Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020 for Class 8 – Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Notification

Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020-2021: Uttar Pradesh National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme examination (NMMS) is conducted every year to find the meritorious candidates for providing scholarship class VIII Students. This year the examination is likely to be held in the month of Nov 2020. Application Form for same will be released here as per official announcement. For getting the latest updates regarding the NMMS, check the official website or this page regularly.

Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020 – 2021 for Class VIII

Uttar Pradesh National-Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) Examination 2020-21 for the class VIII will be done for the academic year 2019-20. Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020 application form, admit card, exam date, result date and other information are mentioned below.

Schedule for Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020 is given below.

Notification

The notification for Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020 – 2021 will be released on the official website as per the schedule. The link for the same will also be provided here as per the announcement by the officials.

Application Form

Candidates must ensure that they satisfy the eligibility criteria before filling up the application form. Application forms was downloaded from the official website of Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (www.upbasiceducationboard.in). Direct link to fill the application form will also be posted below when it is announced officially.

Application Form : Link will be available here

Eligibility to appear in the examination

The eligibility criteria for Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020-2021 is mentioned below, Candidates can check for the same.

• Any regular student of class VIII in academic session 2020-21 can appear provided he/she has secured 55% or more marks in aggregate in class VII relaxable by 5% for SC/ST.
• The student should be studying in class 8th of Govt. schools.
• The parental income of the candidate should be less than Rs. 1,50,000/- per year (Income certificate issued by Tehsildar/Mamlatdar must be attached in original).

Exam Pattern

The pattern of Examination is as follows

• Mental Ability Test (M.A.T) –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 Ability Test (S.A.T) – 90 marks covering social science, science, and mathematics of class VII & VIII. Each question carries one mark
• The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40 % marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests. For the SC/ST students, this cut off will be 32% marks.

Admit Card

Admit card for Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020 – 2021 for Class VIII has been released by the Directorate of government examination, Uttar Pradesh. For the sake of the candidates direct link to download the same is also posted below.

Answer Key

Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2020-21 answer key and Question paper will be published by the officials. NMMS exam for class VIII will be conducted tentatively in November 2020. Candidates can check the official answer key from the official website of NMMS or through the direct links that which will be provided below.

Result

Uttar Pradesh NMMS result 2020-21 will be declared after the successful conduction of the examination. Candidates can check their result from the official website of Uttar Pradesh education board or for the sake of the candidates direct link to check the Uttar Pradesh NMMS result 2020-21 will be provided below.

Cut off

Cut Off will be released after the declaration ofresult. The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40 % marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests. For the SC/ST students, this cut off will be 32% marks. We will be providing the cut off here on our page for the ease of the candidate.

Previous Year Question Papers and Answer Key

Answer Key for 2018 – 2019

Answer key: Click here to check the NMMS Answer key 2019

Answer Key for 2017 – 2018

Exam conducting body has released official answer keys for 2017 – 2018 session. They contain correct answer to questions asked in NMMS 2017 – 18 exam.

• Click Here to Check Answer Key for 2017 – 2018 session.

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)
• The students shall have a minimum of 55 % marks or equivalent grade in Class VII examination for appearing in selection test for award of scholarship (relaxable by 5% for SC/ST students). The students should be studying as a regular student in a Government, Government-aided and local body schools.
• The students must pass both the tests i.e. MAT and SAT with at least 40 % marks in aggregate taken together for these two tests. For the SC/ST students, this cut off will be 32% marks.
• At the time of selection for the award of scholarship the student must have scored at least 55% mark or equivalent grade in Class VIII examination. There will be 5 % relaxation for SC/ST students.

Last Year Notification: Click Here to download Uttar Pradesh NMMS 2019 Notification.

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