Hi

It 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 Maharashtra stage 1 expected  cut off to be eligible for NTSE stage 2 is given below category wise:-

*   General: -  170  -  180 Marks

*   OBC : - 160  -  170 Marks

*   Scheduled Caste: - 142  -  152 Marks

*   Scheduled Tribe: -  125  -  135 Marks

So ,  with 161 marks you hold  a chance to qualify NTSE stage 1 as expected cutoff for OBC category is  160  -  170 Marks

You can check the same by visiting our page the link for the same is provided below

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

Thank you