Bihar National Means Cum Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Scheme 2021 – 2022 : Bihar NMMS 2021 Provisional Answer Key is out at biharscert.in. The objection against the Bihar NMMS provisional answer key will received till February 10, 2021. Bihar National Means Cum Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Scheme 2021 Examination for class VIII was held on January 24, 2021. State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT), Bihar conducts the Bihar National-Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Examination for class VIII. The complete details of Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 for Class VIII such as application form, eligibility criteria, admit card, result, etc. are given below.
Latest: The provisional answer key for Bihar NMMS 2021 Exam is out now. Scroll down to download it.
Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 for Class VIII
Under this scheme, scholarship is awarded to State Government / Government of India granting scholarships / Recognized unaided minority schools / madarsas and culture Students enrolled in schools and studying duly studied students selected at the end of class VIII. The scholarship starts from class IX and would continue till class XII at the rate of Rs 6000/- per annum.
Schedule for the Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 is given below.
Events | Date |
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Registration on Online application portal | 19 Nov – |
Availability of Online Admit Card | 15 Jan 2021-24 Jan 2021 |
Date of examination | 24 Jan 2021 |
Provisional Answer Key Upload | 30 Jan 2021 |
Last date to submit the objection against answer key | 10 Feb 2021 |
Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 Answer Key
State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT), Bihar has released the provisional answer key for Bihar NMMS 2021 Exam. Candidates can download the provisional answer key in PDF from here. If any candidates have a doubt against provisional answer key, they can raise objections before the last date. The direct link to check the answer key is provided below.
Answer Key: Click here to check the provisional answer key for Bihar NMMS 2021 Exam.
Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 Admit Card
The admit card for Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 is out now. It has released online at bihar-nts-nmmss.in. The direct link to download the admit card is provided below.
Admit Card: Click here to download the Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 Admit Card.
Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 Last date apply Extended Notice
- Click here to download notice.

Notification
Notification for Bihar NMMS 2021-22 has released on the official website. Candidate can download the Notification with the help of link provided below.
- Click here to download the Notification for Bihar NMMS 2021.
- Click here to check the date extension notice.
Bihar NMMS 2021 – 2022 Application Form
Bihar NMMS 2021 -2022 Application Form is now available on the official website of SCERT, Bihar as per the schedule. The candidates are advised to fill the application form before the last date of submission.
Application Form: Click here to fill the application form for Bihar NMMS 2021 Session.
Eligibility Criteria
The students shall have minimum of 55 % marks or equivalent grade in Class VII examination for appearing in selection test for award of scholarship (relax able by 5% for SC/ST students). The students should be studying as regular student in a Government, Government-aided and local body schools.
Note: Parental Income Certificate issued by Govt. Employer in case if the parents are Govt. Employees and affidavit attested from Magistrate/Notary in case the parents are in any private service/ job have to be attached with the form.
Exam Pattern
The pattern of Examination is as follows according to last year details:
- Mental Ability Test (M.A.T) – 90 marks multiple choice questions.
- Scholastic Ability Test (S.A.T) – 90 marks covering social science, science, and mathematics of class VII & VIII. Each question carries one mark
As according to last year information-
Test Type | Marks | No. of Items | Duration (in minutes) |
Duration for Disabled Category (in minutes) |
Mental Ability Test (MAT) | 90 | 90 | 90 | 120 |
Scholastic Test (SAT) | 90 | 90 | 90 | 120 |
Qualify Marks
Test Type | Marks | Gen. Category | SC/ ST/ PwD |
Mental Ability Test (MAT) | 90 | 36 (40%) | 29 (32%) |
Scholastic Test (SAT) | 90 | 36 (40%) | 29 (32%) |
Cut Off
Cut Off will be released after the result have been declared successfully. We will be providing the cut off here on our page for the ease of the candidate.
Cut Off 2019: Click here to check Bihar NMMS 2021 list of Selected Candidates with total number of marks.
Previous Year Question Papers and Answer Key
Bihar NMMS 2019 – 2020 Answer Key
Bihar NMMS 2019 -2020 Answer key is released on the official website of Bihar SCERT. The answer key is updated in PDF format. Bihar SCERT also given the facility to raise objection against the answer key by sending email at [email protected] before the prescribed date. Candidates need to sent the valid proof to objection on this answer key. Candidates can check it from the official website or it can be checked through the direct link, which is given below.
Answer Key: Click here to check the Answer key of Bihar NMMS 2019 – 2020.
Bihar NMMS 2018 – 2019 Answer Key
Bihar NMMS 2018 -2019 Answer key has been released on the official website of SCERT, Patna. Answer key is updated on the official website. Candidates can check it from the official website or it can be checked through the direct link, which is given below.
Click here to check the Bihar NMMS 2018 -2019 Answer key.
Bihar NMMS 2017 – 2018 Answer Key
Bihar NMMS 2017 -2018 Answer key has been released on the official website of SCERT, Patna. Answer key has been updated on the official website. Candidates can check it from the official website or it can be checked through the direct link, which is given below.
Click Here to check Bihar NMMS 2017 – 2018 Final Answer Key.
Bihar NMMS 2016 – 2017 Answer Key
Bihar NMMS 2016 -2017 Answer key has been released on the official website of SCERT, Patna. Answer key can be checked through the direct link, which is given below.
Selection Process
Each State/UT will conduct its own test for selection of students for the award of the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship. The State Level Examination may consist of the following two tests:
(i) Mental Ability Test (MAT)
(ii) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
Mental Ability Test may consist of 90 multiple-choice questions testing verbal and non-verbal meta-cognitive abilities like reasoning and critical thinking. The questions in the test may be on analogy, classification, numerical series, pattern perception, hidden figure etc.
Scholastic Aptitude Test may consist of 90 multiple-choice questions covering subjects namely, science, social studies and mathematics as taught in classes VII and VIII.
Duration of the Test
Each test will be of 90 minutes duration. Children with disability will be given extra time, as applicable.
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