Hi

Which category do you belong to? As you have not mentioned your category I am assuming you from general category

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  2021 karnataka stage 1 expected  cut off to be eligible for NTSE stage 2 is given below category wise:-

* General :- 150 - 160

*OBC :-  125-135

*SC :-  115-125

*ST  :- 110-120

*PH :- 70-80

*EWS:-  80-85

So ,  with 154 marks  you hold a  good chance to qualify NTSE stage 1 to be eligible for NTSE 2nd stage as expected cutoff for general category is 150 - 160 marks

You can check the same at
https://school.careers360.com/articles/ntse-karnataka-cutoff

Thank you