NSO 2020 -2021 Syllabus: NSO Exam comprises in two level, Level 1 and Level 2. The syllabus have consisted the three sections and it also changes as per the sections. Participants can also check the syllabus at the official website of Science Olympiad Foundation at sofworld.org. For more information about the NSO 2020 – 2021 Syllabus, read the complete page.
23rd NSO Syllabus 2020 – 2021
23rd NSO exam will be held on November 03, 10, 26, 2020 at participating schools for the academic year 2020 – 21. Interested participant can check the complete NSO syllabus form below table.
23rd NSO 2020 – 2021 Syllabus is given below.
| Class | Section | No. of Questions | Marks/question | Total Marks |
| 1 to 4 | Logical Reasoning | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Science | 25 | 1 | 25 | |
| Achievers Section | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Grand Total | 35 | 40 | ||
| 5 to 10 | Logical Reasoning | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Science | 35 | 1 | 35 | |
| Achievers Section | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Grand Total | 50 | 60 | ||
| 11 and 12 | Physics & Chemistry | 25 | 1 | 25 |
| Achievers Section | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Mathematics/Biology | 20 | 1 | 20 | |
| Grand Total | 50 | 60 |
NSO Syllabus
CLASS-1
Total Questions : 35 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Spatial Understanding, Grouping, Measuring Units, Analogy, Geometrical Shapes, Patterns, Odd One Out, Ranking Test.
Section – 2: Living and Non-living things, Plants, Animals, Human Beings and Their Needs, Good Habits and Safety Rules, Air and Water, Weather and the Sky.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
CLASS-2
Total Questions : 35 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Patterns, Measuring Units, Odd One Out, Series Completion, Geometrical Shapes, Analogy, Ranking Test, Grouping of Figures, Coding-Decoding, Embedded Figures.
Section – 2: Plants, Animals, Human Body, Food, Housing and Clothing, Family and Festivals, Occupations, Good Habits and Safety Rules, Transport and Communication, Air, Water and Rocks, Earth and Universe.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
CLASS-3
Total Questions : 35 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Patterns, Analogy, and Classification, Coding-Decoding, Mirror Images, Embedded Figures, Alphabet Test, Ranking Test, Grouping of Figures, Figure Matrix, Geometrical Shapes, Days and Dates & Possible Combinations.
Section – 2: Plants and Animals, Birds, Food, Housing and Clothing, Transport and Communication, Human Body, Earth and Universe, Matter and Materials, Light, Sound and Force, Our Environment.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
CLASS-4
Total Questions : 35 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Patterns, Alphabet Test, Coding-Decoding, Mirror Images, Embedded Figures, Geometrical Shapes and Solids, Ranking Test, Direction Sense Test, Days and Dates & Possible Combinations, Analogy, and Classification.
Section – 2: Plants, Animals, Food and Digestion, Clothing, Matter and Materials, Force, Work and Energy, Our Environment, Earth, and Universe.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
CLASS-5
Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Coding-Decoding, Geometrical Shapes, Mirror Images, Water Images, Embedded Figures, Direction Sense Test, Ranking Test, Alphabet Test and Logical Sequence of Words, Puzzle Test.
Section – 2: Animals, Human Body and Health, Plants, Natural Resources, Pollution and Calamities, Earth and Universe, Matter, Force, Work and Energy.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
CLASS-6
Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Section – 2: Motion and Measurement of Distances, Light, Shadows and Reflections, Electricity and Circuits, Fun with Magnets, Our Environment, Sorting and Separation of Materials, Changes Around Us, Living Organisms and Their Surroundings, Food and its Components, Fibre to Fabric.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
CLASS-7
Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Section – 2: Heat, Motion and Time, Electric Current and its Effects, Winds, Storms and Cyclones, Light, Acids, Bases and Salts, Physical and Chemical Changes, Weather, Climate and Adaptations of Animals to Climate, Fibre to Fabric, Nutrition in Plants and Animals, Respiration in Organisms, Transportation in Plants and Animals, Reproduction in Plants, Natural Resources and Their Conservation.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
CLASS-8
Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Section – 2: Crop Production and Management, Microorganisms, Synthetic Fibres and Plastics, Metals and Non-metals, Coal and Petroleum, Combustion and Flame, Conservation of Plants and Animals, Cell, Reproduction and Endocrine System, Force and Pressure, Friction, Sound, Chemical Effects of Electric Current, Some Natural Phenomena, Light, Stars and the Solar System, Pollution of Air and Water.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
CLASS-9
Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Section – 2: Motion, Force and Laws of Motion, Gravitation, Work and Energy, Sound, Matter in Our Surroundings, Is Matter Around Us Pure, Atoms and Molecules, Structure of Atom, Cell – The Fundamental Unit of Life, Tissues, Diversity in Living Organisms, Why Do We Fall III, Natural Resources, Improvement in Food Resources.
Section – 3: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 2.
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.
CLASS-11
Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Physics: Units & Measurements, Mechanics, Properties of Matter, Heat & Thermodynamics, Oscillations, Waves.
Chemistry: Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry, Structure of Atom, Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties, Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure, States of Matter, Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Redox Reactions, Hydrogen, The s-Block Elements, The p-Block Elements (Groups 13 and 14), Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques, Hydrocarbons, Environmental Chemistry.
Section – 2: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 1.
Section – 3: Sets, Relations and Functions, Principle of Mathematical Induction, Logarithms, Complex Numbers & Quadratic Equations, Linear Inequations, Sequences and Series, Trigonometry, Straight Lines, Conic Sections, Permutations and Combinations, Binomial Theorem, Statistics, Mathematical Reasoning, Limits and Derivatives, Probability, Introduction to 3-D Geometry.
OR
Section – 3: Diversity in the Living World, Structural Organisation in Plants and Animals, Cell: Structure and Functions, Plant Physiology, Human Physiology.
CLASS-12
Total Questions : 50 Time : 1 hr.
Syllabus
Section – 1: Physics: Electricity and Magnetism, Electromagnetic Induction, AC, Electromagnetic waves, Optics, Modern Physics, Semiconductor Electronics, Communication Systems.
Chemistry : Solid State, Solutions, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Surface Chemistry, General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements, p-Block Elements (Group 15 to 18), d- & f-Block Elements, Coordination Compounds, Haloalkanes and Haloarenes, Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids, Amines, Biomolecules, Polymers, Chemistry in Everyday Life.
Section – 2: Higher Order Thinking Questions – Syllabus as per Section – 1.
Section – 3: Relations and Functions, Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Matrices and Determinants, Continuity and Differentiability, Application of Derivatives, Integrals, Application of Integrals, Differential Equations, Vector Algebra, Three Dimensional Geometry, Probability, Linear Programming.
OR
Section – 3: Reproduction, Genetics and Evolution, Biology in Human Welfare, Biotechnology, Ecology.
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.
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