Hello,

160 seems to be a decent score for qualifying NTSE stage 1. Yes, this year some changes have been introduced in the exam pattern. The final cut off will be released along with the result in the first week of February, 2019. You can visit the link below to stay updated:

https://school.careers360.com/articles/ntse-andhra-pradesh-result

As a General category NTSE 2019 cutoff you should have 40% of 200 marks. You will have to score 40 marks in each- MAT and SAT and overall 80 to qualify. Your score is good enough to qualify, But the selection for the second round depends on Andhra Pradesh NTSE cutoff. You can check Andhra Pradesh cutoff with the given below link.

https://school.careers360.com/articles/ntse-andhra-pradesh-cutoff

It should be noted that there might be changes in cutoff due to change the Exam Pattern.

Good Luck!