12th National Science Olympiad (NSO)

Eligibility : The event is open to the students of classes 2 to 12 and registrations are received from the schools in the prescribed pro-forma. Registration sheet for the school / students and the information booklet are posted to the schools all over India.

The Science Olympiad foundation is organizing the 12th National Science Olympiad .Students from classes 2nd to 12th are invited to participate in the national level competition. The competition is in two levels. The first level of the test is organized in the respective schools of the participants during the school hours. The level 1 competition is a written objective-type test of 60 minutes duration comprising 50 objective-type (Multiple Choice) questions for class 2 to class 12.The question paper consists of Science and Mental Ability section. There are separate question papers for each class. The medium of the test is English. (v) CBSE, ICSE/ISC and State Board syllabus is followed for setting the test papers. Top 500 students along with all school-toppers (with minimum 25 students enrolled from particular class) of level 1 qualify for the level 2 from each class. For the level 2, admit card containing all information regarding exam centre, date, timing, etc. is issued to the qualified students through their respective schools. 

The top 500 (total 6500) winners (class-wise) are also endowed with cash prizes and scholarships, courtesy of the official sponsor.All participants selected for Level II are awarded Certificates of Merit indicating their performance in the Level II.Every participant who scores 50% or more in Level I is awarded a Certificate of Participation. School/College of each medal winning participant of the final round is awarded the ‘Intellect Trophy’ for having groomed and nurtured the talent. The syllabus details can be found on the website.

Organizer: Science Olympiad Foundation
NSO Exam date: November 19, 2009
Website: http://www.sofworld.org/nsoexamdate.html