Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test Syllabus

NVS 2025 syllabus has been released along with the information brochure. The syllabus remained the same as the previous year. NVS syllabus includes topics from the Mental Ability, Arithmetic Test, and Language Test with a weightage of 50, 25, and 25 marks respectively. The syllabus is of the 5th standard level, and the overall difficulty remains on the easier side. NVS 2025 syllabus for all three sections has been detailed in this article.

NVS 2025 Mental Ability Test Syllabus

Mental Ability Test (MAT) is a non-verbal one, where candidates are asked questions in the form of different figures and diagrams. The ten types of questions that need to be covered while preparing for this section are as follows:

Odd Man Out
Figure Matching
Pattern Completion
Figure Series Completion
Analogy
Geometrical Figure Completion (Circle, Triangle, Square)
Mirror Imaging
Punched Hold Pattern- Folding/ Unfolding
Space Visualization
Embedded Figure

NVS 2025 Arithmetic Test Syllabus

The candidate’s basic Mathematics skills till class 5 are examined here. The important topics to be covered in the Arithmetic Test syllabus are as follows:

Number and Mumeric System
Four Fundamental Operations on Whole Number
Factors and Multiples Including their Properties
Decimals and Fundamental Operations on them
Conversion of Fractions to Decimals and vice-versa
Measurement of Length, Mass, Capacity, Time, Money, etc.
Simplification of Numerical Expressions
Fractional Numbers- Addition and Subtraction of like Fraction and Multiplication (unlike fraction and division of fractional numbers not included)
Profit and Loss without Calculation of Percentage (calculation of percentage of profit and loss is exempted from the topic)
Perimeter and Area– Perimeter of Polygon, Area of Square Rectangle and Triangle (as a part of Rectangle)
Types of Angle and its Simple Applications
Data Analysis using Bar Diagram, Graph, and Line Chart

NVS 2025 Language Test

The candidate’s reading abilities, vocabulary, and grammar are analyzed in the Language test. It will include a total of 4 passages with 5 MCQ-based questions each.