UPSC CAPF 2023 exam will be conducted by the commission to select the candidates for recruitment of Assistant Commandants into Central Armed Police Forces. The selection for the position will be done in three stages namely the Written Test, the Medical test and the Personality/Interview exam. The UPSC CAPF AC Cut off 2023 will be declared after the Written Exam is conducted.
Candidates interested in applying for the CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCES (ASSISTANT COMMANDANTS) EXAMINATION, 2023 must be aware of the previous year’s cut-offs to set a goal and work accordingly.
This article gives information about CAPF AC cut-offs. For more details on UPSC CAPF, refer to the linked article.
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The UPSC releases the cutoff marks in two stages. They are CAPF Written exam Cutoff and the CAPF final cutoff. The cutoff of Paper I is calculated out of 250 marks. Then a combined CAPF cutoff of papers I and paper II is calculated out of 450 marks. Also, there are qualifying cut-offs for different categories. For General/OBC/ SC/ ST the qualifying cut off is 25% in Paper-II and for ex-servicemen, it is 10% in Paper-II. The overall qualifying cutoff for all categories is 25% of 450(Paper I and Paper II combined).
| Category | Cut-off (Paper-II) | Cut-off(Paper I and Paper II combined) out of 450 |
| General/OBC/ SC/ ST | 25% | 25% |
| Ex-servicemen | 10% |
CAPF Cut off 2022
The CAPF 2022 notification will be released on the official website of UPSC on 20th April 2022. The CAPF exam will be conducted on 7th August 2022. The CAPF cutoffs will be updated below after the cutoffs are released by the UPSC.
CAPF Expected Cut off 2021
The written exam of Central Armed Police Forces (AC), 2021 was held on 8th August 2021. The result for the same was released on 13th October 2021. Candidates can download the results from the linked page. The table below gives the expected cut off of CAPF exam 2021.
| Category | Paper I (out of 250) | Paper II (out of 450) | Final Cot off (out of 600) |
| General | 95-100 | 170 – 180 | 280 – 290 |
| Other Backward Classes | 93-98 | 160 – 170 | 275 – 285 |
| Scheduled Caste | 83-90 | 140 – 150 | 255 – 265 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 77-85 | 135 – 140 | 245 – 255 |
| Ex-Servicemen | 25-40 | 60 – 70 | 170 – 180 |
CAPF Expected Cut off 2020
The written exam of Central Armed Police Forces (AC), 2020 was held on 20th December 2020. The result for the same was released on 8th February 2021. The final result is out expected in the month of January 2022. The expected cut-offs for CAPF 2020 exam are given below.
| Category | Paper I (out of 250) | Paper I +Paper II (out of 450) | Final Cot off (out of 600) |
| General | 95-100 | 170 – 180 | 280 – 290 |
| Other Backward Classes | 93-98 | 160 – 170 | 275 – 285 |
| Scheduled Caste | 83-90 | 140 – 150 | 255 – 265 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 77-85 | 135 – 140 | 245 – 255 |
| Ex-Servicemen | 25-40 | 60 – 70 | 170 – 180 |
CAPF Cut off 2018
The written tests cut off and the final cutoff of the CAPF 2018 exam is given below category-wise
| Category | Paper I (out of 250) | Paper I +Paper II (out of 450) | Final Cot off (out of 600) |
| General | 95.04 | 166 | 282 |
| Other Backward Classes(OBC) | 93.66 | 163 | 281 |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 78.51 | 142 | 255 |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 76.45 | 136 | 251 |
| Ex-Servicemen (Ex-S) | 25.48 | 58 | 169 |
CAPF Cut off 2017
The written tests cut off and the final cutoff of the CAPF 2017 exam is given below category-wise
| Category | Paper I (out of 250) | Paper I +Paper II (out of 450) | Final Cot off (out of 600) |
| General | 123.65 | 206 | 316 |
| Other Backward Classes(OBC) | 123.65 | 206 | 316 |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 111.55 | 189 | 295 |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 109.54 | 189 | 299 |
| Ex-Servicemen (Ex-S) | 38.31 | 84 | 183 |
CAPF Cut off 2016
The cut off for Paper 1, Paper 2, and Final selection of UPSC CAPF 2016 is given in the table below.
| Category | Paper I (out of 250) | Paper I +Paper II (out of 450) | Final Cot off (out of 600) |
| General | 114 | 188 | 290 |
| Other Backward Classes(OBC) | 113 | 187 | 288 |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 97 | 167 | 266 |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 97 | 166 | 261 |
| Ex-Servicemen (Ex-S) | 38 | 80 | 163 |
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