develops Competitive Quotient (C.Q)
You will be one step ahead of other
students………
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29. Competitive Exams conducted by
Unified Council, Hydrabad
Unified Council
NSTSE UCO
Website : - unifiedcouncil.com
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30. Competitive Exams conducted by
Unified Council, Hydrabad
National Science Talent Search Unified Cyber Olympiad (UCO) motivates
Ecamination (NSTSE) is a diagnostic test children to strengthen their knowledge in
which tests a student on the basis of mental ability, logical reasoning & computer
conceptual clarity and understanding. knowledge.
So the emphasis in NSTSE is on Proficiency in these areas will help every
independent thinking rather on memorizing child to face the problems related to
or cramming software solutions, management crises,
lack of judgment and decision making.
Students of classes 2nd to 12th can
appear in this exam Students of classes 2rd to 10th can appear
in this exam
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31. Competitive Exams conducted by
Unified Council, Hydrabad
NSTSE UCO
Eligibility 2 to 12 3 to 10
Duration 90 Minutes 60 Minutes
Science, Maths Mental
Paper Pattern & General Ability,Reasoning,
Awareness Computers,English
Negative Marking No No
Stages 1 2
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32. Competitive Exams conducted by
Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF)
SOF
NCO NSO IMO IEO
Website :- sofworld.org
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33. Competitive Exams conducted by
Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF)
NCO NSO IMO IEO
Eligibility 2 to 12 1st to 12th 1st to 12th 1st to 12th
Duration 60 minutes 60 minutes 60 minutes 60 minutes.
Computers and Science and Very according to the
Syllabus Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics class.
Negative marking No No No No
Mental Ability Logical and Analytical
Logical and Analytical Reasoning Word and Structure
Reasoning Mathematical Knowledge
Computer and objective-type Reasoning Reading
Information (Multiple Choice) Everyday Spoken and Written
Paper Contains Technology questions Mathematics Expression
Stages 2 2 2 1
Medium English English English English
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34. Competitive Exams conducted by
Silver Zone
* International Informatics Olympiad (IIO)
* International Olympiad of English
Language(IOEL)
* International Olympiad of Mathematics (IOM)
* International Olympiad of Science (IOS)
* Smart kid Genera Knowledge Olympiad
(SkGKO)
Website : - silverzone.org
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35. Competitive Exams Calender
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