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

* General :- 150   -   160 marks
*OBC :- 125 - 135 marks
*SC :- 115 - 125 marks
*ST :- 110 - 120 marks
*PH :- 70 - 80 marks
*EWS:-  80  -  85  marks

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

So ,  with 157 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.

The  cutoff of NTSE Karnataka 2021 will be released on its official website i. e kseeb.kar. nic . in.

Thank you