SchoolCountry brings to you sample questions for NTSE for Free. These are prepared by experts to give you a good sense of the type of questions that come in the National Talent Search Examination and their level of difficulty. We have questions are categorized by subject headings for your convenience e.g. NTSE MAT sample questions or NTSE Social science sample questions etc. Good luck for your NTSE preparation.
MAT or Mental Aptitude Test of NTSE:
This section assess student’s ability to visualize, evaluate and differentiate. From the year 2011, there are 100 multiple choice questions (MCQs) on offer in the MAT section of NTSE. You are given 90 minutes time to attempt these. There is no negative marking and you need to choose the correct answer.
Below are some sample questions for MAT section of NTSE
- NTSE MAT sample question 1:Find the next number in the sequence – 9: 25: 49
- NTSE MAT sample question 2:Find the missing one from the 4 alternatives – LLMO: MMNO :: AABD : ?
- NTSE MAT sample question 3:If / means X, X means –, + means x and – means / then 2 + 8 X 16 – 4 / 2 = ?
SAT or Scholastic Aptitude test of NTSE:
SAT section in NTSE is based on Science, Social Science and Maths course for class-8. Since the year 2011, there are 100 questions in all, 40 of which are from Science, 40 from Social Science and remaining 20 from Maths. The idea is to test the understanding and knowledge to the course material covered so far
Sample questions for SAT paper of NTSE are given below
- NTSE Social science sample question 1:Which of the following pairs is correctly matched
- ILO – London
- ICJ – Hague
- UNESCO – Washington
- WHO – Paris
- NTSE Social science sample question 2:Arrange the following events in chronological order – (A) Creation of Bangladesh, (B) Tashkant Declaration, (C) Simla Agreement, (D) Lahore Declaration
- A C D B
- B A C D
- D B A C
- A B C D
- NTSE Science sample question 1:In some countries, it compulsory to install a smoke detector. If you have to install a smoke detector in a room, where will you install it?
- Near the window, a few feet from the room
- Near an electric switch board, 4 feet from the floor
- Near or on the ceiling
- Near the floor
- NTSE Science sample question 2:Graphite is very soft as compared to other substances because
- Carbon atoms are arranged in hexagonal structure
- Carbon atoms are arranged in such a way that they form flat layers
- Linkage between atoms within a layer of graphite are weak
- Linkage between atoms of two layers are weak
- NTSE Maths sample question 1:An electric contractor purchases a certain amount of wire. 10% of which is stolen. After using 85% of the remainder, he had 54 m of it left. How much wire did he purchase?
- NTSE Maths sample question 2:In which of the following cases, a triangle ABC with base BC given can be constructed?
- B and C are acute angles
- B and C are right angles
- B and C are obtuse angles
- B is an obtuse angle and C is a right angle
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