The National Level Common Entrance Examination (NLCEE) is a

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and talent identification examination conducted in

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. It provides opportunities for academically gifted students, particularly from

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backgrounds, by offering scholarships, career guidance, and exposure visits to prestigious institutions like

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and

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History

NLCEE was founded in 2019 by alumni from the

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(IITs) and

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(IIMs) to address educational inequity. Initially targeted at students from

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and the northeastern states, it expanded nationwide, becoming one of India's largest private scholarship initiatives.

Eligibility

NLCEE is open to students from classes 9 to 12 and competitive exam aspirants such as JEE and

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candidates. Special focus is given to underprivileged students.

Exam Structure

NLCEE involves a written test with sections including: *

General knowledge General knowledge is information that has been accumulated over time through various media and sources. It excludes specialized learning that can only be obtained with extensive training and information confined to a single medium. General know ...

– Current affairs and basic general knowledge. *

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

– Problem-solving and analytical reasoning. *

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

– Conceptual understanding of physics, chemistry, and biology. *

Logical Reasoning Logical reasoning is a mind, mental Action (philosophy), activity that aims to arrive at a Logical consequence, conclusion in a Rigour, rigorous way. It happens in the form of inferences or arguments by starting from a set of premises and reason ...

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References

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History

Eligibility

Exam Structure

See also

References