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NIELIT Scientist ‘B’ Exam Analysis 2021

By BYJU'S Exam Prep

Updated on: September 25th, 2023

NIELIT Scientist ‘B’ Exam Analysis 2021: National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) released the notification of Scientist-‘B’ and Scientific/Technical Assistant ‘A‘. Earlier this year applications for this vacancy began from 10th June 2021 ( Re-Advertised). There were a total number of 81 posts in NIELIT 2021 Recruitment for which Byju’s Exam Prep for GATE Computer Science & Electronics Engineering has conducted a complete paper analysis. This article also provides the aspirants with detailed solutions for NIELIT Exam 2021.

The NIELIT Paper analysis 2021 is done by the experts who minutely go through the questions and give in-depth analysis so that candidates can use this analysis to analyze their performance in the exam. The overall difficulty of this exam was moderately difficult. In the article, we will provide you with the detailed information about the exam.

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The NIELIT 2021 exam was held in two slots as shown in the table below.

Slot  Position Test Day Test Time Reporting Time
Slot 1 Scientist Technical Assistant ‘A’ 5th Dec 2021 9:30 am to 12:30 pm 8:00 am
Slot 2 Scientist ‘B’ 5th Dec 2021 02:30 PM to 05:30 PM 1:00 pm

NIELIT Scientist ‘B’ Exam Analysis 2021 : Major Highlights 

The major highlights of the NIELIT 2021 Exam are as follows – 

  • Data Structures and Networks questions were slightly tougher.
  • Operating Structures which is a core subject of Computer Science had easier questions. The questions were on basic concepts like paging, standard theorem etc. No high-level questions were asked from operating systems.
  • Discrete Mathematics had almost a GATE level question. Discrete Mathematics was of moderate difficulty.
  • DBMS comprised of fewer marks and there was one question in DBMS that was exactly the same as GATE previous year question.
  • A lot of questions were asked from Data Structures and Algorithms. Around 15 questions were asked from DS and Algorithms alone.

NIELIT 2021 Scientist ‘B’ Paper Analysis 2021 (Shift 1)

Complete Subject Wise Analysis of Scientist ‘ B ‘ for 2021 exam is shared below in the article, aspirants can also check the difficulty level of various subjects – 

NIELIT 2020 Subjects Difficulty Level Weightage in 2021 Weightage in 2020 Weightage in 2018 Weightage in 2017
Compiler Design and Theory of Computation Moderate  6  2 9 2
Cyber Security and Cloud Technology —   0  3 0 0
Computer Networks Moderate   8  11 6 5
Digital & Analog Communication Easy 7  3 3 0
Computer Organisation Moderate   4  3 4 5
Operating System Moderate   7  6 5 4
Digital logic Easy  7 1 4 6
DBMS Moderate   9  9 8 8
Discrete Math Moderate    6 2 0 2
Information Systems and Software Engineering Easy 5  7 0 2
Probability, Statistics and Combinatorics Moderate     2 2 2
Data Structure & Programming + OOPs Moderate   6  8 7 16
Algorithm Moderate   6  10 7 6
Web Technologies /HTML —  0  7 2 0
Electrical Engineering (Network ) —  0 2 0 0
Miscellaneous —  0 2 0 2
Logical Reasoning —   0 15 0 22
Verbal Reasoning —   00 2 4 13
Quantitative and Qualitative abilities —  0 19 8 18
Data interpretation  — 0  6 1 7
Calculus Moderate   2  0 12  
Linear Algebra Moderate    1 0 3  
Total   74 120 85 120

NIELIT Scientist B Paper Analysis 2021: Live YouTube Session 

In these sessions aspirants will get to know the most detailed and thorough analysis of NIELIT Exam 2021, the difficulty level of questions and the new questions that have been asked in the exam.These videos will help the aspirants better understand the difficulty level of the paper and the estimation of Cut-Offs. A must watch the video to answer all your doubts and dilemmas regarding NIELIT Exam 2021, which will help you anticipate your score and plan for the further process.

The difficulty level of NIELIT 2021 Scientist ‘B’

  • The overall Difficulty level of NIELET 2021 Scientist B which was Conducted from 02:30 PM to 05:30 PM for Scientist ‘ B ‘ was moderately difficult. 

NIELIT 2021 Scientist ‘B’ Exam 2021: Good Score

  • As per as candidates who had attempted Slot – 2 which was Conducted from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm for Scientist ‘B’ if a candidate scores (105-112) marks in the paper can find a good score.

Salary for NIELIT Scientist ‘B’ 

The post wise salary for NIELIT Scientist ‘B’ Group A and Scientific Assistant ‘A’ Group B Recruitment 2021 is as follows:

Post

Pay Scale
Scientist ‘B’  Level – 10 ,
(Rs.56100-
177500) 
Scientific Assistant ‘ A ‘ Level – 6 ,
(Rs.35400-
112400) 

NIELIT Scientist B  (2020 ) Cut off & Expected Cut off 2021

Exams for a total of 288 posts of Scientist B and 207 posts of Technical Assistant A were conducted on the 22nd of November 2020 for which many aspirants have given examination. You can check complete details about NIELIT CS result 2021 that includes  the PDF of the shortlisted candidates list from HERE 

  • NIELIT Scientist B Cut Off Marks 2020-21
Category Expected Cut off 2021 Total qualified candidates Highest marks Lowest marks
UR  105-112 1549 112.50 77
OBC  105-110 1424 111.25 69.50
SC  105-110 1380 111.25 62.75
ST  75-80 451 75 59.50
EWS  105-110  104 76.50 62
PWD-HH 55-60  19 58.75 43.75
PWD-LD 75-80  85 76.50 58.75
PWD-MD 50-55  3 51 37.25
  • NIELIT Scientific Assistant Cut Off Marks 2020-21
Category Expected Cut off 2021 Total Number of qualified candidates Highest marks Lowest marks
UR NA  1716 102.25 91.00
OBC NA   1467 96.25 85.25
SC NA   1158 94.00 78.50
ST NA   357 82.50 76.25
EWS NA   111 90.75 82.25
PWD-HH NA   10 70.25 52.25
PWD-LD NA   90 85.00 73.75
PWD-MD NA   4 58.25 47.00

NIELIT 2021: Vacancy Details 

The vacancies details for NEILIT exam 2021 are as follows :

Designation Total Vacant Posts
Scientist-‘B’ 18
Scientific/Technical Assistant – ‘A 63

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