NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 1 to 12 - Check SOF NSO Olympiad syllabus Here
NSO Syllabus 2021-22 - Students who are appearing for the National Science Olympiad must go through the NSO Olympiad syllabus 2021. Class 10 to 12 students can check the complete NSO syllabus 2021 on the official website, sofworld.org. SOF NSO 2021 syllabus includes all the topics and sub-topics from which the questions are asked in the NSO exam 2021.
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National Science Olympiad syllabus 2021 will comprise the sections namely Logical Reasoning, Science and achiever’s section. Stay tuned to know all the important topics covered in the NSO syllabus 2021 and other details.
NSO 2021 Syllabus - Important Points
The questions for NSO Level I will be asked 60% from the current syllabus and 40% from the previous class syllabus.
Questions in Achiever’s Section will be from the current class syllabus only.
Questions of the NSO Level II exam will be from the current class syllabus only.
Also, check NSO answer key 2021
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SOF NSO Exam Pattern 2021 (Class 1 to 12)
For the convenience of students, we are providing the SOF NSO 2021 exam pattern stating the number of questions for different sections, marking scheme, total marks and duration.
Exam Pattern of NSO 2021
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 |
NSO Syllabus 2021 for Class 1 to 2
The details of syllabus of NSO 2021 exam for all classes is given below:
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 1
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 2
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 3
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 4
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 5
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 6
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 7
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 8
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 9
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 10
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 11
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. |
SOF NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 12
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. |
Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - NSO Syllabus 2021 Class 1 to 12 - Check SOF NSO Olympiad syllabus Here
Question: Which type of questions will be asked in the NSO 2021 exam?
Answer:
Objective type questions will be asked in the NSO 2021 exam.
Question: How many questions will be asked in the NSO exam?
Answer:
35 questions for class 1 to 4 and 50 questions for class 5 to 12 will be asked in the NSO exam.
Question: What are the important sections of the exam?
Answer:
Logical Reasoning, Science and Achievers Section are the important sections of the NSO exam.
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Questions related to NSO
Can i give National Science Olympiad of 12th class as i am actually passed 12th class but i will give improvement exam for 12th .
Hello aspirant,
NO you are not eligible for national Science Olympiad of class 12th as you have said that you have passed class 12th and you will give Improvement Exams now. So, national Science olympiad (level 1) exam can be given by only those students who are in class 1 - 12th.
You must have to be in class 12th or yet to give class 12th to be eligible for National Science Olympiad (Exam).
Further, to know more about the national Science Olympiad for more details, you can follow below mentioned link to know more : https://school.careers360.com/exams/nso
https://school.careers360.com/exams/nso/all-questions
i hope that this will help.
when will the 2022-2023 science Olympiad conducted..what is the last date of entry.
Hello Aspirant,
I hope you are doing well.
I hope this helps.
Good Luck
when will i get my IEO result?
Hello Aspirant,
See till now Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) has not released the results of IEO 2021-22 neither they have released any notification regarding it but it is expected to be released before February 15th 2022, so you have to wait for some more time.
Once it will get released, you will be able to check it by following the steps given below :-
>>>>>>> Go to the official website of SOF as given below :-
http://results.sofworld.org/results
>>>>>>> Choose SOF IEO 2021-22 from the select list and enter your roll number in the next field.
>>>>>>> Solve and fill in the captcha code.
>>>>>>> Then click on the ‘ View Results ’ button to check the IEO 2021-22 results.
For more details kindly check out the link given below :-
IEO Result 2021-22 - SOF IEO result @ sofworld.org (careers360.com)
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
when Result Was Come of NSO 2021 - 22
SOF has started releasing its of its olympiad exam results. First of all it announced IGKO result of SOF. Other SOF results are expected to be announced in the first week of February 2022.
When we will get the result of IMO and IEO of 2021-22?
Hello aspirant,
The result date for Level 1 IMO is expected to release on January, 2022, however, a specific date was not yet specified. Level 2 results will be given on February, 2022.
And, for IEO, is also the same, for level 1, in the month of January, 2022 and for level 2 in the month February, 2022. The results will be announced soon. Also, if you want further any information with regard to them you can check in the following link, for IEO, https://school.careers360.com/articles/ieo-result and for IMO; https://school.careers360.com/articles/imo-result
Hope this helps you,
Good luck, thank you :)