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NOTIFICATION FOR
NAVODAYA COE SELECTION TEST (NCST) 2024
The NCST is scheduled to be held on March 29, 2024
Dakshana is conducting the NCST which is common for the selection of students for all Navodaya Centre of Excellence (COE)
associated with three knowledge partners i.e., Dakshana Foundation, Ex-Navodaya Foundation, and Avanti Foundation.
Selection Process for the NCST 2024:
Step 1: Students will be invited for the NCST 2024 based on Class 10 Term 1 results, which will be released by January 19, 2024.
Step 2: Invited students must complete the Scholar Application by February 10, 2024. Preference for the knowledge partner to be given in the
application form.
Step 3: After filling out the application form, invited students can appear for mock tests. Mock tests will familiarize students with the interface.
Step 4: Invited students with Admit Cards to appear for NCST 2024 (online at test centers) with their mobile phones on March 29, 2024.
Step 5: Students selected in the NCST 2024 exam will be offered free JEE/NEET coaching scholarships at COE.
Filling of Scholar application form:
To appear for the Mock test & NCST 2024 invited students must fill out and submit the scholar application form at http://scholarship.dakshana.org/. Read
the instruction document before filling out the form.
All online tests will be conducted through the Dakshana Scholarship Test Android Mobile App. Download the mobile app from the google play store.
Link to download the app: tinyurl.com/dakshanascholarshiptest. Watch YouTube Video (https://youtu.be/Bkvy6e12064) to know how to install the app
and appear for the mock test.
Log in to the mobile app & the mock test can appear only after completing Step 2 i.e. After submitting Dakshana Scholar Application (DSA)
Ravi Ranjan Pandey
Digitally signed by Ravi Ranjan
Pandey
Date: 2024.01.13 10:46:26 +05'30'
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Mock Test & NCST 2024 Format:
The duration of the tests will be 3-hrs. The test will consist of 25 MCQ format questions in each of the following sections:
Section 1: Logical Reasoning | Section 2: Mathematics/Biology | Section 3: Physics | Section 4: Chemistry
Each right answer is awarded 3 marks, and 1 mark is deducted for every wrong answer. Engineering Aspirants to attempt Mathematics and Medical
aspirants to attempt Biology. A candidate is required to attain positive marks in each subject.
Mock Test & NCST 2024 Syllabus:
Physics
Mathematics
Logical Reasoning
Light - Reflection and Refraction
Real Numbers
Verbal: Number Series, Letter Series, Analogies, Cause & Effect, Verbal
Classification, Blood Relations, Logical Sequence of Words, Direction
Sense Test, Logical Venn Diagram, Data Sufficiency, Coding-Decoding,
Assertion, and Reason, Analysing Arguments, Logical Problems,
Course of Action, Matching Definition, Syllogism, Statement and
Assumptions
Non-Verbal: Image Series, Construction of Shapes, Classification,
Picture Analogies, Rule Detection
Human Eye and Colourful World
Polynomials
Electricity
Quadratic Equations
Magnetic Effects of Electric Current
Arithmetic Progressions
Chemistry
Triangles
Chemical Reactions and Equations
Coordinate Geometry
Acids, bases, and salts
Introduction to Trigonometry
Metals and Non-Metals
Some Applications of Trigonometry
Carbon and it's Compounds
Circles
Biology
Areas Related to Circles
Life Processes
Surface Areas and Volumes
Control and Coordination
Statistics
How do Organism Reproduce?
Probability
Heredity and Evolution
Aspirants can watch video lectures, on the above topics on the Dakshana YouTube Channel. Click on the name of the topic for each subject
given above, to watch the video lectures. Questions will be based on the lectures.
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NCST 2024: CoE Intake details
Agency Name
CoE Center
Boys
Girls
Program
Intake From
Dakshana
JNV Bengaluru Urban
Yes
No
JEE
All India
JNV Bengaluru Rural
No
Yes
JEE
All India Patna, Pune,
Hyderabad, Shillong
JNV Bundi
Yes
Yes
JEE
Jaipur
JNV Kottayam
Yes
No
JEE
Hyderabad
JNV Lucknow
Yes
Yes
JEE
Lucknow
JNV Pune
Yes
Yes
NEET
All India
Ex Navodayan Foundation
JNV Rajgir
Yes
No
JEE + NEET
Patna
JNV Varanasi
Yes
Yes
NEET
Lucknow
JNV Prayagraj
Yes
Yes
JEE + NEET
Lucknow
Avanti Fellows
JNV Kokrajhar*
Yes No
Yes
JEE + NEET
Shillong
JNV Barwani
Yes
Yes
JEE
Bhopal
JNV Chandigarh
No
Yes
JEE + NEET
Chandigarh
JNV Puducherry*
No
Yes No
JEE
Hyderabad
*Note: There is a change in CoE Intake Details from the previous notification, dated 04.12.2023 which is marked above.
Special Note for the NEET aspirants from the following states: Assam, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir,
Rajasthan, Uttarakhand. If you are selected for JNV Pune CoE, you will remain eligible only for AIIMS, 15% All India Quota seats in GMC, and Open seats.
And will not be eligible for 85% Home state quota because your Class-XII passing state will change to Maharashtra. So, you MUST check the eligibility
criteria and rethink your decision for JEE/NEET Coaching.
If you have any queries, please email at [email protected]
All clarifications related to the NCST will be addressed on the above email address ONLY. Kindly do not call or write to any other
Dakshana email address.