Hie Apoo,

The qualifying cutoff of NTSE is 40% for general and OBC candidates while 32% for SC/ST candidates separately in both MAT and SAT papers. But the final selection into stage 2 depends on the cutoff released by state/SCERT of Kerala. It depends on the number of applicants, the difficulty level of the exam, the number of scholarships etc. Moreover, there is a change in the exam pattern- no language paper from this year, the total score increased to 200 from 150. Still, you can have an idea from the previous year cutoff from the link given below.

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https://school.careers360.com/articles/ntse-kerala-cutoff

Good Luck!

As a General category, You should have 40% of 200 marks. You will have to score 40 marks in each- MAT and SAT and overall 80 to qualify. Your score should be enough to qualify, But the selection for the second round depends on Kerala NTSE cutoff. You can also prefer the below given article for Kerala NTSE cutoff

https://school.careers360.com/articles/ntse-kerala-cutoff

It should be noted that there might be changes in cutoff due to change the Exam Pattern.

Good Luck!