NSEA 2020 Eligibility Criteria

According to NSEA eligibility criteria 2019 The student must himself/herself ensure that he fulfills each criterion of NSEA exam Eligibility 2020 Criteria. During the examination at any stage, if the student is found that he/she is not eligible, he/she will be immediately kicked out of the examination hall. The NSEA eligibility criteria 2019 3 are as follows:

• Must be eligible to hold an Indian passport.

• Date of birth must be between 1st July 2001 and June 30th, 2006 and both the days are inclusive.

• The candidate must be residing and studying in India since November 30, 2018, or earlier/ must be studying in an Indian school system since November 30, 2018, or earlier.

• The candidate must not have passed (or scheduled to complete) the class XII board examinations or equivalent earlier than the date:- November 30, 2020.

• The candidate must not have commenced (or planning to commence) to the studies in a university or equivalent institution by date June 1, 2021

• Must not be appearing for any NSEJS 2020.

Indian Citizens who are in class 9, 10, 11, and 12 at the time of Examination are eligible to write the Examination.

Qualifying for the Second Stage: The basic objective for conducting this test is to not only focusing on merit but also to involve as many students from the country to participate in the exam and try to expose their talent. Therefore the selection to the stage II examinations i.e. Indian National Olympiad Examinations (INOs) is based on the following scheme mentioned below.

Cutoff: To be eligible to get to the next level, i.e. the second stage, it is very much necessary for a student to score at-least a Minimum Admissible Score (MAS) which is 40% of the maximum score.

Minimum Representation Clause: Notwithstanding the proportional representation of the clause and the number of students selected for the INO from each State and UT, there must be at least one, provided that the NSEA exam eligibility 2020 clause is satisfied.

Merit Clause: As stated above, approximately 300 students are to be selected for the second stage. If this does not happen according to the MAS, then after the selection as per the merit, the shortfall from 300 of the students will be selected purely on the merit without further consideration of the proportional representation and minimum representation clauses. In the event of a tie at the last position in the list, all the students with the same marks at this position will be qualified for the Stage II examination. There will be no other criteria or provisions for the selection of the Indian National Olympiad Examinations (INOs). All students who will be qualified to appear for the INAO will get a certificate of merit from IAPT.

Syllabus of NSEA

The syllabus for National Standard Examination in Astronomy (NSEA) is kind of similar to the curriculum of the senior secondary level (Class XI and Class XII) of CBSE. For the course, only the basic guidelines are mentioned. No detailed syllabus is given for NSEA. There is a greater emphasis on physics and mathematics (calculus not asked) and elementary astronomy.

Question Paper

The medium of test was in English only and is comprised of 80 objective type questions, each with only one of the four options was correct with 3 marks each and -1 negative marking for an incorrect answer.