UPSC CUT OFF MARKS
Cut off Marks for UPSC Prelims Examination-
The pattern of the UPSC Exam has been changed from the year 2015. Paper 1 of the prelims exam consists of 100 questions each carrying 2 marks. So the sum total of the marks is 200. Cut off marks is the lowest score that is obtained by a candidate to qualify various stages of the Civil Services Examination (CSE).
Different criteria are used for the determination of the qualifying marks like –
• The total number of vacancies.
• The total number of candidates appearing in each stage of the examination.
• Reservation norms based on various categories like General, OBC, SC, ST, PwBD.
• The difficulty level of last years’ question paper.
• Last years’ cut off marks.
| Year of exam |
Q.M. for General |
Q.M. for OBC |
Q.M. for SC |
Q.M. for ST |
Q.M. for PwBD - 1 |
Q.M. for PwBD - 2 |
Q.M. for PwBD - 3 |
| 2015 |
107.34 |
106.00 |
94.00 |
91.34 |
90.66 |
76.66 |
40.00 |
| 2016 |
116.00 |
110.66 |
99.34 |
96.00 |
75.34 |
72.66 |
40.00 |
| 2017 |
105.34 |
102.66 |
88.66 |
88.66 |
85.34 |
61.34 |
40.00 |
| 2018 |
98.00 |
96.66 |
84.00 |
83.34 |
73.34 |
53.34 |
40.00 |
Cut off Marks for UPSC Mains Examination-
All the papers of the UPSC Examination has a sum total of 1750 marks.
| Year of exam |
Q.M. for General |
Q.M. for OBC |
Q.M. for SC |
Q.M. for ST |
Q.M. for PwBD - 1 |
Q.M. for PwBD - 2 |
Q.M. for PwBD - 3 |
| 2015 |
676 |
630 |
622 |
617 |
580 |
627 |
504 |
| 2016 |
787 |
745 |
739 |
730 |
713 |
740 |
545 |
| 2017 |
809 |
770 |
756 |
749 |
734 |
745 |
578 |
| 2018 |
774 |
732 |
719 |
719 |
711 |
696 |
520 |
