NSO Syllabus 2020-21 for Class 1 to 12

Class

Section

No. of Questions

Marks per Question

Total Marks

Class I to IV

Logical Reasoning

5

1

5

Science

25

1

25

Achievers Section

5

2

10

Grand Total

35

40

Class V to X

Logical Reasoning

10

1

10

Science

35

1

35

Achievers Section

5

3

15

Grand Total

50

60

Class XI and XII

Physics & Chemistry

25

1

25

Achievers Section

5

3

15

Mathematics/Biology

20

1

20

Grand Total

50

60

Total Questions: 35

Time: 1 hr

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

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 35

Time: 1 hr

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

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 35

Time: 1 hr

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

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 35

Time: 1 hr

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

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 50

Time: 1 hr

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

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 50

Time: 1 hr

Section 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 50

Time: 1 hr

Section 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 50

Time: 1 hr

Section 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 50

Time: 1 hr

Section 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 50

Time: 1 hr

Section 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

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

Section 3: Questions will be asked from section 2. These questions will be based on high order thinking.

Total Questions: 50

Time: 1 hr

Section 1: Mechanics, Properties of Matter, Physics: Units and Measurements, Heat and Thermodynamics, Oscillations, Waves.

Chemistry: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure, Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry, States of Matter, Thermodynamics, Structure of Atom, Equilibrium, Redox Reactions, Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties, Hydrogen, The s-Block Elements, The p-Block Elements,

Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques, Hydrocarbons, Environmental Chemistry.

Section 2: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1.

Section 3: Linear In-equations, Sequences and Series, Sets, Relations and Functions, Trigonometry, Straight Lines, Conic Sections, Principle of Mathematical Induction, Permutations and Combinations, Logarithms, Binomial Theorem, Statistics, Mathematical Reasoning, Complex Numbers & Quadratic Equations, Limits and Derivatives, Probability, Introduction to 3-D Geometry.

OR

Section 3: Diversity in the Living World, Structural Organization in Plants and Animals, Cell: Structure and Functions, Plant Physiology, Human Physiology.

Total Questions: 50

Time: 1 hr

Section 1: Physics: Electricity and Magnetism, Electromagnetic Induction, Alternating current, Electromagnetic waves, Optics, Modern Physics, Semiconductor Electronics, Communication Systems.

Chemistry: p-Block Elements (Group 15 to 18), d- & f-Block Elements, Solid State, Coordination Compounds, Haloalkanes and Haloarenes, Solutions, Electrochemistry, General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements, Chemical Kinetics, Amines, Biomolecules, Polymers, Chemistry in Everyday Life, Surface Chemistry, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids.

Section 2: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1.

Section 3: Application of Derivatives, Integrals, Application of Integrals, Relations and Functions, Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Differential Equations, Vector Algebra, Matrices and Determinants, Continuity and Differentiability, Three Dimensional Geometry, Probability, Linear Programming.

OR

Section 3: Reproduction, Genetics and Evolution, Biology in Human Welfare, Biotechnology, Ecology.