Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Mathematical Olympiad (HBCSE Mathematical Olympiad)

Mathematical Olympiad 2020-21- National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) conducts Mathematical Olympiad at six stages Pre-RMO, RMO, INMO, IMO Traning, Pre-Departure camp and International Mathematical Olympiad. Students studying in class 8th to 12th and born on or after August 1, 2001 are eligible for Mathematical Olympiad 2020. Open school students can also apply for Mathematical Olympiad. The process will commence from registration for Pre- Regional Mathematical Olympiad in June 2020. Students need to register at all the stages separately after qualifying one. HBCSE is responsible for all the selection processes of the Indian Mathematical Olympiad after PRMO.

• Pre-RMO registration 2020 will start in the month of June 2020. 
• Applicants will be able to download the admit card of pre-RMO in the first week of August 2020.
• Pre-Regional Mathematical Olympiad 2020 will be held on August 11, 2020 (tentatively).
• The result of Pre-RMO 2020 will be released online in September 2020. 
• Students who will qualify the PRMO 2020 will be eligible to register for RMO.
• Registration of Regional Mathematical Olympiad 2020 will start in September 2020.
• RMO 2020 will be conducted in October 2020.
• RMO qualified students will appear for INMO which will be conducted in the third week of January tentatively. 
• Students who qualify INMO will be trained at IMO training camp which will be organized by HBCSE in April or May. 
• Students are given various lectures and training sessions followed by test through which 6 students are selected for pre-departure training camp. 
• It is conducted 8 to 10 days prior to the departure for IMO.  IMO is the final stage of the mathematical olympiad.

Students should note that only eligible students will be allowed to apply for Mathematical Olympiad 2020. If the exam conducting authority finds any ineligible students, then he/she will be disqualified without any further information.

Pre-RMO 2020 Eligibility Criteria are given below:

• Only Indian students are eligible for Pre-Regional Mathematical Olympiad 2020-21
• Students should be born on or after August 1, 2001
• Class 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 students are eligible to sit for PRMO 2020 exam. 
• Open school students can also apply for the PRMO exam.

HBCSE Mathematical Olympiad INMO Eligibility Criteria

The best-performing students from the RMO (around 900) qualify for the third stage – the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO). 

The INMO will tentatively be held on the third Sunday of January at 28 centres across the country.

Mode of Application : Offline

Mode of Payment : Other

• The application form of Pre-Regional Mathematical Olympiad will be released online in June 2020. 
• Students can apply directly at the registered centres or can apply online through the official portal. 
• The list of registered centres will be uploaded on the official website during the PRMO registration 2020.
• All Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and Atomic Energy Central Schools may also register as registration centres and may accept to register students from other schools.
• Students need to enter their Name, Date of Birth and school details in the PRMO 2020 application form.
• Along with the application form, also pay the fee through offline or online mode.

Application Fees

Students preparing for Mathematical Olympiad 2020-21 should follow the below-given smart tip to score good marks-

• Cover all the topics of PRMO syllabus till June, when registration for Mathematical Olympiad will commence. 
• Solve at least one previous year's papers of Pre-RMO & RMO daily. It will help students to know the important topics and difficulty level. Solve as many question papers or sample papers as possible. 
• Ask experts and teachers in case of any doubt. Aspirants should have strong basics to get good marks.
• Take appropriate breaks and regular sleep.
• Eat healthy.

• Pre-RMO 2020 is a 3-hour examination with 30 questions. 
• The answer to each question is either a single digit number or a two digit number and will need to be marked on an OMR sheet. 
• Mathematical Olympiad will be held in offline or pen and paper mode.
• The question paper will be in English and Hindi. 
• PRMO 2020 syllabus is broadly equivalent to senior secondary level (up to and including Class 12th) of CBSE.

HBCSE Mathematical Olympiad RMO Exam Pattern

• The second stage exam, the Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO) is a 3-hour examination. 
• The RMO question papers consist of six descriptive questions in English, Hindi and other regional languages
• Difficulty level of the examination is higher than Pre-RMO.
• The syllabus of RMO 2020 remains the same as Pre-RMO.

HBCSE Mathematical Olympiad INMO Exam Pattern

• INMO will contain descriptive questions on Mathematics.
• The main topics from which questions are provided are algebra, combinatorics, geometry and number theory.
• The difficulty level is higher than RMO.

• HBCSE releases the previous year's PRMO question papers on the official website.
• Students can download and practise the last year's question papers to be aware of exam pattern, types of questions asked in the exam and difficulty level of the exam.
• These help candidates to analyze their preparation level.
• These question papers are available to download for the years from 2012 to 2018 along with answer key and solutions.

Mathematics Teachers’ Association (India) will release the admit card of PRMO 2020 in August 2020. Students can either collect the same through the registered centres or can download it from the official website. It is mandatory to carry admit card to the exam hall on exam day. Without it, no candidate will be allowed to enter the exam hall.

Steps to Download PRMO Admit Card 2020 Online

• Visit the official website of MTA
• Click on the student registration link
• Enter registration number and date of birth
• Now, click on "Submit" tab

MTA will release the answer key of PRMO a week after the exam in online mode. The answer key will contain the correct answers of all the questions asked in the exam. Candidates can calculate their probable score using the answer key. However, the official answer key will be available after a week but candidates can access the unofficial answer key on the same day, which is released by various renowned coaching institutes.