NSEJS 2019-20 Analysis, Question Paper and Solutions PDF free download!


NSEJS 2019-20 Analysis Question Paper and Solutions PDF free download!

IAPT (Indian Association of Physics Teachers) conducts NSEJS (National Standard Examination in Junior Science) for those students who wish to excel in Science Olympiads. Students of any class (who have not given 10th boards) can give this examination. 

Visit the official website of IAPT to know about the current status of this examination:

You can watch this video for the same:




Eligibility criteria for NSEJS 2020-21:

  • A candidate must be eligible to hold an Indian passport.
  • Date of birth must be between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2007, both days inclusive.
  • A candidate must be residing and studying in India since November 30, 2018, or earlier. Must be studying in an Indian school system since November 30, 2018, or earlier.
  • Must not have passed (or scheduled to complete) class X board examination or equivalent earlier than November 30, 2020.
  • Must not be appearing for any of NSEA, NSEB, NSEC, or NSEP 2020.

NSEJS Question Paper Pattern:

  • 60 multiple choice questions with one alternative correct.
  • +3 marks credit for the correct choice.
  • – 1 mark penalty for incorrect choice.
  • 10 multiple choice questions with one or more than one correct alternatives.
  • To get credit, all the correct option(s) and no incorrect option(s) should be marked.
  • The paper consists of 240 Marks

* Please note that because of the pandemic, the question paper pattern has changed entirely.*

Link to the latest announcement by IAPT for IOQ 2020-21:


NSEJS 2019-20 Question Paper Analysis:

The question paper of NSEJS 2019 was easier when compared to the 2018 paper. Math was very easy, most of the questions were from the class 10 syllabus. Physics was somewhat difficult, although not more than 2018. The chemistry was very easy and scorable. Biology was difficult, many questions were out of the syllabus.

As the paper of 2019 was easy, the cutoff was high. The MAS was 99 while the MI was 159.

The trend has been that the alternate year question papers have been easy. Hence, the 2018 paper was difficult but the 2019 paper was easy. The same thing can be said for the 2020 paper, most probably it would be difficult.


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