NTSE Telangana 2019: NTSE Telangana exam board has released the admit card for the stage 2 exam. Candidates who want to appear for the NTSE 2019-20 can refer to the downloading the admit card. The NTSE Telangana exam is conducted in 2 stages. The result for stage 1 declared in February 2020. While the result for stage 2 will declare in June 2020. Only qualified candidates in the stage1 exam are eligible for the stage 2 exam. The final merit list will be prepared based on the overall performance of the candidates. The merit list will be published on the official NCERT portal.
NTSE is a scholarship exam that is conducted by NCERT. This exam is conducted to recognize and encourage young talent in India. Students who are currently studying in class X can appear for NTSE 2019. The NTSE will award the scholarship to the deserving candidates till the doctorate level of their academics.
NTSE Telangana Exam Dates
| NTSE Events | Dates |
| Releasing of Application form | Last week of August 2019 |
| Closing of Application | Third week of September 2019 |
| NTSE Admit Card for Stage 1 | Third week of October 2019 |
| NTSE Telangana Stage 1 | November 3, 2019 |
| NTSE Stage 1 Answer Key | Second week of November 2019 |
| NTSE Telangana Stage 1 Result & Cut-off Scores | Last week of February 2020 |
| NTSE Admit Card for Stage 2 | April 2020 |
| NTSE Telangana Stage 2 | May 10, 2020 |
Click here to check the notice regarding Exam dates for 2019-2020 session is released by NCERT.
State-level National Talent Search Exam
NTSE Telangana 2019 Application Form
The following are the important information related to the NTSE Telangana application form
- The candidates who are interested to appear for the NTSE exam can also apply through online. Candidates should submit the duly signed application form to the liaison officer.
- For filling the application form, candidates should be registered on the official website.
- After that candidates have to download the application form on the official website.
- The candidates have to keep ready of all the documents for filling the application form.
- While filling the application form, candidates will be required to enter some details. These are personal details, contact details, course-related details, and some additional details.
- Candidates are instructed to fill all the details in the application form correctly.
- After filling the application form, candidates are advised to upload the relevant documents. The documents should follow the size and format as mentioned on the official website.
- After that applicants can take a printout of their application form.
- After taking a printout, the applicant has to pay the application fee as indicated below.
- Finally, submit the duly signed application form on or before the due date.
NTSE Telangana Exam Fee
- For completion of the application process, it is important to pay the application fee. After that, the candidate can appear for the exam.
- Candidates need to pay Rs. 50 as the application fee if he/she belongs to the unreserved category.
- Candidates need to pay Rs. 30 as the application fee if he/she belongs to the reserved category.
- The application fee should be paid through challan.
- Make sure to submit the original challan along with the duly signed application form. It has to be submitted at the office of the district educational officer.
Check Out TS ITI Telangana Admissions
NTSE Telangana Exam Question Paper Pattern
The NTSE Telangana stage 1 exam divided into 3 parts. These are the language comprehension test, scholastic ability test, and mental ability test. The following table shows the distribution details of each paper. These are maximum marks, questions, and time allotted.
| Paper | Number of questions | Maximum Marks | Time Allotted |
| Language Comprehension Test (LCT) | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) | 100 | 100 | 90 minutes |
| Mental Ability Test (MAT) | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
- Each correct answer in MAT and SAT stage 1 exam, carries 1 mark. There is no negative marking in any of this segment.
- SAT and MAT in the NTSE stage 1 exam have MCQs with 4 choices. Candidates are required to mark the correct answer on the given OMR sheet for each question.
- The LCT is just required for the qualifying exam. The marks scored in the above table is not going to be added in the final score of the candidate. Finally, it will not be considered as a decisive factor of the state-level merit list.
- SAT evaluates the candidate’s knowledge and probably covers some subjects. These are math, science, and social science for class X and XII levels.
- MAT evaluates the candidates reasoning skills, thinking ability, and spatial orientation. MAT questions are based on coding-decoding, patterns, problem-solving, series, and analogies.
