About the Examination
The National Talent Search Examination consists of Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The questions in MAT and SAT are multiple choice questions. Each question has four alternatives. The candidate has to select one correct answer from the given alternatives and mark its number in the answer-sheet as per instructions given during the exam. Each correct answer carries one mark. Thus, the total score of a candidate in a test is equal to the number of questions answered correctly by him/her.
Mental Ability Test (MAT) analyzes a student’s power of reasoning, ability to think, ability to judge, evaluate or discriminate, ability to visualize, spatial orientation, etc. There is a variety of questions, for example, analogies, classification, series, pattern perception, hidden figures, coding-decoding, block assembly, problem-solving etc.