Hello Aspirant

The cutoff for general category in NTSE ranges around 120-130, so if you are thinking about clearing the cutoff at 120 marks, then you will see yourself on the edge. Both possibilities of you clearing the cutoff and missing by few marks are possible as of now.

While preparing NTSE 2021 Cutoff, various factors are kept in mind. Some of the determining factors of NTSE Cutoff 2021 (Stage 1) are mentioned below:

• Total number of students appeared for the exam
• Available state-level quota
• Maximum marks scored by a Student
• Lowest marks of a Student
• Reservation criteria
• The difficulty level of exam

You can go through the link below to get more information about NTSE Cutoff:

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

Hope this helps