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National Science Olympiad (NSO)

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About National Science Olympiad (NSO)

NSO is conducted at two levels:

Level 1: The first level of the examis organized in the respective schools of the participants during school hours only.

  • The level 1 exam is an objective-type test having a duration of 60 minutes and comprising 35 objective-type questions for classes 1 to 4 and 50 objective-type questions for classes 5 to 12.

  • The exam consists of three sections for classes 1 to 10:

    Section-1: Logical Reasoning

    Section-2: Science

    Section-3: Achievers Section

Level 2: The level 2 is conducted for students of classes 3 to12. The qualifiers to second round would include the following:

  • Top 5% of candidates class wise that appear for the 1st level exam. Due weightage to marks scored in different sections will be given. Each section is accorded with a separate weightage.
  • Zone wise top 25 rank holders class wise.
  • Class topper where at least 10 students from a class appear in the exam & have scored 50% qualifying marks.

 

NSO Sample papers Science Olympiad Notes

 

SOF NSO Syllabus and Marking Scheme

Class

Section

No. of Questions

Marks/Question

Total Marks

1 to 4

Logical Reasoning

5

1

5

 

Science

25

1

25

 

Achievers Section

5

2

10

 

Grand Total

35

 

40

5 to 10

Logical Reasoning

10

1

10

 

Science

35

1

35

 

Achievers Section

5

3

15

 

Grand Total

50

 

60

11 & 12

Physics & Chemistry

25

1

25

 

Achievers Section

5

3

15

 

Mathematics/Biology

20

1

20

 

Grand Total

50

 

60

 

 

Check NSO 2018-19 Answers Keys 

SOF NSO Exam Dates for 2024-2025

SOF NSO

SET A

SET B

SET C

18th Oct

12th Nov

3rd Dec

 

SOF NSO Benefits

  • NSO mainly emphasizes on application-oriented learning which is very extreme in a long run.
  • You learn to answer in alternate ways.

 

For latest updates, please visit the official site at http://www.sofworld.org/nso.

 

Check Class-wise Syllabus here:

Section – 1: Spatial Understanding, Grouping, Measuring Units, Analogy, Geometrical Shapes, Patterns, Odd One Out, Ranking Test.

Section – 2 :Living and Non-living things, Plants, Animals, Human Beings and Their Needs, Good Habits and Safety Rules, Air and Water, Weather and the Sky.

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Section – 1 : Patterns, Measuring Units, Odd One Out, Series Completion, Geometrical Shapes, Analogy, Ranking Test, Grouping of Figures, Coding-Decoding, Embedded Figures.

Section – 2: Plants, Animals, Human Body, Food, Housing and Clothing, Family and Festivals, Occupations, Good Habits and Safety Rules, Transport and Communication, Air, Water and Rocks, Earth and Universe.

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Section – 1: Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Coding-Decoding, Mirror Images, Embedded Figures, Alphabet Test, Ranking Test, Grouping of Figures, Figure Matrix, Geometrical Shapes, Days and Dates & Possible Combinations.

Section – 2: Plants and Animals, Birds, Food, Housing and Clothing, Transport and Communication, Human Body, Earth and Universe, Matter and Materials, Light, Sound and Force, Our Environment.

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Section – 1: Patterns, Alphabet Test, Coding-Decoding, Mirror Images, Embedded Figures, Geometrical Shapes and Solids, Ranking Test, Direction Sense Test, Days and Dates & Possible Combinations, Analogy and Classification.

Section – 2: Plants, Animals, Food and Digestion, Clothing, Matter and Materials, Force, Work and Energy, Our Environment, Earth and Universe.

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Section – 1: Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Coding-Decoding, Geometrical Shapes, Mirror Images, Water Images, Embedded Figures, Direction Sense Test, Ranking Test, Alphabet Test and Logical Sequence of Words, Puzzle Test.

Section – 2: Animals, Human Body and Health, Plants, Natural Resources, Pollution and Calamities, Earth and Universe, Matter, Force, Work and Energy.

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Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Section – 2: Motion and Measurement of Distances, Light, Shadows and Reflections, Electricity and Circuits, Fun with Magnets, Our Environment, Sorting and Separation of Materials, Changes Around Us, Living Organisms and Their Surroundings, food and its Components, Fibre to Fabric.

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Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Section – 2: Heat, Motion and Time, Electric Current and its Effects, Winds, Storms and Cyclones, Light, Acids, Bases and Salts, Physical and Chemical Changes, Weather, Climate and Adaptations of Animals to Climate, Fibre to Fabric, Nutrition in Plants and Animals, Respiration in Organisms, Transportation in Plants and Animals, Reproduction in Plants, Natural Resources and Their Conservation.

Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 2.

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Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Section – 2: Crop Production and Management, Microorganisms, Synthetic Fibres and Plastics, Metals and Non-metals, Coal and Petroleum, Combustion and Flame, Conservation of Plants and Animals, Cell, Reproduction and Endocrine System, Force and Pressure, Friction, Sound, Chemical Effects of Electric Current, Some Natural Phenomena, Light, Stars and the Solar System, Pollution of Air and Water.

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Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Section – 2: Motion, Force and Laws of Motion, Gravitation, Work and Energy, Sound, Matter in Our Surroundings, Is Matter Around Us Pure, Atoms and Molecules, Structure of Atom, Cell - The Fundamental Unit of Life, Tissues, Diversity in Living Organisms, Why Do We Fall III, Natural Resources, Improvement in Food Resources.

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Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Section – 2: Chemical Reactions and Equations, Acids, Bases and Salts, Metals and Non-metals, Carbon and its Compounds, Periodic Classification of Elements, Life Processes, Reproduction in Organisms, Heredity and Evolution, Light-Reflection and Refraction, Human Eye and Colourful World, Electricity, Magnetic Effects of Electric Current, Sources of Energy, Our Environment and its Management.

Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 2.

 

NOTE:

Questions of Level-I Olympiad exams will be 60% from the current class syllabus and 40% from the previous class syllabus, e.g. Class-7 NSO exam will have 60% questions from class-7 syllabus and 40% questions from class 6 syllabuses.

Questions of Level-II Olympiad exams will be from current class syllabus only.

Questions in ACHIEVERS SECTION will be from current class syllabus only.

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