NTSE Telangana Exam Answer Key
The answer key for the NTSE will be released on the official website http://bse.telangana.gov.in. The answer key contains answers to all the questions asked in the exam. It helps the candidates to check their answers and evaluates their scores. The following points are given to check the NTSE Telangana exam answer key
- Candidate has to check the official website of the NTSE Telangana exam. Then, click on the answer key link.
- Download your OMR sheets for estimating, once the answer key is downloaded, and saved.
- Candidates can also download their individual OMR sheets. Then compare the sheets with the answers which they have already submitted in the exam.
- Candidates can also change the answer key if they have significant proof. A revised answer key set will be published on the official website based on the proof.
- The NTSE exam results show the final answer key.
NTSE Telangana Exam Result
The following are the steps to check the NTSE Telangana exam results:
- Candidates have to check the Telangana official website bse.telangana.gov.in.
- Go to the homepage of the portal which contains the NTSE result link, click on it.
- Candidates have to enter their name or roll number in the displayed list.
- After that, the screen will display the NTSE Telangana result.
- Candidates can download the result list to keep track of the record.
Details Mentioned on NTSE Telangana Exam Result
Candidates can check their NTSE result on the official website http://bse.telangana.gov.in. The NTSE Telangana exam result contains the following information
- Roll number of the candidate
- The name of the candidates
- School address
- Marks scored by the candidates in MAT, SAT & LCT
- Candidates date of birth, gender, caste, and disability status
- Total marks and disqualified questions in each paper
- Candidates Rank
The final result of NTSE Telangana exam consists of 2 results will be declared in September.
NTSE Telangana Exam Qualifying Scores
Qualifying scores are the minimum scores which candidates need to score in the main exam. Then only they can be eligible for the NTSE stage 2 exam. The qualifying scores are changing every year on the basis of
- The exam conducting authority guidelines
- The difficulty level of the exam
- Previous year’s qualifying tendencies
- The number of candidates who are appearing for the exam
The below-given table shows the qualifying marks for stage 1 category candidates
| Category | Section | Qualifying marks |
| SC/ST/PHC | MAT | 20 |
| SAT | 40 | |
| LAT | 20 | |
| General | MAT | 16 |
| SAT | 32 | |
| LAT | 16 |
The overall qualifying marks for the NTSE for each category are shown in the table below.
| Category | Cut-Off 2017-18 |
| General | 118 |
| ST | 108 |
| SC | 102 |
| PH | 82 |
NTSE Telangana Selection Process
Identifying talent involves a two-step selection process. While the individual state / UT performs the first stage option, the NCERT performs the national level second stage option. The state-level test may consist of two parts: the Part-I Mental Ability Test (MAT) and the Part-II Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) to nominate the required number of candidates for the second level examination to be conducted by the NCERT. The final award will be announced based on the total scores of MAT and SAT. Only selected candidates will be notified via registered letter and through the NCERT website www.ncert.nic.in. The marks obtained by the candidates in the written test will be made known to all the candidates through the NCERT website.
FAQ’s on NTSE 2019
Question 1.
How many students getting scholarships in NTSE every year?
Answer:
Approximately 1200 students getting scholarships in NTSE every year.
Question 2.
What is the reservation criteria in NTSE 2019?
Answer:
Government norms of the reservation have followed in NTSE. SC category belongs to 15%. ST category belongs to 7% and the Physically Challenged category belongs to 3%.
Question 3.
Will I get my result sheet in my residential address?
Answer:
No, students can only get their NTSE result sheets online.
Question 4.
Will NTSE applies state quota?
Answer.
Yes, there is a state quota in the State Talent Secondary Examination (STSE). If students qualify STSE, then they will be eligible to apply NTSE.
Question 5.
How NTSE prepares final merit list?
Answer:
The students who selected in stage 1 exam can only be eligible to appear stage 2 exam. After qualifying stage 2 exam, the deserved student will get the scholarship.
Question 6.
What will be the result date of stage 1 for the candidates who belongs to Odisha state?
Answer:
Students can check stage 1 result on the official website in Jan month.
Question 7.
Can students recheck their OMR sheet in NTSE exam?
Answer:
The authorities disclose OMR sheets filled by candidates along with NTSE result. Candidates have to enter their credentials to check it online.