Hello doston!
Here I am going to analyse the last 5 years question papers asked in NTSE Stage 1 Uttar Pradesh. Now you will ask that why should we do analysis of the question papers asked in previous years? The answer is simple that the trend of asking questions remains same almost every year. I hope that the NTSE aspirants from Uttar Pradesh will be surely benefitted from this analysis. So, let's begin!
Mental Ability Test (MAT)
S. No. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
Series |
8-12 |
| 2. |
Alphabet Test |
7-9 |
| 3. |
Classification |
8-10 |
| 4. |
Analogy |
5-8 |
| 5. |
Coding-Decoding |
2-3 |
| 6. |
Number and Ranking |
5-9 |
| 7. |
Blood Relation |
4-5 |
| 8. |
Mathematical Operations |
3-5 |
| 9. |
Direction Sense |
6-8 |
| 10. |
Venn Diagrams |
8-10 |
| 11. |
Time and Clock |
5-8 |
| 12. |
Missing Character |
7-10 |
| 13. |
Incomplete Figures |
2-3 |
| 14. |
Mirror and Water Images |
2-3 |
| 15. |
Cube and Dice |
1-3 |
| 16. |
Paper Folding and Cutting |
1-2 |
| 17. |
Embedded Figures |
2-3 |
| 18. |
Statement and Conclusion |
2-4 |
| 19. |
Syllogism |
1-2 |
| 20. |
Data Sufficiency |
2-4 |
| 21. |
Data Interpretation |
0-1 |
| 22. |
General Mathematics |
0-1 |
So, after seeing this table, first of all let me inform you that I have not provided any exact number in the the 'no. of questions asked' section, rather I have provided some range. For example: In series chapter the no. of questions asked is 8-12 means that in last 5 years the minimum number of questions asked from this chapter was 8 and the maximum number of questions asked was 12. The common trend seen in last 5 years states that 80% of questions were asked from Verbal Reasoning and 20% of questions were asked from Non-verbal Reasoning. So, if you will see the difficulty level of questions then it is Easy. Overall question paper is very standard and you can score 85+ marks easily out of 100.
Scholastic Aptitude Test
| Subject |
Marks |
| Science |
40 |
| Social Science |
40 |
| Mathematics |
20 |
| Total |
100 |
|
Science |
|
|
Physics |
|
| S.no. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
Motion, Force and laws of Motion |
2-3 |
| 2. |
Gravitation |
1-3 |
| 3. |
Work and Energy |
1-2 |
| 4. |
Sound |
0-2 |
| 5. |
Light & Human Eye |
5-7 |
| 6. |
Electricity and it's Magnetic Effects |
6-8 |
| 7. |
Sources of Energy |
2-3 |
|
Total number of questions asked every year |
14 |
|
Chemistry |
|
| S.no. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
Matter and it's Classification |
1-2 |
| 2. |
Atomic Structure |
1-2 |
| 3. |
Chemical reactions and it's various types |
4-6 |
| 4. |
Acids, Bases and Salts |
2-3 |
| 5. |
Metals and Non-metals |
1-3 |
| 6. |
Carbon and its Compounds |
4-6 |
| 7. |
Periodic Classification of Elements |
3-5 |
|
Total number of questions asked every year |
13 |
|
Biology |
|
| S.no. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
Cells and Tissues |
3-7 |
| 2. |
Diversity in living organism |
1-3 |
| 3. |
Life Processes |
2-4 |
| 4. |
Control and coordination |
2-3 |
| 5. |
How do Organisms Reproduce |
3-5 |
| 6. |
Heredity and Evolution |
4-6 |
| 7. |
Natural Resources |
0-1 |
|
Total number of questions asked every year |
13 |
In Science section, Physics is mostly of class 10 and is very easy in difficulty level and questions are of NCERT Textbook level. Chemistry is also mostly of class 10 and is easy in difficulty level and is again of NCERT Textbook level. Biology is mostly of class 9 & 10 and is easy in difficulty level and questions are very standard. Overall Science section is very easy in difficulty level and you can score 35+ easily.
|
Social Science |
|
|
History |
|
| S.no. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
Delhi Sultanate |
1-2 |
| 2. |
Mughal Empire |
2-4 |
| 3. |
Medevial India |
1-2 |
| 4. |
Rise of Nationalism in Europe |
0-1 |
| 5. |
Nationalism in India |
5-7 |
| 6. |
Buddhism |
2-3 |
| 7. |
Southern Kingdoms |
2-3 |
|
Total number of questions asked every year |
13 |
|
Democratic Politics |
|
| S.no. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
Importance of Democracy |
2-3 |
| 2. |
Constitutional Design and its Working |
2-3 |
| 3. |
Electoral Politics |
1-2 |
| 4. |
Political Parties |
1-3 |
| 5. |
Power Sharing and Federalism |
2-4 |
| 6. |
Gender, Religion and Caste |
0-1 |
| 7. |
Current Affairs |
2-3 |
|
Total number of questions asked every year |
12 |
|
Economics |
|
| S.no. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
People as resource |
0-1 |
| 2. |
Poverty |
0 |
| 3. |
Development |
0 |
| 4. |
Sectors of Indian Economy |
0-1 |
| 5. |
Money and Credit |
0 |
| 6. |
Consumer Rights |
0 |
| 7. |
Indian Economy and Globalisation |
0-1 |
|
Total number of questions asked every year |
3 |
|
Geography |
|
| S.no. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
Physical features of India |
2-3 |
| 2. |
Drainage and water resources |
1-2 |
| 3. |
Natural vegetation |
1-2 |
| 4. |
Lifelines of National Economy |
0-1 |
| 5. |
Manufacturing Industries |
0-1 |
| 6. |
Resources and Development |
1-2 |
| 7. |
Agriculture |
3-4 |
|
Total number of questions asked every year |
12 |
In Social Science section, History is mainly focused on Medevial and Ancient history of India. Questions from world history is rarely asked. In Geography and Civics questions are asked mainly from class 9 NCERT textbook. Very few number of questions are asked in Economics. Overall difficulty level of Social Science section is also very easy and you can score 35+ easily.
|
Mathematics |
|
| S.no. |
Chapter |
No. of questions asked |
| 1. |
Number System |
1-2 |
| 2. |
Indices |
1-2 |
| 3. |
Algebra |
2-3 |
| 4. |
Work and time |
2-3 |
| 5. |
Profit and loss |
1-2 |
| 6. |
Ratio and proportion |
1-2 |
| 7. |
Probability |
2-3 |
|
Total number of questions asked every year |
20 |
In Mathematics, the questions were asked according to the syllabus of class 7-10th issued by NCERT. Very few questions are from class 10 syllabus and topics like geometry, trigonometry, mensuration,etc. The difficulty of questions is medium so it is recommended to you to increase your calculation speed. If you practice enough in Mathematics then you can score 15+ easily.
