NSO 2025 Cut Off: Check Category-wise Cutoff Marks

Updated on Feb 25, 2026 16:35 IST

By Salviya Antony, Senior Executive - Content

NSO Cutoff 2025: The Science Foundation released the NSO Cutoff 2025 for Round 1 on the official website. The NSO 2025-26 level 2 exam dates are released. Only the students who achieve the cutoff marks will be called to appear for NSO Level 2 exam. Students will need to check their probable scores from the NSO answer key 2025 first and then tally them from the expected NSO Cut off 2025. The NSO cut off 2025 was released on the official website sofworld.org.

The NSO Exam Dates 2025 were November 13, November 27, and December 11, 2025. NSO level 1 result 2025 was released in January 2026. The NSO Exam Dates 2025 were released online at sofworld.org.

Table of contents

Factors determining NSO Cut off
NSO 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
FAQs on NSO Cut Off 2025

Factors determining NSO Cut off

The NSO cutoff marks vary due to various factors listed below:

Total number of applications received
Total number of students who appeared in the examination
The difficulty level of question paper
Total number of seats available

NSO Cutoff 2025 - Top 5%

Students can now check NSO cutoff 2025.

Class	Total Marks	Achievers Section (M3)	Science (M2)	Logical Reasoning (M1)	Science (Math/Bio) (M4)
3	31	6	22	3	-
4	30	6	20	4	-
5	40	9	24	7	-
6	40	9	21	10	-
7	39	12	20	7	-
8	37	6	26	5	-
9	38	12	23	3	-
10	40	12	22	6	-
11	32	12	-	9	11
12	33	9	-	12	14

NSO Exam Prep Tips

Students should check the official NSO website to know the NSO exam pattern for the corresponding class. The NSO exam broadly comprises 50 questions which are to be completed in one hour. There is no negative marking in the examination. The questions are divided into three sections- Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning, Science, and High order thinking questions. Sample paper solving is a must for every student as the NSO Sample papers would help them in understanding the pattern of NSO better and students would also be able to assess their performance.

Commonly asked questions

Q: Can I check my NSO SOF result 2025 before it is officially announced?

Students are keen to know their NOS SOF result 2025 before it is released officially. Note that it isn't possible to know your marks before the result is announced officially by the board.

Q: Can we appear for more than one Olympiad exam?

Students can register for all the olympiads in a year as per eligibility. There are exams like SOF NCO, SOF NSO, SOF IMO, SOF IEO, SOF ICO, SOF IGKO, etc.. Students can apply for any exam.

NSO 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NSO 2026 exam

Dates	Past Exam Dates
11 Dec ' 25	NSO Level 1 Exam 2025 - Date 3
27 Nov ' 25	NSO Level 1 Exam 2025 - Date 2
13 Nov ' 25	NSO Level 1 Exam 2025 - Date 1

FAQs on NSO Cut Off 2025

Check FAQs on NSO cutoff 2025.

Commonly asked questions

Q: How to score high for NSO SOF exam?

Students have to understand NSO syllabus 2025 and prepare accordingly. They should also learn from workbooks provided by NSO. Solving NSO workbooks will help students to know pattern of exam. It will also help them to improve their speed of solving problems.

Q: Is there any negative marking in NSO?

No, there is no negative marking in NSO exam. Students need not worry for negative marking.

Q: How many levels are there in NSO?

There are two levels in NSO. Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) held the National Science Olympiad (NSO) level 1 exam in October, November and December 2025. NSO Level 2 exam 2026 was held in February 2026.