About NSEJS 2020

National Standard Examination in Junior Science (NSEJS) 2020-21

NSEJS 2020 Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Eligibility criteria

NSEJS 2020

About NSEJS 2020

National Standard Examination in Junior Science (NSEJS) 2020-21 is a part of the International Junior Science Olympiad. NSEJS examination is conducted by the Indian Association of Physics Teacher (IAPT).

The main objective of this examination is to identify the students who have high aptitude in science. Students who are appearing in class 10

This examination is considered as the toughest examination at a high secondary level for science. Approx 90,000 candidates participate and 1,500 centers for the exam. There are a total of 4 stages to reach the IJSO examination and NSEJS is one of them. The below table will help to understand stage levels.

Stage	Exam	Dates	Selection
Stage – 1	NSEJS	29th November 2020 (Sunday)	300 candidates will be selected
Stage – 2	INJSO	Feb-20	35 toppers will be Selected out of 300
Stage – 3	OCSC	April-June 2020	Top 6 candidates will be selected out 35 candidates
Stage – 4	IJSO	December 2020	Yet to be Announced

Eligible Criteria for NSEJS 2020

• Candidates must be eligible to hold an Indian passport.
• Candidate’s date of birth should be between 1^st January 2006 and 31^st December 2007 both days inclusive.
• Candidate must be residing and studying in India since 30^th November 2018 or earlier.
• Candidate must not have completed class 10^th board or equivalent earlier then November 2020.
• Candidate must not be appearing for any NSEA, NSEB, NSEC, or NSEP 2020 examination.

Exam pattern for NSEJS 2020

Section	Pattern
A	Total 60 number multiple-choice questions with one alternative correct. +3 marks credit for the correct choice and -1 mark penalty for incorrect choice.
B	10 multiple choice questions with one or more than one correct alternatives. To get credit, all the correct option(s) and no incorrect option(s) should be marked.

Syllabus for NSEJS 2020-21 examination

Physics	Chemistry	Maths	Biology
Electricity	Periodic table	Vector	Adaptations
Electrostatics	Acid	Projectile Motion	Biomolecules
Fluid	Base and Salt	Circular Motion	Cell
Heat	Atoms and molecules	Area of Triangle	Control and Coordination
Light	Carbon and It's Compound	Speed and Time	Diversity
Magnetism and EMI	Chemical Reaction and Equation	Ptolemy's Theorem	Ecology
Motion	Ionic Equilibrium	Calendar Test	Heredity and Evolution
Newton's Laws of Motion	Metals and Non –Metals	Euclid Division Algorithm	Micro-organism
Wave	Mole Concept	Remainder Problems using Binomial Theorem	Nutrition
	States of Matter	Algebraic Identities	Reproduction
	Structure of Atom	Squares	Respiration
		Mean of Grouped Data

NSEJS exam cut-off

The cut-off for National Standard Examination in Junior Science (NSEJS) will be declared by the IAPT organization on its official website. The minimum marks required in NSEJS level 1 as per the IAPT released criteria. Only those candidates will be eligible for next level those who will clear the 1

NSEJS 2020-2021 Result

National Standard Examination in Junior Science (NSEJS) exam result will be published by the Indian Association of Physics Teacher (IAPT). The result generally released after the 1 month of examination. The result has been published by IAPT on its official website.

Recommended books

• NCERT books of class 9th and 10th for Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology.

• Physics: S.L. Arora and H.C. Verma

• Elementary Mathematics: G. Dorofeev , M. Potapov , N. Rozov

• Higher Algebra: Hall and Knight

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