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M.Sc. (Mathematics): Eligibility
The eligibility criteria for this course in colleges like Christ University-Bangalore, St. Stephen's College-New Delhi, Loyola College-Chennai, Mount Carmel College-Bangalore is graduation in any discipline with Mathematics and English as a main subjects with minimum 50% aggregate however institutes prefer students with a B.Sc. /B.E. /B.Tech degree.
M.Sc. (Mathematics): Admission
Usually the admission process starts in the month of March/April where the colleges announce the notification and application forms both online and offline.
Direct Admission
Few universities takes admission in M.Sc. courses through merit basis as well as through entrance test, like Delhi University reserves 50% of its seats for merit basis admissions.
Entrance Exam:
Colleges like Loyola College, Chennai, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi conducts entrance test for taking admissions into the course. Students selected through entrance test would further have to go through personal interview before final selection.
The entrance test consists of objective type questions and the syllabus for the same is usually from:
Real Analysis
Linear and Abstract Algebra
Calculus
Topology
Lateral Entry in M.Sc. in Mathematics
Various Universities provides lateral entry into the course but has an eligibility criteria of having a graduation degree with mathematics as main subject. One can apply to the universities and show them the documents, pay the fees as required by the college. Some of the institutes providing it are IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi.
Please refer to the link provided below for a list of colleges which offer courses in M.Sc maths in India.
https://www.shiksha.com/science/colleges/m-sc-mathematics-colleges-india

Books to be read for Entrance Exam:
Following books should be read thoroughly before coming to classes. We can't cover the basics in this course. Our focus would be on applications and problems. We would introduce to maximum types of problems that may appear in the MA Economics Entrance tests.
Microeconomic Theory:
* Hal Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics, 7e
* Rubinfield and Pindyk, Microeconomics
Macroeconomic Theory:
* Dornbusch and Fisher, Macroeconomics, 6e
* Mankiw, Macroeconomics, 6e
Mathematics:
* RGD Allen, Mathematical Analysis for Economics
* AC Chiang, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics
* Sydsaeter and Hammond, Mathematics for Economic analysis
Statistics
* Nagar and Das, Basic Statistics

You don't need to have maths.
NID exam includes multiple choice questions and drawing related questions and is designed to evaluate the following abilities of the candidate.
1. Visualization and Spatial ability: It is the potential to detect, imagine and visualize shapes. It is the ability to interpret 2D, 3D shapes and other similar objects.
2. Observation and Design sensitivity: It includes the ability to detect concealed properties in ordinary things, people, situations, events and thinking critically about them.
3. Environmental and Social awareness: It includes the awareness of environmental factors such as climate, population, water, vegetation, pollution, weather, natural resources etc., and their implications on the design of products, images, infrastructure and environment. It also includes the awareness of history, architecture, artists, paintings, dance forms, symbols, history of the designed artifact, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable design, art, sculpture and literature.
4. Analytical and Logical reasoning: It assesses the ability to consider a group of facts and rules, and, given those facts and rules, determine what could or must be true. It is the ability to follow the rules and work as per the instructions without an error. It tests your ability to look at information, be it qualitative or quantitative in nature and discern patterns within the information.
5. Drawing skills: It is not necessary to be a pure artist but you should be aware of basic elements in design sketching like proportion, perspective, lights and shadows, composition and spaces.