NMMS 2025: Application Form, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus

Registration for NMMS 2025 has begun in various states. The NMMS is often referred to as the National Media Merit Scholarship. The National Means Cum Merit Scholarship is an exam also known as the NMMS 2025 exam. The central government is the official organizing body that organizes the National Means Cum Merit Scholarship exam for qualified candidates every year.

However, the exam is administered by the local education authority to award 100,000 scholarships to qualified applicants from Class IX to Class XII. However, only applicants are eligible for scholarships from the agency whose parental income does not exceed Rs 1,50,000 per year from all sources. The National Means Cum Merit Scholarship is held in each state and union territory. However, the National Means Cum Merit Scholarship will only be taken in two phases.

The first stage of the review will be carried out by the competent national authorities. Candidates who have passed the first stage will be eligible to apply for the second stage conducted by NCERT. Candidates will receive all the announcements and information regarding the entrance exam on the official website of the university itself.

NMMS 2025 Notification – Application to be released

NMMS 2025 Exam Dates

Events	Dates
Application Form	October 2025
Last Date of Application Form	October 2025
Admit Card	November 2025
Exam Date	November & December 2025

NMMS 2025 Application Form

The important information related to the application form is mentioned below for the reference of the applicants:

• Registration for NMMS 2025 has begun in various states.
• In online mode, candidates have to fill in the application form to be able to take the exam.
• Candidates must register themselves to get the application form.
• After that, applicants should start filling out the application form.
• At the time of submitting the application, the candidate must enter all the necessary details in the application form as per their requirement.
• All details must be correctly submitted on the application form.
• Applicants should then print the completed application form.
• After printing the application form, the candidate must pay the application fee mentioned on the official website and submit the application before the deadline.

NOTE: The details of the application fee will be available on the official website of the university.

NMMS 2025 Eligibility Criteria

Important information regarding the eligibility criteria is mentioned below for the applicant’s reference:

Educational Qualification:

• Applicants who are studying in Class IX in any government, local agency or government-subsidized school are eligible.

The income of parents:

• Parents of candidates whose income does not exceed Rs 1,50,000 per year from all sources are only eligible to apply for the exam.

Qualifying marks:

• Must achieve over 55% of grade VIII if in general category, must achieve at least 50% of grade VIII if in reserve category.

NMMS 2025 Paper Pattern

The important information related to the paper pattern is mentioned below for the reference of the applicants:

• Candidates will have 90 minutes to solve the problem. The exam will have 90 questions and only 90 points.
• Below we have briefly mentioned all the information about the paper form:

We have mentioned below all the information about the paper pattern in short:

Papers	Test	No of questions	No of marks	Duration of the exam
Paper I	MAT – Mental Ability Test	90 questions	90 marks	90 minutes
Paper-II	SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test	90 questions	90 marks	90 minutes

The entrance exam will be conducted in offline mode in two parts as mentioned below:

• MAT – Mental Ability Test
• SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test

NMMS 2025 Syllabus

Important information related to important topics and chapters for preparing for the entrance exam are mentioned below for candidates’ reference:

Mental Ability Test:

• Analogy
• Classification
• Numerical series
• Pattern perception
• Hidden figures

Scholastic Aptitude Test:

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Social studies
• Mathematics

NMMS 2025 Admit Card

The competent authority will update the admission card on the official website to refer to the needs of the applicant using the login information and download the admission card. Candidates should take several copies of their admission cards and bring them with them to the exam.

NMMS 2025 Result

After completing the entrance exam, the competent authority will publish the results on the school’s official website for candidates’ reference.

Candidates should visit the website by serial number and date of birth and download the results from the website. Along with the results, candidates should check the benchmarks available on the official website. Based on the scores obtained by candidates in the entrance exam, they will be eligible for admission to the school.

NMMS 2025 Selection Procedure

The official body will only grant scholarships to applicants who score above the threshold determined by the official body. Applicants must pass the first and second level exams to receive the scholarship.

Candidates in the General category must score individually above 40% on the Mat and SAT tests. However, candidates in the preparatory category must score above 32% on two separate tests.

The scholarship will be awarded to applicants whose parent’s income is less than Rs 1.50 lakh per year from all sources. One must meet the eligibility criteria set by the competent authority to receive the scholarship. The competent authority will not award scholarships to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria.