STATE LEVEL NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION 2014 - 15

Eligibility for applying for the State Level NTSE 2014 - 15
Only those pupils who are studying in Class X during 2014 - 15 on any
Government/Aided/Recognised schools/Kendriya Vidhyalaya/Navodaya
Vidhyalaya in Kerala are eligible to apply for the State Level NTSE.
Pupils who have secured not less than 55% for all non-language subjects in the
qualifying examination of class IX of 2013-14 will be admitted.
How to apply
Pupils are directed to apply Online.
Do not apply online more than one time. If correction is necessary click ‘Online
application Editing.’ Then enter your application ID and application Number
and do the necessary corrections.
After necessary corrections confirm your application. After confirmation editing
is not possible.
After confirmation click submit and get the hardcopy of your online application.
The hard copy of the online application should be accompanied by
a. The original DD for Rs. 100/- in favour of the Director SCERT drawn on or
before 25th September 2014 payable at SBT service branch
Thiruvananthapuram (SC/ST/BPL categories are exempted from fees).
b. Students belonging SC/ST/BPL categories should send the photocopy of
the caste/BPL certificate.
c. Physically challenged candidates must produce a medical certificate from
the competetent authority that the candidate suffers from 40% or more as
per the PWD Act 1995.
The hard copy of the Online application may be sent by post to the following
address:
The Liaison Officer
The State Level NTS Examination
SCERT, Poojappura,
Thiruvananthapuram - 12
The candidates are advised to keep a photo copy of the Hard copy of the Online
application. You have to enter your Application ID and Application Number to
get your admit card from 18.10.2014 onwards.
Procedure of the Test
The test will be conducted in Two Parts of 90 minutes duration each.
Part I - Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) will comprises of 90 objective type questions
from Social sciences, Science subjects and Mathematics.
Part II consists of Mental Ability Test - MAT & Language Comprehensive Test.
There will be 50 Questions in Mental Ability Test and 40 question in Language
comprehension Test (40 questions in Malayalam Language and 40 questions in
English Language). Candidates can choose either Malayalam or English for
Language comprehension Test.
Marks scored for language comprehension test will not be considered for ranking.
But candidates must score a minimum for 40% marks in Language Comprehension
Test.
All questions in Part II are also of objective type.
Portions included for the State Level Test under Part I are as follows.
a. 9th & 10th Standard portions of Kerala State syllabus for the current academic
year.
b. 9th & 10th standard portions of CBSE syllabus for the current academic year.
c. Certain portions studied on lower classes which are essential for the proper
understanding of the subjects. The question will be of higher order involving
application and reasoning.
The candidate should answer Part I and then Part II after an interval of one hour.
Candidate can choose English, Malayalam, Tamil or Kannada as medium of
Examination for SAT & MAT.
Date of Examinations is 02.11.2014.
(i) Part I: SAT I consists of 90 objective type questions in Social sciences, Science
subjects & Mathematics.
9 am to 10.30 am All candidates except disabled candidates
9 am to 11 am Disabled candidates only
(ii) Part II: MAT & Language comprehension Test consists of 90 objective type questions.
11.30 am to 01.00 pm All candidates except disabled candidates
11.30 am to 01.30 pm Disabled candidates only