JDST 2023 Notification - 25 July
JDST 2023 Notification - 25 July
Selection Process for the JDST 2023: For Students studying in Govt./Aided schools (Not for JNV school students)
Step 1: Check the eligibility* at apply.scholarship.dakshana.org and fill out the application form.
Step 2: After filling out the application form, you will get a link on your registered mobile number and email to appear for a 30-minute eligibility test online.
Eligibility Test: This is a 30 min online Aptitude Test (Verbal, Non-Verbal Reasoning, and Quantitative Aptitude). The link for this will be sent to your registered
mobile & email ID. The eligibility test will be conducted from Sept 2022 till Dec 2022
Step 3: Appear for the eligibility test on your mobile/laptop/desktop from your home/school.
Step 4: After 1st round of shortlisting (based on the Eligibility Test), Fill out the Dakshana Scholar Application (DSA)
Step 5. Download admit card (after filling DSA) and Appear for JDST 2023. The exam will be conducted online at a test center. You need to bring your android (version
8 and above) mobile.
Step 6: After the 2nd round of shortlisting (based on JDST 2023), Appear for the Interview & Document Verification.
Step 7: Students selected in the interview will be offered Dakshana One-year Scholarship.
*Eligibility: Must meet all given below criteria to apply for the scholarship.
i. School: Currently studying in Class 12 Science from a Govt/Aided school (Academic Year 2022-23).
Students should have appeared in their class XII board exam by May 2023.
ii. Income: Annual Family Income from all sources to be less than 2 lakhs. There is no income criteria for Physically Disabled (PD) candidate.
The duration of each of the tests will be 3-hrs. The test will consist of 25 single-option correct type questions each in Logical Reasoning, Maths/Biology, Physics,
and Chemistry. Each right answer is awarded 3 marks and 1 mark is deducted for every wrong answer.
Mock Test & JDST 2023 will be conducted through the Dakshana Scholarship Test Android Mobile App. Download the app from the google play store. Link to
download: https://tinyurl.com/dakshanascholarshiptest Watch YouTube Videos to know how to install the app and appear for the mock test: https://youtu.be/Bkvy6e12064
Log in to the mobile app & the mock test can be appeared only after completing Step 4 i.e. After submitting Dakshana Scholar Application (DSA)
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Mock Test & JDST 2023 Syllabus:
Aspirants can watch video lectures, on the below topics, on the Dakshana YouTube Channel. Click on the name of the topic for each subject given below,
to watch the video lectures. Questions will be based on the below lectures.
Note: Though the title of some videos for Physics/Chemistry on Dakshana YouTube Channel may mention that the topic is for NEET, but JEE Aspirants can
also watch those lectures.
Logical Reasoning:
Verbal: Number Series, Letter Series, Analogies, Cause & Effect, Verbal Classification, Blood Relations, Logical Sequence of Words, Direction Sense Test,
Logical Venn Diagram, Data Sufficiency, Coding Decoding, Assertion and Reason, Analysing Arguments, Logical Problems, Course of Action, Matching
Definition, Syllogism, Statement and Assumptions
Non-Verbal: Image Series, Construction of Shapes, Classification, Picture Analogies, Rule Detection
All clarifications related to the JDST will be addressed on the above email address ONLY. Kindly do not call or write to any other
Dakshana email address.
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Flow Chart for Dakshana One-Year Scholarship Process
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