The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) Class 6 for the academic session 2026-27 will be held on the 13th of December, 2026. As this exam draws near, students must practice the most frequently asked questions that are expected for a chance to secure a seat in the JNVs. This article has provided a set of very important questions, all of which have been prepared strictly according to the new JNVST exam pattern, which includes the sections of Mental Ability, Arithmetic, and Language. Candidates can also download the free PDF on improvement of accuracy, speed, and confidence before the final exam.
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The NVS Exam is a pen-and-paper-based test conducted in different languages across India. The overview of the NVS Exam is given in the table below.
Particular | Details |
Exam Name | Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) |
Conducting Body | Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) |
Admission For | Class 6 |
Academic Session | 2026–27 |
Exam Mode | Offline (Pen and Paper Based) |
Question Type | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
Medium of Examination | Hindi, English & Regional Languages |
Total Duration | 2 Hours |
Total Questions | 80 |
Total Marks | 100 |
Negative Marking | No |
Sections | Mental Ability, Arithmetic, Language |
Mental Ability Section | 40 Questions – 50 Marks |
Arithmetic Section | 20 Questions – 25 Marks |
Language Section | 20 Questions – 25 Marks |
Selection Process | Written Exam & Document Verification |
Below are the most expected questions for JNVST Class 6:
Q1. Directions: Out of the four given figures, three are similar in a certain way. One figure is not like the other three. That means three figures form a group based on some common characteristics. Find out the figure which does not belong to the group, i.e. which does not share the common features/characteristics with the other three figures.

A) a
B) b
C) c
D) d
Q2. Directions: One part of a square is on the left-hand side and the other one is among the four figures (A), (B), (C) and (D) on the right-hand side. Find the figure on the right-hand side that completes the square. Choose the correct option accordingly.

A) a
B) b
C) c
D) d
Q3. Pharrell invited 50 friends on her birthday party. She thought of serving snacks and a soft drink and bought 4 bottles of soft drink of volume 2 litres each, and 1 bottle of soft drink of volume 1 litre. What volume of soft drink will be served to each person if it is distributed among 50 of her friends equally?
(A) 170 millilitres
(B) 180 millilitres
(C) 190 millilitres
(D) 200 millilitres
Q4. Which of the following set of numbers has the least common multiple as the product of the numbers itself?
(A) 16,18
(B) 2,4
(C) 5,3
(D) 24,48
Q5. Hari says that sum of two numbers is 43.060 . If one of them is 31.66 , then find the other number.
(A) 15
(B) 13.5
(C) 12
(D) 11.4
Q6. Find three consecutive even numbers such that the sum of first number, twice of second number and three times the third is equal to 100.
(A) 20,22,24
(B) 14,16,18
(C) 12,14,16
(D) 16,18,20
Q7. Directions: Read the given passage carefully and select the best answer to the question.
He was a vendor of sweets. He had his own peculiar method of advertising and doing business. He never depended upon others for help and worked hard all alone. I speak of Murali - the man who sold sweets. His customers were children, the future citizens of the world. At the stroke of nine in the morning, Murali would stand in front of the school with his tray of sweets. Till about eleven, the sale would be brisk. After that, he moved off to other places. Even when the sweets became sticky in the heat, his business never slackened. There was depression in his business when the holidays came.
Who was Murali?
(A) Businessman
(B) Vendor of sweets
(C) Job seeker
(D) Student
Q8. Directions: Read the given passage carefully and select the best answer to the question.
He was a vendor of sweets. He had his own peculiar method of advertising and doing business. He never depended upon others for help and worked hard all alone. I speak of Murali - the man who sold sweets. His customers were children, the future citizens of the world. At the stroke of nine in the morning, Murali would stand in front of the school with his tray of sweets. Till about eleven, the sale would be brisk. After that, he moved off to other places. Even when the sweets became sticky in the heat, his business never slackened. There was depression in his business when the holidays came.
What time would he go to the school?
(A) At 10 in the morning
(B) At 8 in the morning
(C) At 3 in the afternoon
(D) At 9 in the morning
Q9. When he heard that a Dutch inventor had invented something called a spyglass, but was keeping it a secret, Galileo Galilei decided to work on one of his own. Within 24 hours, he had invented a telescope that could magnify things to make them appear ten times larger than in real life. One night, he pointed his telescope towards the sky, and made his first of many space observations: the moon was not smooth, like everyone thought. The moon was covered with bumps and craters. As technology has improved, many others have made improvements on the telescope, the wonderful device that allows us to see from a distance.
What was Galileo's observation of the moon?
(A) Its surface was bright and beautiful.
(B) Its surface was smooth.
(C) Its surface was both smooth and rough.
(D) Its surface was covered with bumps and craters.
Q10. Perimeter of a rectangle is 16 m and its length is 2 m more than its breadth. What is the area of the rectangle?
(A) 13 m2
(B) 14 m2
(C) 15 m2
(D) 16 m2
Students must make a proper NVS exam daily study timetable to cover all the subjects.
Students are advised to practice mental ability questions daily and it requires more practice.
They must revise the arithmetic formulas regularly so that they don't forget the formulas on the NVS exam.
Students must solve NVS mock tests weekly and focus on speed and accuracy.
On Question asked by student community
HELLO,
The JNVST Class 9th admit will be released in January 2026 , you can download it through the official website that is navodaya.gov.in (http://navodaya.gov.in) . , there on homepage you will get a link like " Download admit card for class 9th" , there after clicking on the link
Hello,
Here is your JNVST Class 6th Selection List 2025 Out. I am providing you the link. Kindly open and check it out.
https://school.careers360.com/articles/jnvst-class-6th-selection-list-2025
I hope it will help you. For any further query please let me know.
Thank you.
Hello,
For Class 11 admission in JNV (Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya) :
No JNVST or LEST entrance exam is conducted for Class 11.
Admission is done only on the basis of merit.
Selection criteria:
Marks obtained in Class 10 (CBSE or State Board) .
Availability of vacant seats in the stream
Hi dear candidate,
The selection list of JNVST class 6thfor phase 1 was released on 25th March 2025 followed by phase 2 on 17th May 2025.
You can refer to the list PDF available on our official website with the link below:
The best way to get the JNVST Class 6 Question Paper (2024) PDF is to use the official resource linked, as the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) releases the previous year question papers.
You can directly access and download the available JNVST Class 6 previous year question papers from the dedicated
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