NTSE Stage-1, 2019 Official Maharashtra Notification Released

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Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE), Pune has released the official notification for National Talent Search Examination 2019 (Stage-1)
 
Exam Date : This year Stage-1 exam will be held on 17th November 2019 (Sunday).  Students who qualify the NTSE Stage-I Exam will be eligible for the NTSE Stage-2 exam, will be held on 10th May 2020.
 
The National Talent Search Examination was established with a motive of classifying applicants talent in different fields. The exam is conducted by NCERT every year for the students studying in Class X. NTSE is a national level exam is conducted in two stages, Stage 1 and Stage 2.
 
Scholarships:- About two thousand scholarships are awarded for different stages of education as follows:

(a) Scholarship of Rs.1250/- per month for Class-XI to XII.
(b) Scholarship of Rs.2000/- per month for UG and Post-graduates.
(c) Amount of Scholarship for Ph.D. is fixed in accordance with the UGC norms.
Selection: Stage-l, selection will be done by States/UTs. And those who are selected from Stage-1 exam, will be eligible to appear for Stage-2 exam.
 
Qualifying Marks: Qualifying marks for candidates from SC/ST/PH category is 32% in each paper. And for others (General/OBC & EWS) categories it is 40% in each paper.
 
To prepare for the exam, you can practice last year’s question paper – Download Now.

Stage-1: The detailed text & video solutions of which are available here
Stage-2: The detailed text & video solutions of which are available here
 
Eligibility: - All the students studying in Class 10 in any recognized school, including students under Open & Distance Learning, are eligible to appear in Stage 1 of NTSE exam.
 
Application Form: Student may contact the State/UT Liaison officer for procuring application form.

Important Dates: Dates for submission of application form and conduct of examination, are given below:
 

	Date	Fee
Form Filling & Submission	06 August 2019 to 11 September 2019	150 Rs
Late Fee Submission	12 September 2019 to 18 September 2019	275 Rs
Extreme Late Submission	19 September 2019 to 25 September 2019	400 Rs

 
 
 Exam Pattern : - The pattern of written exam will be as follows:
 
Stage-1 & 2: exam at the State/UT level will comprise of two papers i.e.
 

Paper	Test	No. of Questions	No. of Marks	Duration (In Minutes)
Paper-I	Mental Ability  Test(MAT)	100	100	120
Paper-II	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	100	100	120
*If there is any change in pattern for Stage-II examination then the same will be communicated later on through NCERT website www.ncert.nic.in. Candidates are advised to keep track of updates on NCERT website.

Reservation: NTSE 2019 has added an extra reservation of 10% EWS apart from 27% for OBC, 15%, 7.5% and 4% for SC, ST and Physically Handicapped category. 
 
NTSE Support Program to facilitate the aspirants of 2019-20 with the guidance of our experts via content that is provided online to the students who get enrolled in it.

 
Resonance's Success in NTSE Stage-1 (2018)

 
Resonites have been outshining others consistently by producing magnificent results in NTSE Stage-1 exam.
This year total 491 students are selected from Resonance. Amazingly, 329 students belong to our classroom program, 80 students are from workshop & 82 students are from Distance Learning Program.

Check out the past performance of Resonance students in NTSE Stage-1
 
For the complete details, Download the NTSE 2019-20 official Notification from here