Hi

Actually, this  is very difficult to predict whether you will be able to qualify NTSE stage 1 examination or not as qualifying cut off marks or not as cut off marks depends upon a number of factors like

*  number of students that appeared in the ntse exam,

*kind of marks obtained by them in ntse examination,

*toughness level of the ntse examination and several other factors.

But yes,
When we go through previous year trends then,
The ntse  2021 jharkhand stage 1 expected  cut off to be eligible for NTSE stage 2 is given below category wise:-

* general :- 130  -  145 marks

* Scheduled Caste :- 115  -   125

*Scheduled Tribe :- 87  -   98

So , being from general category with 160 marks  you hold a very good chance to qualify NTSE stage 1 to be eligible for NTSE 2nd stage as expected cutoff for general category is 130 to 145 marks

You can check the same at

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

Thank you