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The SOF NCO Syllabus for 2024 has been published to aid in your exam preparation. The syllabus of SOF NCO 2024 encompasses all the important topics from which questions will be asked. You can also download the SOF NCO Syllabus 2024 PDF here. SOF conducts the SOF NCO exam and sets the 2024 question paper based on this syllabus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are planning to appear in the National Cyber Olympiad (SOF NCO 2024), it is essential to study all the topics thoroughly to score well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Direct Link to Download SOF NCO Syllabus<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Candidates can download the syllabus of SOF NCO as per schedule at sofworld.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a035, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Patterns, Odd One Out, Measuring Units, Geometrical Shapes, Spatial Understanding, Grouping, Analogy, Ranking Test, Problems based on Figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Introduction to Computers, Parts of Computer, Uses of Computer, Keys and Keyboard, Computer Mouse, Starting and Shutting down the Computer, Introduction to MS-Paint, Latest Developments in the field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a035, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Patterns, Odd One Out, Measuring Units, Geometrical Shapes, Analogy, Ranking Test, Grouping of Figures, Embedded Figures, Coding-Decoding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Computer-a Smart Machine, General Information about Computers, Parts of Computer, Uses of Computer, Learning to use Keyboard and Mouse, MS-Paint, Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a035, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Alphabet Test, Coding-Decoding, Ranking Test, Grouping of Figures and Figure Matrix, Mirror Images, Geometrical Shapes, Embedded Figures, Days and Dates & Possible Combinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Fundamentals of Computer, General Information about Computers, Storage Devices, Parts of Computer, Uses of Computer, Input and Output Devices, Introduction to Internet, MS-Paint, Introduction to MS-Word (Opening, Closing, Saving and Printing a Word document, Components of MS-Word window, Editing commands like Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo and Redo, Moving in a document using Home and End Keys), Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a035, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Patterns, Alphabet Test, Coding-Decoding, Ranking Test, Mirror Images, Geometrical Shapes and Solids, Embedded Figures, Direction Sense Test, Days and Dates & Possible Combinations, Analogy and Classification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:<\/strong>\u00a0About Computers (General Information), Evolution of Computers, Parts of Computer, Input and Output Devices, Hardware, Software, MS-Word(Formatting a Word document, Font group, Format Painter, Search using Find and Replace option, Checking Spelling and Grammar using Thesaurus), Using Windows 10, Introduction to Internet and Its Uses, Computer Networks, MS-Paint, Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a050, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Geometrical Shapes, Mirror and Water Images, Direction Sense Test, Ranking Test, Alphabet Test, Logical Sequence of Words, Puzzle Test, Coding-Decoding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Input and Output Devices, Hardware, Software, Storage Devices, Memory \u2013Primary & Secondary Memory, MS-Paint, Introduction to Multimedia, MS-Word (Paragraph formatting Using Paragraph group, Drop Cap, Document Views, Inserting Graphics-Pictures and Shapes, Screenshots, Symbols, SmartArt, Multimedia Objects, Text Box, Inserting Header and Footer in a document and exploring its features), Introduction to MS-PowerPoint(Component of MS-PowerPoint window and its features, Inserting Graphics-Pictures and Shapes, Screenshots, Symbols, SmartArt, Multimedia Objects, Text Box, Inserting Header & Footer and exploring its features, Running slide shows, Presentation Views), Internet, Computer Networks, Using Windows 10, Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 6<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a050, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:\u00a0<\/strong>History and Generation of Computers, Types of Computers, MS-Windows 10, MS-Word(Working with Charts and Tables, Using Layout tab, Arranging multiple windows of a document), MS-PowerPoint(Creating presentation using Animation, Working with Animations and Transitions, Creating new slides using Slides pane, Working with Handouts and Notes Master, Arranging multiple windows of a presentations, Working with Charts and Tables), Internet & E-mail, Introduction to QBasic, Hardware, Software, Input & Output Devices, Memory & Storage Devices, Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 7<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a050, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Fundamentals of Computer, Evolution of Computers, Memory & Storage Devices, Algorithms & Flowcharts (Introduction and Basic Symbols), Using Windows 10, MS-Word(Links, Mail Merge, Macros, Exploring Styles group), MS-PowerPoint (Working with Slides Master and Themes, Advancing slides using Hyperlink and Actions, Customizing Slide Shows), MS-Excel (Components of MS-Excel window, Editing and formatting cells in a worksheet, Introduction to Formulas, Sorting and filtering data, Macros, Features of Insert and Page layout tabs), Programming in QBasic, Internet & Viruses, Networking, Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a050, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Fundamentals of Computers, Algorithms & Flowcharts (Advanced symbols), Internet & Viruses, HTML & CSS [Html, Head, Title, Body (Attributes: Background, Bgcolor, Text, Link, Alink, Vlink), Font (Attributes: Color, Size, Face), Center, BR, HR (Attributes: Size, Width, Align, Noshade, Color), Comment tag(<!