Application Form
National Talent Search Examination, 2020-21
For the Students Studying in for Class X)
Read the instruction carefully given on the next page before filling the Space for the Photograph
application form. (Passport size)
You may take the help from your teacher/parent for filling up the application
form.
- Date of Examination:
- Name & address of the agency for conducting NTS Examination:
- Name of the State/UT
State Level 11 digit Roll Number
(Where the candidate is studying in class X as a regular student):
- Name of the examination centre
(Where candidate studying in Class X or likely to appear in exam):
- Application fee, if any (write NIL if there is no fee):
State Level 11 digit Roll Number
State Code Year Centre Code Serial No.(Office to fill) Class Date of birth
Date Month Year
1. Name of the candidate (Do not write Miss/Master)
2. Father’s name (Do not write Mr./Dr./Prof)
3. Mother’s Name (Do not write Mr./Dr./Prof)
4.Sex 5. Area to which candidates resides 6. Caste category of candidate 7. Disability status
1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6
Male Female Rural Urban General OBC SC ST EWS BLV DH LD AID MD NONE
(Non Creamy Layer) Refer overleaf for details of codes
6b. Do you belong to OBC Category (Please Refer details given on www.ncbc.nic.in / user_panel /
centralliststateview.aspc) of Central list?
Yes 1 No 2 State OBC Name
(Please enclose a copy of the relevant certificate in support of information at Sr. No. 6 &7)
8. Postal address of the candidate for correspondence (Do not write father’s or your name
Pin Code
9. Name and address of the School/Institution in which studying at Class X level
Pin Code
10. Type of the institution in which studying at Class X (see definition overleaf*)
1 Govt 2 Local Body 3 Private aided 4 Private Unaided
10a. Are you Student of Kendriya Vidyalaya / Navodaya Vidyalaya?
1 2
If yes, write If No, write
10b. If yes, write for 1 Kendriya Vidyalaya 2 for Navodaya Vidyalaya
11. Area in which the school is located
1 Rural 2 Urban
12. Medium of examination (a) at the state Level (b) at the NCERT Level
13. Father’s education 14. Father’s Occupation
15. Mother’s education 16. Mother’s Occupation
17. No. of family members living in the house
18. No. of brothers 19. No. of sisters
20. At what no. is the candidate among his/her brothers and sisters
21. Parental annual income.
1 2 3 4 5
Upto 2,00,000 2,00,001 to 3,00,000 3,00,001 to 5,00,000 5,00,001 to 10,00,000 More than 10,00,000
22. Telephone
STD Code Phone 23. E-mail address
24. Mobile
(Do not leave this column blank)
To be filled by the Head of the Institution/Gazetted Officer Certified that:
(1) Master/Miss............................................................................................. is a regular student of this
School/Institution and he/she was promoted from class IX to Class X.
(2) The particulars given by him/her in the application from have been verified and found in order.
(3) Master/Miss ................................................................................ belongs to Scheduled
Caste/Scheduled Tribe category as per the records maintained in the Institution.(to be filled for SC/ST
candidates only)
…………………………………………………….
Signature of the Headmaster/
Date………………………………
Headmistress/Gazetted Officer
……..………………………… With seal
Signature of the candidate
(See Instructions Overleaf)
Coding Plan
Read instruction carefully before filling up the Application Form.
1. Use only Blue or Black Ball Point pen. WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS. Do not mark or write outside the boxes
2. Leave one box blank between two words. Limit your name and/or address within the space provided for it. Please see example as given below.
3. Cross(x) only one of the appropriate boxes in items nos. 4, 5 ,6, 7, 10, 11 and 21.
4. Please write code number in items nos 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 as given overleaf.
5. It is the responsibility of the candidate and the principal of the school to deposit the filled in form with the state concerned Officer before the last
date. No request for condoning delay in submission will be entertained whether it is due to the fault of the Candidate or the Headmaster/Principal of
his/her institution.
6.Incomplete or defensive applications are liable to be rejected.
7. 4% for Physically Challenged Group of Students, with benchmark disabilities of which, one per cent each shall be reserved for persons
with benchmark disabilities under clauses (a), (b) and (c) and one per cent for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (d)
and (e) namely:
(a) blindness and low vision (BLV);
(b) deaf and hard of hearing (DH);
(c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular
Dystrophy (LD);
(d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness (AID);
(e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf- blindness in the posts
identified for each disabilities' (MD)
Example for writing Name and Address.
Father’s Name O P G U P T A
Postal Address: do not try to write complete address in one line. Break it appropriately as shown below:
1 4 5 / 6 M O U N T R O A D
Region State/UT Code
North Arunachal Pradesh 11
East
Assam 12
C H E N N A I PIN
Manipur 13
Meghalaya 14
Medium of Examination Education of Father or Mother Mizoram 15
(Refer to item 12) (Refer to item Nos 13 & 15) Nagaland 16
Medium of Code Education Code Sikkim 17
Examination Tripura 18
Assamese 11 No Formal Education 1
East A& N Islands 19
Bangla 12 Up to primary 2
Bihar 20
English 13 Upper primary 3
Gujarati 14 Secondary 4 Jharkhand 21
Hindi 15 Senior secondary 5 Odisha 22
Kannada 16 Graduation 6 West Bengal 23
Marathi 17 Post graduation 7
North Chandigarh 24
Malayalam 18 Doctoral 8
Delhi 25
Oriya 19 Professional degree 9
(Engineering,Law, Jammu & Kashmir 26
Medicaine, MCA, BA,etc) Haryana 27
Punjabi 20 Himachal Pradesh 28
Tamil 21 Punjab 29
Telugu 22
Rajasthan 30
Urdu 23
Uttar Pradesh 31
Father’s/ Mother’s occupation Uttarakhand 32
(refer to item Nos 14 & 16) West Chhattisgarh 33
Occupation Code
Daman & Diu 34
Professsional 1
Executive and Managerial 2
D&N Haveli 35
Clerical 3 Goa 36
Business 4 Gujarat 37
Agriculture , fishery 5
Madhya Pradesh 38
Production and Transport 6
Operators and labourers 7 Maharashtra 39
Not employed 8 South Andhra Pradesh 40
*Type of School/Institutions (refer to item No.10)
Karnataka 41
Kerela 42
GOVERNMENT A Government school is that which is run by the State
Government or Public Sector undertaking or an Autonomous Lakshadweep 43
Organization completely financed by the Government Puducherry 44
LOCAL BODY A Local Body School is that which is run by Panchayati Raj
Tamil Nadu 45
and local body institutions such as Zila Parichad, municipal
Corporation, Municipal Committee, Notified Area Telangana 46
Committee and Cantonment Board Abroad 47
PRIVATE AIDED A private aided school is that which is run by an individual
or a private organization and receives grant from
government or local body.
PRIVATE UNAIDED Private Unaided School is that which is managed by an
individual or a private organization and does not receive any
grant from government or local body.
