Analysis of NTSE Stage II 2019-20 & Expected Cut off

There is a popular saying that NTSE is a mini IAS and the paper of NTSE Stage II 2019-20 held on 14th Feburary 2021 proved it once again. Both MAT as well as SAT papers were Lengthy, Tough and Tricky. Going by the paper, I am very much sure that 30-40% students would not have been able to appropriatly solve & finish 200 questions in the given time (as negative marking is not there, students would have abruptly attempted all questions & those flukes are going to be a big factor while deciding the cut-off)

Two subjects which somewhere mainly decides the result of NTSE are MAT and Social Science and this time both along with other subjects proved to be a difficult one. There will be a few students only who can claim to score more then 80 marks in MAT paper and above 25 marks in Social Science. This time Science and Maths also proved to be a dent in the cut-off. Many students claimed that those who would have attempted all 20 questions of Maths, would have wasted a lot of time which will not yield any fruitful result. Questions from Science section were upto the level of Class XI, those students who would have opted for Arts or Commerce stream after class X would have attempted most of the questions by fluke only

Though it's too early for prediction of cut off, but still the first view, analysis of paper and the reactions of the students recieved so far, clearly indicates that cut-off will be lesser then previous year's cut-off  (deciding factor can be the flukes attempted by students)

Last year's cut-off i.e Cut off  of NTSE Stage II 2018-19 were

General Category - 134

OBC  - 116

SC - 105

ST - 93

Expected cut-off for NTSE Stage II 2019-20

General Category  - 120 to 124

OBC - 100 to 105

SC - 90 to 94

ST - 80 to 83

EWS - 98 to 100