22nd NSO exam will be held on 11 Nov 2019 and 21 Nov 2019 at participating schools for the academic year 2019-20. 22nd NSO Syllabus is given below.
Examination Pattern and Syllabus
| Class | Section | No. of Questions | Marks/question | Total Marks |
| 10 | Logical Reasoning | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Science | 35 | 1 | 35 | |
| Achievers Section | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Grand Total | 50 | 60 |
NSO Syllabus
CLASS-10
Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Section – 2: Chemical Reactions and Equations, Acids, Bases and Salts, Metals and Non-metals, Carbon and its Compounds, Periodic Classification of Elements, Life Processes, Reproduction in Organisms, Heredity and Evolution, Light-Reflection and Refraction, Human Eye and Colourful World, Electricity, Magnetic Effects of Electric Current, Sources of Energy, Our Environment and its Management.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
Note –
- Questions of level-I Olympiad exams will be 60% from the current class syllabus and 40% from the previous class syllabus, e.g. Class-7 NSO exam will have 60% questions from class-7 syllabus and 40% questions from class 6 syllabus.
- Questions of level-II Olympiad exams will be from current class syllabus only.
- Questions in ACHIEVERS SECTION will be from current class syllabus only.