UPSC Cut-off

The cut off marks for the UPSC CSE are basically the marks secured that the last candidate that was selected for that round. The cut off marks for both the UPSC rounds of Prelims and Mains are released only after the final IAS results of the exams for the year are declared.

Now when it comes to the prelims cut off, UPSC has a unique way of determining it.

Only the marks of Paper 1 of the prelims is used to determine the prelims UPSC cut off. The marks that you secure in Paper 2 will not be considered when counting your merit ranking. Paper 2 is qualifying in nature and you need to score at least 33 % in it to qualify for the Mains round.

Given below are a few cases pertaining to the cut off marks that the UPSC has offered clarifications on: 

• Case 1 – If 2 aspirants score equal aggregate marks in the UPSC exam, then the aspirant who has secured more marks in the compulsory papers + the IAS Interview, is given a higher rank.  
• Case 2 – If 2 candidates score equal marks in the compulsory papers and the interviews taken together, the candidate who is senior in age will be given a higher rank. 
• Case 3 – If 2 candidates score equal marks in the compulsory papers and the interviews taken together, and are also of the same age, then the candidate with more marks in the compulsory papers will be given a higher rank. 

Now let us go through the cut off marks of the various UPSC rounds of the last 3 years: 

UPSC Prelims Cut Offs 2020

UPSC Mains Cut Offs 2020

UPSC Final Cut Offs 2020