NCO Olympiad Syllabus for Class 1 to 10

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

1

1. Patterns

2. Odd One Out

3. Measuring Units

4. Geometrical Shapes

5. Spatial Understanding

6. Grouping

7. Analogy

8. Ranking Test

9. Problems based on Figures.

1. Introduction to Computers

2. Parts of Computer

3. Uses of Computer

4. Keys and Keyboard

5. Computer Mouse

6. Starting and Shutting down the Computer

7. Introduction to MS-Paint

8. Latest Developments in the field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

2

1. Patterns

2. Odd One Out

3. Measuring Units

4. Geometrical Shapes

5. Analogy

6. Ranking Test

7. Grouping of Figures

8. Embedded Figures

9. Coding-Decoding.

1. Computer-a Smart Machine

2. General Information about Computers

3. Parts of Computer

4. Uses of Computer

5. Learning to use Keyboard and Mouse

6. MS-Paint

7. Latest Developments in the Field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

3

1. Patterns

2. Analogy and Classification

3. Alphabet Test

4. Coding-Decoding

5. Ranking Test

6. Grouping of Figures and Figure Matrix

7. Mirror Images

8. Geometrical Shapes

9. Embedded Figures

10. Days and Dates & Possible Combinations.

1. Fundamentals of Computer

2. General Information about Computers

3. Storage Devices

4. Parts of Computer

5. Uses of Computer

6. Input and Output Devices

7. Introduction to Internet

8. MS-Paint

9. Introduction to MS-Word 

10. Latest Developments in the Field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

4

1. Patterns, Alphabet Test

2. Coding-Decoding

3. Ranking Test

4. Mirror Images

5. Geometrical Shapes and Solids

6. Embedded Figures

7. Direction Sense Test

8. Days and Dates & Possible Combination

9. Analogy and Classification.

1. About Computers (General Information

2. Evolution of Computers, Parts of Computer

3. Input and Output Devices

4. Hardware

5. Software

6. MS-Word

7. Using Windows 10

8. Introduction to Internet and Its Uses

9. Computer Networks

10. MS-Paint

11. Latest Developments in the Field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

5

1. Patterns

2. Analogy and Classification

3. Geometrical Shapes

4. Mirror and Water Images

5. Direction Sense Test

6. Ranking Test

7. Alphabet Test

8. Logical Sequence of Words

9. Puzzle Test

10. Coding-Decoding.

1. Input and Output Devices

2. Hardware

3. Software

4. Storage Devices

5. Memory –Primary & Secondary Memory

6. MS-Paint

7. Introduction to Multimedia

8. MS-Word

9. Introduction to MS-PowerPoint

10. Internet

11. Computer Networks

12. Using Windows 10

13. Latest Developments in the Field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

6

1. Verbal Reasoning

2. Non  Verbal Reasoning

1. History and Generation of Computers

2. Types of Computers

3. MS-Windows 10

4. MS-Word

5. MS-PowerPoint

6. Internet & E-mail

7. Introduction to QBasic

8. Hardware

9. Software 

10. Input & Output Devices

11. Memory & Storage Device

12. Latest developments in the field of IT 

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

7

1. Verbal Reasoning

2. Non-Verbal Reasoning.

1. Fundamentals of Computer

2. Evolution of Computers

3. Memory & Storage Devices

4. Algorithms & Flowcharts (Introduction and Basic Symbols)

5. Using Windows 10, MS-Word

6. MS-PowerPoint

7. MS-Excel

8. Programming in QBasic

9. Internet & Viruses

10. Networking, Latest Developments in the Field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

8

1. Verbal Reasoning

2. Non-Verbal Reasoning.

1. Fundamentals of Computers

2. Algorithms & Flowcharts (Advanced symbols)

3. Internet & Viruses

4. HTML & CSS [Html, Head, Title

5. Body (Attributes: Background, Bgcolor, Text, Link, Alink, Vlink)

6. Font (Attributes: Color, Size, Face)

7. Center

8. BR

9. HR (Attributes: Size, Width, Align, Noshade, Color)

10. Comment tag(<!-- -->),  <H1>..<H6>, <P>, <B>, <I>, <U>, <IMG>

11. Html Elements: A, Ul and Ol (Attributes: Type, Start), Li]

12. Flash CS6

13. MS-Access

14. Networking

15. MS-Word

16. MS-PowerPoint

17. MS-Excel

18. Memory & Storage Devices

19. Number System

20. Basics of Cyber Crimes

21. Cyber Laws

22. Operating Systems

23. Latest Developments in the Field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

9

1. Verbal Reasoning

2. Non-Verbal Reasoning.

1. Algorithms and Flowcharts in Programming

2. Number System (Binary to decimal and decimal to binary conversion)

3. Visual Basic

4. Animations, HTML & CSS (Links, Anchors and Table tags)

5. MS-Word

6. MS-Excel

7. MS-PowerPoint

8. Hardware

9. Software

10. Input & Output Devices

11. Memory & Storage Devices

12. Flash CS6

13. Communication Technology (Networking, Internet and Multimedia

14. Operating Systems(Types-Interactive (GUI based) Real Time and Distributed, Commonly used OS)

15. Using Windows 10

16. Introduction to Scratch

17. Introduction to Python (2.7.0)

18. Latest Developments in the Field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

10

1. Verbal Reasoning

2. Non-Verbal Reasoning.

1. Fundamentals of Computer

2. Number System

3. Operating System

4. MS-Word

5. Networking

6. MS-PowerPoint

7. MS-Excel

8. HTML & CSS

9. Internet

10. Database Management System(Functions, Types, MS-Access)

11. Using Windows 10

12. Programming in Scratch

13. Programming in Python (2.7.0)

14. Latest Developments in the Field of IT.

Higher Order Thinking Questions based on syllabus of section 2 - mainly Windows 10 and MS Office 2016

Class

Topic

No of Questions

Marks for Each Question

Total Marks

1-4

Logical Reasoning

5

1

5

Computers & IT

25

1

25

Achievers Section

5

2

10

Grand Total

35

40

5-10

Logical Reasoning

10

1

10

Computers & IT

35

1

35

Achievers Section

5

3

15

Grand Total

50

60

Exam

Result

• There are 2 dates schools can choose for the conduction of NCO Exam.

• The school can select either of these  2 dates - 28th November 2023 & 19th December 2023.

• NCO Results are expected to be  declared within 8 weeks of each Exam. 

• The results are sent to schools as well as uploaded on the official website.

Step

Event

Step 1

SOF registered schools receive the prospectus and application forms for students

Step 2

Schools distribute the application forms to students to fill

Step 3

Students fill the application forms and submit the same with a fee of INR 125

Step 4

Schools return the  duly filled application forms and the fees to SOF within the due date

Step 5

Students are assigned a roll number by the coordinating teacher

Step 6

Students can download the NCO admit card from the official website, a week before the exam. Hall tickets will also be sent to students’ registered Email ID and mobile number.