National Entrance Screening Test NEST Exam Pattern, Details and Previous Year Papers



National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar and Mumbai campuses have released notification for their Entrance Exam called NEST to be regulated by Centre Excellence in Basic Sciences. Availability of online forms would start from 8th January 2020 and last till 19th April 2020. The selected date for the exam is 6 June 2020. The location of test cities would be across India covering 91 cities in total. Candidates who have passed 12th class from a recognized board with minimum 60% aggregate marks with science background are eligible to apply. Age Limit for participating candidates will be 18 years, that is, candidates must have born on or after 1st August 2000. For further detail aspirants are advised to go through the official notification or just go through the links given below:



Exam Pattern  |  Syllabus  |  Eligibility Criteria  |  Tips and Tricks  |  Take Free Mock Tests


Key Highlight
of NEST
Application Form:
January 8, 2020 to April 19, 2020 (Extended)
Educational Qualification:
12th passed from a recognized board with 60% aggregate marks
Exam Date:
6 June 2020
Gender:
For male and female candidates
Exam Duration:
3 Hours
No. of Sections:
4
Mode of Conduct:
Offline
Result Date:
June 16, 2020
Application Fee:
For Male (General/OBC) Rs.1000 For SC/ST/Female/PwD candidates Rs.500
Exam Pattern:
General Aptitude: 30 questions Physics: 50 questions Mathematics: 50 questions Chemistry: 50 questions Biology: 50 questions

Eligibility of National Entrance Screening Test NEST

Educational Qualification:

The Eligibility for Applying for National Entrance Screening Test NEST is candidates must have passed 12th from a recognized board with 60% aggregate marks and having science background.

Age Limit:

The age limit is minimum of 18 years born on or after 1 August 2000.

Exam Pattern of National Entrance Screening Test NEST

Type: Offline

Duration: The duration of the National Entrance Screening Test NEST exam will be of 180 minutes.

Type of Questions: Objective type questions.

Syllabus Covered: The Syllabus includes Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, General Awareness

Marking Scheme: 1+ marks will be awarded for every correct answer and no mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.

Syllabus of National Entrance Screening Test NEST

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

General Awareness

Tips and Tricks of National Entrance Screening Test NEST

·         Increase Speed: Manage your time properly; give an appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests with time limit attached to each question; this way one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.
 
·         Improve Accuracy: Whatever new concepts you learn; make it a habit of practicing them regularly so you do not forget key topics. Because you will not have enough time to prepare all the syllabus topics proficiently, so you must master those you are comfortable with.
 
 
·         Use Time Intelligently: Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study at several times in regular sessions during a day. This will make learning easy and fun, also you will have enough time to brush up the already studied topics in between intervals.
 
·         Previous Years’ Papers: Try to get your hands on as many previous years’ question papers as you can. There is a certain type of question pattern you will find useful for your preparation and also get familiar with past exam paper trends.   

Youth4work Prep Tests 

Online practice tests for competitive exams – are very unique and popular among aspirants. Aspirants can take self-designed mock-tests as well as practice for sections and topics separately. Youth4work’s unique and proprietary technology is helping lakhs of aspirants to reveal personal details on what are the strength areas of aspirants for any exam and also suggest how they can improve the performance.

Following are interesting insights from nearly lakhs of question attempts on National Entrance Screening Test NEST practice tests on Youth4work. Every aspirant is rated on a Rating Scale. The ratings of the aspirants change with every question attempt.

 

Take NEST Mock Test
Take Mock Test
555 Attempts
Practice Mock Test
in the Prep Guru application