– –>),\u00a0 <H1>..<H6>, <P>, <B>, <I>, <U>, <IMG>, Html Elements: A, Ul and Ol (Attributes: Type, Start), Li], Flash CS6, MS-Access, Networking, MS-Word (Exploring File tab, Language and Translate options, Tracking features -Comments, Reviewing Pane, Tracking Changes, Comparing, Combining and Protecting documents, Working with References), MS-PowerPoint (Exploring File tab and Slide Show tab, Comparing, Combining and Protecting presentations), MS-Excel(Exploring File tab, Useful Formulas and Functions – IF,Even, Odd, LCM, GCD, Power, Product, Round, Sqrt, Sum, Min, Max, Average, Count, Upper, Lower And Replace, Cell referencing, Using Defined Names group ), Memory & Storage Devices, Number System (Introduction), Basics of Cyber Crimes, Cyber Laws, Operating Systems(Introduction, Features, Types-single user and multi-user), Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>\u00a050, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Algorithms and Flowcharts in Programming, Number System (Binary to decimal and decimal to binary conversion), Visual Basic, Animations, HTML & CSS (Links, Anchors and Table tags), MS-Word, MS-Excel(Formula Auditing, Data Tools, Protecting and Sharing workbooks\/worksheets, Working with cell range),\u00a0 MS-PowerPoint, Hardware, Software, Input & Output Devices, Memory & Storage Devices, Flash CS6, Communication Technology (Networking, Internet and Multimedia),Operating Systems(Types-Interactive (GUI based), Real Time and Distributed, Commonly used OS), Using Windows 10, Introduction to Scratch, Introduction to Python 3.11 (as of December 2022), Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Syllabus Class 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Total Questions:<\/strong>50, Time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Fundamentals of Computer, Number System, Operating System, MS-Word, Networking, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Excel, HTML & CSS, Internet, Database Management System(Functions, Types, MS-Access), Using Windows 10, Programming in Scratch, Programming in Python 3.11 (as of December 2022), Latest Developments in the Field of IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section \u2013 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOF NCO Exam Pattern<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
CLASS<\/th>SECTION<\/th>NO. OF QUESTIONS<\/th>MARKS\/QUESTION<\/th>TOTAL MARKS<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1st to 4th<\/strong><\/td>Section \u2013 1: Logical Reasoning<\/td>5<\/td>1<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
Section \u2013 2: Computers & IT<\/td>25<\/td>1<\/td>25<\/td><\/tr>
Section \u2013 3: Achievers Section<\/td>5<\/td>2<\/td>10<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Grand Total<\/strong><\/td>35<\/strong><\/td> <\/td>40<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
5th to 10th<\/strong><\/td>Section \u2013 1: Logical Reasoning<\/td>10<\/td>1<\/td>10<\/td><\/tr>
Section \u2013 2: Computers & IT<\/td>35<\/td>1<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
Section \u2013 3: Achievers Section<\/td>5<\/td>3<\/td>15<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Grand Total<\/strong><\/td>50<\/strong><\/td> <\/td>60<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
SOF NCO Exam Pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How To Prepare SOF NCO Syllabus?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To prepare for the National Cyber Olympiad, students should refer to the following resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Textbook of their respective class.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Olympiad preparation books that cover the theory concepts of the SOF NCO syllabus for 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Reference books containing multiple-choice questions (MCQs) based on the syllabus of SOF NCO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Previous year question papers of SOF NCO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Reference books containing sample papers, model papers, and mock tests for the SOF NCO exam.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Some recommended books can be found on platforms like Amazon by searching for the exam name. Additionally, students can also seek suggestions from their teachers and mentors to find books best suited to their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    SOF NCO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    SOF NCO, organized by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF), is open to students from Class 1 to 10 across India. To participate, ensure you meet the eligibility criteria, apply accordingly, and obtain your admit card. On the scheduled exam date, take the National Cyber Olympiad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Quick Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n