The cut-off marks for each stage of the Civil Services examination is released after the entire process is over, and after the final results have been declared. The Civil Services Examination has three stages – Prelims, Mains and Interview. The UPSC CSE (Main) Cut-off marks are subject to 10% marks in each of the seven competitive papers i.e. Essay, GS-I, GS-II, GS-III, GS-IV, Optional-I and Optional-II.
The aspirants who are preparing for IAS Exam will find this article useful as it has information related to minimum qualifying marks or cut-off marks to be scored by the aspirants in the Civil Services (Main) Examination.
UPSC Cut Off for IAS Mains 2021
The UPSC Mains has been conducted on 7th, 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th January 2022. After the Main (Written) examination results are out, the Interview/Personality test will be conducted. The UPSC Mains cut-off score for 2021 will be released after the entire recruitment process is completed.
The official Mains Cut off marks for the year 2021 has not yet been released by the UPSC. Once it is released, it will be updated here.
Previous Years’ UPSC Cut Off for IAS Mains
The candidates can check out the tables below to find out the previous year trends in the Mains cut-off marks. Therefore, the minimum qualifying standards/marks secured by the last recommended candidate in various categories at Civil Services (Main) exam are as under:
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2020
The cut-off marks of UPSC Mains 2020 for different categories are given below:
| UPSC IAS Mains 2020 Cut off Marks (out of 1750) | |
| Category | Cut off Marks |
| General | 736 |
| EWS | 687 |
| OBC | 698 |
| SC | 680 |
| ST | 682 |
| PwBD-1 | 648 |
| PwBD-2 | 699 |
| PwBD-3 | 425 |
| PwBD-5 | 300 |
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2019
The cut-off marks of UPSC Mains 2019 for different categories are given below:
| UPSC Mains 2019 Cut off Marks (out of 1750) | |
| Category | Cut-off Marks |
| General | 751 |
| EWS | 696 |
| OBC | 718 |
| SC | 706 |
| ST | 699 |
| PwBD-1 | 663 |
| PwBD-2 | 698 |
| PwBD-3 | 374 |
| PwBD-5 | 561 |
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2018
The cut-off marks of UPSC Mains 2018 for different categories are given below:
| UPSC Mains 2018 Cut off Marks (out of 1750) | |
| Category | Cut-off Marks |
| General | 774 |
| OBC | 732 |
| SC | 719 |
| ST | 719 |
| PwBD-1 | 711 |
| PwBD-2 | 696 |
| PwBD-3 | 520 |
| PwBD-5 | 460 |
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2017
The cut-off marks of UPSC Mains 2017 for different categories are given below:
| UPSC Mains 2017 Cut off Marks (out of 1750) | |
| Category | Cut-off Marks |
| General | 809 |
| OBC | 770 |
| SC | 756 |
| ST | 749 |
| PwBD-1 | 734 |
| PwBD-2 | 745 |
| PwBD-3 | 578 |
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2016
The cut-off marks of UPSC Mains 2016 for different categories are given below:
| UPSC Mains 2016 Cut off Marks (out of 1750) | |
| Category | Cut-off Marks |
| General | 787 |
| OBC | 745 |
| SC | 739 |
| ST | 730 |
| PwBD-1 | 713 |
| PwBD-2 | 740 |
| PwBD-3 | 545 |
Note:
Wherever two or more candidates have secured equal aggregate marks in the Civil Services Examination, the tie(s) have been resolved in accordance with the principles approved by the Commission, viz.
- The candidate securing more marks in the Compulsory Papers* and the Personality Test put together is to be ranked higher; and
- In case where the marks mentioned at the above point are equal, the candidate senior in age is to be ranked higher.
*Compulsory papers include Essay, General Studies-I, General Studies-II, General Studies-III and General Studies-IV.
To know more about the UPSC Cut Off Marks of other stages, candidates are advised to check the linked article.
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