Hi,

The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is an annual scholarship program conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to enable students to take up research careers in the areas of Basic Sciences. KVPY exam 2021 has been postponed by the exam conducting authority until further notice. Earlier, it was scheduled to be conducted on 7th November 2021. Before you start off with your KVPY preparation, it is mandatory for you to have a thorough knowledge of the KVPY exam pattern 2021.

KVPY is an extremely competitive and tough exam. You are required to prepare for this diligently in order to crack this exam. Knowing the KVPY paper pattern 2021-22 will aid you in knowing the marking scheme, type of questions, etc. which, in turn, will help you plan your preparation better.

The aspirants have to attempt questions from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology within 3 hours for SA, SB, and SX papers. KVPY exam for SB/SX stream will be conducted from 2 to 5 PM. In Part II, each question will carry 2 marks and the candidates will be deducted 0.5 marks for every wrong answer.

Earlier, students had to go through the following two stages of the examination to avail the fellowship.

1. Aptitude Test and
2. Personal Interview

Hope this helps.

All the best.