Hello Aspirant,

Since you have not mentioned your category so considering you from General category.

See on such score you can easily qualify NTSE stage 1 and also have some chances of being shortlisted for stage 2 because the expected cut-off for shortlisting of candidate for stage 2 from Tamil Nadu is 155-165 for General category.

NTSE Tamil Nadu expected cut-off for 2021 :-

So it shows that you have some chances to be qualified for stage 2 but still we have to wait because the cut-off mentioned above is only the expected cut-off.

Cut off depends upon various factors such as the difficulty level of stage 1 exam, Tamil Nadu State quota, number of students appeared in the stage 1 exam, last year's NTSE Tamil Nadu cutoff and so on.

You can also check out complete details about the expected cut-offs for NTSE Tamil Nadu 2021 from the link given below :-

https://school.careers360.com/articles/ntse-tamil-nadu-cutoff

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!