National Entrance Screening Test (NEST) is a compulsory test for students seeking admission to National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar and University of Mumbai – Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS), Mumbai. Both NISER and UM-DAE CEBS were set up by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India in 2007. Their mandate is to train scientific manpower for carrying out cutting edge scientific research and for providing input to scientific programmes of Department of Atomic Energy and other applied science institutions in the country. NEST is conducted in around 91 cities across India.
Following are the previous years’ question papers with keys.
NEST 2023 Question Paper with Key: Session-I – Session-II
NEST 2022 Question Paper with Key: Session-I – Session-II
NEST 2021 Question Paper with Key: Session-I – Session-II
NEST 2020 Question Paper with Key: Session-I – Session-II
NEST 2019 Question Paper with Key: Session-I – Session-II
NEST 2018 Question Paper: Click Here – (with key)
NEST 2017 Question Paper: Click Here – Key: Click Here
NEST 2016 Question Paper: Click Here – Key: Click Here
NEST 2015 Question Paper: Click Here – Key: Click Here
NEST 2014 Question Paper: Click Here – Key: Click Here
NEST 2013 Question Paper: Click Here – Key: Click Here
NEST 2012 Question Paper: Click Here – Key: Click Here
NEST 2011 Question Paper: Click Here – Key: Click Here
NEST 2010 Question Paper: Click Here
NEST 2009 Question Paper: Click Here
NEST 2008 Question Paper: Click Here
NEST 2007 Question Paper: Click Here
