NTSE Cut Off 2018

NTSE Cut Off 2018 (For Stage 1 and Stage 2): All the candidates who appeared for the State-wise NTSE Stage 1 Exam 2018 in November are waiting for the NTSE 2018 Cut Off 2018. It is to be informed here that the NTSE Cut Off 2018 for Stage 1 will be announced by the exam conducting authority of the respective state/union territory, soon after the declaration of the NTSE Result 2018 for Stage 1. The NTSE Stage 2 Cut Off will, however, be released by the NCERT after conducting the stage 2 exam on May 13 and declaration of the result thereof. Candidates can refer to the following important points regarding NTSE Cut Off 2018 for both stage 1 and stage 2.

NTSE Cut Off 2018 Qualifying Marks

All the states and union territories have conducted the National Talent Search Examination Stage 1, successfully. The NTSE Stage 1 and Stage exams are based on the three subjects, viz. Mental Ability Test (MAT), Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) and Language Ability Test (LT). The exams at both the stages are conducted in an offline mode only. The successful candidates in stage 2 of the exam will be qualified for the stage 2. Those who qualify the NTSE Stage 2 will receive the scholarship until Ph.D. or postgraduation.

The following are the NTSE CutOff Qualifying Marks for Stage 1:

Category-Wise NTSE Cut Off 2018 Stage 1

Paper	Test	Total Marks	Minimum Cut Off Marks Gen (40%)  SC/ST/PH (32%)
Paper 1	Mental Ability Test (MAT)	49	19.6	15.68
Paper 2	Language Test (LT): English or Hindi	50 50	20 20	16.0 16.0
Paper 3	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	96	38.4	30.72
Total Marks		145	58	46.4

NTSE Cut Off for Previous two years

The following table shows the NTSE Cut Off for 2016 and 2017:

Category	Maximum Marks on MAT and SAT – 2017	Cut Off Scores – 2017	Maximum Marks on MAT and SAT – 2016	Cut Off Scores – 2016
General	143	77	145	85.09
Scheduled Caste	143	46.67	145	56.43
Scheduled Tribe	143	47.67	145	52.12
Physically Handicapped	143	49.33	145	53.47

About National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) 2018

The NTSE is a two-tier scholarship exam which is being conducted by the NCERT, since 1963. The exam is conducted to identify and nurture the talent of class 10 students from all the states and union territories boards in India. The NTSE Stage 1 exam is conducted by the various states and UT’s on November 4 and 5, 2017 and the stage 2 of the exam is conducted by NCERT, New Delhi. The successful students in the first stage will be eligible for the second stage of the exam which is conducted by the NCERT. This year, the first stage of NTSE has been conducted on November 4 and 5, 2017, while the NTSE Stage 2 will be conducted by NCERT on May 13, 2018.