Cut-off of NTSE 2024-25

The state level conducting authorities release the NTSE 2024 cut off for the stage 1 exam. The expected NTSE cutoff 2024 for the stage 1 exam will be provided in January 2024. The stage 1 NTSE cutoff 2024 along with the result and merit list will be made available online. The NTSE cutoff 2024 is the minimum qualifying marks required by students to pass the NTSE stage 1 exam.

Apart from the NTSE cutoff 2024, students have to secure separate qualifying marks in SAT and MAT papers to pass the exam. The NTSE 2024 cutoff for stage 1 is decided based on the number of students, difficulty level, and other factors. Check the expected NTSE cutoff 2024 by coaching institutes and previous year NTSE cutoff below. NTSE Result Here

NTSE Cut off 2024 Stage 1

The following table is showing the expected NTSE cut off 2024 stage 1. The cutoff can increase or decrease on the basis of various factors.

State-wise NTSE 2024 Cutoff Marks (Expected)

State	Expected Cutoff
Delhi	180- 190
Gujarat	179- 186
Madhya Pradesh	175- 180
Odisha	155- 160
Uttar Pradesh	166- 171
Punjab	127- 132

State-wise NTSE 2022 Cutoff Marks

State	Expected Cutoff
Delhi	180- 190
Gujarat	179- 186
Madhya Pradesh	175- 180
Odisha	155- 160
Uttar Pradesh	166- 171
Punjab	127- 132

NTSE 2022-23 Minimum Qualifying Marks

Along with NTSE cutoff 2022-23, students will have to secure the minimum qualifying marks in stage 1 and stage 2 exam. These qualifying marks can also be termed as NTSE passing marks 2022-23. If any student secures the NTSE cut off 2022-23, but fails to get qualifying marks in any section, then he/she will not be selected in the result.

NTSE Passing Marks 2022

Category	MAT (out of 100)	SAT (out of 100)
General/OBC	40%	40%
SC/ST/PH	32%	32%

NTSE Cutoff 2022-23 Determining Factors

NTSE cut off 2022-23 stage 1 is the important factor that decides which students to be selected for stage 2 exam. So while preparing NTSE 2022-23 cutoff, various factors are kept in mind. Some of the determining factors of NTSE Cutoff 2022-23 (Stage 1) are mentioned below:

Total number of students appeared for the exam
Available state-level quota
Maximum marks scored by a Student
Lowest marks of a Student
Reservation criteria
The difficulty level of exam

State-wise NTSE Cutoff 2022

Some states will release NTSE 2022 cutoff marks for their state-level stage 1 exams while some does not communicate the minimum NTSE marks. Students can check the following table to know about the previous years' cutoff for their state:

NTSE Cutoff 2020

States/UTs	General	OBC	SC	ST
NTSE Andhra Pradesh Cutoff	167	158	146	143
NTSE Assam Cut Off	159	135	132	140
NTSE Haryana Cutoff	156	148	129	-
NTSE Chhattisgarh Cutoff	160	139	129	140
NTSE Odisha Cutoff	155	120	120	110
NTSE Telangana Cutoff	175	163	149	156
NTSE Rajasthan Cutoff	180	162	142	149

NTSE State Quota

States/ UTs	Quota
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	20
Assam	202
Arunachal Pradesh	50
Andhra Pradesh	263
Bihar	691
Chattisgarh	195
Chandigarh	20
Daman & Diu	20
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	20
Delhi	153
Gujarat	360
Goa	50
Himachal Pradesh	51
Haryana	186
Jharkhand	142
Jammu & Kashmir	64
Kerala	220
Karnataka	371
Lakshadweep	20
Maharashtra	774
Madhya Pradesh	530
Meghalaya	50
Manipur	50
Nagaland	50
Odisha	259
Puducherry	20
Punjab	183
Mizoram	50
Rajasthan	485
Sikkim	50
Tamil Nadu	466
Telangana	216
Tripura	50
Uttar Pradesh	1408
Uttarakhand	79
West Bengal	569

NTSE Cutoff 2019 (Stage 1)

States/UTs	General	OBC	SC	ST
Andhra Pradesh	164	155	147	137
Daman & Diu	129	93	96	94
Delhi	181	152	136	128
Haryana	161	149	128	-
Karnataka	143	119	101	101
Kerala	146	128	103	84
Madhya Pradesh	173	164	149	132
Maharashtra	170.03	159.76	144.28	131.34
Rajasthan	174	151	140	148
Tamil Nadu	160	146	125	126

NTSE Cutoff 2022-23 (Stage 2) - Important Points

National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) will release stage 2 NTSE 2021 cutoff.
NTSE cut off 2021 will be declared along with NTSE Stage 2 result.
Cutoff of NTSE will be in PDF format showing the NTSE merit list which is made available online on the official website
Students can analyze the past year's NTSE cutoff trends to get an idea of how much to score to qualify.

Category-wise NTSE Cutoff 2020

Category	Cutoff marks
General	132
PwBD1	75
PwBD2	81
PwBD3	88
PwBD4	85
PwBD5	71
OBC	110
PwBD1	63
PwBD2	81
PwBD3	87
PwBD4	103
PwBD5	90
SC	98
PwBD1	86
PwBD3	69
ST	89
PwBD4	78
EWS	81
PwBD4	66

NTSE Cutoff 2019 (Category-wise)

Category		NTSE Cut off
General	Normal	134
	PH1	69
	PH2	69
	PH3	88
	PH4	95
OBC	Normal	116
	PH1	90
	PH2	69
	PH3	91
	PH4	70
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	Normal	113
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	PH3	90
Scheduled Caste (SC)	Normal	105
	PH1	87
	PH2	0
	PH3	68

NTSE Cutoff 2018 (Stage 2)

Category	Maximum marks out of 197	Cut Off Marks
General	186	150
General – PH1	144	111
General – PH2	124	78
General – PH3	131	101
Scheduled Caste (SC)	149	122
SC – PH1	113	71
SC – PH2	87	87
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	145	113
ST – PH1	93	90
ST – PH2	81	81

NTSE cutoff 2017 and 2016

Category	Cut Off 2017 (Out of 143)	Cut Off 2016 (Out of 145)
General	77	85.09
Scheduled Caste (SC)	46.67	56.43
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	47.67	52.12
Physically Handicapped (PwD)	49.33	53.47

Previous Year's NTSE Cutoff Analysis

In 2019, the number of NTSE scholarships was increased from 1000 to 2000.
The difficulty level of the exam was also lower compared to NTSE 2018. It was seen that the NTSE cutoff was reduced that year
NTSE 2022 will also be conducted for 2000 scholarships. The cutoff of NTSE 2022, however, is expected to be higher than 2019 due to high competition levels.

NTSE 2025 Reservation Scheme